Southern Mysteries Classic Three Sisters in Black

Southern Mysteries Podcast

Shannon Ballard

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 918 Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Meet sisters Caroline Martin, Virginia Wardlaw and Mary Snead. They left a long trail of devastation and death of family members from Kentucky to Tennessee and Virginia on to New Jersey where they were implicated in the mysterious death of a young family member. Want more Southern Mysteries? Hear the Southern Mysteries show archive of 60+ episodes along with Patron exclusive podcast, Audacious: Tales of American Crime and more when you become a patron of the show. You can immediately access exclusive content now at patreon.com/southernmysteries Connect Website: southernmysteries.comFacebook: Southern Mysteries PodcastTwitter: @southernpod_Instagram: @shannonballard_Email: [email protected] Episode Sources “Soule Sisters Series”, Daily News Journal, Sunday, October 2009. Accessed March 2, 2028. https://rutherfordtnhistory.org/rutherford-county-hosted-three-wicked-witches/ “Three Sisters in Black: The Bizarre True Case of the Bathtub Tragedy” by Norman Zierold. Accessed March 1, 2018.https://books.google.com/books?id=wqdLDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false “Ghosts of past still frighten New River Valley”, Collegiate Times, October 31, 2006. Accessed March 10, 2018. https://www.collegiatetimes.com/lifestyle/ghosts-of-past-still-frighten-new-river-valley/article_0b71ec43-ff02-5af4-a83e-8016c081891a.html “Sister Act: The Bizarre Drowning of Ocey Snead”, The Lineup, July 19, 2018. Accessed August 1, 2023. https://the-line-up.com/the-bizarre-drowning-of-ocey-snead Episode MusicTheme Song “Dark & Troubled” by Pantherburn. Special thanks to Phillip St Ours for permission for use. Colorless Aura by Kevin MacLeod. Licensed under Creative Commons.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Shannon Ballard. If you are new to Southern Mysteries, this is an independent historical true crime and mystery podcast.
0:09.6	Thanks to passionate fans who support the show on Patreon.
0:13.1	I get to share stories from different southern states
0:16.1	and try to dive in to share stories
0:18.5	you may not have heard or share a unique take
0:22.2	on the more popular historical true crimes.
0:25.0	When you join Patreon you can access the show Archive of more than 60 episodes
0:31.0	plus you can support at a level where you access Patreon exclusive episodes, including this year's
0:38.3	patron podcast called Audacious, Tales of American Crimes.
0:43.7	Today's episode is an updated and expanded version
0:47.3	of a story from the Southern Mysteries Archive
0:50.1	that was originally featured in April 2018.
0:54.0	If you want to hear all the episodes from the early years of the show,
0:57.7	learn more about supporting Southern mysteries and join me on Patreon today at Patreon.com slash Southern Mysteries. A wise man once said family is a haven in a heartless world.
1:27.0	But what happens when your family is the heartless world and you have no safe haven.
1:35.0	Sisters Caroline Martin, Virginia Wardlaw, and Mary Sneed
1:40.0	were the most terrifying examples of the word family.
1:45.0	They left a long trail of devastation and death of their family members
1:50.0	from Kentucky to Tennessee and Virginia onto New Jersey,
1:55.0	where they were implicated in the mysterious death
1:58.0	of a young family member.
2:00.0	Welcome to Southern Mysteries, exploring history and mysteries of the American South.
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