TRIGGER WARNING: Sexual assault and graphic violence. It's 1988, and you're walking down a Buckhead street. Telephone poles all seem to have the same poster stuck to them, tattered corners lifting gently in the new autumn breeze. Ab...

Welcome to Trion. Land of deer hunting, colorful gargoyles, devil worshiping, and murder. Choose your own adventure.

Dead Atlanta is doing something a little different for its "Big 5-0"...answering your questions! Grab a seltzer or a glass of Prosecco and dig into the history of the podcast itself.

It's 1920. You sit in the audience surrounded by excited chatter rapidly shuttling from lips to ears. Heads bow in close and eyes crease into smiles in anticipation of the show. A hush engulfs the audience as Francis Renault sweeps onto the sta...

If you've ever driven on Atlanta's streets, you've no doubt been on John Wesley Dobbs Avenue or passed Spelman College. Who really was the man the Hartsfield-Jackson Airport is named after? 

Trigger Warning: Graphic descriptions of violence.A guy on TV catches your eye—there's something about him that just draws you in. Little do you know, this moment is about to change your life, it's about to change the nation's. 

It's 1977 and you and your sweetheart are ready to take your relationship to the next level. Unfortunately, you need some privacy—something neither of you have. Your parents are night owls and your little brother's bedroom shares a thin wall wi...

Checking out of your hotel room, the door clicks behind you, the wheels of your suitcase churning rhythmically on the floor behind you. You pass an open door and more than actually seeing them, your subconscious registers the shapes of three pe...

"Thank you." You grab your key card and wheel your suitcase to the elevator where two young women are whispering intensely. "...right here, in this hotel!" Says the redhead. The elevator dings and the dark-haired woman r...

"...if only you could know how happy I am when I fly a plane! I never feel so completely close to God as when I’m up in the blue."Editor's note: Hazel Jane Raines grew up in Macon, GA but was born in Waynesboro, GA.

You board the train in Macon, GA, feet heavy. You slide into a seat soaked through and unnerved by the rain pounding on the side of the car, but content you have some time to dry out before exiting. As the train pulls away from the station, you...

TRIGGER WARNING: Graphic descriptions of physical violence. You turn onto your back, the screams and flitting shadows from the edges of the dark nightmare so real your heartbeat feels as though it's punching your ribs. "Move!" it urges. Only wh...

You wake up and go through your to-do list: bathe, dress, feed the kids, stop by the restaurant, visit your sick husband in the hospital, decide who to murder next. What, this isn't the typical to-do list of a southern fried southern bride?

It's 1961 and you've just woken up, it's the first day of school! This first day of school is different than all the ones you've lived before. This first day is not just your first day, it's the first day of an integrated Atla...

This episode contains descriptions of animal harm. Please be advised. The Ringling Bros. Circus has arrived in Atlanta and it's all anyone can talk about. You eagerly pick up the newspaper for the latest information, but your stomach drops as y...

You're looking out the window as rain pours from the clouds above. "Where is she?" you think. Little do you know, the very raindrops quieting the streets and creeping into the depths of the soil will soon reveal your beloved's whereabo...

You're sitting in front of the screen captured by Vivien Leigh's portrayal of the triumphant, desperate, beautiful, and terrible Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind. It's at that moment you decide "I want to be just like her...no mat...

It's April 14, 1912, and the cloaked sky has merged with the inky waters surrounding the ship. You look out and the iceberg looms silent and still, unbothered by the blow as panicked passengers run past you. You're standing on the deck, heart r...

It's dark in this tiny box. The lamp has burned out and the only thing to keep you company is a sweater and the memory of the words written by your kidnappers.

"Do you want your money, or your husband?"

Approximately 70% of Metro Atlanta residents quench their thirst with drinking water from Lake Lanier. But, what's really under the surface?

This episode contains references to physical violence. Please be advised. If you shop at a Kroger in Atlanta, it likely has a nickname. So, do you shop at Murder Kroger?

What do Rabbi Rothschild, Ralph McGill, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the fight for integration all have in common? The bombing of the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple in 1958.

One of Atlanta's defining characteristics today is its traffic. At the turn of the 20th century, the invention of the automobile set the world rumbling with excitement, adventure, and a new frontier to be explored. So why was it that Atlanta ke...

This episode contains references to physical and sexual violence. Please be advised. Today we bring you the stories of the three women who were sentenced to death in Georgia spanning nearly 300 years. The journey that got them there was persona...