It’s April, 1865… The Sultana has been docked in Vicksburg, MS, preparing to load far more passengers than the steamer is equipped to hold. The passengers are almost entirely Union soldiers who are being paroled from the Cahaba or Andersonville Confederate prison camps, in which they have experienced hellish living conditions - not to mention … Continue reading Season 2: Episode Ten: The Sultana Disaster: Part 2
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Season 2: Episode Nine: The Sultana Disaster: Part 1
If you were to mention the word “Titanic” to a random stranger today, and asked them to tell you what that word means to them, there’s a very high chance that you would get one of the following responses from them… That Celine Dion song that was overplayed to death...“I’m the king of the world”“Paint … Continue reading Season 2: Episode Nine: The Sultana Disaster: Part 1
Season 2: Episode Eight and 1/2: Halloween Shorts
Hey everyone and welcome back to Unearthed Memphis! I’m Alan and I’m Tara We hope you enjoyed our last episode about Memphis Hoodoo and the St. Paul Spiritual Holy Temple. I did! I’m still googling things about it. It’s just so fascinating! We even got a facebook thank you from the Secret History of Memphis … Continue reading Season 2: Episode Eight and 1/2: Halloween Shorts
Season 2: Episode One: Alice and Freda
“The day of our wedding was set, and then not all the powers in the world could have separated us. It was our intention to leave here and go to St. Louis, and I would have been Freda’s slave. I would have devoted my whole life to making her happy---But when Freda returned my engagement … Continue reading Season 2: Episode One: Alice and Freda
Episode Two: George “Buster” Putt
October 26th, 2015 - George Howard Putt, the serial killer that terrorized the city of Memphis, for 29 days during the summer of 1969, died of natural causes at the Lois DeBerry Special Needs Facility in Nashville. News of his death would not reach the public, nor the families of Putt’s victims, until March of … Continue reading Episode Two: George “Buster” Putt