The Red Lady of Huntingdon College

Southern Gothic

Southern Gothic Media LLC

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7 • 980 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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“Nearly all colleges have ghosts, legends that have grown up around some supernatural occurrences generations of students tell to each other [...] but the finest of those ghost stories, those college ghost stories, is told here at Huntingdon College in Montgomery.” - Kathryn Tucker Windham, 1918 - 2011 Huntingdon College of Montgomery, Alabama regularly makes the lists of ‘most haunted’ universities in America as generations of students have claimed the ghost of a young woman haunts the fourth floor of Pratt Hall--an apparition that has become known as the Red Lady. Legend claims that this young woman named Martha left behind her home in New York to attend the institution, but upon her arrival, she was overcome by homesickness and the loneliness of being misunderstood by the other girls in her dormitory. As a result, Martha did something drastic that students continue to whisper about to this day. But did Martha actually exist or is this just another tall tale to frighten freshmen? We will explore this question and more on this week’s episode of Southern Gothic. Help Southern Gothic grow by becoming a Patreon Supporter today! Watch Kathryn Tucker Windham tell the story of the Red Lady of Huntingdon College on Dr. Poppy Moon’s YouTube Channel. Listen to Wolfgang Poe on Season One of Ghost Tour. Check out Astonishing Legends: The True Story Behind the Exorcist - Episodes 219-221. Help Southern Gothic grow by becoming a Patreon Supporter today! Connect with Southern Gothic Media: Website: SouthernGothicMedia.com Merch Store: https://www.southerngothicmedia.com/merch Pinterest: @SouthernGothicMedia Facebook: @SouthernGothicMedia Instagram: @SouthernGothicMedia Twitter: @SoGoPodcast Join our Facebook Group! If you are a sponsor looking to advertise on the show visit Airwave Media or email contact@airwavemedia.com for information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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2:31.3	All the colleges have ghosts. Legends that have grown up around some supernatural occurrences, generations of
2:36.2	students tell to each other. That ghost organist that plays at Judson College, that poor girl
2:42.8	at the University of Montevallo, who years ago caught her clothing of fire, all over you find
2:49.0	these ghost tales. But the finest of those ghost stories, those college
2:53.2	ghost stories, is told here at Huntington College in Montgomery.
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