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Southern Gothic is a podcast that explores the history behind some of the American

South's darkest days,

greatest mysteries, and most chilling ghost stories.

Theircuh. On May 28, 1668, just after the sun had set, a ship sailing under Spanish colors anchored just offshore of St. Augustine, a small colonial outpost on the coast of Spanish Florida.

At the time, the site was reassuring to the residents who were eagerly awaiting a supply vessel from Veracruz, bringing flour to feed them.

Nevertheless, the town's 120 soldiers were alerted to gather their arms and stand ready just in case,

a customary precaution in this isolated settlement that... to gather their arms and stand ready just in case,

a customary precaution in this isolated settlement that had long been vulnerable to raids by pirates,

privateers, and rival European powers.

So a small boat carrying a harbor pilot and crew launched and made its way out to the supply ship to confirm its identity, and once they got there, they asked routine questions that were correctly and confidently answered by men who appeared to be Spanish sailors.

Satisfying that this was, in fact, their supply ship, the crew in the launch fired two musket shots into the air,

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