[Mystery] Lake Lanier: Georgia's Cursed Waters

Moms and Mysteries: A True Crime Podcast

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4.6 • 8.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Lake Lanier, Georgia's largest lake, is one of the deadliest bodies of water in America—with over 700 deaths since its creation in 1956. But the lake's dark history goes deeper than tragic accidents. Built by flooding entire communities, including a predominantly Black town that was never properly evacuated, Lake Lanier sits atop homes, churches, and even cemeteries. Locals believe the lake is cursed, haunted by the spirits of those whose graves were disturbed. We explore the eerie history of Lake Lanier, the mysterious deaths and disappearances that continue to this day, and the folklore that has made it one of America's most haunted places. Some waters are better left undisturbed. New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday! Follow us on Instagram: @momsandmysteries Join our Patreon: patreon.com/momsandmysteries Visit our website: momsandmysteries.com #TrueCrime #Podcast #FloridaMoms #LakeLanier #Georgia #HauntedPlaces #Mystery Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	A hidden forest, a thousand farms, and hundreds of unmoved gravesites. That's what lies beneath
0:06.3	the infamous Lake Lanier in Georgia. But before those lakeside cocktails and million-dollar speed
0:11.8	boats, there was a federal project that uprooted families exhumed cemeteries, and, if you believe,
0:17.6	the folklore, left restless spirits patrolling the waters of the lake.
0:22.2	Today, we're unpacking how it all happened and why this man-made lake keeps grabbing
0:26.6	headlines nearly 70 years later.
0:36.3	Hey guys, and welcome to the Moms and Mysteries podcast, a true crime podcast featuring myself, Mandy, and my dear friend Melissa.
0:43.9	Hi, Melissa.
0:44.6	Hi, Mandy.
0:45.3	How are you?
0:46.0	I am doing well.
0:47.3	How are you?
0:48.4	Doing great, thanks.
0:49.8	This episode, I am so excited.
0:51.9	You and I are both so excited.
0:53.0	I don't want to get into anything that you're going to be saying because there's just so much to talk about, but I am so excited. You and I are both so excited. I don't want to get into anything
0:54.5	that you're going to be saying because there's just so much to talk about. But I'm so pumped.
0:58.7	I feel like if you listen to true crime, this is a thing you hear about a lot. And just seeing it all
1:05.2	put together and just the history of it is almost completely unbelievable. It really is unbelievable in some ways.
1:12.8	And in other ways, I feel like I was happy to kind of deep dive on this one and learn a little bit more about the mystery of Lake Lydia.
1:21.3	Because as you said, it is a very popular topic for maybe not conspiracy theories, but just people who like to think about things
1:30.2	that are just unusual and things that happen that are maybe feel unexplainable. People love
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