Southern Ghost Stories

American Hauntstorian Allen Sircy explores America’s haunted past — unearthing true ghost stories, graveyard legends, and forgotten folklore. Join him as he gives voice to haunted history and chilling tales that blur the line between fact and myth from every corner of the country.

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  Can A Man Give Away His Head?

  Sep 30, 202617 min

  In this bizarre chapter of nineteenth-century medical history, host Allen Sircy uncovers the macabre battle over the severed skull of Dr. William Byrd Powell, a prominent eclectic physician and devoted phrenologist who spent his life mapping human character through bone. Convinced his own cranium was the ultimate scientific specimen, Powell legally bequeathed his head to his favored student, pioneering female physician Dr. Temperance Kinsey, and her skull-collecting doctor husband, Adolphus Keckeler. Following an open-air decapitation on the grounds of Linden Grove Cemetery in Covington, Kentucky, the severed head was spirited across the river to Ohio, igniting a fierce courtroom war with Powell's horrified family and forcing the law to answer a truly grotesque question: can a man legally give away his own head? Be sure to like, subscribe and leave a review! Check out Allen's books on Amazon! https://amzn.to/3HEf2u9 Got a question or comment? Hit us up on our socials! Instagram https://www.instagram.com/southernghoststories/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/southernghoststoriesonline Follow Allen on X https://x.com/ATOAllen Use code SAVE10 for 10% off your order over at https:// monstercitymadhouse.com

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  The Beast of Bay Raven

  Sep 29, 202617 min

  Here's a fun one for Tennessee Tales Tuesday! Tucked away on Old Douglas Lane in Gallatin, Tennessee, the 1820s Douglass Cemetery—better known as Bay Raven—is legendary not just for restless spirits, but for a bizarre, evolving monster. In the 1950s, tales of an insatiable, bull-sized, gorilla-like creature devouring livestock, dried apples, and allegedly thirty-six dogs in one night drew a reporter from The Tennessean out to investigate. Over the decades, the folklore transformed the beast into a terrifying half-man, half-raven hybrid linked to a local dare: walk three times around a certain cemetery tree to summon it. Balancing eerie lore with genuine respect for the damaged, two-century-old burial ground, host Allen Sircy recounts bravely testing the ritual himself in daylight—surviving unharmed, but proving why this shifting monster remains one of Gallatin’s most enduring, unforgettable legends. Be sure to like, subscribe and leave a review! Check out Allen's books on Amazon! https://amzn.to/3HEf2u9 Got a question or comment? Hit us up on our socials! Instagram https://www.instagram.com/southernghoststories/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/southernghoststoriesonline Follow Allen on X https://x.com/ATOAllen Use code SAVE10 for 10% off your order over at https:// monstercitymadhouse.com

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  Indiana Hauntings and Vampires, Plus Ghosts of Gallatin Kicks off 2026 Season!

  Sep 28, 202616 min

  In this episode of Southern Ghost Stories , host Allen Sircy announces the return of the 2026 Ghosts of Gallatin Haunted Tour and introduces his two new books: Fear and Folklore: Vampires , which details the nineteenth-century New England Vampire Panic—where desperate, grief-stricken families, ravaged by the unseen devastation of tuberculosis, exhumed suspected relatives like Mercy Brown in 1892 to burn their organs under the belief that the dead were consuming the living—and Ghost Stories and Graveyard Tales: Indiana , which chronicles the enduring, century-long hauntings of Evansville’s Victorian Gothic Willard Library and its elusive apparition, the Grey Lady. The books are available now over at Amazon. Be sure to like, subscribe and leave a review! Check out Allen's books on Amazon! https://amzn.to/3HEf2u9 Got a question or comment? Hit us up on our socials! Instagram https://www.instagram.com/southernghoststories/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/southernghoststoriesonline Follow Allen on X https://x.com/ATOAllen Use code SAVE10 for 10% off your order over at https:// monstercitymadhouse.com

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  From the Vault: Spirits of the Springs—The Thomas House

  Sep 27, 202614 min

  In this "From the Vault" episode of Southern Ghost Stories , host Allen Sircy charts the wild history and intense paranormal lore of the Thomas House in Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee—tracing its roots from a premier early 20th-century mineral springs resort built by the Cloyd family, through a bizarre 1970s stint under WWF wrestler Lester Morgan and his wrestling bear, to a near-disastrous takeover by a cult in the late 1980s. Rebranded by the Cole family in 1993, the historic landmark is now celebrated as one of Tennessee’s most actively haunted hotspots, teeming with restless spirits that range from young Sarah in Room 37 to the playful spirit of a drowned boy named Billy. Is the Thomas House really one of Tennessee's most haunted locations? Be sure to like, subscribe and leave a review! Check out Allen's books on Amazon! https://amzn.to/3HEf2u9 Got a question or comment? Hit us up on our socials! Instagram https://www.instagram.com/southernghoststories/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/southernghoststoriesonline Follow Allen on X https://x.com/ATOAllen Use code SAVE10 for 10% off your order over at https:// monstercitymadhouse.com

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  Murderer's Rock: The Kentucky Legend

  Sep 25, 202622 min

  For nearly two centuries in Nelson County, Kentucky, locals have whispered the chilling tale of Nancy Hays—a frontier beauty found brutally murdered and decapitated along Rowan Creek in the 1820s. When suspicion fell upon her heartbroken suitor, Amos Molloy, an angry mob hanged him from a tree, ignoring his desperate cries that an axe-wielding madman had ambushed them both. But the tragedy didn't end at the gallows: years later, a dying stranger delivered a shocking deathbed confession. In this episode of Southern Ghost Stories , Allen Sircy explores the bloody folklore of Pottershop Hill, where mob violence spawned a generational curse and left behind Kentucky’s infamous headless specter, doomed to forever roam the darkened cedar thickets. Be sure to like, subscribe and leave a review! Check out Allen's books on Amazon! https://amzn.to/3HEf2u9 Got a question or comment? Hit us up on our socials! Instagram https://www.instagram.com/southernghoststories/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/southernghoststoriesonline Follow Allen on X https://x.com/ATOAllen Use code SAVE10 for 10% off your order over at https:// monstercitymadhouse.com

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