Podcast: Lovers Slain on Lover’s Lane
March 3, 2026
Chichota Cottage: an excerpt from Haunts & Hollows: Georgia Backroads. A few hundred feet north of the main lodge on Jekyll Island, a pair of stone lions stand guard over an empty plot off Riverview Drive. The home that once stood here, Chichota Cottage, was a lavish retreat for the
If you come across Parker Field in Jefferson, Pennsylvania, look just behind the visiting team’s bleachers. There you will find historic Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery. For more than 250 years, this tiny burial grounds has given rest to nearly 250 locals. The first known interment was 40-year old Elizabeth Thomas in
The Palace Saloon: an excerpt from Haunts & Hollows: Florida Coast. For a short time, Fernandina Beach was a fashionable destination for luminaries from the worlds of business, politics, and entertainment. Well-heeled families — including names like Rockefeller, Ford, and Carnegie — mingled with stars like Mary Pickford, Stan Laurel,
Bad blood can stay with a family for generations. Legendary feuds like that of the Hatfields and the McCoys have become a part of Appalachian legend as families battled over land, mismatched love, religious differences, or simple animosity. A little further South, the Tilleys and the Stanleys were enmeshed in
Driving through North Carolina, we stumbled upon a fenced thicket of trees alongside a county road just outside of Sims. It was a curious spot. The copse was oddly out of place, riding the edge of endless fields of harvested crops. We stopped on a chance, and our suspicions paid
The Rock Oven of Altamaha Swamp: an excerpt from Haunts & Hollows: Georgia Backroads. Some haunted places in Georgia date from a time long before European settlers arrived. If you travel down the Altamaha River, just a few miles from the Edwin Hatch Power Plant, you may be lucky enough
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