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Since its construction in the 1950s, manmade Lake Lanier has had countless tragedies. Over 700 people have lost their lives here, making it one of the most dangerous lakes in the world. The land is also rooted in a dark and senseless history of racism, violence, murder, and greed. Is the Georgian lake haunted? Is there a Lady of the Lake? Is it cursed? Is it just plain dangerous? Let’s get into it.
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SOURCES:
An article from USA Today by Francisco Guzman: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/07/31/lake-lanier-deaths-history-georgia/70498888007/
An article from Travel Noire by Parker Diakite: https://travelnoire.com/lake-lanier-death-sparks-debate
An article from 11Alive by La'Tasha Givens, Makayla Richards, and Daris Schneider-Bray: https://www.11alive.com/article/news/community/voices-for-equality/oscarville-lanier-lake-black-town-riot-mae-crow-chattahoochee-beulah-rucker/85-8647e2be-a07b-4e80-91cc-61613d0ff472
An article from A-Z-Animals by Cindy Rasmussen: https://a-z-animals.com/blog/discover-why-lake-lanier-could-be-americas-most-dangerous-lake/
An article from Oxford American by Anjali Enjeti: https://oxfordamerican.org/magazine/issue-113-summer-2021/the-haunting-of-lake-lanier
An article from CNN by Faith Karimi: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/31/us/lake-lanier-urban-legends-trnd/index.html
An article from NewsOne by Victoria Kim: https://newsone.com/4513448/black-folklore-in-video-episode-2-the-ghosts-of-lake-lanier/
An article from Unilad by Stefania Sarruba: https://www.unilad.com/news/lake-lanier-most-haunted-explained-217864-20230707
The Gainesville Times
An article from YourTango by Livvie Brault: https://www.yourtango.com/news/is-lake-lanier-haunted-by-racist-history-ghosts-curse
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Since its construction in the 1950s, manmade Lake Lanier has had countless tragedies. Over 700 people have lost their lives here, making it one of the most dangerous lakes in the world. The land is also rooted in a dark and senseless history of racism, violence, murder, and greed. Is the Georgian lake haunted? Is there a Lady of the Lake? Is it cursed? Is it just plain dangerous? Let’s get into it.
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WAYS TO SUPPORT & CONNECT:
Follow the podcast and please leave a 5 star review on whatever platform you're listening on!
Buy Kaydra a coffee to support the show and get a shoutout: https://buymeacoffee.com/perplexitymysterypodcast
Merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/perplexity-mystery-podcast/ be sure to tag us on Instagram in your merch
Website: https://perplexitymysteryp.wixsite.com/perplexity
Social Media: Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube are PerplexityMysteryPodcast.
CONTACT: Have a story to tell or want to request a topic? Email Kaydra at [email protected].
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SOURCES:
An article from USA Today by Francisco Guzman: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/07/31/lake-lanier-deaths-history-georgia/70498888007/
An article from Travel Noire by Parker Diakite: https://travelnoire.com/lake-lanier-death-sparks-debate
An article from 11Alive by La'Tasha Givens, Makayla Richards, and Daris Schneider-Bray: https://www.11alive.com/article/news/community/voices-for-equality/oscarville-lanier-lake-black-town-riot-mae-crow-chattahoochee-beulah-rucker/85-8647e2be-a07b-4e80-91cc-61613d0ff472
An article from A-Z-Animals by Cindy Rasmussen: https://a-z-animals.com/blog/discover-why-lake-lanier-could-be-americas-most-dangerous-lake/
An article from Oxford American by Anjali Enjeti: https://oxfordamerican.org/magazine/issue-113-summer-2021/the-haunting-of-lake-lanier
An article from CNN by Faith Karimi: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/31/us/lake-lanier-urban-legends-trnd/index.html
An article from NewsOne by Victoria Kim: https://newsone.com/4513448/black-folklore-in-video-episode-2-the-ghosts-of-lake-lanier/
An article from Unilad by Stefania Sarruba: https://www.unilad.com/news/lake-lanier-most-haunted-explained-217864-20230707
The Gainesville Times
An article from YourTango by Livvie Brault: https://www.yourtango.com/news/is-lake-lanier-haunted-by-racist-history-ghosts-curse

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