Lovers Slain on Lover's Lane

That scratching sound on the roof of the car? It might not be a tree branch.

From backseat whispers to bloodstained windows, Lover’s Lane has always been a place where the night can turn on you fast. In this episode, mystery author Liam Ashe digs into the dark folklore surrounding America’s most notorious parking spots and the very real killers who made those legends feel uncomfortably close to home. You’ll hear the classic tales: the Dead Boyfriend, the Hook-Handed Killer, and the unforgettable Skinned Tom, a jealous butcher’s revenge story so gruesome it left whole towns afraid of the dark. But the true stories might unsettle you even more. From the never-identified Phantom of Texarkana to the Atlanta Lover’s Lane Murders and the chilling Colonial Parkway killings that claimed at least ten victims over a decade (with a prime suspect who walked free for decades), the line between urban legend and true crime gets razor thin. Never forget, in the Gothic South, the monsters lurking outside the car window aren’t always the ones your parents invented to keep you home at night. Sometimes, they are very, very real.

Haunts & Hollows: True Tales of the Gothic South is the podcast for anyone who yearns for stories of haunted plantations, of deals made at midnight crossroads, of creatures lurking in moss-draped cemeteries. But where did these tales actually start? Turns out, the real history behind Southern folklore is wilder, stranger, and a whole lot darker than the stories themselves. With each episode, Liam uncovers the true tales hiding underneath the myths of the Gothic South.

Subscribe now and never miss a tale. And whatever you do tonight, be sure to lower the lights, lock the doors, and pull up a rocking chair. . . things are about to get interesting.