A Southern History & True Crime Podcast

In the 1880s, Rowan County, Kentucky, became known as “Bloody Rowan” after politics, old grudges and personal revenge led to one of the state’s deadliest feuds. This episode traces the Rowan County War from an Election Day shooting in Morehead to three years of ambushes, militia intervention and a final armed showdown that ended the violence, but not through justice. The post Episode 191 The Rowan...

The 1912 murder of Ella Barham shocked Boone County, Arkansas, and raised lasting questions about evidence, rumor and justice. The post Episode 190 The Murder of Ella Barham: A 1912 Boone County Mystery first appeared on A Southern History & True Crime Podcast .

One of the Civil War’s most controversial events unfolded on June 11, 1863, when Union forces entered Darien, Georgia, an undefended town of little strategic importance, and left it in flames. Homes, churches, businesses and one of the oldest Black congregations in the South were destroyed. The troops ordered to take part included the famed […] The post Episode 189 The Burning of Darien, Geo...

The Louise Beattie murder shocked Richmond in 1911. Her husband blamed a stranger, but the evidence led to one of America’s most infamous trials. The post Episode 188 The Louise Beattie Murder first appeared on A Southern History & True Crime Podcast .

On a quiet night in October 1973, two men fishing along the Pascagoula River in Mississippi walked into the sheriff’s office with a story that would follow them for the rest of their lives. Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker claimed they were taken aboard a strange craft and examined by beings they could not explain. […] The post Episode 187 The Pascagoula Incident first appeared on A Souther...

In February 1975, nine-year-old Marcia Trimble vanished while delivering Girl Scout cookies in Nashville’s Green Hills neighborhood, shattering the sense of safety surrounding one of the city’s most affluent communities. Her disappearance and murder became one of Tennessee’s most haunting cold cases, marked by suspicion, unanswered questions, and a mystery that lingered for decades. The post Episo...

A storm‑tossed blockade‑runner, a satchel of Confederate gold, and a woman whose secrets shaped the early days of the Civil War—this episode uncovers the life of famed spy Rose O’Neal Greenhow. From Washington parlors to prison cells to the dark waters off Fort Fisher, her story reveals the hidden world of Southern espionage and the final choice that bound her to the cause she refused to abandon....

In 1970, Thomas Gilmore became the first Black sheriff in rural Greene County, Alabama. He refused to carry a gun. How did a man of peace earn the trust to enforce the law in a place shaped by deep racial divides? And why does his story remain largely unknown? The post Episode 184 Sheriff Without a Gun: The Legacy of Thomas Gilmore first appeared on A Southern History & True Crime Podcast .

In June 1948, 21-year-old Mary Virginia Carpenter left Texarkana for college in Denton, Texas. She was last seen after a taxi dropped her near Brackenridge Hall at Texas State College for Women. The letter she promised her mother never came, and neither did Virginia. More than 70 years later, her disappearance remains one of Denton’s quiet, enduring mysteries. The post Episode 183 The Vanishing of...

Was Julia Legare buried alive? Explore the Edisto Island, South Carolina legend of the Legare mausoleum and what the historical record shows in this episode. The post Episode 182 Buried Alive on Edisto Island: The Legend of Julia Legare first appeared on A Southern History & True Crime Podcast .