Southern Hauntspitality

Is Tennessee home to its own Bigfoot? In this episode, we explore the legend of the Flintville Monster, a massive, hairy creature said to roam the woods near Flintville. With eerie encounters and unexplained sightings, could there be truth to the tales? Tune in as we uncover the mystery behind this Southern cryptid.In the second half of the episode, we discuss how gravestones are more than just markers—they’re messages from the past. We explore the hidden meanings behind common cemetery symbols, from weeping willows and clasped hands to skulls and hourglasses. What do these carvings reveal about the beliefs, fears, and hopes of those who came before us? Join us as we unravel the language of the dead. If you enjoy our podcast, please take a moment to rate and subscribe from any platform you get your podcasts. To join our free newsletter, submit a story, or just learn more about us, please visit our ⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠. Follow our socials ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠.

Join us as Blake takes us to Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia. Beneath moss-draped oaks, this cemetery harbors eerie whispers of the past. Once a plantation, it’s now home to ghostly figures, chilling voices, and a statue said to weep.Josh closes out the episode with a story set high in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina at the Balsam Mountain Inn. This small hotel blends rustic charm with a chilling past. Once a grand railroad hotel, its creaking halls now echo with ghostly whispers, shadowy figures, and objects that move on their own. Is it the spirits of long-gone travelers… or something even more mysterious? Spend a night and find out—if you dare.If you enjoy our podcast, please take a moment to rate and subscribe from any platform you get your podcasts. To join our free newsletter, submit a story, or just learn more about us, please visit our ⁠⁠website⁠⁠. Follow our socials ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠, ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠.

In this episode we're diving into the eerie history of the West Virginia Penitentiary, a prison known for its brutal past and chilling hauntings. From overcrowded cells and violent riots to ghostly apparitions and a notorious electric chair, this place has seen it all. Join us as we explore the dark stories and paranormal activity that still haunt its walls today. If you enjoy our podcast, please take a moment to rate and subscribe from any platform you get your podcasts.  To join our free newsletter, submit a story, or just learn more about us, please visit our ⁠website⁠. Follow our socials ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠Facebook⁠, ⁠TikTok⁠.

In this episode, Blakes takes us on a trip to Cahaba, Alabama. A once thriving town and the first state capital of Alabama. Today, however, it is largely a ghost town, with ruins that hint at a forgotten past—an eerie place where the remnants of history seem to whisper of its former grandeur. Beneath its quiet surface, Cahaba is said to be haunted by the spirits of those who once lived and died there, leaving behind a lingering, spectral presence that still haunts the land. If you enjoy our podcast, please take a moment to rate and subscribe from any platform you get your podcasts.  To join our free newsletter, submit a story, or just learn more about us, please visit our website. Follow our socials Instagram, Facebook, TikTok.

