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As legend has it, the flying Mothman horrified countless Point Pleasant residents in the late 1960s. And when the Silver Bridge collapsed, the creature was blamed for the deaths of 46 people.

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The Enfield Haunting began with a bang. Literally. In the summer of 1977, Peggy Hodgson heard loud noises coming from her daughters' room, upstairs at their house at 284 Green Street, in Enfield, North London. Hodgson went upstairs to investigate and to tell the girls, Margaret, 12, and Janet, 11, to quiet down and go to bed — only to find them cowering in fear.

This is the true story of the Enfield haunting, the poltergeist that plagued the Hodgson family between 1977 and 1979.

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Every year when the green leaves turn bright orange and pumpkins appear on our doorsteps, Washington Irving’s classic ghost story, The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, is retold.

The beloved American legend follows the tale of Ichabod Crane, a superstitious schoolteacher who finds himself in the haunted town of Sleepy Hollow, where he suffers an ill-fated encounter with the village’s infamous headless horseman before he mysteriously disappears from the community for good.

While the legend is a staple in American folklore, its inspiration is global. Indeed, Washington Irving’s haunting work is born out of a mixture of foreign lore, local history, and a bit of the uncanny.

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Southern Gothic is a narrative history podcast that pays special attention to sound design to truly immerse you in the story, whether exploring the American South’s darkest chapters in history or recounting an infamous ghost story from decades or centuries past. From the Bell Witch of Tennessee to the haunted Waverly Hills Sanatorium, Southern Gothic’s stories sit at the intersection of true crime, history, and the paranormal. 

This week, we’re presenting Southern Gothic’s episode on the Baynard Mausoleum of Hilton Head Island. The Baynard Mausoleum is the oldest surviving structure on Hilton Head, located just off the coast of South Carolina near the border with Georgia.

The mysterious circumstances surrounding the Baynard Mausoleum – and the years of vandalism and thievery that have plagued it – have prompted deep local interest in this allegedly haunted mausoleum and the lore that surrounds it. 

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The Mermaid Inn has housed pirates, gangsters, and even Queen Elizabeth I. Some say the inn still houses a few of these characters today — albeit, in ghost form.

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Welcome to History Happy Hour, a special series from History Uncovered…

It’s the end of September 2023 and we’ve handpicked a few of our favorite history stories from this month. Today, we’ll be talking about…

The investigation of an unknown tunnel beneath Poland's Saxon Palace…

…how a Bronze Age girl buried with 180 animal bones was uncovered in Kazakhstan…

…the discovery of 3,700-year-old Bronze Age remains in Turkey with preserved hair and skin…

…how archaeologists found a 2,600-year-old child's shoe in an Austrian salt mine…

…and how the Great Wall of China was damaged by construction workers who tried to create a "shortcut…

As well as a number of historic anniversaries, including the Great Kanto Earthquake in Japan, the founding of Google, and much more. 

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As a teenager, Judith Love Cohen went to a guidance counselor to talk about her future and professed her deep love of math. But the counselor had other advice. She said: “I think you ought to go to a nice finishing school and learn to be a lady.”

Instead, Cohen pursued her dreams. She studied engineering at USC and later helped design the program that saved the Apollo 13 astronauts. In retirement, Cohen produced books encouraging young girls to follow in her footsteps.

Although her son, Jack Black, is certainly the most famous of the family, his mother has a remarkable story all her own.

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After the 9/11 attacks, Pat Tillman gave up a lucrative football career to join the U.S. Army. But in 2004, he was tragically killed by the Taliban — or so his family and the American public were led to believe.

Several weeks later, the real story finally came out: Tillman had been killed by friendly fire, not the Taliban. As if that weren’t bad enough, the circumstances surrounding his death were highly suspicious.

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John Wilkes Booth hailed from America’s most celebrated theatrical dynasty. At the height of his powers, his father, Junius, ranked as the greatest Shakespearean in the country, and John’s older brothers, Junius and Edwin, also achieved fame. After an unpromising professional debut, John lived up to the family name, rising to stardom. With the outbreak of the American Civil War, however, he eventually left acting and plotted a conspiracy to aid the Confederacy by treasonous means.

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It’s the end of August 2023 and we’ve handpicked a few of our favorite history stories from this month. Today, we’ll be talking about…

The discovery of a medieval handheld sundial in Germany…

…yet another vampire grave uncovered in Poland…

…the surprise discovery of a Roman ship by Siberian coal miners…

…why historians now believe that Hirota people in Japan intentionally deformed their skulls centuries ago…

…how conservation work on an Irish castle revealed a secret room…

As well as a number of historic anniversaries, including the shocking death of President Warren G. Harding, the deadly eruption of Krakatoa, and much more.

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