Dead Folks' Tales

There are so many great reasons to visit New Orleans, but one thing that folks always talk about after they come home is the FOOD! This week, Nola chats with podcaster and founder/curator of the Southern Food and Beverage Museum Liz Williams. Are you hungry yet? You will be! https://southernfood.org/ Southern Food & Beverage Museum hosts special exhibits, demonstrations, lectures and tastings that showcase the food and drink of the South. Featured in the museum is The Museum of the American Cocktail's New Orleans Collection, La Galerie de l'Absinthe, Culinary Innovation Center by Jenn-Air, and the new Gumbo Garden. Located in the heart of New Orleans, come have a taste of the south! Host: author Nola Nash https://nolanash.com Thanks to Pam Stack - Executive Producer - Authors on the Air Global Radio Network www.authorsontheair.com @Copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network LLC.

Ghosts, witches, and vampires are well known creatures in south Louisiana, but did you know we have our own werewolf legends, too? Tune in tonight to meet the 'Loup Garou and learn ways to keep him away! Host: author Nola Nash https://nolanash.com Thanks to Pam Stack - Executive Producer - Authors on the Air Global Radio Network www.authorsontheair.com @Copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network LLC.

HEATHER GRAHAM is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of more than two hundred novels and novellas. She has been honored with awards from booksellers and writers' organizations for excellence in her work, and she is also proud to be a recipient of the Silver Bullet from Thriller Writers and was also awarded the prestigious Thriller Master in 2016. She is also a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from RWA. Heather has had books selected for the Doubleday Book Club and the Literary Guild, and has been quoted, interviewed, or featured in such publications as The Nation, Redbook, Mystery Book Club, People and USA Today and appeared on many newscasts including Today, Entertainment Tonight and local television. Host: author Nola Nash https://nolanash.com Thanks to Pam Stack - Executive Producer - Authors on the Air Global Radio Network www.authorsontheair.com Authors on the Air Global Radio Network www.romansirotin.com @Copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network LLC.

Flying solo, Nola takes a "field trip" to the small town of Franklin, TN to The Lotz House. Built by a German immigrant and master woodworker as a family home, it would quickly become ground zero for the bloody Battle of Franklin. Lotz found himself in the middle of a war he had no side in and watched everything he worked for crumble in a few short hours. The house still bears the scars of the Bloodiest Five Hours of the American Civil War and is home to spirits who insist they be remembered. Come learn why the home is Travel Channel's second most terrifying home in America. https://www.lotzhouse.com/ Host: author Nola Nash https://nolanash.com Thanks to Pam Stack - Executive Producer - Authors on the Air Global Radio Network www.authorsontheair.com Thanks to Roman Sirotin - Video/Audio Producer / Media Coordinator - Authors on the Air Global Radio Network www.romansirotin.com @Copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network LLC.

Murders, ghosts, and vampires, oh my! The Myrtles plantation is known as one of America's most haunted houses and for good reason. Join Nola and Willow as they talk about their own experiences with a house that is not for the feint of heart. https://willowlemechant.com/ Willow has been an intuitive advisor, spiritual teacher, and holistic healer for nearly 25 years. She began her spiritual path at the very early age of 3 when she began to hear and see the spirits around her. At the age of 15 she began learning to read tarot cards as a method to finding out why certain spirits were coming to her so she could help them if they needed help to cross over. She studied tarot for nearly 14 more years till at the age of 29 she began using her gifts to help those still living this human life. Her passion is teaching others how to reach their highest potential through her gifts of mentoring, life coaching, mediumship, spiritual intuitiveness, readings and Reiki / Divine Source healing. Willow is an ordained minister who enjoys officiating legal weddings and handfastings. She has been a Reiki Master / Teacher for 17 years and offers private healing sessions and classes. In 2014 Willow was given an additional healing modality from Spirit that she calls Divine Source Healing that has allowed the Reiki energy to become more focused and intense. What makes her different from other spiritual teachers is that she uses her gifts to empower her clients. Sessions with Willow, will teach you how to simply and effectively manifest your true desires. She will ask your spirit guides and Guardian Angels to reveal answers to what may be blocking your success and their advice as how to overcome these blockages to find balance on your life path. Host: author Nola Nash https://nolanash.com Thanks to Pam Stack - Executive Producer - Authors on the Air Global Radio Network www.authorsontheair.com Thanks to Roman Sirotin - Video/Audio Producer / Media Coordinator - Authors on the Air Global Radio Network www.romansirotin.com @Copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network LLC.

