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Episode 7: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

March 31, 2024
Episode 7: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Dark Academia
Episode 7: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mar 31, 2024

Join your professors this week on a trip down to the Research Triangle in North Carolina. Prof. Allie is here to discuss everything macabre at UNC Chapel Hill, where the dead are always afoot.

Do you have a campus you would like us to cover? Any ghost stories you would like to share? Want to rant about your March Madness bracket? Send us an email at darkacademiathepodcast@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram @darkacademiathepodcast.

*All opinions stated are our own. Not affiliated with UNC Chapel Hill.*

For more information on MMIW in North Carolina, please check out the websites below:

Haliwa- Saponi Tribe:
https://www.haliwa-saponi.org/

Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina:
https://foodbankcenc.org/fighting-food-insecurity-native-american-tribes-haliwa-saponi/

Missing Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Men in NC:
https://mmiwnc.com/

Sources used in this episode:

Wikipedia, https://www.dailytarheel.com/blog/town_talk/2015/10/tales-of-tar-heel-terror-the-most-haunted-places-in-chapel-hil. Accessed 31 March 2024.

YouTube: Home, 9 November 2017, https://www.theodysseyonline.com/top-five-legends-at-unc/5-carolina-inn-room-256. Accessed 31 March 2024.

“The Carolina Inn | Chapel Hill.” North Carolina Haunted Houses, 29 April 2021, https://www.northcarolinahauntedhouses.com/real-haunt/the-carolina-inn.html. Accessed 31 March 2024.

Connell, Jordyn. “Editorial: Our famous campus myths, rumors and tales -.” The Daily Tar Heel, 25 October 2022, https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2022/10/opinion-campus-myths-rumors-tales. Accessed 31 March 2024.

“Has anybody had any unexplained/"paranormal" things happen on campus or around CH? : r/UNC.” Reddit, 6 April 2021, https://www.reddit.com/r/UNC/comments/ml5yzy/has_anybody_had_any_unexplainedparanormal_things/. Accessed 31 March 2024.

“Here's What Student Life Is Like At University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.” USNews.com, https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill-2974/student-life. Accessed 31 March 2024.

“How is Campus life at UNC? : r/UNC - Chapel Hill.” Reddit, 8 October 2020, https://www.reddit.com/r/UNC/comments/j76a5v/how_is_campus_life_at_unc/. Accessed 31 March 2024.

Jared, Scott. “Carolina's spectral side.” The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 28 October 2016, https://www.unc.edu/posts/2016/10/28/carolinas-spectral-side/. Accessed 31 March 2024.

“Killing of Faith Hedgepeth.” Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Faith_Hedgepeth. Accessed 31 March 2024.

“Man Charged in 2012 Death of College Student Faith Hedgepeth.” People, 17 September 2021, https://people.com/crime/man-charged-in-death-of-n-c-college-student-faith-hedgepeth-9-years-later/. Accessed 31 March 2024.

Muck, Mekaela. “Cold Case Files: The cold case that got solved nine years later.” WNCT, 16 July 2023, https://www.wnct.com/on-your-side/crime-tracker/cold-case-files/cold-case-files-the-cold-case-that-got-solved-nine-years-later/. Accessed 31 March 2024.

“MURDERED: Faith Hedgepeth.” Crime Junkie, https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/murdered-faith-hedgepeth/. Accessed 31 March 2024.

Ogden, Tom. Haunted Colleges and Universities: Creepy Campuses, Scary Scholars, and Deadly Dorms. Globe Pequot, 2014.

Parker, Al. “Perry Normal Presents - UNC Chapel Hill's Most Terrifying Ghosts, Haunts, and Legends.” Built Story, https://app.builtstory.com/tours/details/unc-chapel-hill-most-terrifying-and-mysterious-haunts-and-legends. Accessed 31 March 2024.

“10 years later: The legacy of slain UNC student Faith Hedgepeth.” YouTube, 6 September 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwsZGq938eQ. Accessed 31 March 2024.

