This is a story about a German fairytale and a brutal murder in northwestern Georgia. Suggested reading: The Corpsewood Manor Murders In North Georgia by Amy Petulla

This is a story about a German fairytale and a brutal murder in northwestern Georgia. Suggested reading: The Corpsewood Manor Murders In North Georgia by Amy Petulla

Corpsewood

The history of the Navajo goes back in time to the Four Corners region in Arizona. Where the spider grandmother spun a giant web and threw it into the night sky to create the stars. This area known as Canyon de Chelly is also known as the Canyon of the Dead after a misguided weaver's warning resulted in a cruel cave massacre. Like the art and designs of the Navajo weaver's blanket, the Navajo legends are intertwined with a ranch purchased by a Utah couple. The Sherman ranch seemed like an idyllic place to raise premium cattle, but strange things started happening almost immediately upon the family's arrival. This ranch is now known as the Skinwalker Ranch and the legends continue. Episode Highlights: <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Spider rock and the legend of the weaver and Navajo blankets.</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Terry and Gwen Sherman purchase a Utah ranch in 1994.</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">The Sherman's experienced strange phenomena and decided to sell.</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Robert T. Bigelow purchases the ranch and dispatches the National Institute for Discovery Science to investigate.</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">A terrifying dark force grabs one of the observers before fading away.</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Night vision goggles expose a tunnel through the light used by the black creature.</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">The Ute Tribe and the legend of the Navajo Tribe in New Mexico.</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">New Mexico, 1863 Kit Carson and his troops round up the Navajo for transport.</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Canyon de Chelly and "The Long Walk" of the Navajo.</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">The legend of the skinwalker.</li> </ul> Resources: <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Canyon_de_Chelly"> Battle of Canyon de Chelly</a> <a href= "http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kit-carsons-campaign-against-the-indians"> Kit Carson's Campaign Against the Indians</a> <a href="http://www.skinwalkerranch.org/">Skinwalker Ranch</a> Enjoyed this episode? Please support the show by rating, reviewing, and subscribing on <a href= "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pleasing-terrors/id1141063625?mt=2"> iTunes</a>. Please visit <a href= "http://www.pleasingterrors.com/">Pleasing Terrors</a>, the podcast behind Old Charleston's best ghost tour, on <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/pleasingterrors/">Facebook</a> and <a href= "https://twitter.com/pleasingterrors">Twitter</a>!

The history of the Navajo goes back in time to the Four Corners region in Arizona. Where the spider grandmother spun a giant web and threw it into the night sky to create the stars. This area known as Canyon de Chelly is also known as the Canyon of the Dead after a misguided weaver's warning resulted in a cruel cave massacre. Like the art and designs of the Navajo weaver's blanket, the Navajo legends are intertwined with a ranch purchased by a Utah couple. The Sherman ranch seemed like an idyllic place to raise premium cattle, but strange things started happening almost immediately upon the family's arrival. This ranch is now known as the Skinwalker Ranch and the legends continue. Episode Highlights: Spider rock and the legend of the weaver and Navajo blankets. Terry and Gwen Sherman purchase a Utah ranch in 1994. The Sherman's experienced strange phenomena and decided to sell. Robert T. Bigelow purchases the ranch and dispatches the National Institute for Discovery Science to investigate. A terrifying dark force grabs one of the observers before fading away. Night vision goggles expose a tunnel through the light used by the black creature. The Ute Tribe and the legend of the Navajo Tribe in New Mexico. New Mexico, 1863 Kit Carson and his troops round up the Navajo for transport. Canyon de Chelly and "The Long Walk" of the Navajo. The legend of the skinwalker. Resources: Battle of Canyon de Chelly Kit Carson's Campaign Against the Indians Skinwalker Ranch Enjoyed this episode? Please support the show by rating, reviewing, and subscribing on iTunes. Please visit Pleasing Terrors, the podcast behind Old Charleston's best ghost tour, on Facebook and Twitter!

