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Southern Mysteries Podcast

Shannon Ballard

History

True Crime

Society & Culture

Frequency: 1 episode/17d. Total Eps: 90

Unearthing the forgotten, the mysterious, and the legendary—one Southern story at a time. Hosted by Shannon Ballard, Southern Mysteries explores the rich and often untold history of the American South through a captivating mix of folklore, legends, unexplained mysteries, and true crime. Each episode uncovers a compelling tale from a Southern state, blending history with intrigue to reveal the fascinating stories that time left behind. While some episodes delve into chilling crimes, others spotlight legendary figures, ghostly lore, or baffling events.Sometimes the mystery is: why haven’t you heard the story?

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🇺🇸 USA - history
29/10/2025
#100
🇺🇸 USA - history
21/08/2025
#100
🇺🇸 USA - history
18/05/2025
#91
🇺🇸 USA - history
17/05/2025
#92
🇺🇸 USA - history
16/05/2025
#85
🇺🇸 USA - history
15/05/2025
#74
🇺🇸 USA - history
14/05/2025
#77
🇺🇸 USA - history
13/05/2025
#75

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Mystery on Montford Avenue | Episode 4: Verdict and Aftermath | Southern Mysteries Serial

Season 9

Monday, May 12, 2025 • Duration 22:25

In the final episode of Mystery on Montford Avenue, we explore the fallout from the case and how this mystery faded into the shadows of Asheville’s past.

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◼️ Music: Out of the Mines and Devouring the Whole, courtesy of Ross Gentry, Asheville, North Carolina

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Episode 159 Unraveling the Mystery of Dr. Death and the York Family

Season 9

Monday, February 17, 2025 • Duration 24:31

On a sunny May morning in 1947, a doctor from San Antonio ambushed Willard York and his family near New Braunfels, Texas. The doctor's plan to kill the entire family failed when 13-year-old Ann York escaped. Investigators found that both the shooter and Mr. York faced financial troubles, raising questions about whether the attack stemmed from revenge or a mental breakdown, as the doctor claimed he could not remember the incident.

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Fort Worth Star-Telegram: San Antonio Broker’s Hearing Here April 17, April 11, 1947
Shamokin News-Dispatch: Girl Identifies Texas Physician as Slayer of Four, May 25,1947
Valley Morning Star: Arraignment of Dr. Ross In Killing of W. York Postponed. May 27, 1947
Corpus Christi Caller-Times: SEC Drops Action Against Broker Willard H. York, June 24, 1947

Episode 158 The Louisville Torture House

Season 9

Monday, February 3, 2025 • Duration 33:07

One of the strangest cases in all their years of police work. Those were the words of seasoned detectives in Louisville, Kentucky, who worked on the Torture House case. A century ago, this case made national headlines when Richard Heaton was murdered by William Gates, who had been kidnapped and held in a home on 34th Street in Louisville.

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New York Times: Shackled to Bed, Man Gets Free Kills Captor, March 9, 1924
New York Times: Slayer of Heaton Cleare; Coroner's Jury Finds Killing Justifiable to Escape Mutilation, March 15,1924
Paducah News-Democrat: Gates freed of murder charge, March 16, 1924
Florence Morning News: Gates admit visit with Heaton to Lake City, March 16,1924

Episode 157 Murder at the Richards Mansion

Season 9

Monday, January 20, 2025 • Duration 27:26

Over 80 years ago, a coal mining town in Tennessee was rocked by the murders of two wealthy sisters and their 16-year-old houseworker. Who had the motive to kill the sisters, and why would someone harm the teenager who worked for them? In 2001, a former police chief claimed to have solved the case and named several suspects, but it remains shrouded in mystery.

