Exploring Southern history and true crime. Hosted by Shannon Ballard.
On December 11, 1926 a small town bank near Austin, Texas was robbed at gunpoint by a 21 year old co
Meet sisters Caroline Martin, Virginia Wardlaw and Mary Snead. They left a long trail of devastation
Otto Wood was a self–proclaimed one armed-bandit from North Carolina. He made a name for himself as
In June 1964, the Ku Klux Klan conspired with law enforcement in Neshoba County, Mississippi to kidn
This 2020 episode is one of the most popular in the Southern Mysteries archive. It tells the story o
In 1959 Osprey, Florida was shaken by the murder of the Walker Family, just days before Christmas. T
The murder of Solomon P. Sharp by Jereboam Beauchamp is known as The Kentucky Tragedy. It’s a compli
The story of Joe Ball has been a part of Texas lore since the 1930s. He’s known to have killed two p
In 1944, George Stinney Jr. was wrongfully convicted of murder and executed by the state of South Ca
A sensational tale of obsession, murder and a secret lover were front page news in the summer of 192
Easter marked the 60th anniversary of the disappearance of 22 year old Hannah Jane Rowell. Her estra
In 1920 Lena Clarke made history when she became the first woman to be named postmaster of West Palm
There are lesser known stories of enslaved men and women who fought for their freedom in court. Eliz
In the 1930s Harry Powers used several aliases to correspond with lonely women he promised to marry.
On a cold December day in 1909, eight year old Alma Kellner walked five blocks from her parents home
In November 2012, the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles pardoned three black men who had been wro
The 1965 disappearance of Mary Little remains one of Georgia’s most mysterious missing person cases.
It’s been 90 years since Mamie Thurman was brutally murdered in Logan County, West Virginia. While i
The Bell Witch legend is one of the most recognized examples of the unexplained in Southern American
Southern Mysteries is on hiatus. I’m taking a much needed break from researching murders and mysteri
