The Moonlit Road Podcast - Southern Ghost Stories & Folklore

By The Moonlit Road, LLC

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Episodes: 71

NGC300
 Nov 14, 2020
The Southern twang and smart use of atmospheric sound effects give these tales a sense of realness.


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Leave the highway behind for the dark back roads of the American South. Since 1997, The Moonlit Road has been gathering the Southern ghost stories, folklore, and oral traditions whispered across generations — from the bayous of Louisiana to the Sea Islands of Georgia to the hollows of Appalachia. In each episode, gifted storytellers, musicians, and folklorists bring you haunted history, forgotten legends, and the creatures that still stalk the Southern imagination: the Bell Witch, the Boo Hag, the Loup Garou. This is the South that lives past the porch light — in the deep roots of Voodoo and Hoodoo, in the campfire stories and mountain haints, in the folklore of the Delta, the Piedmont, and the coastal plain. The stories your grandparents told you. Thousands of listeners have walked this road for over 25 years. Come find us on the back roads. For more Southern ghost stories and regional legends not found on the podcast, visit our full archive at themoonlitroad.com.

Episode Date
Don't Fish on Sunday! | A Virginia Fishing Folktale
Jul 14, 2026
The Mirror: A New Orleans Ghost Story | The Moonlit Road
Jun 10, 2026
Fiddler's Dram: A Strange Tennessee Folktale
May 05, 2026
The Devil's Mansion of New Orleans
Apr 08, 2026
Where's My Ring? | A Georgia Ghost Story
Mar 12, 2026
Grandma's Furry Robe - A Southern Horror Story
Jan 26, 2026
Lizzie: Ghost of Brinkley Female College | A Memphis, Tennessee Ghost Story
Jan 13, 2026
Where Mosquitoes Came From: A Tlingit Legend
Dec 03, 2025
The Sheriff and the Loup Garou: A Louisiana Werewolf Story
Nov 18, 2025
Why Is a Jack O' Lantern Named Jack? | The Legend of Stingy Jack
Nov 18, 2025
The Cow That Ate The Preacher | An Appalachian Tall Tale
Oct 15, 2025
Number Ninety: The Charleston Haunted House Dare | A Southern Ghost Story
Oct 29, 2021
Ambrose Bierce's The Moonlit Road Part 3: The Spirit's Testimony
Oct 29, 2021
Ambrose Bierce's The Moonlit Road Part 2: The Confession of the Father
Oct 29, 2021
Ambrose Bierce's The Moonlit Road, Part 1: The Statement of the Son
Oct 29, 2021
The Nut Eating Devil: A Tennessee Mountain Ghost Story
Oct 23, 2021
Irwin Tarheel and the Fair Folk: A Louisiana Legend
Mar 28, 2018
Railroad Bill
Jan 17, 2017
The Spirit of Thomas Lester - A Southern Haunted House Story
Oct 19, 2016
Tsali: The Cherokee Legend of the Smoky Mountains
Mar 12, 2016
The Maco Light: North Carolina's Famous Railroad Ghost Story
Jan 06, 2016
Mississippi Rose: A Southern Ghost Story
Oct 21, 2015
Chloe, The Slave Girl of Myrtles Plantation
Oct 09, 2015
The Sausage Man of New Orleans: A Gruesome Ghost Story
Aug 03, 2015
The Legend of Sop Doll: A Mississippi Witch Story
Oct 24, 2014
Wait 'Til Jesse Comes: A Mississippi Spooky Cat Legend
Oct 08, 2014
Mama Coon-Coon: A Louisiana Swamp Folktale
Sep 19, 2014
Chancy Fox: The Louisiana Gambler and the Swamp Vampires
Aug 11, 2014
The Town Without Death: A Kentucky Mountain Ghost Story
Sep 15, 2013
No Greater Love: A Kentucky Coal Mine Ghost Story
Apr 08, 2013
The Ticking Clock: A Supernatural Mystery
Mar 10, 2013
The Plat-Eye: A Lowcountry Shapeshifter Legend
Dec 19, 2012
The Meanest Man: A Savannah Tall Tale
Dec 05, 2012
The Bleeding Heart Dove
Nov 11, 2012
Ibo Landing
Oct 14, 2012
The Flaming Tomb of Josie Arlington
Sep 30, 2012
How Brer Coon Gets His Meat
Sep 19, 2012
Blinded By Love
Aug 03, 2012
Knock, Knock, Who's There? | A Cajun Ghost Story
May 22, 2012
Hell Hole – Battle of New Hope Church
Mar 15, 2012
The Coughing Dog
Mar 08, 2012
Green Eyes of Chickamauga Battlefield
Feb 01, 2012
Graveyard Dogs
Jan 05, 2012
The Missing Cookies
Dec 07, 2011
Deal with the Devil: A Georgia Trickster Tale
Nov 26, 2011
One More Room: A Haunted Atlanta Hotel Ghost Story
Nov 11, 2011
The Bell Witch Cave
Oct 25, 2011
A Beloved Teacher
Oct 17, 2011
The White Dress
Sep 27, 2011
The Click-Bok Tree
Sep 06, 2011
The Barefoot Woman
Aug 15, 2011
Little Cottage in the Woods: An Alabama Civil War Ghost Story
Jul 29, 2011
The Boarded Window
Jun 21, 2011
Marie Jolie: A Cajun Folktale of the Bayou Devil
Jan 26, 2011
The Black Dog: A Kentucky Coal Mine Ghost Story
Dec 14, 2010
Chief Sawnee's Gold: A Georgia Mountain Legend
Nov 29, 2010
Patin's Punkin Patch: A Cajun Halloween Ghost Story
Oct 26, 2010
The Blue Girl of Poole's Mill Covered Bridge
Sep 20, 2010
The Ghost of Alice Flagg of The Hermitage
Aug 31, 2010
The Boo Hag: A Gullah-Geechee Witch Legend
Jun 30, 2010
Taily-Po: A Georgia Monster Legend
May 30, 2010
Lorenzo Dow's Georgia Curse
Mar 26, 2010
The Gray Man of Pawley's Island
Feb 23, 2010
Stranger in the Church: An Alabama Ghost Story
Jan 27, 2010
A Christmas Haunting
Dec 21, 2009
The Promise: A Louisiana Ghost Story
Dec 10, 2009
I Don't Feel Dead Yet!
Oct 22, 2009
Skull Lake: An Alabama Monster Legend
Sep 30, 2009
The Ghost of Fiddler's Rock
Aug 09, 2009
Sleepyhead: An Alabama Witch Legend
Dec 10, 2008
A Mother's Love: An Appalachian Ghost Story
Oct 08, 2008