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The Moonlit Road Podcast

Ghost stories and strange folktales from the American South, told by the region's best storytellers. You can also read and listen to more stories on our companion storytelling website, The Moonlit Ro... Read more

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TMR Podcast: Episode #51 - Mississipi Rose

TMR Podcast: Episode #51 - Mississipi Rose

Back around the turn of the century, there was a young man named Joshua who moved from New Orleans, Louisiana to his Gra... Read more

21 Oct 2015

14mins

Ranked #2

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TMR Podcast: Episode #50 - The Slave Girl of Myrtles Plantation

TMR Podcast: Episode #50 - The Slave Girl of Myrtles Plantation

Louisiana ghost story about the well documented hauntings at Myrtles Plantation. Collected and adapted by Craig Dominey.... Read more

9 Oct 2015

9mins

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Ranked #3

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TMR Podcast: Episode 25 - The Bell Witch Cave

TMR Podcast: Episode 25 - The Bell Witch Cave

The famous Bell Witch hauntings in Tennessee come to spooky life for two kids who foolishly explore the dark passages of... Read more

25 Oct 2011

17mins

Ranked #4

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TMR Podcast: Episode #52 - The Maco Light

TMR Podcast: Episode #52 - The Maco Light

The "Maco Light" is one of North Carolina's most famous ghost stories - a paranormal phenomena along the local railroad ... Read more

6 Jan 2016

9mins

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Ranked #5

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TMR Podcast: Episode #48 - Sop Doll

TMR Podcast: Episode #48 - Sop Doll

Mississippi creature story about a Depression-era farmhand who will take just about any job - including at a strange far... Read more

24 Oct 2014

18mins

Ranked #6

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TMR Podcast: Episode 44 - The Town Without Death

TMR Podcast: Episode 44 - The Town Without Death

Spooky Appalachian ghost story of a mountain traveler, stunned by the death of his wife, who stumbles across a strange m... Read more

15 Sep 2013

14mins

Ranked #7

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TMR Podcast: Episode #33 - Hell Hole

TMR Podcast: Episode #33 - Hell Hole

Ghost story of a Civil War relic hunter who stumbles across a haunted Georgia battlefield, once the site of unspeakable ... Read more

15 Mar 2012

15mins

Ranked #8

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TMR Podcast: Episode #49 - The Sausage Ghost: New Orleans Ghost Story

TMR Podcast: Episode #49 - The Sausage Ghost: New Orleans Ghost Story

Gruesome New Orleans ghost story about a sausage shop owner who has a unique way of getting rid of his wife.  Written by... Read more

3 Aug 2015

7mins

Ranked #9

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TMR Podcast: Episode 34 - Knock, Knock, Who's There?

TMR Podcast: Episode 34 - Knock, Knock, Who's There?

Cajun ghost story From famed Cajun storyteller JJ Reneaux about a miserly father whose cruelty to his only daughter come... Read more

22 May 2012

10mins

Ranked #10

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TMR Podcast: Episode #13 - Alice

TMR Podcast: Episode #13 - Alice

Tragic ghost story of forbidden love, featuring Alice Flagg - one of South Carolina's most famous spirits.  Written by C... Read more

31 Aug 2010

15mins

Ranked #11

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TMR Podcast: Episode 31 - Green Eyes

TMR Podcast: Episode 31 - Green Eyes

Civil War ghost story of the famous and mysterious Green Eyes that haunts the Chickamauga Battlefield in Georgia.  Writt... Read more

1 Feb 2012

10mins

Ranked #12

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TMR Podcast: Episode #19 - The Boarded Window

TMR Podcast: Episode #19 - The Boarded Window

Classic ghost story from the master Ambrose Bierce.  Performed by Robert Bethune and Susie Berneis of Freshwater Seas Au... Read more

21 Jun 2011

14mins

Ranked #13

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TMR Podcast: Episode #27 - Deal With The Devil

TMR Podcast: Episode #27 - Deal With The Devil

Trickster tale about a blacksmith who uses three wishes granted by the local witch to avoid being sent to Hell.  Sounds ... Read more

26 Nov 2011

10mins

Ranked #14

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TMR Podcast: Episode #20 - Little Cottage In The Woods

TMR Podcast: Episode #20 - Little Cottage In The Woods

Creepy haunted house is discovered by two young girls deep in the Alabama woods.  What's in the haunted house?  Of cours... Read more

29 Jul 2011

7mins

Ranked #15

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TMR Podcast #35 - Blinded By Love

TMR Podcast #35 - Blinded By Love

Louisiana ghost story of a traveling preacher and his new wife who spend the night in a haunted house, and learn that ma... Read more

3 Aug 2012

14mins

Ranked #16

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TMR Podcast #42 - The Ticking Clock

TMR Podcast #42 - The Ticking Clock

Georgia ghost story about a haunted family clock that perhaps shouldn't have been passed down to the next generation..  ... Read more

10 Mar 2013

12mins

Ranked #17

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TMR Podcast: Episode #21 - The Barefoot Woman

TMR Podcast: Episode #21 - The Barefoot Woman

Trixster folktale from Alabama about how the Devil can split up even the most lovey-dovey couple.  Adapted from folklore... Read more

15 Aug 2011

10mins

Ranked #18

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TMR Podcast: Episode 26 - One More Room

TMR Podcast: Episode 26 - One More Room

Ghost story of a Hollywood screenwriter who has the misfortune of stumbling across a haunted Atlanta hotel while scoutin... Read more

11 Nov 2011

12mins

Ranked #19

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TMR Podcast: Episode #30 - Graveyard Dogs

TMR Podcast: Episode #30 - Graveyard Dogs

Evil graveyard dogs haunt a local cemetery at night.  At least that's the ghost story an old woman tries to scare a misc... Read more

5 Jan 2012

6mins

Ranked #20

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TMR Podcast: Episode #41 - The Plat Eye

TMR Podcast: Episode #41 - The Plat Eye

Georgia folktale and creature story of two young girls who ignore their Grandma's warning about the monster of the "Gong... Read more

19 Dec 2012

14mins

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