The history of the Navajo goes back in time to the Four Corners region in Arizona. Where the spider grandmother spun a giant web and threw it into the night sky to create the stars. This area known as Canyon de Chelly is also known as the Canyon of the Dead after a misguided weaver's warning resulted in a cruel cave massacre. Like the art and designs of the Navajo weaver's blanket, the Navajo legends are intertwined with a ranch purchased by a Utah couple. The Sherman ranch seemed like an idyllic place to raise premium cattle, but strange things started happening almost immediately upon the family's arrival. This ranch is now known as the Skinwalker Ranch and the legends continue. Episode Highlights: <ul> <li>Spider rock and the legend of the weaver and Navajo blankets.</li> <li>Terry and Gwen Sherman purchase a Utah ranch in 1994.</li> <li>The Sherman's experienced strange phenomena and decided to sell.</li> <li>Robert T. Bigelow purchases the ranch and dispatches the National Institute for Discovery Science to investigate.</li> <li>A terrifying dark force grabs one of the observers before fading away.</li> <li>Night vision goggles expose a tunnel through the light used by the black creature.</li> <li>The Ute Tribe and the legend of the Navajo Tribe in New Mexico.</li> <li>New Mexico, 1863 Kit Carson and his troops round up the Navajo for transport.</li> <li>Canyon de Chelly and "The Long Walk" of the Navajo.</li> <li>The legend of the skinwalker.</li> </ul> Resources: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Canyon_de_Chelly" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Battle of Canyon de Chelly</a> <a href="http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kit-carsons-campaign-against-the-indians" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Kit Carson's Campaign Against the Indians</a> <a href="http://www.skinwalkerranch.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Skinwalker Ranch</a> Enjoyed this episode? Please support the show by rating, reviewing, and subscribing on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pleasing-terrors/id1141063625?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer"> iTunes</a>. Please visit <a href="http://www.pleasingterrors.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pleasing Terrors</a>, the podcast behind Old Charleston's best ghost tour, on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pleasingterrors/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/pleasingterrors" rel="noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a>!

027: The Dark Path

In Austin, Texas in 1884 a female servant was killed in a gruesome ax murder. Feeble attempts were made to find the murderer, but to no avail. Soon a series of gruesome ax murders and attacks followed. Each one more horrific than the other, and the murders spread beyond the black servant population to the white community. What originally was considered a black problem in the South twenty years after the Civil War became society's problem. This was a birth. The birth of legions of Demons cast out by Jesus. The birth referred to in the occult addicted mind of William Butler Yeats in his poem The Second Coming. The birth of something much more sinister. Episode Highlights: <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;">The Second Coming by William Butler Yeats</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Yeats obsession with the occult and marriage to medium Georgie Hyde-Lees</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">The murder of Molly Smith</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Many believed a demon had come to Austin</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">The Gospel of Mark and Jesus casting out demons in the Gerasenes</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">The legend of the boogeyman can be found in all cultures</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">The attack of Susan Hancock and murder of Jimmy and Eula Phillips</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Christmas Day, 1885 the day "Hell Broke Loose"</li> </ul> Resources: <a href= "https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/43290"> The Second Coming by William Butler Yeats</a> Enjoyed this episode? Please support the show by rating, reviewing, and subscribing on <a href= "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pleasing-terrors/id1141063625?mt=2"> iTunes</a>. Please visit <a href= "http://www.pleasingterrors.com/">Pleasing Terrors</a>, the podcast behind Old Charleston's best ghost tour, on <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/pleasingterrors/">Facebook</a> and <a href= "https://twitter.com/pleasingterrors">Twitter</a>!

In Austin, Texas in 1884 a female servant was killed in a gruesome ax murder. Feeble attempts were made to find the murderer, but to no avail. Soon a series of gruesome ax murders and attacks followed. Each one more horrific than the other, and the murders spread beyond the black servant population to the white community. What originally was considered a black problem in the South twenty years after the Civil War became society's problem. This was a birth. The birth of legions of Demons cast out by Jesus. The birth referred to in the occult addicted mind of William Butler Yeats in his poem The Second Coming. The birth of something much more sinister. Episode Highlights: The Second Coming by William Butler Yeats Yeats obsession with the occult and marriage to medium Georgie Hyde-Lees The murder of Molly Smith Many believed a demon had come to Austin The Gospel of Mark and Jesus casting out demons in the Gerasenes The legend of the boogeyman can be found in all cultures The attack of Susan Hancock and murder of Jimmy and Eula Phillips Christmas Day, 1885 the day "Hell Broke Loose" Resources: The Second Coming by William Butler Yeats Enjoyed this episode? Please support the show by rating, reviewing, and subscribing on iTunes. Please visit Pleasing Terrors, the podcast behind Old Charleston's best ghost tour, on Facebook and Twitter!

