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year exclusively in theaters July 30th. This week on hometown ghost stories. In the heart of the

Mississippi Delta, where muddy waters run deep, American music would be forever changed with the birth

of the Delta Blues.

Join us as we take a deep dive into the history and hauntings

in one of the most infamous and influential regions in the American self,

including the true story that inspired the 2025 cinematic masterpiece, sinners.

This is hometown ghost stories, the ghosts of the Mississippi Delta.

Hometown Ghost Stories contains serious and often distressing events and is not intended for all audiences.

Viewer discretion is advised.

Rosdale, Mississippi, 1998.

The record player crackled to life, filling the empty classroom with the raw sound of muddy waters singing about a gypsy woman. The record player crackled to life, filling the empty classroom with the raw sound of muddy waters,

singing about a gypsy woman. Mr. Hensley leaned back in his creaky old chair and lit one of his

sticky snub-nosed cigars he referred to as swamp sticks. West Boulevard High School had a strict

no-smoking policy, but old Scotty Hensley had little regard for policies that his tenure outdated.

Besides, everyone knew he smoked in the classroom, and nobody seemed to mind so long as he did it after hours while no students were around, which Scotty found reasonable enough.

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