The Moonlit Road Podcast - Southern Ghost Stories & Folklore

This episode shares a Tlingit legend explaining the origin of mosquitoes, framed as a Native American story told through atmospheric storytelling.

A narrator recounts his childhood with Grandpa Benjamin Franklin Farley in Depression-era East Tennessee, focusing on Grandpa's love for hazelnuts and a mysterious promise he extracted.

This episode recounts a persistent advertisement for a large, old-fashioned Charleston house that remains perpetually empty due to its haunted reputation.

This episode tells the story of Tsali, a Cherokee elder hiding in the Smoky Mountains in 1838 to protect his family during a time of conflict.

This episode tells the story of Miss Ellie, a poor widow struggling with overdue pension and food scarcity, whose fears are heightened by rumors of the dangerous Railroad Bill being on the loose.

A young man named Joshua moves from New Orleans to live with his grandfather on a Mississippi farm, where he enjoys the peaceful rural life and helps with chores like selling produce in town, setting the stage for a Southern ghost story.

This episode tells the Louisiana swamp folktale of Mama Coon Coon, a mysterious fisherwoman in the black bayou waters.

A narrator recounts their insomnia and childhood trauma stemming from their great-aunt's death and the unsettling experience of sitting with her body in the family home.

A supernatural folktale about a wicked man in Savannah who bargains with the devil to extend his life of cruelty.

This episode tells the story of Josie Arlington, a brothel owner in New Orleans who hosts powerful men in her club while reflecting on their hypocrisy.

This episode tells the ghost story of Lizzie, a spirit from Brinkley Female College in Memphis who seeks to right a wrong through a young student named Clara Robertson in 1871.

This episode tells the southern ghost story of Thomas Lester, who bravely spends the night in a haunted house despite warnings, experiencing eerie surroundings.

This episode tells the haunting ghost story of Ebo Landing in Georgia, where the spirits of enslaved Ebo people are said to linger after being captured from their rich culture.

This episode adapts Ambrose Bierce's classic story 'The Moonlit Road,' beginning with the son's statement about his profound unhappiness and family background.

A newlywed pastor and his bride seek shelter from a storm in a mysterious house during their honeymoon journey to New Orleans.

A Cajun ghost story set in New Orleans about a greedy father who hoards gold coins while mistreating his daughter, with supernatural elements tied to local burial customs.

A free-spirited woman named Kristen leaves her corporate job to pursue sculpture, moving into an abandoned mill in Atlanta despite her conservative family's warnings.

A narrator recounts a childhood Christmas tradition of leaving cookies for Santa and describes moving into a spooky Victorian house in Tennessee.

A narrator introduces a chilling Louisiana folklore tale about a powerful sheriff who desires a beautiful woman named Imogene, setting up a supernatural conflict involving the Rougarou (werewolf).

This episode tells the ghost story of the Maco Light, a North Carolina railroad legend about conductor Joe Baldwin from the post-Civil War era.

This episode tells the haunting story of Chloe, a slave girl at Myrtles Plantation, exploring the dark history of Southern plantations built on slavery and their supernatural legends.

This episode tells a folktale about Brer Coon and Brer Rabbit, two friends who are fishermen, exploring how Brer Coon gets his meat.

This episode tells a gruesome ghost story about a German couple who ran a sausage factory in 1800s New Orleans, where behind their pleasant public facade lurked dark secrets.

This episode tells the supernatural folk tale of Sop Doll, a Mississippi witch story set during the Great Depression, following a wandering man named Jack who arrives in the small town of Abel.

This episode tells the haunting story of Margaret, a teacher from Ohio who taught both white and slave children on a rice plantation in 1800s Georgia, as revealed through a mysterious grave marker on St.

An old traveling salesman in rural Mississippi seeks shelter during a thunderstorm and encounters a mysterious dark presence in this spooky cat legend.

A poor teenage girl, desperate for a prom dress, encounters a sealed casket containing a beautiful new dress in a funeral home, setting up a potentially supernatural or morally fraught situation.

This episode presents the third part of Ambrose Bierce's supernatural horror story 'The Moonlit Road', featuring the ghostly testimony of Julia Hetman describing her terrifying experience on the night of her murder.

A narrator recounts discovering a cursed place called New Hope near Atlanta, Georgia, which haunts his dreams due to its tragic and supernatural history.

This episode features a dramatic reading of Caspar Grotten's confession from Ambrose Bierce's 'The Moonlit Road,' exploring themes of memory, death, and identity through a supernatural horror narrative.

This episode follows gambler Chancy Fox as he flees from Sheriff Black Mountain Kincaid and his brothers through the Louisiana swamps after a cheating incident.

A ghost story about a kind-hearted Kentucky farmer named Sam Dillon who loses his beloved wife Marie to a winter fever, setting up a supernatural tale in the Appalachian mountains.

A man recounts a supernatural experience while driving through Chickamauga Battlefield at night to visit his girlfriend.

This episode presents a ghost story titled 'No Greater Love' set in a Kentucky coal mine, narrated as part of the Moonlit Road podcast.

A supernatural horror story about graveyard dogs and a haunted house, told through the perspective of Joseph Blakely who recalls eerie childhood memories.

This episode tells the Louisiana folktale of Irwin Tarheel, a mixed-race man who helps a turtle that transforms into a magical being from the fair folk.

This episode tells the story of two sisters in South Georgia who, on a hot summer day, decide to cool off at a swimming hole, introducing a local legend about a shapeshifter called the Plat-Eye.

This episode tells a ghost story set on an abandoned South Georgia plantation after the Civil War, where ex-slaves remain and share tales of the young master's bride and her haunting presence.

A Hollywood location scout travels to Atlanta to find a haunted hotel for a 1940s film, encountering supernatural elements in the deep South.

A narrated ghost story about two competitive sisters in early 20th century Augusta vying for the attention of a wealthy bank manager.

A narrator sets a spooky mood and begins a tale about a traveling preacher and a cow that ate him.

A teenager named Liz feels trapped in rural Adams, Tennessee, while visiting her country cousin Jimmy, setting the stage for a haunting tale tied to the Bell Witch Cave.

A Southern folk tale about Lon, a blacksmith who tricks the devil three times using wishes granted by a witch, ultimately trapping the devil in his change purse and leaving him stuck between heaven and hell for eternity.

A narrated ghost story about the devil's mansion in New Orleans' Garden District, part of a Southern folklore podcast.

A narrator tells a Southern folktale about a magical acorn tree that protects a king's family until strangers with guns kidnap the son's wife and child.

A storyteller narrates a Southern folktale about the devil as a trickster who fails to break up a loving couple.

A narrator tells a ghost story about two sisters discovering an abandoned cottage in the woods near Montgomery, Alabama.

A narrated Southern ghost story about a lone frontiersman in the 1830s Ohio wilderness.

A man named Phil Buchanan struggles with a vague emptiness in his life, setting the stage for a supernatural encounter.