Southern Oddities
Jared Ordis, the creator & host of Even the Podcast is Afraid, brings you short tales of the bizarre & the unnatural, of the interesting people, the unexplained places, & the mysterious artifacts that helped shape the exaggerated mysteries & history of the Southern United States. Grab your sweet tea, gather around, and lets spin a yarn, welcome, to Southern Oddities! New Episode released every Tuesday.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 11 minutes
- Episodes
- 87
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2022
Demon of Corpus Christi - Corpus Christi, Texas
Corpus Christi is a coastal city in the South Texas, and the county seat and largest city of Nueces County. The city's name literally means, body of Christ in Latin, in reference to the Christian sac…
00:06:55 |
Tue 22 Jun 2021
Mermaids of Weeki Wachee - Weeki Wachee, Florida
Weeki Wachee was a city located in Hernando County, Florida, with a total population of just 12 people. While the city may be no more, the Weeki Wachee Preserve and the Weeki Wachee Springs State Par…
00:09:04 |
Tue 15 Jun 2021
The Pirates' House - Savannah, Georgia
The Old Pirates House was opened in 1753 in Savannah, Georgia, as an inn for seafarers, and fast became, a meeting point for bloodthirsty pirates and sailors from the Seven Seas. At the inn, seaman d…
00:12:32 |
Tue 08 Jun 2021
Storyland - New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans, the land of voodoo, jazz, and Mardi Gras, keeps giving up interesting places & exciting secrets, with every corner we turn. Including one place, that proves that New Orleans is not all v…
00:10:06 |
Tue 01 Jun 2021
Huggin Molly - Abbeville, Alabama
Abbeville is a city in Henry County, Alabama part of the Dothan, Alabama area Formally incorporated in 1853. Abbeville has a dark tale, for mothers wanting their children to hurry home at dark, and i…
00:13:14 |
Tue 25 May 2021
Hillbilly Garden - Calvert City, Kentucky
Calvert City is a home rule-class city in Marshall County, Kentucky with a population of less than 3000 people. But Calvert City also has a hidden gem, that is offbeat and strange, yet oddly amazing,…
00:09:38 |
Tue 18 May 2021
Pretty Boy Floyd - Akins, Oklahoma
Charles Arthur Floyd, was an American bank robber and gangster, who operated in and around the West and Central states. His criminal exploits gained widespread press coverage during the 1930s, and ha…
00:16:22 |
Tue 11 May 2021
Witch of Hinds Road - Gadsden, Alabama
Gadsden, is a city in Etowah County Alabama. Located on the Coosa River, about 56 miles northeast of Birmingham and 90 miles southwest of Chattanooga, Tennessee. All throughout the 20th century, and …
00:11:59 |
Tue 04 May 2021
Fountain of Youth - St. Augustine, Florida
St. Augustine, is a city on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida. Founded on September 8th, 1565 by Spanish explorers, it is the oldest continuously-inhabited European-established settlement in…
00:12:17 |
Tue 27 Apr 2021
Waffle House Museum - Decatur, Georgia
Decatur is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, which is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area, with it unofficial motto "Everything is Greater in Decatur". But the town of Decatur gained a national re…
00:11:58 |
Tue 20 Apr 2021
Haunted McRaven House - Vicksburg, Mississippi
Vicksburg, is a historic city in Warren County, Mississippi. Located on a high bluff on the east side of the Mississippi River, across from Louisiana. Steeped in Native American, Civil War, and Fren…
00:17:15 |
Tue 13 Apr 2021
Wetumpka Impact Crater - Wetumpka, Alabama
Wetumpka, is a city located in Elmore County, Alabama, and its called "The City of Natural Beauty" by some of the locals, like myself. This city is home to Alabama's greatest natural disaster. A mete…
00:11:32 |
Tue 06 Apr 2021
Christ of the Ozarks - Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Located in Eureka Springs, Arkansas atop of Magnetic Mountain, overlooking Eureka Springs, a 65 feet high monumental sculpture of Jesus, known as the Christ of the Ozarks. Like many of the stylized J…
00:13:07 |
Tue 30 Mar 2021
The Casket Girls - New Orleans, Louisiana
The old Ursuline Convent, was a series of historic convents in New Orleans, Louisiana. Which housed nuns from the Ursuline Convent of Rouen in Normandy. King Louis the 15th of France, decided that th…
00:14:14 |
Tue 23 Mar 2021
Slum Theme Park - Americus, Georgia
Americus, is the county seat of Sumter County, Georgia.. with a city population of a little more than 17,000 people. Its home to Georgia Southwestern State University, the Windsor Hotel, The Fuller C…
00:13:17 |
Tue 16 Mar 2021
Swamp Fox - Charleston, South Carolina
South Carolina is one of the oldest states within the Southern United States. Its steeped in history, especially from the American Revolutionary War, that lasted from 1775 to 1783. If you didn't know…
00:11:23 |
Tue 09 Mar 2021
The Crescent Cure - Eureka Springs, Arkansas
In Eureka Springs, Arkansas, lies an historic hotel at 75 Prospect Avenue, the 1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa. Its billed as Americas most haunted hotel, even offering ghost tours for free. 'The Grand O…
00:17:15 |
Tue 02 Mar 2021
Martian Buried Here - Aurora, Texas
Aurora is a small town covering just 3.7 square miles in Wise County, Texas, with a population of just 1,200 people. But this small slice of Texas, isn't famous for being a small town in the middle o…
00:08:12 |
Thu 25 Feb 2021
The Spy Who Loved Me - Anniston, Alabama
Anniston, Alabama has a lot of history, from the civil war to the Woodstock Iron Company, the brave heroes of the Freedom Riders during the Civil Rights Movement, and The Anniston Army Depot, a major…
00:08:34 |
Tue 23 Feb 2021
Voodoo Museum - New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana is full of delicious food, the French quarter, bourbon street, the celebration of Mardi Gras, and tons of interesting history. But New Orleans also has a reputation for being m…
00:09:09 |
Thu 18 Feb 2021
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