Southern Mysteries Podcast

Episode 134 Haunted Savannah The City That Lives Upon The Dead

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Savannah is Georgia’s first city and one of America’s most haunted. If you visit Savannah’s historic district and stroll the city squares, at some point, you are walking on the dead. Victims of war, yellow fever epidemics, fires, murder and enslavement who died during turbulent times in the city. Savannah is a city that lives upon the dead and some continue to make their presence known.

 

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Episode Sources

  • “432 Abercorn Street: Haunted Mansion Or Just a Rumor Mill?”, The Savannah First-Timer’s Guide. (Viewed October 3, 2023)
  • “Savannah Child Killed by Marble Table Top”, The Atlanta Constitution, December 3, 1933. (Viewed October 2, 2023)
  • “Man Is Injured in 14-Ft Fall”, The Macon Telegraph, December 13, 1933. (Viewed October 2, 2023)
  • “Grand Jury to Probe Wesley Espy’s Death”, The Atlanta Constitution, January 31, 1934. (Viewed October 2, 2023)
  • “Carl Espy Sr”, Abbeville Herald, February 15, 1951. (Viewed October 2, 2023)
  • “Why is Savannah one of America’s Most Haunted Cities?“, Savannah.com. (Viewed October 2, 2023)
  • “New report takes a fresh look at Savannah's role in the history of American slavery”, GPB.org, October 25, 2022. (Viewed October 10, 2023)
  • “Beneath the Surface”, Savannah Magazine, May 15, 2017. (Viewed October 9, 2023)
  • “Why was Nathanael Greene's skeleton kept in a bank vault?”, The Augusta Chronicle, August 1, 2022. (Viewed October 9, 2023)
  • “Haunted Crime Scenes: Savannah's 'Most Haunted' House”, True Crime Library, 2007. (Viewed October 3, 2023)
  • “Died in the West”, The Atlanta Constitution, February 16, 1896. (Viewed October 7, 2023).

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    Theme Song “Dark & Troubled” by Pantherburn. Special thanks to Phillip St Ours for permission for use. Dark Times by Kevin MacLeod. Licensed under Creative Commons.

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