Introducing Macabrium: True Crime & Dark History

Introducing Macabrium: True Crime & Dark History

Author: Southern Gothic Media May 21, 2025 Duration: 1:17:27
Y'all join us as we explore Macabrium, a podcast that explores the secrets of the past-- true crime, dark history, lore, and legends. Join Megan on Tuesdays for true crime & dark history, and Derek on Sundays for lore & legends.  This True Crime & Dark History episode is titled "Villain By Nature: The Cannibal Boone Helm." Listen to Macabrium today on your favorite podcasting apps! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The shadows hold more than just the heat down here. Southern Gothic is a series dedicated to the layered, often unsettling stories that define the American South, moving far beyond simple ghost stories. Each episode is built on a foundation of historical research and cultural context, examining how true events, societal tensions, and deep-rooted folklore intertwine to create the region's unique atmosphere. You'll hear detailed accounts of locations steeped in memory, from infamous sanatoriums to forgotten battlefields, and the figures-both real and legendary-that haunt them. The production utilizes an immersive audio landscape to draw you into these narratives, making the past feel palpably present. This podcast carefully sifts fact from enduring myth, exploring why certain tales persist and what they reveal about the complexities of Southern identity, memory, and place. It’s an auditory exploration for anyone curious about the darker corners of history and the whispers that linger in old homes, dense swamps, and the collective consciousness of a region. Southern Gothic Media presents these documentaries with a respectful yet unflinching eye, understanding that the most haunting stories are often those grounded in real human experience. The result is a consistently engaging listen that treats its subjects with the depth they deserve.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

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Podcast Episodes
A Demon in Olive Hill [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 42:31
Just outside the small town of Olive Hill, Kentucky, in the winter of 1968, the quiet home of John and Ora Callihan became the center of something strange. It began with the sound of breaking glass—a framed portrait of C…
Introducing: How Haunted? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 36:48
Welcome to ⁠⁠How Haunted?⁠⁠ The paranormal podcast where each episode we explore the horrible history and terrifying ghost stories of one of the most haunted places on planet Earth. I’m Rob Kirkup: author, paranormal his…
The Death of Lucinda Mills and the Cult of Unknown Tongues [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:02:20
In the winter of 1933, a revival took hold deep in the hills of Martin County, Kentucky. What began as a week of prayer and fasting soon slipped past the line between faith and fanaticism. Each night, hymns echoed throug…
What Really Killed President Harrison? | Minisode [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 20:05
On April 4, 1841, President William Henry Harrison became the first U.S. president to die in office—just thirty-one days after his inauguration. For generations, the story was told the same way: an aging man caught in th…
The Haunting Legacy of Berkeley Plantation [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 41:14
Just upriver from Jamestown, Berkeley Plantation stands as one of Virginia’s most historic estates. Its story begins in 1619 with the Berkeley Hundred, an early settlement that saw both hope and heartbreak on the colonia…
The Unsolved Murder of Ethel Allen | Encore Episode [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:32
On Merritt Island, Florida, most visitors come for the Kennedy Space Center, where rockets have carried astronauts beyond the Earth. But tucked away on the south side of the island, down a crooked mile of oak trees drape…
Pearl Bryan's Gruesome Death | Encore Episode [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 34:16
On a cold February morning in 1896, a farmhand near Fort Thomas, Kentucky, stumbled upon a body at the edge of a ravine. The victim was a young woman in a blue checkered dress, her gloves sliced, her head missing. Within…
Introducing: BlueLife [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 41:11
BlueLife⁠ is a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi audio story which has its world premiere on September 1st. I'd love you to listen, and if you like what you hear please subscribe to the email list on the website so you will be…
Listener Tales, Volume Four [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 36:18
Spooky season is finally here! Join us for another edition of our listener-submitted stories... from haunted cemeteries, a creepy old mirror, to the possible sighting of a spirit on a Civil War battlefield. Want to Liste…
The Massacre at Ebenezer Creek [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 37:48
Just south of Savannah, Georgia, where the low country stretches into swampland, lies a quiet tributary shaded by thousand-year-old cypress trees. Today, paddlers drift across its dark waters, taking in the beauty of the…