Arcane Carolinas

The Gray Man of Pawleys Island is one of South Carolina's most famous ghosts. Take a stroll on the dunes where folklore and history meet as Michael and Charlie do a deep dive into this legend, several major sightings, and the various theories behind the spirit's origins!

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Listen in to the audio version of a video episode we made for the American Sci Fi Classics Track of DragonCon, as Michael tackles the Wampus Cat and the Devil Dog of Valle Crucis, while Charlie takes on The Flying Snake!

Links:

DragonCon American Sci-Fi Classics Track

Video version of this episode! (YouTube)

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The tiny town of Casar, NC, in the Appalachian foothills, is home to Knobby, the local name for Sasquatch. Join Michael and Charlie as we go on a deep dive into a 2010 sighting, its effects on the community, and the surprising connection between the Carolinas and the famous Patterson-Gimlin film of 1967!

Special thanks to listener Richard Church for reporting from the scene. Links to his photos are below!

Links:

Richard Church's video of the landscape

Richard Church's photo set #1

Richard Church's photo set #2

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Dive into a new episode of AC Case Files as we talk to creators and investigators from around the Carolinas! Vindicated Entertainment is a South Carolina company making fun games with beautiful art including some fun-for-the-whole-family spooky games such as GHOULLOTINE, which sounds fantastic, and SpookyCLT are a team out of Charlotte, NC, who dig into the hidden history and spooky times to be had in the Queen City and produce The Old North State Podcast. Enjoy!

Links:

Vindicated Entertainment

SpookyCLT.com

SpookyCLT on Instagram

The Old North State Podcast on Instagram

The Old North State Podcast on anchor.fm

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On a summer night in 1806 a small community claimed to see wild aerial phenomena over Chimney Rock in Rutherford County, NC. What might they have seen? And were any of the people in the story real? Bring your field glasses and your library card as we go on a wild ride! Many thanks to ConGregate 7 for welcoming us and allowing us to record before a live audience!

Links:

ConGregate

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The Dunhill Hotel is rich in modern amenities and spooky vibes steeped in its own alternately illustrious and tragic past. Charlie went to check it out in person and came back with fun tales to tell!

Links:

Questions of the Queen City: The secrets of the Dunhill Hotel (Creative Loafing Charlotte)

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission

Martha Washington Candy (TheSpruceEats.com)

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Tales tell of a steamship called the Santa Clara attacked by a sea monster off the coast of North Carolina shortly after World War Two. Is the legend true? Join us as Charlie dives deep into the historical record in search of treasure!

Links:

ConGregate 7 / DeepSouthCon 59 (Winston-Salem, NC - live episode at 8:00 PM on July 9th!)

OCEARCH Shark Tracker

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Goblins: are they myth? Are they real? Or are they David Bowie? Let's find out! Michael shares some history and folklore around different types of goblins found in European settlers' homelands and Charlie shares a harrowing tale of goblins (and witches!) from the Uwharries in central North Carolina.

Many thanks to ConCarolinas for allowing us the chance to record, and to the audience for a night of lively fun. Take a seat in the front row as Charlie and Michael record their first-ever episode with a live studio audience!

Links:

ConCarolinas

Zener cards

"Cereal Killers" (features image capture of the Honeycombs mascot Charlie references)

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Stories persist that the Cherokee had a legend of the Moon-Eyed People, whose huge eyes rendered them incapable of seeing in daylight. But did the Cherokee actually have this legend? Who perpetrated the myth these Moon-Eyed People were actually Welsh, and why?

Join Charlie and Michael for this fascinating deep-dive into history mingled with fabrication!

Links:

Fort Mountain State Park (Georgia)

James Mooney's Myths of the Cherokee (1902)

ConCarolinas 2021

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Becky Cotton, of Edgefield, SC, is renowned as "The Devil in Petticoats" for a sequence of murders in the early 19th century. But are the legends of her many victims' colorful demises actually true? Join us as Charlie dredges up some shocking facts about this blood-curdling tale from another time!

Links:

ConCarolinas 2021

Edgefield County Historical Society

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