In Austin, Texas in 1884 a female servant was killed in a gruesome ax murder. Feeble attempts were made to find the murderer, but to no avail. Soon a series of gruesome ax murders and attacks followed. Each one more horrific than the other, and the murders spread beyond the black servant population to the white community. What originally was considered a black problem in the South twenty years after the Civil War became society's problem. This was a birth. The birth of legions of Demons cast out by Jesus. The birth referred to in the occult addicted mind of William Butler Yeats in his poem The Second Coming. The birth of something much more sinister. Episode Highlights: <ul> <li>The Second Coming by William Butler Yeats</li> <li>Yeats obsession with the occult and marriage to medium Georgie Hyde-Lees</li> <li>The murder of Molly Smith</li> <li>Many believed a demon had come to Austin</li> <li>The Gospel of Mark and Jesus casting out demons in the Gerasenes</li> <li>The legend of the boogeyman can be found in all cultures</li> <li>The attack of Susan Hancock and murder of Jimmy and Eula Phillips</li> <li>Christmas Day, 1885 the day "Hell Broke Loose"</li> </ul> Resources: <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/43290" rel="noopener noreferrer"> The Second Coming by William Butler Yeats</a> Enjoyed this episode? Please support the show by rating, reviewing, and subscribing on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pleasing-terrors/id1141063625?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer"> iTunes</a>. Please visit <a href="http://www.pleasingterrors.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pleasing Terrors</a>, the podcast behind Old Charleston's best ghost tour, on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pleasingterrors/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/pleasingterrors" rel="noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a>!

022: Hell Broke Loose

In Native American folklore, there was a dark creature that possessed the mind and body of men, instilling within them a great hunger for human flesh. The Wendigo was feared by tribes throughout what is now North America and Canada as stories of bloodshed and terror spread across the continent. Picture it: Your best friend, your husband, your sister -- crouched down and feasting upon the flesh of someone you love. It's been many, many years since a Wendigo was rumoured to be wreaking havoc, but are they truly gone for good? Episode Highlights: <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Origins of the Wendigo</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Fear and blood at the Hungry Hall outpost</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Tales from Native American folklore</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Swift Runner: A man possessed</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">What lurks beneath the surface of the lake</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Hunting a monster</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Psychosis or a wendigo? </li> </ul> Resources: <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Spirits-Windigo-Myth-History/dp/1772030325"> Dangerous Spirits: The Wendigo in Myth and History by Shawn Smallman</a> Enjoyed this episode? Please support the show by rating, reviewing, and subscribing on <a href= "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pleasing-terrors/id1141063625?mt=2"> iTunes</a>. Please visit <a href= "http://www.pleasingterrors.com/">Pleasing Terrors</a>, the podcast behind Old Charleston's best ghost tour, on <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/pleasingterrors/">Facebook</a> and <a href= "https://twitter.com/pleasingterrors">Twitter</a>!

In Native American folklore, there was a dark creature that possessed the mind and body of men, instilling within them a great hunger for human flesh. The Wendigo was feared by tribes throughout what is now North America and Canada as stories of bloodshed and terror spread across the continent. Picture it: Your best friend, your husband, your sister -- crouched down and feasting upon the flesh of someone you love. It's been many, many years since a Wendigo was rumoured to be wreaking havoc, but are they truly gone for good? Episode Highlights: Origins of the Wendigo Fear and blood at the Hungry Hall outpost Tales from Native American folklore Swift Runner: A man possessed What lurks beneath the surface of the lake Hunting a monster Psychosis or a wendigo? Resources: Dangerous Spirits: The Wendigo in Myth and History by Shawn Smallman Enjoyed this episode? Please support the show by rating, reviewing, and subscribing on iTunes. Please visit Pleasing Terrors, the podcast behind Old Charleston's best ghost tour, on Facebook and Twitter!

