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Southern Gothic

The Old Carrollton Jail Hauntings

Southern Gothic

Southern Gothic Media LLC

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.7976 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

On Saturday, October 21, 1899 the New Orleans Times-Democrat ran an article under the headline: “Real Ghost Story. The Old Carrollton Jail Said to be Haunted.” Through the use of the exact words of police officers, the article chronicled eerie occurrences at the local jail. But while many of the police officers who served at the Carrollton Jail stated that they didn’t believe in ghosts, most agreed that the strange things happening there seemed to defy rational explanation; and over time, everyone stationed there had a tale to tell with reports as varied as disembodied footsteps and noises, to heavy furniture moving on its own, lights turning on and off, and objects moving without cause. Want to Listen to Southern Gothic Ad-Free? Patreon: Ad-Free Episodes, Premium Releases, Bonus Content & More  Southern Gothic Premium on Spotify Southern Gothic Premium on Apple Podcasts Into History: History Without Interruption Connect with Southern Gothic Media: Website: SouthernGothicMedia.com Merch Store: https://www.southerngothicmedia.com/merch Pinterest: @SouthernGothicMedia Facebook: @SouthernGothicMedia Instagram: @SouthernGothicMedia X: @SoGoPodcast Advertise on this podcast: press@southerngothicmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The Fall Line is a true crime podcast covering the coldest cases in the southeastern United States and occasionally beyond.

0:08.4

We focus on the missing persons, the unsolved murders, and the unidentified doze that don't get media attention.

0:15.7

Empathetic and intensively researched, the fall line will take you on deep dives into unsolved cases that you've never heard of, and make you wonder why you haven't.

0:25.5

Find us wherever you listen to podcasts.

0:44.6

Yardt. Y'all, unfortunately, I've got bad news for you.

0:46.8

I'm on vacation right now.

0:47.6

That's right.

0:52.9

If you're down at the beach and you see some weirdo with long hair wearing a black t-shirt and reading a book with like a skeleton or a vampire

0:56.0

or something like that on the cover. Well, come say hi because it's probably me. Even us cemetery

1:01.8

nerds like to hang out and watch the wave sometime, right? But that being said, there's no new

1:07.4

episode this week. However, I am going to pull one out of the old archives for you.

1:13.5

It's one that I did a few years back called the old Carrollton jail hauntings, and it's a fun

1:18.8

and old piece of lore from down in New Orleans, where I'm sure it's unbearably hot and human

1:24.9

right now. But just so you know, part of the reason I'm dusting this one

1:29.3

off today is not just because I'm on vacation, because also we've just kicked off another podcast

1:34.8

feed that you may or may not be interested in. It's called Haunted New Orleans. And to be

1:41.1

honest, it's a podcast that is quite literally all the episodes of Southern

1:45.5

Gothic from New Orleans and one handy place for folks to listen. So if you've bingeed everything

1:51.5

we've done already, there really ain't anything new for you over on the haunted New Orleans feed

1:57.2

other than the fact that following each of the episodes, I do give a brief updated discussion

2:03.4

of the locations involved in the story. So that way, if you really dig that one and you make

2:09.7

it down to the Crescent City and you don't mind the humidity, you know, I've got your back. I can tell

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