Dead Atlanta

You’ve been walking for blocks, your stomach hollow. Then you catch it, the perfume of fried chicken drifting from just ahead, warm and unmistakable. The Pickrick, a sign reads, and you quicken your pace. As you approach, you see a man through the window, gesturing urgently. Faces crowd around him, rapt. The Pickrick door swings open as a customer steps out, her glare stopping you cold.  The man’s...

TRIGGER WARNING: Graphic descriptions of gore and decomposition. It's July 1864. The summer heat burns into you as dust kicks up high into your eyes on the road, a suffocating stench crawling up your nose. With your head down and a sideways glance to make sure the Confederates don't hear you, you whisper to the Union POW beside you. "My friend was taken prisoner here a month ago--he...

TRIGGER WARNING: Graphic descriptions of violence. The night seeps through your eyelids, your back presses into the bed, and Martin breathes sleepily beside you.  The bed shakes with an enormous thud. With your eyes now wide open and heart pounding, you sit up to look around the inky room and you realize, to your horror, you and Martin are not alone. What happens next will change multiple people&a...

It’s 1914 and your 12-year-old legs  are carrying you down the street past house after house in Cabbagetown as fast as they can to get to the mill on time. You round the last corner before the mill and run straight into the back of a man standing stock still and staring straight ahead. You bend over trying to catch your breath while your eyes squint up and follow his—workers are flowing out of the...

TRIGGER WARNING: Graphic descriptions of violence and mention of sexual assault. SEASON FINALE! It's the 1990's. While thin eyebrows and hair crunchy with gel are the trend, Marietta seems frozen in time as a modern-day Mayberry. Picturesque buildings and homes, a town square surrounded by shops, just down the road from the ice cream parlor. You would never guess that behind one of the d...

A beautiful socialite at home in high society. A charismatic businessman from the blue-collar world. 'Opposites attract,' they say—but at what point do opposites repel...and become deadly? Introduce the next Dead Atlanta episode! Call ‪(404) 596-6118‬ and leave us a voicemail. Include: Your first name Where you're calling from What you're doing right now or when you listen Your...

Phew! Our lives have been busy and we need a breather. We'll be back with you June 3. In the meantime, send us a voicemail intro - you could be in our finale! Introduce the next Dead Atlanta episode! Call ‪(404) 596-6118‬ and leave us a voicemail. Include: Your first name Where you're calling from What you're doing right now or when you listen Your favorite episode or what you hope...

It's the early 1900's and you're walking along Peachtree Street visiting a friend you haven't seen in 10 years. Arriving at the address, you're shocked to see a man and woman walking arm in arm over the threshold of the most enormous home you have ever seen. You quickly check the invitation to attend the ball and realize you're not attending a ball in a mansion, you&a...

What do you get when you combine a wealthy son with political ambitions, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Civil Rights movement? Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. Introduce the next Dead Atlanta episode! Call ‪(404) 596-6118‬ and leave us a voicemail. Include: Your first name Where you're calling from What you're doing right now or when you listen Your favorite episode or what you hope to hear us cove...

You trudge along the streets of downtown Atlanta in December 1867, your hat pulled low, hands shoved in your coat pockets as you rack your brain trying to come up with the last gift on your holiday shopping list. Nothing seems right! Suddenly, you're upon it: Rich's Department Store. Your neighbors have raved about it for months–maybe they'll finally have something just right. You g...

You look out the window of your home in Hunter Hills, Atlanta at the Elder residence. The family doctor is walking up their driveway again. What could it be this time? Introduce the next Dead Atlanta episode! Call ‪(404) 596-6118‬ and leave us a voicemail. Include: Your first name Where you're calling from What you're doing right now or when you listen Your favorite episode or what you h...

TRIGGER WARNING: references to sexual exploitation of minors and suicide. You're lost. The darkness makes every street look like a smudged charcoal drawing, and you can't figure out which way to turn to get back to your hotel. You spot a woman down Collins Street standing in the road in front of a home and pick up your pace–maybe she can point you in the right direction. Just as you reac...

In northwest Atlanta, a cemetery lies quietly buried beneath the roots of an old-growth forest. The graves are ornate, beautiful, and crumbling, broken pieces mixing with the rocks below the leaves. But in this still and silent place, there are still residents. Still stories. Today, we tell them. Introduce the next Dead Atlanta episode! Call ‪(404) 596-6118‬ and leave us a voicemail. Include: Your...

