Southern Ghost Stories

Southern Ghost Stories
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 American Hauntstorian Allen Sircy explores America’s haunted past — unearthing true ghost stories, graveyard legends, and forgotten folklore. Join him as he gives voice to haunted history and chilling tales that blur the line between fact and myth from every corner of the country. 

  1. 1d ago

    Going Up? The Lady in the L&C Tower

    Long before glass-walled skyscrapers and rooftop bars dominated the skyline, the 30-story Life & Casualty Tower stood as Nashville's premier architectural wonder—and the Southeastern United States' tallest commercial building upon its 1957 opening. Famous for its towering observation deck and iconic neon letters that once signaled the local weather forecast, the L&C Tower holds a far darker place in Music City lore. On a chilly morning in February 1996, 20-year-old Morningstar Green rode the elevator to the 30th floor observation deck for the second consecutive day, only to tragically fall to her death. Decades later, building staff and security officers report an unexplainable phenomenon: an uncalled elevator that repeatedly ascends to the 30th floor, opening its empty doors as if patiently waiting for a passenger who never returned. Today in Tennessee Tales Tuesday, Allen Sircy explores the haunting history of the L&C Tower, where modern technology and a heartbreaking 1990s tragedy converge to create one of Nashville’s most chilling urban legends. Be sure to like, subscribe and leave a review! Check out Allen's books on Amazon! https://amzn.to/3HEf2u9 Got a question or comment? Hit us up on our socials! Instagram https://www.instagram.com/southernghoststories/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/southernghoststoriesonline Follow Allen on X https://x.com/ATOAllen Use code SAVE10 for 10% off your order over at  https://monstercitymadhouse.com

    Going Up? The Lady in the L&C Tower

  2. 2d ago

    From the Vault: Secret Tunnels & the Haunted Childress House

    Today we are heading to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, to explore the hidden history and shadowy legends of the antebellum Childress-Ray House. Built in 1847, this unassuming Greek Revival home was once owned by Major John Whitsett Childress, brother-in-law to President James K. Polk. Beyond its presidential ties, the property conceals a surprisingly dark and layered past, from its days as a 19th-century undertaker’s mortuary and hearse garage to local rumors of a secret, bricked-up underground tunnel running beneath the street. We peel back the forgotten history, Civil War lore, and enduring local tales to reveal why the presence of its former residents, Union soldiers, and long-gone occupants can still be felt inside one of Middle Tennessee's most underrated historic gems. Be sure to like, subscribe and leave a review! Check out Allen's books on Amazon! https://amzn.to/3HEf2u9 Got a question or comment? Hit us up on our socials! Instagram https://www.instagram.com/southernghoststories/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/southernghoststoriesonline Follow Allen on X https://x.com/ATOAllen Use code SAVE10 for 10% off your order over at  https://monstercitymadhouse.com

    From the Vault: Secret Tunnels & the Haunted Childress House

  3. 5d ago

    Congress Plaza: The Boy on the 12th Floor

    The Congress Plaza Hotel in Chicago has spent over a century accumulating grandeur, secrets, and a staggering collection of ghosts. But among the shadowy figures, none cuts deeper than the spirit on the twelfth floor—a four-year-old boy whose phantom footsteps and quiet laughter echo down the halls after midnight. In August 1939, Adel Langer, a mother who had just fled Nazi-occupied Prague, gave in to the overwhelming isolation of a strange new world. In a horrific moment of despair, she threw her two young sons from the window of Room 1234 before jumping herself—unaware that her husband was sitting across town holding approved Canadian immigration papers for their fresh start. Host Allen Sircy peels back the folklore of the Congress Plaza to reveal the heartbreaking human story behind the specter, where profound grief and tragic timing birthed one of Chicago’s saddest ghost stories. Be sure to like, subscribe and leave a review! Check out Allen's books on Amazon! https://amzn.to/3HEf2u9 Got a question or comment? Hit us up on our socials! Instagram https://www.instagram.com/southernghoststories/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/southernghoststoriesonline Follow Allen on X https://x.com/ATOAllen Use code SAVE10 for 10% off your order over at  https://monstercitymadhouse.com

    Congress Plaza: The Boy on the 12th Floor

  4. Aug 12

    The Detroit Voodoo Slayer

    In 1938, Earl Carl Harris believed a $15 bottle of High John the Conqueror elixir could perform two miracles: force a woman to love him and make him invisible to the police. But when the love potion failed on his landlady, Christina Eastmond, Harris brutally murdered her—only to casually remark "I guess it didn't work" when detectives tracked him down in Ontario weeks later. Host Allen Sircy untangles the horrifying true crime story of Michigan's "Voodoo Slayer," exploring how a serial murderer responsible for five deaths across two states attempted to hide his violent rage behind magical promises, bad folk medicine, and absolute denial. This is one the wildest true crime stories we have ever covered. Be sure to like, subscribe and leave a review! Check out Allen's books on Amazon! https://amzn.to/3HEf2u9 Got a question or comment? Hit us up on our socials! Instagram https://www.instagram.com/southernghoststories/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/southernghoststoriesonline Follow Allen on X https://x.com/ATOAllen Use code SAVE10 for 10% off your order over at  https://monstercitymadhouse.com

