For Haunted Hospitality’s second pod-iversary celebration episode, we’re exploring three stories of spooky ladies from the South! We get wild with our first segment, so skip to minute 43 for this content.
First up: Four people were put on trial for witchcraft in South Carolina back in 1792. While this trial took place on a farm and wasn’t actually legal, there were plenty of witnesses taking the stand. They accused Mary Ingleman, in particular, of some rather harsh tricks. On two separate occasions, she is accused of turning a man into horse, then using him as transportation as she goes about her business.
Second up: One fork in a North Carolina river is called Mermaid Point because Revolutionary War soldiers used to swear they saw mermaids lounging on a sandbar. Granted, this was usually late into the night as the soldiers stumbled home from the tavern.
Third up: This is the urban legend to end all urban legends! On a Mississippi backroad, next to the ruins of an old church, the three-legged lady is known to lurk. Locals will honk their horn, and she is said to chase their car to the end of the road. (CW: suicide)Thre
But first, Robin and Zoey are here with their Something Special: a “get to know us (again)!” Q&A.
Witches sources:
“The South Carolina witch trials” by Amy Trainum, WSOC-TV.com, Oct. 30, 2018.
“Witches In Winnsboro? There’s a History in the County” by Chuck Ringwalt, WLTX, Oct. 20, 2017.
Mermaid sources:
https://northcarolinaghosts.com/piedmont/mermaid-point/
https://www.uncorkedasheville.com/north-carolina-cryptids-urban-legends/
Three-legged lady sources:
https://vicksburgnews.com/urban-legends-of-mississippi/
https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/three-legged-lady-road-nash-road/
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