Southern Ghost Stories

German immigrant Johann Lotz moved to Franklin, Tennessee to open a carpentry business. However, as the Civil War ravaged the country Lotz's home became ground zero for the Battle of Franklin on November 30, 1864. The battle ended with over 9,000 casualties, most of which took place in Lotz's front yard. Now the Lotz House is thought to be the most haunted place in Franklin, Tennessee.

Join us as we take a deep dive into the Battle of Franklin and the history and hauntings of the Lotz House.

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Tucked away on the west side of Savannah is one of the most haunted cemeteries in Georgia. From stolen headstone to bodies that were disturbed and reinterred over the years, Laurel Grove has a lot of strange things that have happened over the years in the burying ground. It is also home to the founder of the Girl Scouts, the most controversial man in Savannah and the songwriter of one of the most famous songs of all time.

Join us as we take a deep dive into the paranormal activity surrounding the Laurel Grove Cemetery.

Also, don't forget to download the Savannah Ghost Map in iTunes and Google Play. Take your own ghost tour of Savannah at your own pace.

One of the most popular bars in the French Quarter has a checkered past with ties to fabled pirate Jean Lafitte! Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop was just that, a blacksmith shop in the 1800s. However, it was also a front to sell stolen goods. As legend has it Lafitte buried some of his treasure on the property, but as of yet, it has not been recovered. Join us as we take a deep dive into the haunted history of the New Orleans bar. Does the ghost of Jean Lafitte still appear in the bar?

Also, don't forget to download the New Orleans Ghost Map in iTunes and Google Play. Take your own ghost tour of New Orleans at your own pace.

Before the Civil War New Albany was the largest city in Indiana due to its proximity to the Ohio River. During the war it was an important hub to both the Confederacy and especially the Union who set up hospitals there. After the war President Abraham Lincoln established a National Cemetery in New Albany, making it one of fourteen sites in the country where Federal soldiers were laid to rest.

But is the cemetery haunted? Locals tell stories of seeing and hearing strange things around the burying ground from time to time.

Join us as we take a closer look at the ghosts and paranormal activity in the historic cemetery. Also don't forget to check out the Louisville Ghost Map app in iTunes and Google Play. Take your own ghost tour at your pace with you phone!

After English raids in the 17th century the Spanish realized that their wooden forts would not hold up under attack. The Castillo de San Marcos was built in 1702 on the western shore of St Augustine’s Matanzas Bay and it turned away invaders during British forces in 1728 and 1740. According to legend the old fort is haunted by the spirits of Captain Manuel Abela and Dolores, the wife of cold hearted Colonel Garcia Marti.

Join us as we take a deep dive into the history of the Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine. Also don't forget to download the St. Augustine Ghost Map app and take your own ghost tour.

While Dolly Parton was opening Dollywood and Opryland was becoming one of the most popular theme parks in the south Conway Twitty dipped his toe into the water as well. As one of the most popular country singers in the 1980s Twitty opened his own attraction called Twitty Citty in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Unfortunately after his untimely death Twitty City was forced to shut down and the entertainer's estate got tied up in court. The family wound up having to sell the property and it was turned into the headquarters of a Christian Television entertainment company.

Does the ghost of Ol' Conway still linger on the property? Join us as we take a deep dive into the history and hauntings of Twitty City.

Also, don't forget to download the Nashville Ghost Map in iTunes and Google Play Take your own ghost tour of Nashville at your own pace. Our new book Southern Ghost Stories: Ghosts of Gallatin goes in depth into the history of the town and the square and makes an excellent companion to the podcast.

After earning the first license to mix and dispense medicine in Louisiana Louis Dufilho Jr. opened a pharmacy in the French Quarter, even though he practiced primitive procedures like bloodletting and leeches Dufilho was a respected apothecary. However, Dr. Joseph Dupas, the man who bought his old building and opened up his own practice was quite the opposite. He was was one of the most vile and evil men to practice medicine in New Orleans.

Do some of Dupas' old patients haunt the historic building. Join us as we take a deep dive and dig into the history of the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum.

Also, don't forget to download the New Orleans Ghost Map in iTunes and Google Play. Take your own ghost tour of New Orleans at your own pace.

Before the Civil War the son of a wealthy judge, John Overton Jr. bought a plot of land in downtown Nashville and began building a lavish hotel. Then when the Union army rolled into town the unfinished hotel became a prison where captured Confederate soldiers were held. After the war the hotel was finished and was one of the premier places to stay in Nashville in the early 20th century. Unfortunately a deadly fire in 1961 destroyed the building.

Today the old hotel is home to a number of wayward spirits who never moved on. There are tales of a love triangle involving two Union soldiers and a woman that ended in tragedy. Come with us and discover the history and paranormal secrets of the Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee.

Also, don't forget to download the Nashville Ghost Map in iTunes and Google Play. Take your own ghost tour of Nashville at your own pace.

The Omni Parker House is one of the most historic hotels in Boston. It's hosted every United States President since Ulysses S. Grant and was the meeting place for literary giants such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and other notable novelists, authors, and poets during the 1800s.

But the hotel is also extremely haunted. From the tenth floor to the elevators strange paranormal tales abound about the historic hotel. Stephen King was so intrigued with the Parker House and Room 303 it actually inspired Stephen King to write a short story called "1408". It was later made into a film.

Join us as we take a deep dive into the old Poker House hotel in Boston Massachusetts.

Also, don’t forget to download the Boston Ghost Map in iTunes and Google Play. Take your own ghost tour of Boston at your own pace.

Reverend Sherman M. Merrill may have founded the First United Methodist Church in Gallatin but he was also on the run from a past that wouldn't stop chasing him. Adultery, insurance fraud and murder were all charges that Merrill tried to duck and dodge over the years. In addition to the scandalous preacher the old church is believed to be haunted. The building is also connected to a series tunnels that run underneath Gallatin.Learn about one of the most unique churches in the country as we take a deep dive into the First United Methodist Church in Gallatin, Tennessee in this episode. Also, don't forget to download the Nashville Ghost Map in iTunes and Google Play. Take your own ghost tour of middle Tennessee at your own pace.