Show Notes

Join your professors this week on a trip down to the Research Triangle in North Carolina. Prof. Allie is here to discuss everything macabre at UNC Chapel Hill, where the dead are always afoot.

Do you have a campus you would like us to cover? Any ghost stories you would like to share? Want to rant about your March Madness bracket? Send us an email at darkacademiathepodcast@gmail.com and follow us on Instagram @darkacademiathepodcast.

*All opinions stated are our own. Not affiliated with UNC Chapel Hill.*

For more information on MMIW in North Carolina, please check out the websites below:

Haliwa- Saponi Tribe:
https://www.haliwa-saponi.org/

Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina:
https://foodbankcenc.org/fighting-food-insecurity-native-american-tribes-haliwa-saponi/

Missing Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Men in NC:
https://mmiwnc.com/

Sources used in this episode:

Wikipedia, https://www.dailytarheel.com/blog/town_talk/2015/10/tales-of-tar-heel-terror-the-most-haunted-places-in-chapel-hil. Accessed 31 March 2024.

YouTube: Home, 9 November 2017, https://www.theodysseyonline.com/top-five-legends-at-unc/5-carolina-inn-room-256. Accessed 31 March 2024.

“The Carolina Inn | Chapel Hill.” North Carolina Haunted Houses, 29 April 2021, https://www.northcarolinahauntedhouses.com/real-haunt/the-carolina-inn.html. Accessed 31 March 2024.

Connell, Jordyn. “Editorial: Our famous campus myths, rumors and tales -.” The Daily Tar Heel, 25 October 2022, https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2022/10/opinion-campus-myths-rumors-tales. Accessed 31 March 2024.

“Has anybody had any unexplained/"paranormal" things happen on campus or around CH? : r/UNC.” Reddit, 6 April 2021, https://www.reddit.com/r/UNC/comments/ml5yzy/has_anybody_had_any_unexplainedparanormal_things/. Accessed 31 March 2024.

“Here's What Student Life Is Like At University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.” USNews.com, https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill-2974/student-life. Accessed 31 March 2024.

“How is Campus life at UNC? : r/UNC - Chapel Hill.” Reddit, 8 October 2020, https://www.reddit.com/r/UNC/comments/j76a5v/how_is_campus_life_at_unc/. Accessed 31 March 2024.

Jared, Scott. “Carolina's spectral side.” The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 28 October 2016, https://www.unc.edu/posts/2016/10/28/carolinas-spectral-side/. Accessed 31 March 2024.

“Killing of Faith Hedgepeth.” Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Faith_Hedgepeth. Accessed 31 March 2024.

“Man Charged in 2012 Death of College Student Faith Hedgepeth.” People, 17 September 2021, https://people.com/crime/man-charged-in-death-of-n-c-college-student-faith-hedgepeth-9-years-later/. Accessed 31 March 2024.

Muck, Mekaela. “Cold Case Files: The cold case that got solved nine years later.” WNCT, 16 July 2023, https://www.wnct.com/on-your-side/crime-tracker/cold-case-files/cold-case-files-the-cold-case-that-got-solved-nine-years-later/. Accessed 31 March 2024.

“MURDERED: Faith Hedgepeth.” Crime Junkie, https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/murdered-faith-hedgepeth/. Accessed 31 March 2024.

Ogden, Tom. Haunted Colleges and Universities: Creepy Campuses, Scary Scholars, and Deadly Dorms. Globe Pequot, 2014.

Parker, Al. “Perry Normal Presents - UNC Chapel Hill's Most Terrifying Ghosts, Haunts, and Legends.” Built Story, https://app.builtstory.com/tours/details/unc-chapel-hill-most-terrifying-and-mysterious-haunts-and-legends. Accessed 31 March 2024.

“10 years later: The legacy of slain UNC student Faith Hedgepeth.” YouTube, 6 September 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwsZGq938eQ. Accessed 31 March 2024.