The Carolina Storyteller
The Carolina Storyteller is a fun and thrilling storytelling podcast with a campfire style. Hosted by author Jonathan Phoinex, each week brings a new and exciting tale. Whether you like ghost stories, true crime, or myths and legends, there is a story here for you. So join us and our guests and let The Carolina Storyteller tell you a story. Find mech and social links at https://www.thecarolinastoryteller.com/Support the show and join the storytelling community at Patreon.com/TheCarolinaStoryteller
Episodes
Episode 90: Hells Gate Cemetery
Located In Spartanburg SC, Oakwood Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in the area, home to a former potters field. Legends of specters and ghosts fill the area making it the most haunted place in South Carolina.
Episode 89: John Laurens
Breaking up the spooky of the season with a little bit of history, this episode focus on an unkown founding father John Laurens. John was the son of Henry Laurens one of South Carolina's representives to the first Continental Congress. Jo…
Episode 88: The Devil Monkey
This Virginia cryptid hasthe body of a small gorilla ith kegs like a kagaroo. It's said to prowl the aplichian trail from Kentucky to Virginia.
Episode 87: The Jester Of Beaufort
This episode is dedicated to a fan I met at the Terrace Theater, who just so happens to be from Beaufort SC. We're going to talk about the oldest recorded American ghost story, set in an ocean front castle no less.
Episode 86: The South Carolina Coast Revisit
Episode 85: Magic Harbour
A tragic series of events doom a happy and joyful place for children. Was this park in Myrtle Beach SC doomed from the start?
Episode 84: Orphans Of The Past
This episode we visit a local college with some unexpected students joining classes.
Episode 83 Not The Plateye
Stories told around a campfire sometimes stay with you for your entire life. This one was told to me when I was very young, about an outcast who was wrongfully accused, and returned to seek revenge.
Episode 82: Anne Bonny, Bisexual Rule Breaker
Episode 81: The Mythos of Lilith
Here's my dive into the legend of Lilith, the Queen of Evil, Mother of Demons and First Woman in Eden.Support the show at https://www.patreon.com/c/TheCarolinaStorytellerGet your Merch at https://the-carolina-storyteller.printify.me/product…
Episode 80: Vampires Part 3
The conclusion to my look at the history of Vampires involves looking at just a few of the many vampiric creatures from history. Maybe these have more of an influence on the media than we think.Support the show at https://www.patreon.com/c/…
Episode 79: Vampires Part 2
Part 2 of my deep dive on Vampire and I'm looking at Vampires as represented in the media and how it compares to the lore.Are the vampires we see in movies, T.V., Books and Audio Dramas really accurate to what was believed hundreds of years…
Episode 78: Vampires Part 1
This week we start our deep dive into Vampires. What are they, where do they come from? These mysterious creatures of the night have a confusing and interesting folklore dating back to the 1400s in Southeastern and Eastern Europe. Vampires…
Episode 77: The Lost Cadet and The Presidents Curse
A spectral soldier haunts a 4 star hotel, and a Native American curse that connects ten U.S. Presidents.Support the show at https://www.patreon.com/c/TheCarolinaStoryteller Get your Merch at https://the-carolina-storyteller.printify.me/prod…
Episode 76: More Ghosts of Charleston
This episode we visit the St Philip's Church to discuss a nearly 40 year old photograph and the ghost its said to reveal. After that journey a few block over to discuss the tale of a woman scorned by her pupil who now haunts the ground of t…
Episode 75: The Menehune and The Tizeruk
THis episode we talk about the cryptids from the 49th and 50th states Hawaii and Alaska. First we discuss Hawaii's ledgendary little people the Menehune who actualy exist apparently. Next we look into the carnivorious serpent of the Alaska…
Episode 74: Berkeley County Legends
Two twisted tales from Berkeley County. First the Church considered to be a historic landmark has had effects on visitors for decades, and a history of burning down. Then we look across the town of Moncks Corner to Nazareth Cemetary where a…
Episode 73 Fearsome Foursome of Frightening Fabled Creatures
Episode 72. Josiah Walls And The 54th Massachusetts
The Carolina Storyteller is back for 2025 and ready to tell the stories like never before. The week we're talking about Josiah Walls, a slave once forced to work for the Confederate army, Josiah went on to be a military hero, and United S…
2024 Christmas Episode
Here's a pair of holiday tales to warm your hearts in this special day. Merry Christmas to you all