By pure coincidence, it's Florida week at Southern Hauntspitality! Josh kicks us off with the tale of a bizarre UFO encounter that occurred in the Florida Everglades in 1952. The encounter was prominent enough that it would later be investigated by the US Air Force’s Project Blue Book, a program tasked with investigating UFO’s. Blake closes out the episode with a discussion of the legendary John Ringling of the "Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus," and the haunted history of his immaculate home in Sarasota, Florida. If you enjoy our podcast, please take a moment to rate and subscribe from any platform you get your podcasts. To join our free newsletter, submit a story, or just learn more about us, please visit our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow our socials ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Join us for our Christmas Special episode for two not so merry Christmas legends. Blake kicks us off with the history behind common Christmas traditions and spins us a Yuletide tale of some of the scarier legendary beings from Iceland's past. Josh closes out the episode with the story of Frau Perchta, who is recognized by some as a winter goddess and others as a Christmas witch. You best behave and keep a clean house this holiday season, because if you don't, Frau Perchta will give you someting much worse than a lump of coal. If you enjoy our podcast, please take a moment to rate and subscribe from any platform you get your podcasts. To join our free newsletter, submit a story, or just learn more about us, please visit our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow our socials ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Josh kicks off this episode with the legend of the Tennessee Wildman. Some think it's a smaller and meaner cousin of Sasquatch. Others think it's merely a person in Appalachia who decided to live off the grid, and I mean really off the grid, like caveman style. Listen and let us know what you think the Tennessee Wildman is. Blake's story takes us to the oldest brick home in America, Bacon's Castle, where we get a history lesson along with a spooky ghost story of course. If you enjoy our podcast, please take a moment to rate and subscribe from any platform you get your podcasts. To join our free newsletter, submit a story, or just learn more about us, please visit our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow our socials ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Blake takes us to the Dock Street Theatre in Charleston, SC to discuss our first lady in red. There is also an Easter egg to one of her favorite podcasts, iykyk! Josh takes us to the panhandle of Florida to discuss the Gulf Breeze UFO sightings and alien abductions that occurred in the late 1980's. If you enjoy our podcast, please take a moment to rate and subscribe from any platform you get your podcasts. To join our free newsletter, submit a story, or just learn more about us, please visit our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow our socials ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

In this episode Josh discusses the Old Charleston Jail, which is considered by many to be the most haunted location in all of Charleston, South Carolina. Blake's story takes us farther south than we have ever been, for a history lesson on the Bermuda Triangle. If you enjoy our podcast, please take a moment to rate and subscribe from any platform you get your podcasts. To join our free newsletter, submit a story, or just learn more about us, please visit our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow our socials ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

In this episode, Blake takes us to the nation's capital for stories from the most haunted home in Washington, DC. Josh's story takes us further down the east coast to Savannah, GA to discuss what many say is the most diabolical crime in the city's history. Given the heinous crime, it's no surprise the location of the crime is still haunted over 100 years later. If you enjoy our podcast, please take a moment to rate and subscribe from any platform you get your podcasts. To join our free newsletter, submit a story, or just learn more about us, please visit our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow our socials ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Josh takes us to rural West Virginia to explore the legendary Flatwoods Monster. Some say it's a cryptid, others say it's an extraterrestrial. Give it a listen and decide for yourself. Blakes takes us to the North Carolina coast to hear three different stories from the ghost fleet of the graveyard of the Atlantic. If you enjoy our podcast, please take a moment to rate and subscribe from any platform you get your podcasts. To join our free newsletter, submit a story, or just learn more about us, please visit our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow our socials ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Blakes takes us to a former prison in Tennessee, which was one of the most brutal places to be locked up. Many of the unfortunate souls sent here, never walked out alive. In fact, even death didn't allow some souls to escape. Buckle up for Josh's story as he takes us on trip down two dangerous and haunted roads in eastern Virginia. If you find yourself on these roads, you best make a u-turn before venturing too far. If you enjoy our podcast, please take a moment to rate and subscribe from any platform you get your podcasts. To join our free newsletter, submit a story, or just learn more about us, please visit our ⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow our socials ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Josh takes us on a trip to one of the most haunted hotels in America, the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. The hotel's storied past, including its time as a hospital and health resort ran by a self proclaimed doctor, can still be felt in its halls and rooms today, as some guests checked in, but never checked out. Blake discusses the few and far between sightings of the elusive White River Monster, a cryptid inhabiting the White River in Arkansas. If you enjoy our podcast, please take a moment to rate and subscribe from any platform you get your podcasts. To join our free newsletter, submit a story, or just learn more about us, please visit our ⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠. Follow our socials ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠.

Blake takes us to the swamps of Louisiana to discuss a current day creole cryptid whose roots go back all the way to the 1200's in medieval France. Join us on this journey through history to learn about the legendary Rougarou. Josh takes us to Birmingham, Alabama to explore Sloss Furnaces, a former pig iron producing factory whose deadly work environment still haunts it today. If you enjoy our podcast, please take a moment to rate and subscribe from any platform you get your podcasts. To join our free newsletter, submit a story, or just learn more about us, please visit our ⁠⁠website⁠⁠. Follow our socials ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠, ⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠.

