Southern Cemetery Chronicles: They Couldn't Wait for a Wake

About this episode

The episode explores a fictional story about a young woman buried without a wake, leading to mysterious occurrences in the cemetery.

Original Story by GF Jackson When a young woman is buried without a wake, the town tries to forget the circumstances surrounding her death and hasty burial. But when the sky gets cloudy, strange sounds begin rising from beneath the cemetery soil. Some call it grief. Some call it haunting. Madame Hailley calls it a wrong that was buried prematurely. *Includes themes of death, dying, loss, and graphic medical description s. NOT a good story for Mother's Day! **This story is a work of fiction inspired by Southern Gothic folklore, superstition, and historical funeral traditions. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, churches, towns, or events is purely coincidental and unintended.

People in this episode

Host: GF Jackson

Topics covered

• death
• loss
• haunting
• Southern Gothic
• funeral traditions

Keywords

• Southern Gothic
• burial
• haunting
• funeral traditions
• death

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Southern Cemetery Chronicles: They Couldn't Wait for a Wake

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