Dark Americana
Dark Americana uncovers the haunted side of U.S. history—Southern-Gothic folklore, true crime, and taboo chapters told like they really happened. Slow-burn narratives, archival detail, and immersive sound design. No jump scares—just elegant dread, moral horror, and stories official history tried to forget.
The Orphan Train That Never Arrived – 36 Children Lost in the Plains
America's Forgotten Asylum Where 200 Patients Ate Each Other...
America's Youngest Executioner — The 9-Year-Old Hangman...
The Mother Who Sold Her Daughters' Skin – Boston's Medical Horror House
Slave Who Survived 500 Lashes – The Untold Story of Solomon Northup's Fellow Captive
The Enslaved Woman Who Sued for Freedom 3 Times and Won — The Elizabeth Freeman Story
The Slave Who Became the Master — How He Bought His Owner's Entire Estate
The Enslaved Blacksmith Who Built His Master's Torture Devices — Then Used Them on the Family
The Slave Girl Who Burned Down 17 Plantations — America's Most Feared Arsonist
The Enslaved Twins Who Switched Places for 30 Years — Until One Killed Their Master
19 Children Found in a Sealed Basement — The Illinois Family That Disappeared in 1887
The Blue People of Kentucky — 200 Years of Isolation
The Slave Ship Where Passengers Ate Each Other — The Horrific Voyage of the Zong
The Slave Who Poisoned 12 Plantation Owners — The Serial Killer They Never Caught
The Plantation Where Brothers Were Forced to Breed With Their Sisters
The Royal Cousins Whose Marriage Created Monsters
The Slave Owner Who Turned Daughters into Breeders
The Enslaved Woman Who Killed Her 9 Children — The Heartbreaking Story of Margaret Garner
The Slave Who Burned Down His Master's Mansion — And Walked Free
The Cannibal Ferryman of Cypress Bend — 22 Travelers Vanished"
The teacher who kept her students in the basement and ate them — 1873.
The Girl Who Poisoned a Wedding Feast — A Carolina Revenge, 1842
The Slave Girl Who Became Her Master's Wife — Then Inherited Everything
The Woman Who Fed Her 6 Husbands to Her Pigs - Serial killer on a remote farm.
The Slave Who Became a Doctor and Poisoned His Former Master — The 20-Year Revenge
The Slave Owner Who Forced His Daughters to Breed for Profit
The Cannibal Clan That Terrorized the Rocky Mountains for 25 Years.