Episode 71 Halloween 2024 The Death Of Blackbeard
Edward Teach was a massive man and when he took to the seas he became a legend know to all from the Carolinas to the Caribbean as Blackbeard. His reign of terror ended when the English Governor of Virginia ordered Captain John Maynard to hu…
Episode 70 The Flaming Ghost Ship
Legend has it that a ship with flaming sails can be seen off the coast of Ocracoke Island near Cape Hatteras North Carolina. Is it a trick of the light, or is a ship of damn souls seeking revenge. Tonight's tale is of the greedy captain and…
Episode 69 Cursed Movies
Hollywood has its share of macabre tales but these films and families suffered such strange and deadly occurrences that they are infamous as the cursed films of Hollywood. This episode covers what happened to make these films so notorious a…
Episode 68 The U.S.S. Yorktown
Major shout out to Adrian Nina who gave me the idea to research this great story. The Fighting Lady (CV-10) U.S.S. Yorktown served in the Pacific theater from 1943 to 1970. It has sat in Charleston Harbour since 1975 in its new mission as a…
Episode 67 Love After Death
Episode 66 The Hanging Tree Of Lambertown
The history of South Carolina has tragedy and horror beyond what most realize. In the small community of Lambertown stands a tree that once served a terrible purpose. It is the old hanging tree, and though the limb that once stretched acros…
Episode 65: The Mad Captain Archie Campbell
The self obsessed British Captain Archie Campbell earned his moniker Mad Archie Campbell for his penchant for rash actions. However his idea of a wedding proposal may be madder than a hatter, if you know what I mean.Support the show athttps…
Ep64 The Ghost Lights Of The Low Country
Vampire Queen Jacqui herself joins me to talk about a trio of terrifying terrestrial lights that are found in the South Carolina Low Country.
Episode 63 The Shadow In The Photo
What do you say when your friend tells you that they found something in a bunch of pictures they took of you?
Episode 62: The Happy Dog
Also know as The Hound Of Goshen Hill, the Happy Dog is a large white phantom k9 with glowing red eyes and a white toothy grin. He is know to frequent a stretch of the Old State Highway between Newberry and Union Counties.Support the podcas…
Episode 61: The Slender Man Stabbing
It was May 31st 2014 , just 10 years ago, when two preteen girls decided they had to kill to appease a fictional character that didn't even exist when they were born.Support the show PatreonWebsite and Merch Store
Episode 60 Spontaneous Human Combustion
As requested by Liss from Ouch! Was that a ghost? Prepare to be learned something as I put my degree in Fire Science and knowledge of Thermodynamics against the BS that is Spontaneous Human Combustion.
Episode 60: Spontaneous Human Combustion
This week's episode is brought to you by a request from Lisa of Ouch! Was that a ghost? Be sure to check out her show and thank her for this knowledge I'm about to drop. You see I have a degree in Fire Science, and Thermodynamics and I can …
Bonus Sneak Peek Valmont Crew Interview Riley Dwyer
Here's a glimpse of the Valmont Cast Interview with Riley Dwyer, voice of Alpha werewolf Daniel Michealson in the upcoming Valmont series. Head over to Patreon to get the full interview plus all the other wild extras we have for you.https:/…
Episode 59: The Ashley-Slater House
This house in Douglas GA, is currently the Douglas and Coffee County Georgia Visitors center. However this century old home has a dark past, and several skeletons in its closets, a d hanging in the attic. Plus when a song came out about the…
Episode 58: Charleston's Lady In Red
Crimson sits down with me so I can tell her about the bad b#$ch that was Nettie Dickerson, the woman who would become Charleston's Lady In Red. Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/thecarolinastoryteller Find out about merch, events and …
Episode 57_ Charleston's Pink House
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Episode 56_ Charleston's First Ghost
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Episode 55_ The Crybaby Bridge
A bridge in Anderson holds a tragic secret and a story that is truly heartbreaking. Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/thecarolinastoryteller Find out about merch, events and all my guests athttps://www.thecarolinastoryteller.com/
Episode 54_ The Boy In The Closet
After moving into their new dream home, thing become a nightmare when one child is injured and the other goes missing in the night. Who was the boy talking to and who pushed the girl out the window. Most importantly who is that whistling i…