Arcane Carolinas

St. Helena Island in South Carolina is home to a rich history encompassing many peoples and cultures--and one of the best-known and most reliable ghost light phenomena anywhere in the Carolinas! Join Charlie and Michael as we dig into what this one could be: ghosts, swamp gas, or something even stranger?

EXTRA SPECIAL: don't forget to pick up Arcane Carolinas: Volume 1, out today!

Links:

• Arcane Carolinas: Volume 1 (Amazon.com)
• North Carolina Ghost Lights & Legends (Amazon.com)
• Penn Center (penncenter.com)
• Swamp Gas (The Internet Archive)

Upcoming Live Recordings:

• Arcana (Durham, NC, September 28, 2023)

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Henry Berry Lowry is a hero of the Lumbee people and was the center of massive media attention in the years after the Civil War. How did The Lowry War get its start and what makes him so compelling to us still? This story may start with two pigs, but it wends its way through history class, political gridlock, jailbreaks, and the "Lost" Colony! Join Charlie and Michael for a history deep dive!

EXTRA SPECIAL: don't forget to preorder Arcane Carolinas: Volume 1, coming out on September 1st!

Links:

• ThatModernMombie (YouTube)
• The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina
• Lost Colony DNA Project
• Surnames at the Lost Colony Research Group
• To Die Game (GoodReads)

Upcoming Live Recordings:

• Arcana (Durham, NC, September 28, 2023)

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A certain 19th century mansion in Wilmington has a haunted history, with legends abounding of desperate pleas etched in ice on winter nights and ghost tour participants being left frightened for their lives. But what does history have to say about one of Wilmington's haunted destinations?

Upcoming Live Recordings:

• ConGregate 9 (Winston-Salem, NC, July 14-16, 2023)
• Arcana (Durham, NC, September 28, 2023)

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You've probably seen them around the southeastern United States: natural or artificial trees decorated with blue and green glass bottles attached to their branches. But did you know they're a practice from folk magic with over a millenium of history behind them? Join Michael and Charlie on a deep-dive into these and other, similar glass "decorations" with a magical kick!

CAROLINA FEAR FEST DISCOUNT!

Use code "ArcaneCFF" at checkout for a discount on weekend passes!

Links:

• Places for the Spirit: Traditional African American Gardens (Goodreads)
• "A House with Bottle Trees" (Eudora Welty photograph)

Upcoming Live Recordings

• Carolina Fear Fest (May 26-28th, 2023 - Raleigh, NC)
• ConCarolinas (June 2nd-4th, 2023 - Charlotte, NC)
• ConGregate (July 14th-16th, 2023 - Winston-Salem, NC)

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• AC Monthly
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Join Michael and Charlie as they interview Stephanie Freas from Carolina Fear Fest and Tonya Denny from Winston-Salem Paranormal Society about a boatload of cool stuff to do in the Carolinas!

Links:

• Carolina Fear Fest - use code ArcaneCFF for a discount on weekend passes! (external site)
• Winston-Salem Paranormal Society (external site)

Upcoming Live Recordings

• Carolina Fear Fest (May 26-28th, 2023 - Raleigh, NC)
• ConCarolinas (June 2nd-4th, 2023 - Charlotte, NC)
• ConGregate (July 14th-16th, 2023 - Winston-Salem, NC)

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• AC Monthly
• Arcane Carolinas on Patreon
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Join Charlie and Michael as they discuss a very old--perhaps even ancient--tale of a grim and inviting spirit said to reside in the depths of the French Broad River in the mountains of Western North Carolina!

Also, if you're going to Carolina Fear Fest, discount code "ArcaneCFF" is good for 10% off weekend passes through May 5th, 2023.

