Category: Folklore
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The Gopher’s Journey: Clarence Moore at Moundville
In the spring of 1905, a most peculiar sight appeared on Alabama’s Black Warrior River—a white steamboat called the Gopher, outfitted like a floating laboratory and carrying one Clarence Bloomfield…
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The Legend of Big Bob Gibson and His Curious White Sauce
Now, folks ‘round these parts don’t agree on much. There’s the eternal debate over sweet tea sweetness, the proper way to fry catfish, and whether Cousin Earl’s mullet is a…
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The Tale of the Penny Bank and the Pythian Ghosts
Well now, if you’re ever wandering down Birmingham’s Fourth Avenue, you might stumble across a six-story brick-and-mortar monolith with a face so stern it looks like it’s been watching the…
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A Tale Wagging Through Time: The 8,000-Year-Old Dog of Alabama’s Dust Cave
Deep in the heart of Alabama, cradled in the ancient embrace of the Tennessee River, lies Dust Cave—a prehistoric treasure chest so rich in secrets that archaeologists often speak of…
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From Alabama’s Funeral Parlor to the Wrestling Ring: The Hauntingly Hilarious Rise of Paul Bearer!
In a quiet funeral parlor nestled in Mobile, Alabama, there was a mortician named William Moody. But this was no ordinary mortician. His hands, skilled in the art of preparing…
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Murder, Mystery, and the Oak That Grew from the Gallows
Folks around Mobile, Alabama, will tell you there’s something peculiar about the old oak tree standing tall in Church Street Graveyard. Most folks walk right past it without a second…
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The Curious Case of Judge Albertson’s Demise
It was a hot, sticky evening in the summer of 1954 when Judge Thaddeus P. Albertson met his untimely end in the town of Serpent’s Hollow, Alabama. Now, Serpent’s Hollow…