Southern Reads: Wolf Worm
I enjoyed Wolf Worm, but I’m not going to pretend it didn’t test my patience. There were several points while I was reading it — especially when I looked down …
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SBP Podcast Episode 22: The Pigeon Forge Murder: The Death of Ann Robertson Jones
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee is one of the South’s most familiar family vacation towns. Cabins, pancake houses, souvenir shops, roadside attractions, Dollywood, and the Smoky Mountains have made it a place …
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SBP Podcast Episode 20: Abraham Shakespeare: Lottery, Lies, and Murder
In 2006, Abraham Shakespeare went from working-class Floridian to multimillionaire overnight after winning a $30 million Florida lottery jackpot. For most people, that kind of money sounds like freedom. For …
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Southern Reads: The Walls Are Closing In On Us.
The Walls Are Closing In On Us feels like a book pulled from the riverbank after a hard rain — muddy, mournful, strange, beautiful, and still carrying the weight of …
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The Aviary: The Passenger Pigeon
The Passenger Pigeon once traveled across North America in numbers so immense that its flocks could transform the appearance and sound of the landscape. Observers described skies darkened by birds, …
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SBP Podcast Episode 19: Pom Pom Mom
In January of 1991, a bizarre story out of Channelview, Texas, became a national obsession. Wanda Holloway, a mother from a blue-collar town east of Houston, was accused of trying …
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SBP Podcast Episode 18: Anne Bonny: Pirate Queen, Pirate Legend
Anne Bonny is one of the most famous pirates in history — and perhaps one of the most mysterious. She sailed during the final violent years of the Golden Age …
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Southern Reads: Blood and Treasure
Blood and Treasure is the kind of history book that reminds you why some figures never really leave the American imagination. Daniel Boone is one of those names that most …
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SBP Podcast Episode 17: The Dixie Mafia and the Vincent & Margaret Sherry Murders
On September 14, 1987, Circuit Court Judge Vincent Sherry and his wife, Biloxi city councilwoman Margaret Sherry, were found murdered inside their home on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. There was …
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The Hellbender: The River’s Last Secret
There are creatures in the South that feel like they belong to another time. Not folklore. Not exaggerated. Not misunderstood. Just old. The hellbender is one of them. If you’ve …
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