Blake takes us to one of the oldest and most haunted homes in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Join us on a tour through the home and hear about its history and why so many spirits remain tethered here. Josh takes us to Kennesaw Mountain in Georgia to discuss a truly gruesome civil war battle. While the battle ended long ago, some soldiers who died there didn't get the memo and their ghosts can be seen lurking on the battlefield to this day. If you enjoy our podcast, please take a moment to rate and subscribe from any platform you get your podcasts. To join our free newsletter, submit a story, or just learn more about us, please visit our ⁠website⁠. Follow our socials ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠Facebook⁠, ⁠TikTok⁠.

Blake takes us to one of the most famous haunted locations in Kentucky, Waverly Hills Sanatorium. These halls were once roamed by patients suffering from the white plague and later by the frail and elderly. Some of their spirits continue to roam the halls today. Perhaps a result of the immense suffering they endured at the hands of experimental surgeries and barbaric treatments intended to rid them of the disease.

Blake takes us to the oldest and most haunted cemetery in New Orleans that serves as the final resting place for voodoo priestess, Marie Laveau. While this may be the final resting place for many souls, some refuse to rest. Josh skips the ghost stories this week and discusses a notorious and deadly cryptid near Louisville, Kentucky that lures people out onto an active railroad trestle.

Josh takes us to Myrtles Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana to discuss a charming, but haunted, bed and breakfast, with a not so charming past. Blake takes us even further south to the town of St. Augustine, Florida, where some spirits remain incarcerated at the old jail. For these unfortunate souls, even death provided no relief from the brutal torture witnessed there.

Blake takes us back to the Appalachian Mountains, but this time it's the region known as the Great Smoky Mountains. This mountain range is home to civil war sites left disfigured by tragedy, a ghost town, mysterious underground tunnels that lead to vast research facilities, and even a cryptid who gets its kicks scaring the the daylights out of anyone who dares cross its path.

Josh takes us to a country nightclub in the quaint town of Wilder, Kentucky. What's not so quaint is the nightclub, which is believed to house a portal to hell, among other supernatural entities. Blake takes us to the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains to discuss the spirits and otherworldly creatures that lurk there.

Blake discusses the legendary Gray Man, who lingers along the Carolina coast and is an omen to seek high ground from an incoming destructive hurricane. Josh takes us to enjoy a pint at the Moon River Brewing Company in Savannah, Georgia, whose violent and tragic past haunts visitors to this day. 

Josh does a deep dive into the story of the infamous Madame LaLaurie and her former mansion in New Orleans, where many atrocities happened during her time there. The horrors of the past seem to still linger in the mansion to this date. Get ready for a tale of history, true crime, and of course, hauntings!

Get ready for an episode about Duke University and its ties to the paranormal! Blake takes over this episode to discuss the founding family of Duke University, who still have close ties with its dearly departed founders. Duke was also home to the father of parapsychology. We delve into how his research was conducted and the cases he looked into, many of which were made into major Hollywood films.

Don't build over the dead! That's the theme of this week's episode. Blake discusses the only graves in the world that were built into airport runways, and it happened twice! Josh covers a haunted amusement park in West Virginia that has been abandoned for years. Abandoned by the living that is.

It's Tennessee week! Josh covers a haunted dive bar in Memphis that rockstars of the past once frequented, and some never left. Blake delves into one of the most well known, and written about witch stories of Tennessee.

Blake covers Raleigh's historic state capitol building, whose halls are roamed by legislators, dead and alive. Josh discusses ghosts of civil war soldiers haunting a popular Savannah, Georgia hotel.

Josh discusses one of the most haunted dolls in the world, who still torments people today. Blake discusses the haunted history of the longest known cave system in the world.