The Carolina Storyteller

The Carolina Storyteller

The Carolina Storyteller is a fun and thrilling storytelling podcast with a campfire style. Hosted by author Jonathan Phoinex, each week brings a new and exciting tale. Whether you like ghost stories, true crime, or myths and legends, there is a story here for you. So join us and our guests and let The Carolina Storyteller tell you a story. Find mech and social links at https://www.thecarolinastoryteller.com/ Support the show and join the storytelling community at Patreon.com/TheCarolinaStoryteller

Episodes

Episode 84: Orphans Of The Past

August 7, 2025 • 11 mins
This episode we visit a local college with some unexpected students joining classes.
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Episode 83 Not The Plateye

June 10, 2025 • 14 mins
Stories told around a campfire sometimes stay with you for your entire life. This one was told to me when I was very young, about an outcast who was wrongfully accused, and returned to seek revenge.
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Episode 82: Anne Bonny, Bisexual Rule Breaker

June 1, 2025 • 12 mins
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Episode 81: The Mythos of Lilith

March 31, 2025 • 25 mins
Here's my dive into the legend of Lilith, the Queen of Evil, Mother of Demons and First Woman in Eden.

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Episode 80: Vampires Part 3

March 29, 2025 • 19 mins
The conclusion to my look at the history of Vampires involves looking at just a few of the many vampiric creatures from history. Maybe these have more of an influence on the media than we think.

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Episode 79: Vampires Part 2

March 13, 2025 • 30 mins
Part 2 of my deep dive on Vampire and I'm looking at Vampires as represented in the media and how it compares to the lore.Are the vampires we see in movies, T.V., Books and Audio Dramas really accurate to what was believed hundreds of years ago?

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Episode 78: Vampires Part 1

March 11, 2025 • 23 mins
This week we start our deep dive into Vampires. What are they, where do they come from? These mysterious creatures of the night have a confusing and interesting folklore dating back to the 1400s in Southeastern and Eastern Europe.  Vampires have made a huge impact in culture, but are we getting it right, find out.


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Episode 77: The Lost Cadet and The Presidents Curse

February 21, 2025 • 14 mins
A spectral soldier haunts a 4 star hotel, and a Native American curse that connects ten U.S. Presidents.

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Episode 76: More Ghosts of Charleston

February 17, 2025 • 12 mins
This episode we visit the St Philip's Church to discuss a nearly 40 year old photograph and the ghost its said to reveal. After that journey a few block over to discuss the tale of a woman scorned by her pupil who now haunts the ground of this $10 million dollar private residence.

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Episode 75: The Menehune and The Tizeruk

January 28, 2025 • 13 mins
THis episode we talk about the cryptids from the 49th and 50th states Hawaii and Alaska.  First we discuss Hawaii's ledgendary little people the Menehune who actualy exist apparently. Next we look into the carnivorious serpent of the Alaskan waters the Tizeruk.

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Episode 74: Berkeley County Legends

January 19, 2025 • 17 mins
Two twisted tales from Berkeley County. First the Church considered to be a historic landmark has had effects on visitors for decades, and a history of burning down. Then we look across the town of Moncks Corner to Nazareth Cemetary where a wrongfully murdered young woman searches for what was taken from her.
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Episode 73 Fearsome Foursome of Frightening Fabled Creatures

January 19, 2025 • 22 mins
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Episode 72. Josiah Walls And The 54th Massachusetts

January 6, 2025 • 33 mins

The Carolina Storyteller is back for 2025 and ready to tell the stories like never before. The week we're talking about Josiah Walls,  a slave once forced to work for the Confederate army, Josiah went on to be a military hero,  and United States Senator, and a great Educator.  Josiah also worked with the 54th Massachusetts Infantry when the regiment joined Josiahs and other to spearhead an attack on Fort Wagner in attempt to take C...
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2024 Christmas Episode

December 25, 2024 • 41 mins
Here's a pair of holiday tales to warm your hearts in this special day. Merry Christmas to you all 
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Episode 71 Halloween 2024 The Death Of Blackbeard

October 31, 2024 • 15 mins
Edward Teach was a massive man and when he took to the seas he became a legend know to all from the Carolinas to the Caribbean as Blackbeard. His reign of terror ended when the English Governor of Virginia ordered Captain John Maynard to hunt him down and kill him. Their battle was waged off the coast of North Carolina and is legend is true, Blackbeard fell to Maynard's sword and has since haunted the area.
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Episode 70 The Flaming Ghost Ship

October 26, 2024 • 13 mins
Legend has it that a ship with flaming sails can be seen off the coast of Ocracoke Island near Cape Hatteras North Carolina. Is it a trick of the light, or is a ship of damn souls seeking revenge. Tonight's tale is of the greedy captain and crew of that ship, and the innocent passengers who suffered at their hands only to return from hell to seek vengeance.
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Episode 69 Cursed Movies

October 25, 2024 • 18 mins
Hollywood has its share of macabre tales but these films and families suffered such strange and deadly occurrences that they are infamous as the cursed films of Hollywood. This episode covers what happened to make these films so notorious and you won't believe who or what makes the list.
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Episode 68 The U.S.S. Yorktown

October 13, 2024 • 20 mins
Major shout out to Adrian Nina who gave me the idea to research this great story. The Fighting Lady (CV-10) U.S.S. Yorktown served in the Pacific theater from 1943 to 1970. It has sat in Charleston Harbour since 1975 in its new mission as a Naval Museum. You can visit her by simply going to Patriot's Point in Mount Pleasant and taking a tour, but there are somethings about this majestic ship you won't see on just any tour.

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Episode 67 Love After Death

October 10, 2024 • 16 mins
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Episode 66 The Hanging Tree Of Lambertown

September 28, 2024 • 20 mins
The history of South Carolina has tragedy and horror beyond what most realize. In the small community of Lambertown stands a tree that once served a terrible purpose. It is the old hanging tree, and though the limb that once stretched across road has been removed it's memory remains.
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