Southern gothic

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A subgenre of literature and storytelling that emphasizes the grotesque, the mysterious, and the supernatural, often set in the American South and exploring the region's complex cultural history.

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Destiny: Sherry Parada, Supernatural South

Earth AncientsAug 12, 2026

Author and researcher Sherry Parada joins Cliff Dunning to explore her book Supernatural South, a collection of Gothic tales of ghosts, cryptids, and unexplained phenomena from the American South. The conversation ranges from Gullah boo hags and Louisiana rougarous to the Lizard Man of Scape Ore Swamp, the Fouke Monster, the Moon-Eyed People, and the 1897 Aurora, Texas UFO crash. Host Cliff Dunning also opens with his theory that early Maya pyramids built over water channeled telluric energy for healing and environmental change.

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