In Native American folklore, there was a dark creature that possessed the mind and body of men, instilling within them a great hunger for human flesh. The Wendigo was feared by tribes throughout what is now North America and Canada as stories of bloodshed and terror spread across the continent. Picture it: Your best friend, your husband, your sister -- crouched down and feasting upon the flesh of someone you love. It's been many, many years since a Wendigo was rumoured to be wreaking havoc, but are they truly gone for good? Episode Highlights: <ul> <li>Origins of the Wendigo</li> <li>Fear and blood at the Hungry Hall outpost</li> <li>Tales from Native American folklore</li> <li>Swift Runner: A man possessed</li> <li>What lurks beneath the surface of the lake</li> <li>Hunting a monster</li> <li>Psychosis or a wendigo? </li> </ul> Resources: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Spirits-Windigo-Myth-History/dp/1772030325" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Dangerous Spirits: The Wendigo in Myth and History by Shawn Smallman</a> Enjoyed this episode? Please support the show by rating, reviewing, and subscribing on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pleasing-terrors/id1141063625?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer"> iTunes</a>. Please visit <a href="http://www.pleasingterrors.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pleasing Terrors</a>, the podcast behind Old Charleston's best ghost tour, on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pleasingterrors/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/pleasingterrors" rel="noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a>!

021: Hungry Spirits

Fairy tales often teach an important moral lesson, hidden within the entertaining twists and turns of the story. The tale of Bluebeard, the rich man who keeps the bodies of his murdered wives locked behind the forbidden doors of the dungeon in his castle, doomed to have his wrongdoing exposed by his newest wife, serves as a reminder to young women that curiosity can sometimes be your downfall -- or your savior. In real life there are rarely happy endings to tragedies and moral lessons must be learned the hard way. For Zona Shue, choked to death in her own home, life was certainly no fairytale. Yet the strange events that led to a murder conviction were as fantastical as any tale written up in a storybook. The moral lesson in her twisted fairy tale? Mothers are always right. Episode Highlights: <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;">The horrifying fairy tale of Bluebeard and his wives</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">The trial of the Greenbrier Ghost</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Zona and Trout: A love story gone sour</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">A grisly discovery</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Witnesses on the stand</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Mary Jane Hester's otherworldly visitor</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Confessions from beyond the grave</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Broken vertebrae and bruised skin: Autopsy discoveries</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Trout Shue's troubled life</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">A mother's vengeance -- fact or fairytale?</li> </ul> Resources: <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Wanted-Seven-Wives/dp/1891852051"> The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives by Katie Letcher Lyle, Quarrier Press 1999 </a> Enjoyed this episode? Please support the show by rating, reviewing, and subscribing on <a href= "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pleasing-terrors/id1141063625?mt=2"> iTunes</a>. Please visit <a href= "http://www.pleasingterrors.com/">Pleasing Terrors</a>, the podcast behind Old Charleston's best ghost tour, on <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/pleasingterrors/">Facebook</a> and <a href= "https://twitter.com/pleasingterrors">Twitter</a>!

Fairy tales often teach an important moral lesson, hidden within the entertaining twists and turns of the story. The tale of Bluebeard, the rich man who keeps the bodies of his murdered wives locked behind the forbidden doors of the dungeon in his castle, doomed to have his wrongdoing exposed by his newest wife, serves as a reminder to young women that curiosity can sometimes be your downfall -- or your savior. In real life there are rarely happy endings to tragedies and moral lessons must be learned the hard way. For Zona Shue, choked to death in her own home, life was certainly no fairytale. Yet the strange events that led to a murder conviction were as fantastical as any tale written up in a storybook. The moral lesson in her twisted fairy tale? Mothers are always right. Episode Highlights: The horrifying fairy tale of Bluebeard and his wives The trial of the Greenbrier Ghost Zona and Trout: A love story gone sour A grisly discovery Witnesses on the stand Mary Jane Hester's otherworldly visitor Confessions from beyond the grave Broken vertebrae and bruised skin: Autopsy discoveries Trout Shue's troubled life A mother's vengeance -- fact or fairytale? Resources: The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives by Katie Letcher Lyle, Quarrier Press 1999 Enjoyed this episode? Please support the show by rating, reviewing, and subscribing on iTunes. Please visit Pleasing Terrors, the podcast behind Old Charleston's best ghost tour, on Facebook and Twitter!

