Ghosts and Cornbread

Georgia's Lake Lanier is one of the deadliest in the U.S., and while some claim the high death rate is due to the large number of visitors each year, Mark and Lisa ponder if Lanier's shady history could be the cause of so many deaths.

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Sources:
Underwater Ghost Towns of North Georgia by Lisa M Russell  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07G1D1TG4/ref=dbs_a_d...

The Bell Witch is arguably one of the most famous ghost story in the south, Mark and Lisa discuss the two-hundred-year-old legend, and speculate on whether the stories are folklore or fakelore.
Sources:
The Authenticated History of the Famous Bell Witch by Martin Ingram
https://www.amazon.com/Authenticated-History-Famous-Bell-Witch-ebook/dp/B00BNWH61A/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+authentic+famous+bell+witch&qid=165396021...

Mark and Lisa discuss the wild past of Phenix City, AL. Dubbed the Wickedest City in America, Phenix City was once home to gamblers, gangsters, and crooked politicians.

In 1954, the shooting death of Albert Patterson, the Attorney General nominee, would rock the state and force the Governor to issue Martial Rule on the violent city.

Sources:

The Tragedy and The Triumph of Phenix City Alabama by Margaret ...

Mark and Lisa discuss the life of Huntsville, AL native - the irreverent Tallulah Bankhead.

Star of stage and screen, Tallulah Bankhead was a gifted actress that was just as infamous for her antics offstage as she was for her performances onstage.

Sources for this episode:

Tallulah!: The Life and Times of a Leading Lady by Joel Lobenthal

Tallulah Bankhead A Life From Beginning to End by Hourly Hi...

Nannie Doss spent most of her life looking for love, criss-crossing the states in search of romantic connections. Wedding bells rang five times, but when the marriages fizzled most of her husbands wound up dead.

Nannie is suspected of killing as many as twelve, including four husbands and several family members. Join Mark and Lisa as they discuss this unlikely serial killer and how she was able to go undetected for almost ...

Nannie Doss spent most of her life looking for love. She criss-crossed the states in search of romantic connections, and several times wedding bells rang, but when the marriages fizzled most of her husbands wound up dead.

Nannie is suspected of killing as many as twelve, including four husbands and several family members. Join Mark and Lisa as they discuss this unlikely serial killer and how she was able to go undetected ...

Mark and Lisa discuss southern ghost stories.

First, Mark presents the story of Sally Carter, a young woman who died in Huntsville, AL in 1837.  Decades after her death, locals are still reporting sightings.

Then, Lisa discusses Lavinia Fisher, from Charleston, SC, who was hung in 1820. Was she really the first American female serial killer, as local ghost tours would have you believe?

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On May 28, 2006, Yalena Zakin goes missing from her Madison, AL home. Suspicion quickly falls on her husband, Dr. Andrew Pakhomov, UAH Physics Professor. Pakhomov is the President of the American Institute of Beamed Propulsion and the interim Physics Department Chair at UAH, could he really be involved? Join Mark and Lisa as they discuss the case.



Sources: Huntsville Times, WAFF News, Wired Magazine, ID's Be...

In 1976 Judith Alter was brutally attacked in her own home on Rustic Circle in Huntsville, AL. Although the killer was never caught, the evidence points to one person. Join longtime friends, Mark and Lisa, as they discuss the historic Huntsville murder and the person most likely responsible.



Sources: Wicked North Alabama by Jacquelyn Procter Reeves, Huntsville Times, The Tennesseean, Chatanooga Dailey Times, The ...