Vivid Nightmares
Hosted by Bridgett Denise, where Southern charm meets chilling darkness.
Step into the shadows of the American South with Vivid Nightmares, a true crime and paranormal podcast that uncovers the region’s most disturbing unsolved cases, forgotten murders, eerie folklore, and haunted history. Hosted by Bridgett, a Southern-born true crime storyteller with a passion for the strange and sinister, each episode dives deep into the darkest corners of the South—blending historical research, personal theories, and haunting audio to leave you chilled long after the credits roll.
From abandoned asylums and backroad legends to infamous killers and mysteries lost to time, Vivid Nightmares offers immersive, atmospheric storytelling that honors the victims, questions the evidence, and dares to explore the unexplained.
New episodes every Friday.
Because in the South, the past never stays buried.
Vivid Nightmares
Southern Asylums & Sanitariums: Echoes Behind the Walls
Electroshock, ice baths, straightjackets… and silence.
In this chilling episode of Vivid Nightmares, we step inside the South’s most infamous asylums and state hospitals. Once meant to heal, these institutions became nightmarish places of confinement, cruelty, and—some say—eternal unrest.
We uncover the disturbing histories and ghostly legacies of six forgotten facilities, where the cries of the lost may still linger in the halls:
🏚️ Central State Hospital – Georgia
🧠 Old Bryce Hospital – Alabama
🕯️ Lakeland Asylum – Mississippi
🩺 Tennessee State Hospital – Tennessee
🧊 Florida State Hospital – Florida
🫥 Eastern Louisiana State Hospital – Louisiana
With a mix of historical records, firsthand accounts, and haunting legends… this is one descent into madness you won’t forget.
🎧 Listen now—if you dare.
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