Legend of the Richmond Vampire | Encore Episode
· 32 min
Episode Legend of the Richmond Vampire | Encore Episode
On the bluffs above the James River, Richmond’s historic Hollywood Cemetery is the final resting place of presidents, governors, generals, and thousands of Civil War soldiers. But tucked into a hillside on the eastern side of the cemetery is a far less imposing mausoleum that has become the center of one of the city’s strangest legends. For generations, locals have claimed that the tomb marked with the name W. W. Pool is the resting place of something far more sinister—the Richmond Vampire.
The legend stretches beyond the gates of Hollywood Cemetery to the catastrophic collapse of the Church Hill Tunnel in 1925, when witnesses supposedly encountered a grotesque, blood-covered figure emerging from the disaster before fleeing toward the cemetery. But behind the story of the Richmond Vampire is a very real tragedy, and the deeper you dig into the history of W. W. Pool and the men trapped beneath Church Hill, the stranger the origins of this enduring Richmond legend become.
This episode is made possible through the support of our sponsor: Elevate your summer bedding with Quince. Go to quince.com/sogo for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too.
Want to Listen to Southern Gothic Ad-Free?
• Patreon: Ad-Free Episodes, Premium Releases, Bonus Content & More • Southern Gothic Premium on Spotify • Southern Gothic Premium on Apple Podcasts • Into History: History Without Interruption
Connect with Southern Gothic Media:
• Website: SouthernGothicMedia.com • Merch Store: https://www.southerngothicmedia.com/merch • Pinterest: @SouthernGothicMedia • Facebook: @SouthernGothicMedia • Instagram: @SouthernGothicMedia • X: @SoGoPodcast
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Links in the notes 12
- https://quince.com/sogo
- https://www.patreon.com/southerngothicmedia
- https://open.spotify.com/show/2W7qmRlwkqcJZkfsW1F6gQ?si=czWMsvOTRC-fhLVK0Jz6TQ
- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/southern-gothic/id1348392537
- https://intohistory.com/
- https://www.southerngothicmedia.com/
- https://www.southerngothicmedia.com/merch
- https://www.pinterest.com/southerngothicmedia/_created/
- https://www.facebook.com/SouthernGothicMedia/
- https://www.instagram.com/southerngothicmedia/
- https://twitter.com/southerngothicmedia
- https://megaphone.fm/adchoices
Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. Every show and episode belongs to its publisher and plays from the publisher's own feed; this site hosts none of them. Explicit shows are for adult profiles only, and children’s profiles hear only children’s shows. More about this list.