New Orleans and the river parishes of south Louisiana have some of the best places for ghost adventures. Having a good friend who is a psychic medium with you makes it even better! Nola and Willow talk about their experiences and conversations with the dead, including a 200 year-old flirt. https://willowlemechant.com/ Willow has been an intuitive advisor, spiritual teacher, and holistic healer for nearly 25 years. She began her spiritual path at the very early age of 3 when she began to hear and see the spirits around her. At the age of 15 she began learning to read tarot cards as a method to finding out why certain spirits were coming to her so she could help them if they needed help to cross over. She studied tarot for nearly 14 more years till at the age of 29 she began using her gifts to help those still living this human life. Her passion is teaching others how to reach their highest potential through her gifts of mentoring, life coaching, mediumship, spiritual intuitiveness, readings and Reiki / Divine Source healing. Willow is an ordained minister who enjoys officiating legal weddings and handfastings. She has been a Reiki Master / Teacher for 17 years and offers private healing sessions and classes. In 2014 Willow was given an additional healing modality from Spirit that she calls Divine Source Healing that has allowed the Reiki energy to become more focused and intense. What makes her different from other spiritual teachers is that she uses her gifts to empower her clients. Sessions with Willow, will teach you how to simply and effectively manifest your true desires. She will ask your spirit guides and Guardian Angels to reveal answers to what may be blocking your success and their advice as how to overcome these blockages to find balance on your life path. Host: author Nola Nash https://nolanash.com Thanks to Pam Stack - Executive Producer - Authors on the Air Global Radio Network www.authorsontheair.com Thanks to Roman Sirotin - Video/Audio Producer / Media Coordinator - Authors on the Air Global Radio Network www.romansirotin.com @Copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network LLC.

There is something special about short stories. Every word matters. For authors, it can be challenging to develop characters in so few words, but for those who get it right, the effect is remarkable. https://www.jameslambert-author.com/ After 42 years as a successful attorney in the Acadiana area, Jim Lambert has turned his skills toward creating short stories. In his new, critically acclaimed collection of stories, "Sub Rosa and Other Stories" Lambert's stories explore pain and loss in the South. He has created quirky, often marginalized characters who contend with forces beyond their control or understanding — including racial terror, childhood traumas, family betrayals. Lambert's readers meet characters including a childhood friend of Lee Harvey Oswald, a young lawyer sent to investigate the murder of Black troops in the Jim Crow South — and a mental patient obsessed with the film Harold and Maude. In each story, Lambert reveals the humor and tragedy running through the lives of these unique human beings. Host: author Nola Nash https://nolanash.com Thanks to Pam Stack - Executive Producer - Authors on the Air Global Radio Network www.authorsontheair.com Thanks to Roman Sirotin - Video/Audio Producer / Media Coordinator - Authors on the Air Global Radio Network www.romansirotin.com @Copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network LLC.

Jazz may be on every corner of the French Quarter, but Zydeco music is the soundtrack of south Louisiana's swamplands. With deep roots in culture and history, the unique sound endures over generations. In this week's episode, Nola chats with a Grammy Award winning musician who has dedicated his life to the sounds of Zydeco and keeping those old traditions alive. https://terrancesimmien.com/For 40 years, two- time GRAMMY award winning artist Terrance Simien and 8th generation Louisiana Creole, has been shattering the myths about what his indigenous Zydeco roots music is – and is not. Leading his Zydeco Experience bandmates – long time members Danny Williams, keyboards and Stan Chambers, bass with Lance Ellis, sax; Ian Molinaro – Thompson, drums, and our newest member, Revon Andrews on trombone. Simien has become one of the most respected and accomplished artists in American roots music today. He and his band mates have performed over 9000 concerts, toured millions of miles to over 45 countries during their eventful career. Host: author Nola Nash https://nolanash.com Thanks to Pam Stack - Executive Producer - Authors on the Air Global Radio Network www.authorsontheair.com Thanks to Roman Sirotin - Video/Audio Producer / Media Coordinator - Authors on the Air Global Radio Network www.romansirotin.com @Copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network LLC.

