The Screaming Ghost of a Slave: The Sorrel-Weed Haunting

Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories

Darren Marlar

History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

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🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In Savannah stands a mansion where a betrayed wife leapt to her death and a slave was found hanging days later — but when researchers went looking for her name in the records, they found something they weren't expecting.

FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: A Broken Ship’s Compass, The Mystery of the Mary Celeste” *** “December 5 Is Krampus Nacht” *** “Ghost Hunting at Elgin State Hospital Cemetery” *** “Phil And The Dark Man” *** “The White Smoking Figure That Haunted Me” *** “The Ancient Ram Inn” *** “The Haunted House on the Hudson” *** “Truth or Legend? Wronged Wife, Slave Haunt Savannah’s Sorrel-Weed House”

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SOURCES and RESOURCES:
(Most author/source links in this episode have been lost over time, sorry.)
“A Broken Ship’s Compass, The Mystery of the Mary Celeste” written by Troy Taylor (from the book “Cabinet of Curiosities 2”): https://amzn.to/2HTfoea
“December 5 Is Krampus Nacht” written by Troy Taylor (from his e-newsletter): (link no longer available)
“Ghost Hunting at Elgin State Hospital Cemetery” by Randy Lee Beasley: https://www.facebook.com/PepperScarPro
“Phil And The Dark Man” submitted by Luigi Bonanno (link no longer available)
“The White Smoking Figure That Haunted Me” submitted by Ronnie Shawitz: (link no longer available)
“The Ancient Ram Inn” written by Alan Toner (From the book “100 True Ghost Stories”): http://a.co/1vmAx7R
“The Haunted House on the Hudson” written by Xavier Ortega: (link no longer available)
“Truth or Legend? Wronged Wife, Slave Haunt Savannah’s Sorrel-Weed House”: (link no longer available)
(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)

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Originally aired: January 18, 2018

EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources and full transcript): https://weirddarkness.com/GhostSlave

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0:00.0	Boss, what's the most dreaded question that you can get when you tell people you host a podcast
0:05.2	called The Lapsed Fan?
0:06.6	Ugh, it's, what is it about?
0:09.3	And why is that, do you think?
0:10.8	Because to like pro wrestling is to lose the respect of others.
0:16.1	Now, what if we told you there's a podcast that explains exactly why that is and why it's
0:20.8	kind of deserved.
0:22.2	For over a decade, we've taken fact-finding missions through the thicket of half-truths
0:26.1	that is wrestling history. We watch old matches, call out carnies, laugh at our own jokes,
0:31.4	and have so much fun doing it that some people actually can't handle it.
0:35.4	Think wrestling is an escape from real life?
0:38.2	Think again.
0:39.3	Same power games, same office politics, same people lying to your face.
0:43.7	Just with entrance music and absolutely no company health insurance under any circumstances.
0:48.7	All I offer is opportunity, not benefits.
0:51.4	As do we, Vince, the lapsed fan podcast.
0:54.3	Come for the wrestling history.
0:55.8	Stay for the uncomfortable truth about why it used to be better and why you still care.
1:03.2	The monitor, flatlines.
1:05.7	The doctors work fast.
1:07.4	The paddles charge.
1:08.9	His family watches from the corner of the room. And Bob Frisbee, husband,
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