Woodmen of the World
Over the past weekend, we paid a visit to Lake Helen Cemetery — home of Cassadaga’s infamous Devil’s Chair. Something more interesting, however, caught our eye, an elaborate grave marker carved like a felled wooden stump. Now, if you’re cemetery enthusiast (or tombstone tourist or taphophile — take your pick), you’ve likely found at least […]
The Screven Spook Light
The Screven Spook Light: an excerpt from Haunts & Hollows: Georgia Backroads. There are few Southern Gothic traditions quite like the spook light. Every small town below the Mason-Dixon Line claims at least one. Alongside crybaby bridges and women in white, spook lights remain an integral part of local paranormal lore for most Southern communities. […]
The Lost Soldier of Greensboro Cemetery
The Lost Soldier of Greensboro Cemetery: an excerpt from Haunts & Hollows: Georgia Backroads. The city cemetery in Greensboro is like many others in the south. With nearly 3,000 residents slumbering in eternal rest within its confines, it has become a melting pot of the famous and unknown. US Senator Thomas Willis Cobb (of Cobb […]
Gilleland’s Double-Barreled Cannon
Gilleland’s Double-Barreled Cannon: an excerpt from Haunts & Hollows: Georgia Backroads. Founded in 1850 as the Athens Steam Company, the Athens Foundry & Machine Works reopened under new management in 1854. The new enterprise focused on larger scale metal projects, including the now-famous Arch of the University of Georgia. As the Civil War cut the […]
