Southern Mysticism - Bayou Elsewhere

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A Letter to the Editor: Concerning a Gust Near Highland Road (1924alt)

A fictional 1924 letter to the editor recounts a ghostly encounter near Highland Road in Baton Rouge—just as LSU and College Town begin to rise. A chilling gust and distant thump hint at unrest beneath the old Highland Cemetery, partially built over in the 1920s.

Fictional Legends

Where the River Hid the Sky: A Bayou Tale of Memory, Mist, and the Unknown

An old man remembers a river that wasn’t on any map—a place where memory swam, time bent, and the bayou held more than just water.

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Where Her Teeth Went to Hollar | A Louisiana Ghost Story from 1916alt

In 1916alt Baton Rouge, a ghost with no name still moans through the winter cold. Some say it’s grief. Others say it’s abscessed teeth.