Georgia S Unsolved Mysteries

Fourteen Mind-Boggling Tales from the Peach State - How did a Scottish American come to champion the Cherokees' cause--and serve as their chief for almost forty years? - What did future U.S. President Jimmy Carter see in the sky in January 1969? What moved him four years later to file an official UFO-sighting report describing the luminous object? - Why in the world did self-taught artist Eddie Owens Martin create his own world called Pasaquan, change his name to St. EOM, and come to believe that his upswept hairstyle was an antenna to the great beyond? Who's to say--but he left behinda historic site that's truly out of this world. From the puzzle of lost Confederate gold to the legend of a woman who spent her life waving a white flag of greeting at more than 50,000 passing ships, Mysteries and Legends of Georgia makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of the state's most fascinating and compelling stories.

An examination of the unsolved mystery of the Jack the Ripper-style serial killer who terrified early 20th century Atlanta, Georgia. As Atlanta finished rebuilding after the Civil War, a new horror arose from the ashes to roam the night streets. Beginning in 1911, a killer whose methods mimicked the famed Jack the Ripper murdered at least twenty black women, from prostitutes to working-class women and mothers. Each murder attributed to the killer occurred on a Saturday night, and for one terrifying spring in 1911, a fresh body turned up every Sunday morning. Amid a stifling investigation, slayings continued until 1915. As many as six men were arrested for the crimes, but investigators never discovered the identity of the killer, or killers, despite having several suspects in custody. Join local historian Jeffery Wells as he reveals the case of the Atlanta Ripper, unsolved to this day.