    The Detroit Voodoo Slayer

  5. Aug 11

    The Witch Killer of Hawkins County

    For Tennessee Tales Tuesday, Allen Sircy takes you back to an August afternoon in 1950 inside the Larkin & Larkin General Store in Carter's Valley, Tennessee, to unravel the tragic, true story of Carl Walters—the quiet, forty-year-old local farmer who drew a pistol and executed two women in broad daylight. Driven to a deadly breaking point by an unexplained chronic illness, his teenage son's suicide, and his wife's shattered hip, Walters became utterly convinced that his family was being targeted not by bad luck, but by Appalachian witchcraft. From the heartbreaking scene inside the country store and the frantic, gun-firing mob that attempted to lynch him at the Hawkins County jail, to his ultimate diagnosis and commitment to Central State Hospital, we peel back the layers of deep-seated mountain folklore, severe persecution delusions, and the lingering shadow of the 1950 Carter's Valley "witch" murder Be sure to like, subscribe and leave a review! Check out Allen's books on Amazon! https://amzn.to/3HEf2u9 Got a question or comment? Hit us up on our socials! Instagram https://www.instagram.com/southernghoststories/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/southernghoststoriesonline Follow Allen on X https://x.com/ATOAllen Use code SAVE10 for 10% off your order over at  https://monstercitymadhouse.com

    The Witch Killer of Hawkins County

  6. Aug 10

    From The Vault: Secrets of Sauerkraut Cave and Lakeland Asylum

    Tucked behind the archery range at Louisville's E.P. Tom Sawyer Park lies a dark history that most visitors never notice: the forbidden entrance to Sauerkraut Cave and the grim footprint of the former Lakeland Asylum for the Insane. Long before thousands of forgotten patients were buried on these grounds—and long before the asylum's history was marred by fatal abuse, crude lobotomies, and rumored clandestine births hidden deep underground—the land was stained by the 18th-century killing of settler Isaac Height. Today, despite strict trespassing laws and heavy surveillance, the cave remains a magnet for urban legends, ghostly encounters, and eerie personal coincidences, serving as a sobering reminder of the suffering, tragic escapes, and lingering spirits buried just beneath the surface of a popular park. Be sure to like, subscribe and leave a review! Check out Allen's books on Amazon! https://amzn.to/3HEf2u9 Got a question or comment? Hit us up on our socials! Instagram https://www.instagram.com/southernghoststories/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/southernghoststoriesonline Follow Allen on X https://x.com/ATOAllen Use code SAVE10 for 10% off your order over at  https://monstercitymadhouse.com

    From The Vault: Secrets of Sauerkraut Cave and Lakeland Asylum

  7. Aug 7

    Who is Mothman?

    Today Allen is traveling to the riverbanks of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, to unravel one of the most thoroughly documented and terrifying mysteries in American folklore: the legend of the Mothman. Beginning in November 1966—when gravediggers and young couples encountered a seven-foot-tall, winged figure with glowing red eyes that could keep pace with a car at a hundred miles per hour—we trace the thirteen-month panic centered around the eerie, abandoned World War II TNT plant. From high-speed chases and terrifying shrieks to the mysterious Men in Black, we examine the strange events that haunted the town right up until the catastrophic collapse of the Silver Bridge on December 15, 1967, which took forty-six lives. Did a terrifying monster stalk the Appalachian hills, or was this mysterious entity a tragic omen appearing to warn a community before disaster struck. Be sure to like, subscribe and leave a review! Check out Allen's books on Amazon! https://amzn.to/3HEf2u9 Got a question or comment? Hit us up on our socials! Instagram https://www.instagram.com/southernghoststories/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/southernghoststoriesonline Follow Allen on X https://x.com/ATOAllen Use code SAVE10 for 10% off your order over at  https://monstercitymadhouse.com

    Who is Mothman?

  8. Aug 5

    The Man They Couldn't Hang

    Today we are going back to Devon, England, in 1885 for one of the most astonishing moments in criminal history: the execution of John "Babbacombe" Lee. Convicted on thin circumstantial evidence for the gruesome murder of an elderly heiress, Lee was led to the scaffold where executioners tried—and failed—to hang him three separate times, only for the trapdoor to mysteriously jam every single time he stood upon it. Did a fatal mechanical glitch save a guilty killer, or did divine intervention step in to spare an innocent man from the gallows? We peel back the sensational newspaper headlines and Victorian lore to examine the bizarre trial, the impossible scaffold failure, and the lingering mystery of the man history declared unbeatable by death itself. Be sure to like, subscribe and leave a review! Check out Allen's books on Amazon! https://amzn.to/3HEf2u9 Got a question or comment? Hit us up on our socials! Instagram https://www.instagram.com/southernghoststories/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/southernghoststoriesonline Follow Allen on X https://x.com/ATOAllen Use code SAVE10 for 10% off your order over at  https://monstercitymadhouse.com

    The Man They Couldn't Hang
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 American Hauntstorian Allen Sircy explores America’s haunted past — unearthing true ghost stories, graveyard legends, and forgotten folklore. Join him as he gives voice to haunted history and chilling tales that blur the line between fact and myth from every corner of the country. 

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  • Creator
    Southern Ghost Stories
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    161
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright Allen Sircy
  • Show Website
    Southern Ghost Stories