by talysin | Aug 17, 2025 | Haunted Savannah, Historic District Stories, Organized Crime History, Prohibition Era, Savannah History, Savannah History & Culture, Strange Savannah Stories, True Crime, True Crime in Savannah, Visiting Savannah
Notorious Cases and Violent Flashpoints The morning of August 16, 1923 opened like any other: gulls tilting over the river, a tug pushing low through the current, shop doors hauled up on their belts along Bay Street. Then men with quiet shoes began to move. At a desk...
by Chris Allen | Aug 13, 2025 | Haunted Savannah, Historic District Stories, Organized Crime History, Prohibition Era, Savannah History, True Crime
A Knock in the Salt Wind Night rises slow over the bluff. Cobblestones keep the day’s heat, lanterns sharpen the seams of brick, and the Savannah River breathes brine and tar. Far below Bay Street the water slips dark between pilings, hulls creak, and somewhere a tug...
by talysin | Aug 12, 2025 | Haunted History, Haunted Savannah, Savannah Ghost Stories, Savannah Ghost Stories & Legends
A walk at the fence line: an introduction Night gathers early beneath the oaks. The fence of Colonial Park Cemetery runs along Abercorn Street like a ribcage, each iron picket cool under the palm, each bar holding back an acreage of shadows and names. The air smells...
by talysin | Jun 6, 2025 | Ghost Hunting, Haunted History, Haunted Savannah, Savannah Ghost Stories, Savannah Ghost Stories & Legends, Savannah Ghost Tours
Reading Time: 18 minutes Hello, I’m Chris Allen, and welcome. Today we’re delving into a mystery that has fascinated Savannah for decades – a tale I’ve titled “Who Put the Bones in the Wall?” It’s a story about an old inn, a set of human remains discovered during...
by talysin | Jun 4, 2025 | Haunted History, Haunted Savannah, Savannah Ghost Stories, Savannah Ghost Stories & Legends, Savannah Ghost Tours, Savannah History & Culture, Strange Savannah Stories, True Crime in Savannah
Reading Time: 8 minutes Savannah in the Late 19th Century By the early 1880s, Savannah, Georgia was a bustling post-Civil War port city experiencing renewed growth. The cotton industry dominated the economy – the Savannah Cotton Exchange had been established in 1876...
by Chris Allen | May 9, 2025 | Haunted History, Haunted Savannah, Savannah Ghost Stories, Savannah Ghost Stories & Legends, Savannah Ghost Tours, Savannah History & Culture, Strange Savannah Stories
Reading Time: 24 minutes Savannah, Georgia – On the northwest corner of leafy Taylor Square (formerly Calhoun Square) sits an imposing three-story mansion of fading plaster and ironwork. This is 432 Abercorn Street, a house whose elegant Greek Revival facade belies a...
