The Southerly Way

Southerly Gothic

Some stories refuse to stay buried.

Familiar places. Darker stories.
History, memory, and the legends that linger in the South.

Spanish moss draped from Southern trees
The stories are still here.

Why Does the South Hold Onto Its Ghosts?

From a table permanently set in New Orleans to the Savannah immortalized in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and a hotel room in Chattanooga with a guest who supposedly never left, the South has a way of keeping its stories close.

Southerly Gothic explores the history behind the haunting, the people behind the legends, and what these stories reveal about the places that keep telling them. Beneath the question of who never left is another: what are the living afraid of forgetting?

Southerly Gothic

The Series

New Orleans, Louisiana

A Place at the Table

Why New Orleans Keeps Making Room for the Dead

At Muriel’s Jackson Square, a table is traditionally kept for someone who has been dead for generations. In New Orleans, remembering the dead is not always reserved for cemeteries.

Savannah, Georgia

After Midnight

The Savannah That Refused to Stay on the Page

Savannah was beautiful, eccentric, and plenty strange before John Berendt arrived. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil gave the world a story the city is still living with.

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Room 311

The Guest Who Never Checked Out

At Chattanooga’s historic Read House, one room has become almost as famous as the hotel itself. Its enduring legend raises a familiar question: why do some stories refuse to leave?

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