Episode 96 Windsor Ruins

Southern Mysteries Podcast

Shannon Ballard

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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The ruins of Windsor are among the most photographed historic sites in Mississippi. 23 towering columns that cast long shadows on the history of the once grand mansion and places like it across the American south. Want more Southern Mysteries? Hear the Southern Mysteries show archive and immediately access exclusive content when you become a patron of the show. Join now at patreon.com/southernmysteries Connect Website: southernmysteries.comFacebook: Southern Mysteries PodcastTwitter: @southernpod_Instagram: @explorethesouthEmail: southernmysteriespodcast@gmail.com Episode Sources Windsor Ruins National Register of HIstoric Places Nomination. 1971, updated 1992 "Burning of the Daniell Residence." The Southern Reveille. February 21, 1890 The Ruins of Windsor. WLBT. April 30, 2011 Cotton. Mississippi Encyclopedia. July 10, 2017. The Creation Of The Cotton Kingdom. African American History and Culture. United States Census, 1860. Claiborne County, Mississippi. Population Schedules Windsor Ruins, Mississippi – A Silent Sentinel to the Magnificent South. Legends of America. November 2019. The Windsor Ruins of Mississippi. Parker Studios. June 11, 2019. Episode Music Sense of Loss by Purple Planet Music. Purple-planet.com. Licensed under Creative CommonsFresh Fallen Snow by Chris Haugen and I Need To Start Writing Things Down and I Am A Man Who Will Fight for Your Honor by Chris Zabriske. Licensed under Creative Commons Autumn Sunset, Relaxing Piano Music and March of the Minds by Kevin MacLeod. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Source: http://incompetech.comDevouring the Whole by Ross Gentry. Special thanks to Headway Recordings, in Asheville, North Carolina for permission for useTheme Song “Dark & Troubled” by Pantherburn. Special thanks to Phillip St Ours for permission for use.

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0:00.0	Mark Twain wrote about it in Life on the Mississippi.
0:14.4	Yudora Welty photographed her shadow here.
0:18.2	Scenes from two major motion pictures
0:21.2	were filmed on the grounds of what's known as Windsor Ruins.
0:27.0	The ruins of a once grand home are among the most photographed historic sites in Mississippi.
0:35.0	But the mystery of this place is what it looked like
0:39.0	before it was destroyed by fire 130 years ago and why people from all over the country, all over the world,
0:48.2	are drawn to these ruins.
0:52.1	Welcome to Southern Mysteries, exploring the history and mysteries of the American South.
0:58.0	I'm your host, Shannon Ballard, and this is the story of Mississippi's Windsor Ruins.
1:09.0	The winding Mississippi Road,
1:11.0	leading to Windsor Ruins is a lot like the ruins of the Antibella
1:16.2	Mansion, lonely, remote, and eerie. Each year, thousands of history and architecture enthusiasts,
1:27.0	and many a curious soul travel down Rodney Road in Claiborne County.
1:32.0	They follow signs that lead them to a turn off on a gravel
1:35.8	road and this is the moment they see what's been called the Stonehenge of Mississippi.
1:44.0	23 columns towering above the outline of the remains of a Greek Revival mansion
1:51.0	that was constructed between 1859 and 1861.
1:56.8	When you stand in front of these columns,
1:59.8	each standing 40 feet tall, you're struck by their size and you immediately begin to
2:06.6	grasp how large Windsor was. When construction was completed in 1861, the 17,000 square foot plantation home was the largest in the American South.
2:22.0	A lot of folks assume it was destroyed by fire during the Civil War,
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