Ghosts and Cornbread
Ghosts and Cornbread
Ghosts and Cornbread
Longtime friends, Mark and Lisa, discuss true crime and ghost stories from the deep south.
Episode 5: The Giggling Granny - Part 2
Nannie Doss spent most of her life looking for love, criss-crossing the states in search of romantic connections. Wedding bells rang five times, but when the marriages fizzled most of her husbands wound up dead.Nannie is suspected of killing as many as twelve, including four husbands and several family members. Join Mark and Lisa as they discuss this unlikely serial killer and how she was able to go undetected for almost three decades.In Part 2  we discuss Nannie's last three husbands, more family members who die, and how The Giggling Granny was finally caught.Sources: Black Widow: The True Story of Giggling Granny Nannie Doss by Ryan Green.Contact us at: [email protected] Warning: This episode discusses child death and sexual molestation. 
Jan 9, 2022
56 min
Episode 4: The Giggling Granny - Part 1.
Nannie Doss spent most of her life looking for love. She criss-crossed the states in search of romantic connections, and several times wedding bells rang, but when the marriages fizzled most of her husbands wound up dead. Nannie is suspected of killing as many as twelve, including four husbands and several family members. Join Mark and Lisa as they discuss this unlikely serial killer and how she was able to go undetected for almost three decades.In Part 1,  we discuss Nannie's early life in Blue Mountain, Alabama and her first two marriages.Sources: Black Widow: The True Story of Giggling Granny Nannie Doss by Ryan Green.Contact us at: [email protected] Warning: This episode discusses child death and sexual molestation. 
Jan 2, 2022
59 min
Episode 3: Ghastly Tales
Mark and Lisa discuss southern ghost stories.First, Mark presents the story of Sally Carter, a young woman who died in Huntsville, AL in 1837.  Decades after her death, locals are still reporting sightings.Then, Lisa discusses Lavinia Fisher, from Charleston, SC, who was hung in 1820. Was she really the first American female serial killer, as local ghost tours would have you believe?Join Mark and Lisa as they get to the bottom of these ghastly tales. Sources: For Sally Carter - hauntedworld.comFor Lavinia Fisher - Six Miles to Charleston: The True Story of John and Lavinia Fisher by Bruce Orr. Available on Amazon- https://www.amazon.com/Six-Miles-Charleston-Lavinia-Fisher/dp/1609491173Contact us at [email protected]
Dec 6, 2021
1 hr 12 min
Episode 2: The Rise and Fall of Andrew Pakhomov
On May 28, 2006, Yalena Zakin goes missing from her Madison, AL home. Suspicion quickly falls on her husband, Dr. Andrew Pakhomov, UAH Physics Professor. Pakhomov is the President of the American Institute of Beamed Propulsion and the interim Physics Department Chair at UAH, could he really be involved? Join Mark and Lisa as they discuss the case.Sources: Huntsville Times, WAFF News, Wired Magazine, ID's Betrayed, Ancestory.comContact us at: [email protected]
Nov 22, 2021
48 min
Episode 1: Murder on Rustic Circle
In 1976 Judith Alter was brutally attacked in her own home on Rustic Circle in Huntsville, AL. Although the killer was never caught, the evidence points to one person. Join longtime friends, Mark and Lisa, as they discuss the historic Huntsville murder and the person most likely responsible.Sources: Wicked North Alabama by Jacquelyn Procter Reeves, Huntsville Times, The Tennesseean, Chatanooga Dailey Times, The Baldwin Times, Fairhope Courier.Contact us at: [email protected]
Nov 7, 2021
47 min