It's an oppressive August day in Atlanta's humidity. You're lying on the edge of Lake Abana in Grant Park, your feet submerged to your ankles in the water for minimal respite. A hat covers your face, blocking the sun above, and you've almost drifted off to sleep when a loud animalistic trumpeting shoots up your spine and rockets you upright. The water suddenly rises to your cal...

It's 4:30 am in downtown Atlanta following a long train ride. You wake, suddenly hot and coughing with the scent of burning sugar and cigar smoke in the air, your eyes burning. What's going on? Introduce the next Dead Atlanta episode! Call ‪(404) 596-6118‬ and leave us a voicemail. Include: Your first name Where you're calling from What you're doing right now or when you listen...

TRIGGER WARNING: Descriptions of graphic violence.  It's 1984, a time of big hair, acid-wash jeans, and one year before Queen's historic Live Aid performance. You pull into a rest stop off of I-20 to stretch your legs, go to the bathroom, and perhaps...get lucky. Tonight may be your lucky night, but let's just hope it stays that way. Introduce the next Dead Atlanta episode! Call ‪(4...

TRIGGER WARNING: Descriptions of graphic violence, sexual assault. Your life is FULL. You're double-majoring, doing extracurriculars, seeing friends, experiencing college life, and even holding down a job on the side. You have full faith that one day, you will be sitting on the Supreme Court's bench. How unfortunate that one of these very things will rip that full life and future from yo...

You know your time is near. As you take your final few breaths one last thought comes, "Will my body be undisturbed?" Stillness settles over you in one final sigh. Introduce the next Dead Atlanta episode! Call ‪(404) 596-6118‬ and leave us a voicemail. Include: Your first name Where you're calling from What you're doing right now or when you listen Your favorite episode or what...

TRIGGER WARNING: Graphic violence. Get ready, there's a new ripper in town but this time, the ripper is targeting black men. Introduce the next Dead Atlanta episode! Call ‪(404) 596-6118‬ and leave us a voicemail. Include: Your first name Where you're calling from What you're doing right now or when you listen Your favorite episode or what you hope to hear us cover Finish off with &...

TRIGGER WARNING: Sexual assault and graphic violence.  It's 1988, and you're walking down a Buckhead street. Telephone poles all seem to have the same poster stuck to them, tattered corners lifting gently in the new autumn breeze. Above two photos of a dark-haired beauty, thick black letters read " HAVE YOU SEEN JULIE LOVE?"  What you know is she's been missing for over a...

Welcome to Trion. Land of deer hunting, colorful gargoyles, devil worshiping, and murder. Choose your own adventure. Introduce the next Dead Atlanta episode! Call ‪(404) 596-6118‬ and leave us a voicemail. Include: Your first name Where you're calling from What you're doing right now or when you listen Your favorite episode or what you hope to hear us cover Finish off with "This is...

Dead Atlanta is doing something a little different for its "Big 5-0"...answering your questions! Grab a seltzer or a glass of Prosecco and dig into the history of the podcast itself. Introduce the next Dead Atlanta episode! Call ‪(404) 596-6118‬ and leave us a voicemail. Include: Your first name Where you're calling from What you're doing right now or when you listen Your favor...

It's 1920. You sit in the audience surrounded by excited chatter rapidly shuttling from lips to ears. Heads bow in close and eyes crease into smiles in anticipation of the show. A hush engulfs the audience as Francis Renault sweeps onto the stage, a beautifully made up face leading the way, the train of the dress trailing behind. You can't believe that just a few hours ago, you saw him e...

If you've ever driven on Atlanta's streets, you've no doubt been on John Wesley Dobbs Avenue or passed Spelman College. Who really was the man the Hartsfield-Jackson Airport is named after?  Introduce the next Dead Atlanta episode! Call ‪(404) 596-6118‬ and leave us a voicemail. Include: Your first name Where you're calling from What you're doing right now or when you list...

Trigger Warning: Graphic descriptions of violence. A guy on TV catches your eye—there's something about him that just draws you in. Little do you know, this moment is about to change your life and it's about to change the nation's too.  Introduce the next Dead Atlanta episode! Call ‪(404) 596-6118‬ and leave us a voicemail. Include: Your first name Where you're calling from Wha...