THE BLACK HOPE MYSTERY

About this episode

This episode explores the mysterious events surrounding a housing development built over a forgotten cemetery for ex-slaves in the 1980s.

In the 1980s, a series of strange, unexplainable things begin to occur, after a new, upscale housing development is built over a forgotten cemetery for ex-slaves. Support this podcast⁠⁠ === EPISODE RELEASE DATE: 02/17/2025. === HISTORICAL REFERENCES: The Black Hope Mystery - Ben and Jean Williams, The Black Hope Horror: The True Story of a Haunting (1991). Black Hope Curse , article (with many news articles and reference sources listed at bottom of page). Police Blotter & Court News - The Subterranean (newspaper), June 3, 1846. === VOICES - The Black Hope Mystery - Guest Narrator : Bernie Horton , voice performer. Police Blotter & Court News - Guest Narrator : ⁠ Ashlee Craft ⁠ , voice performer. Title Voice: ⁠ Astrid WS ⁠ , voice performer. Judge: ⁠ Glenn Hascall ⁠ , voice performer. === MISCELLANEOUS: Host Intro – Nina Innsted , host of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Already Gone ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast. Exit Aphorism - extract from The Twelve Men , an essay (1909), by G.K. Chesterton. Aphorism Voice - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Kit Caren ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , co-host of Forgotten News Podcast. === MUSIC: Kevin MacLeod of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Incompetech.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License…

People in this episode

Guests: Bernie Horton, Ashlee Craft

Topics covered

• Black Hope Mystery
• haunting
• history
• cemetery
• ex-slaves

Keywords

• mystery
• unexplainable events
• housing development

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Black Hope Mystery - Ben and Jean Williams, The Black Hope Horror: The True Story of a Haunting, The Twelve Men

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