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Research Links:

• Carolina Haints: an awesome podcast produced by a fellow ConCarolinas regular!
• North Carolina Ghosts: Stories, Legends, Folklore: amazing site run by a fantastically friendly expert on these and other stories!
• Mountain Lore: Tales from Appalachia: a site with tons of information!
• The Pine Barrens Institute: a site with tons of information about a wide variety of cryptids!
• Weird Carolinas (Amazon.com)
• Myths and Legends of Our Own Lands (Project Gutenberg)
• Southern and Western Magazine & Review (Internet Archive)

Upcoming Live Recordings

• Carolina Fear Fest (May 26-28th, 2023 - Raleigh, NC)
• ConCarolinas (June 2nd-4th, 2023 - Charlotte, NC)
• ConGregate (July 14th-16th, 2023 - Winston-Salem, NC)

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• AC Monthly
• Arcane Carolinas on Patreon
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Join Michael and Charlie as they discuss the daring and adventurous life and career of Robert Smalls, a Civil War hero from Beaufort, SC, whose public service continued for decades after the war and whose work still benefits students and residents of South Carolina to this day!

Links:

• The Audacity of Robert Smalls - TEDx Talk by Michael B. Moore (YouTube.com)
• Harper's Weekly story from June 14, 1862 (iowaculture.gov)
• The Escape of Robert Smalls - illustrated children's book (Amazon.com)
• Be Free or Die - nonfiction book by a Raleigh author (Amazon.com)
• Robert Smalls (1839-1915) - Facebook page about Robert Smalls and the various exhibitions
• "Which Slave Sailed Himself to Freedom?" (PBS.org)

Upcoming Live Recordings:

• GalaxyCon Richmond (Richmond, VA - March 24th-26th, 2023)

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Join Charlie and Michael for a timeline and discussion of the recent and very public experiences with balloons, UFOs/UAPs, and the US military. AC doesn't normally take on the news, but who could say no to stories like this? Links in the show notes for earlier episodes on related topics!

Links:

• AC 00015: To the Skies!
• AC 00034: Strange Skies Over Chimney Rock!
• AC 00048: The Carolinas' UFO Landing Pad
• US Representative Jeff Jackson's (NC-14) post about recent UAP shoot-downs
• US Representative Jeff Jackson (NC-14) on Substack

Upcoming Live Recordings:

• Ret-Con (Cary, NC - February 24th-26th, 2023)
• GalaxyCon Richmond (Richmond, VA - March 24th-26th, 2023)

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• AC Monthly
• Arcane Carolinas on Patreon
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Join Charlie and Michael for a deeper dive into the history and legends behind Stagecoach Rock, subject of our very first livestream in 2021!

Links:

• "Historic Mebane Rock Will Not Be Destroyed as Housing Development Is Built" (Chapelboro.com)

Upcoming Live Recordings:

• Ret-Con (Cary, NC - February 24th-26th, 2023)
• GalaxyCon Richmond (Richmond, VA - March 24th-26th, 2023)

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• AC Monthly
• Arcane Carolinas on Patreon
• Arcane Carolinas on Facebook
• Arcane Carolinas on Instagram
• Arcane Carolinas on Tumblr

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Does Raleigh, the state capital of North Carolina, have a giant forcefield to keep it from snowing there? Join Charlie and Michael for a fun and wide-ranging discussion of an urban legend about a natural phenomenon, plus delicious chicken sandwiches!

Links:

• QuickBait: The Raleigh Weather Dome (IndyWeek.com)
• WRAL's Greg Fishel getting asked about the Raleigh Weather Dome (Twitter)
• Photos of the 1988 Raleigh tornado's aftermath (WRAL)
• Photos of the 1989 downing of two WRAL towers by an ice storm (oldradio.com)
• Chicken Bundles (YouTube)

Upcoming Live Recordings:

• Ret-Con (Cary, NC - February 24th-26th, 2023)
• GalaxyCon Richmond (Richmond, VA - March 24th-26th, 2023)

Follow us!

• AC Monthly
• Arcane Carolinas on Patreon
• Arcane Carolinas on Facebook
• Arcane Carolinas on Instagram
• Arcane Carolinas on Tumblr

Contact us!

[email protected]