A Haunted Southern Book of Days–January

Explore this month through the lens of Southern spirits with this haunted book of days.

1 January

  • 1955 – Two more dogs found mutilated in Bladensboro, NC leading locals to blame the Beast of Bladensboro.

2 January

3 January

 

4 January

  •  1867 – The traditional date of brakeman Joe Baldwin’s death in a train accident just outside the town of Maco, NC, leading to sightings of the Maco Light.

5 January

 

6 January

 

7 January

 

8 January

9 January

  • 1913 – The James T. Staples sinks after a boiler explosion on the Tombigbee River near Bladon Springs, AL.

10 January

 

11 January

 

12 January

 

13 January

 

14 January

 

15 January – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

16 January

 

17 January

 

18 January

 

19 January

 

20 January

 

21 January

22 January

 

23 January

 

24 January

 

25 January

  •  1819 – University of Virginia is established in Charlottesville, VA. See Alderman Library.

26 January

 

27 January

28 January

 

29 January

 

30 January

 

31 January