A Southern Ethos

Larrison meets Wayne Lee, whose own grandfather was buried in the asylum cemetery. Unlike other descendants, though, Wayne has a skill that he believes has led him to his grandfather’s unmarked grave. Wayne tries to discover if what sent his grandfather into the asylum was even a ...  Show more

Growing up, all Noah Saterstrom knew about his great grandfather was that he had been an optometrist. Those were the only words his grandmother could say about him before she’d start crying. Later, Noah discovers that the reason his family had erased this man was that he’d been s ...  Show more

Things are getting spooky as we discuss haunted hospitals. Rolling Hills Asylum in Bethany, New York and Kuhn Memorial State Hospital in Vicksburg, Mississippi are now abandoned, but spirits are said to roam the dilapidated halls. Have ghost stories of your own? E-mail them to ...  Show more

The body count is increasing and the mysteries are deepening. The communities of Southern Jackson County, Mississippi mourn the loss of a young life. 

The New York Lunatic Asylum opened its doors in 1839 with a mission to humanely treat the mentally ill of NYC from the tranquil isolation of an island on the East River. However, as the years unfolded, cracks showed, trouble ensued and an intrepid reporter found herself within th ...  Show more

In the winter of 2002, police discovered more than 300 bodies on one property in the tiny town of Noble, Georgia. What followed was one of the biggest and most expensive investigations in the history of the American South. To get to the bottom of this forgotten case, journalis ...