Fairy tales often teach an important moral lesson, hidden within the entertaining twists and turns of the story. The tale of Bluebeard, the rich man who keeps the bodies of his murdered wives locked behind the forbidden doors of the dungeon in his castle, doomed to have his wrongdoing exposed by his newest wife, serves as a reminder to young women that curiosity can sometimes be your downfall -- or your savior. In real life there are rarely happy endings to tragedies and moral lessons must be learned the hard way. For Zona Shue, choked to death in her own home, life was certainly no fairytale. Yet the strange events that led to a murder conviction were as fantastical as any tale written up in a storybook. The moral lesson in her twisted fairy tale? Mothers are always right. Episode Highlights: <ul> <li>The horrifying fairy tale of Bluebeard and his wives</li> <li>The trial of the Greenbrier Ghost</li> <li>Zona and Trout: A love story gone sour</li> <li>A grisly discovery</li> <li>Witnesses on the stand</li> <li>Mary Jane Hester's otherworldly visitor</li> <li>Confessions from beyond the grave</li> <li>Broken vertebrae and bruised skin: Autopsy discoveries</li> <li>Trout Shue's troubled life</li> <li>A mother's vengeance -- fact or fairytale?</li> </ul> Resources: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Wanted-Seven-Wives/dp/1891852051" rel="noopener noreferrer"> The Man Who Wanted Seven Wives by Katie Letcher Lyle, Quarrier Press 1999 </a> Enjoyed this episode? Please support the show by rating, reviewing, and subscribing on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pleasing-terrors/id1141063625?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer"> iTunes</a>. Please visit <a href="http://www.pleasingterrors.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pleasing Terrors</a>, the podcast behind Old Charleston's best ghost tour, on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pleasingterrors/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/pleasingterrors" rel="noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a>!

016: True Crime

The conclusion of the three part series which combines history, ghosts, true crime and fairytales.

The conclusion of the three part series which combines history, ghosts, true crime and fairytales.

The Mermaid Returns: Part 3

The second episode in a three part series about one of Charleston's lost stories. It is a true story that combines history, true crime, ghosts and fairy tales.

The second episode in a three part series about one of Charleston's lost stories. It is a true story that combines history, true crime, ghosts and fairy tales.

The Mermaid Returns: Part 2

This is the first in a three part series about one of Charleston, South Carolina's lost stories. It combines history, ghosts, true crime, amd fairytales.

This is the first in a three part series about one of Charleston, South Carolina's lost stories. It combines history, ghosts, true crime, amd fairytales.

The Mermaid Returns: Part 1

This episode features the untold story of the origin of King Kong.

This episode features the untold story of the origin of King Kong.

Here Are Dragons

This episode tells a story about pirates and a haunted dungeon.

This episode tells a story about pirates and a haunted dungeon.

Last Breath

This episode tells the story of the Charleston mermaid.

This episode tells the story of the Charleston mermaid.

The Mermaid

This a story about the Titanic, Victorian sex trafficking and a mummy's curse.

This a story about the Titanic, Victorian sex trafficking and a mummy's curse.

Through A Glass Darkly

Haunted houses, midnight witchcraft and famous murder in historic Savannah, Georgia.

Haunted houses, midnight witchcraft and famous murder in historic Savannah, Georgia.

Shadows of Savannah Part 2: The Dead Time

In this episode I visit some of Savanah's most haunted locations. Suggested Reading: Haunted Savanah: America's Most Spectral City by James Caskey Haunted Savannah by Georgia R. Byrd

In this episode I visit some of Savanah's most haunted locations. Suggested Reading: Haunted Savanah: America's Most Spectral City by James Caskey Haunted Savannah by Georgia R. Byrd

Shadows of Savannah (Part 1): Most Haunted

Join acclaimed ghost storyteller Mike Brown for a bi-weekly tour through the shadows of history. The Pleasing Terrors Podcast features stories about haunted places, creepy history, and forgotten folklore.

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