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Welcome to Mountain Mysteries: Tales from Appalachia, a true crime podcast hosted by Holly and Hailey. Join us each week as we dive into murders, missing persons cases, and other spooky and paranormal happenings in the mountains of Appalachia.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Holly and Haley pair researched case narration with candid conversation that tests suspicious details against ordinary behavior and historical context.
Holly and Haley tell stories by moving between prepared narration and an open conversation about what the details might mean. Historical crime anchors much of the work: the disappearance of Mamie Thurman is set against her family life and marriage, while the account involving…
Ghost child at the bedside? Holly and Haley share your doubts about hiding under a blanket.
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A dry, uneasy look at a group's theology, dress, diet, and Appalachian Trail targeting.
Mountain Mysteries: Tales from Appalachia brings Holly and Haley back to a religious group whose beliefs pull the conversation from Hebrew names and a Handmaid's Tale aside into salvation, death, and whatever may come after it.
A warm, talkative setup that keeps Mamie at the center.
Mamie Thurman Pt. 1 puts the disappearance at the center, but it gives Mamie enough room to feel like a person first. The episode lingers on her place in the community, her Sunday school teaching, and the tight circle around her, then adds family background and the move from…
A chatty Appalachian true-crime episode that turns an odd marriage into something colder.
Mountain Mysteries turns a Georgia marriage into a grim little domestic mystery, and the weirdness builds fast. The show does its strongest work when it sticks to the plain facts: the sudden wedding, the hospital stays, the doctor’s suspicion of arsenic, and the insurance detail…
A chatty Appalachian ghost story that turns a piano room into a place no one wants to stay.
An Appalachian ghost story anchors the episode, and the schoolroom setting does a lot of the work: Clara at the piano, a warm breeze turning cold, sheet music falling, and a young girl in a dirty pink dress appearing.
A dark calendar of consequential cases.
True crime with blunt questions and rough edges.
Appalachian case files, told from the record.
Southern cases, sharp context, steady storytelling.
Historical mysteries built from the smallest clues.
Hosts Holly and Hailey introduce their Hebrew names and banter about a cult, setting up their true crime podcast about Appalachian mysteries.
Holly and Hailey continue their deep dive into the Mamie Thurman murder case, discussing the arrest of multiple household members.
Mamie Thurman Pt.
Mountain Mysteries: Tales from Appalachia follows the case of Annette Lyles in Macon, Georgia, where the hosts trace two husbands, a mother-in-law, and a daughter who all became part of the same poisoning investigation.
Holly and Haley of Mountain Mysteries, Tales from Appalachia recount the 1871 ghost story of Brinkley College for Girls in Memphis, Tennessee.
Hosts Holly and Hailey chat about their COVID-era audio issues and a personal anecdote before diving into a true crime case from Appalachia.
On September 7, 1997, a father and son found a partially buried skeleton near Stony Point Picnic Area in North Carolina's Pisgah National Forest.