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The Commercial Appeal: Mystery Surrounds Tennessee Murders, Feb 6, 1940
Knoxville Sentinel-Times: Hint Murder Tale Not Yet Told, Feb 7, 1940
Knoxville Sentinel-Times: Oliver Springs Divided Over Theories of Sisters’ Slayings, Feb 8, 1940
The Knoxville Journal: Sheriff Offers Slaying Case Reward, Feb 8, 1940
The Knoxville Journal: Jurors reject Murder-Suicide Theory, Feb 14, 1940

Episode 156 Blame No One But I: The Lawson Family Murders

Season 8

Monday, December 16, 2024 • Duration 23:39

On Christmas Day in 1929, the community of Germanton, North Carolina, was forever changed by the tragic murders of seven members of the Lawson family. One fact remains indisputable: Charlie Lawson was responsible for the deaths of his family. However, the question that has lingered for nearly a century is: why did he commit such a heinous act?

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Greensboro Daily News: Stokes Farmer Murders Family, Dec 26, 1929
Greensboro Daily News: Victims to be Buried in Single Grave, Dec 27, 1929
Statesville Record and Landmark: Only One Member of Family of 9 Left, Dec 30, 1929
The Sentinel: No Report on Brain of Charlie Lawson, Jan 7, 1930
Statesville Record: Commercializing the Lawson Home, Feb 3, 1930

Episode 155 Appalachian Outlaw Kinnie Wagner

Season 8

Monday, December 2, 2024 • Duration 21:27

Meet Kinnie Wagner, a lesser known outlaw of the 1920s. Folk songs were written about him in the 1920s and he gained legendary status by escaping jail several times…even escaping the electric chair in Tennessee.

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Scott County Historical Society: Kinnie Wagner, Scott County's Notorious Outlaw
Murderpedia: William Kenneth “Kinnie” Wagner
The Paris News: Bad Man of 15 Years Has Escaped Again, November 1, 1940
The Tennessean: Cowboy Desperado Defiant Under Death Sentence, May 15, 1925
Nebraska Daily News-Press: Tune Up That Guitar, Wagner’s Outlawing Again, November 29, 1940.

Episode 154 The Curious Case of Condy Dabney

Season 8

Monday, November 18, 2024 • Duration 26:47

On a sweltering day in August 1925, Mary Vickery vanished from Coxton, Kentucky. Several months later, her remains were found in an abandoned mine located just outside the town. A local taxi driver was apprehended, tried, and sentenced to life in prison for the teenager's murder. In the spring of 1927, a young woman appeared in Harlan County with information that could clear his name.

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The Lexington Herald: Coxton Child Still Missing, August 30, 1925
The Harlan Daily Enterprise: Vickery Girl Still Missing, September 18, 1925
The Harlan Daily Enterprise: Dabney Caught: Now in Jail, March 5, 1926
The Harlan Daily Enterprise: Dabney Given Life for Slaying of Vickery Girl, April 2, 1926
The Atlanta Constitution: When Justice Triumphed, September 4, 1932.

Episode 153 The First Female Serial Killer in Texas

Season 8

Monday, November 4, 2024 • Duration 22:17

Anna Hauptrief was the first known female serial killer in Texas. Her 1924 case was known as one of the most sensational and unexplainable in Texas court history.

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The Houston Post: Suspect Mother of Poisoning Five. July 24, 1924.
The Houston Post: Bodies Taken From Graves. July 31, 1924.
Belleville Daily Advocate: Woman Held for Death of Five Persons. September 9, 1924.
The Houston Post: Hauptreif, Although Crippled, By Wife’s Poison, Loves Her. October 14, 1924.
The Austin American: Anna Hauptreif Hangs Herself in Jail. November 1, 1924
The Waco News: Mrs. Hauptreif’s Burial Place is Changed By Her Father’s Demand. November 3, 1924.

Episode 152 Cyrus Teed and the Koreshan Unity

Season 8

Monday, September 23, 2024 • Duration 37:38

The Koreshan State Historic Site in Estero, Florida is one of the most peculiar historic sites in the American South. This state park showcases the life of Dr. Cyrus Teed, the founder of Koreshanity. Those who joined this religious and scientific movement sought immortality through celibacy and believed the entire universe existed within a giant, hollow sphere. The Koreshan Unity has been dubbed “one of the most bizarre” communal utopian societies organized in the 19th century. They were forced to relocate several times until they found a permanent home in the swamplands of southwest Florida.

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