It's common knowledge that New Orleans might be one of the most haunted cities in the world, but it's the paranormal investigators that have the inside scoop on all the things that go bump in the night in the Crescent City. Join host Nola Nash as she talks with the New Orleans Ghost Hunters about investigating hauntings and some of the exclusive locations they have had access to. https://www.neworleansghosthunters.com/index.html Established in the spring of 2010 the New Orleans Ghost Hunters have become New Orleans premier ghost hunting and paranormal research group. They are the only team ever allowed officially into some of New Orleans most historic and haunted locations. Using tried and true methods and equipment their priority is the collection of evidence to not only gather answers for their clients but to further their research into the unknown. Host: author Nola Nash https://nolanash.com Thanks to Pam Stack - Executive Producer - Authors on the Air Global Radio Network www.blogtalkradio.com/authorsontheair Thanks to Roman Sirotin - Video/Audio Producer / Media Coordinator - Authors on the Air Global Radio Network www.romansirotin.com @Copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network LLC.

An unsolved double murder and the legend of glowing tombstones bring Michigan author Laura Kemp and the New Orleans Ghost Hunters together for a special event on Dead Folks' Tales on the anniversary of the murders. For more information on the murders, check out this video: https://youtu.be/K0-7b02WKhA For more on author Laura Kemp: https://laurakempbooks.com/ For more on the New Orleans Ghost Hunters: https://www.neworleansghosthunters.com/index.html Host: author Nola Nash https://nolanash.com Thanks to Pam Stack - Executive Producer - Authors on the Air Global Radio Network www.blogtalkradio.com/authorsontheair Thanks to Roman Sirotin - Video/Audio Producer / Media Coordinator - Authors on the Air Global Radio Network www.romansirotin.com @Copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network LLC.

The world calls it Katrina. New Orleanians call it The Storm. Whatever it's called, it's a marker in time. With this week's guest author Julie Cantrell, Nola talks about how a storm became a distinguishing feature of using New Orleans as a setting. https://www.juliecantrell.com/ Julie Cantrell is a multiple award-winning, New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author, editor, story coach, TEDx speaker, and ghostwriter. She served as editor-in-chief of the Southern Literary Review and has received the Mississippi Arts Commission Literary Arts Fellowship, the Rivendell Writer's Colony Mary Elizabeth Nelson Fellowship, and the Pat Conroy Writer's Residency Fellowship. Her novels have earned starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Library Journal and have been featured in Top Reads lists by LitHub, Redbook, Southern Living Magazine, REAL SIMPLE, BookBub, HuffPost, USA TODAY, and more. As a novelist, she's received two Christy Awards, two Carol Awards, and the Mississippi Library Association Fiction Award. She was named a short-list finalist twice for the Mississippi Arts & Letters Fiction Award as well as a two-time short-list finalist for the Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize. In addition to her work with survivors of abuse and her service as a literacy advocate, she's a member of the Tall Poppy Writers and Her Novel Collective, two organizations that promote the power of story and elevate female voices. Host: author Nola Nash https://nolanash.com Thanks to Pam Stack - Executive Producer - Authors on the Air Global Radio Network www.blogtalkradio.com/authorsontheair Thanks to Roman Sirotin - Video/Audio Producer / Media Coordinator - Authors on the Air Global Radio Network www.romansirotin.com @Copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network LLC.

There is something about the city of New Orleans that draws the literary creatives. Host Nola Nash and her guest author Grace Sammon will explore New Orleans' authors in residence and the places they loved to stay and call home. https://www.gracesammon.net/ Grace Sammon is an entrepreneur, educator, speaker, and author. She has started and managed two for-profit and two not-for-profit companies, and she has travelled to 35 states and 8 foreign countries. Recognized in Who's Who in Education and Who's Who in Literature, Grace is utilizing skills built up over decades as she re-invents herself with her award-winning fourth book and debut novel - The Eves - and, with a return to one of her early loves, radio. The Eves is an award-winning, intergenerational story about lives lived well and lives in transition. It is a novel that challenges each of us to ask who we want to be in the world, regardless of our age. Grace brings that quest for a good story, and a drive to keep contributing, to her new radio show, The Storytellers. Each episode captures the stories of authors and others who leave their mark on the world through the art of story. Grace is a member of the Women's Fiction Writers' Association (WFWA), is an administrator on “Bookish Road Trip” and a contributing moderator of “The Write Review.” Grace grew up on Long Island, New York and spent most of her life in the Washington, DC area. She currently lives on Florida's west coast with her husband and a small herd of imaginary llamas. Host: author Nola Nash https://nolanash.com Thanks to Pam Stack - Executive Producer - Authors on the Air Global Radio Network www.blogtalkradio.com/authorsontheair Thanks to Roman Sirotin - Video/Audio Producer / Media Coordinator - Authors on the Air Global Radio Network www.romansirotin.com @Copyrighted by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network LLC

The devil went down to...New Orleans? That may not be how the song goes, but that's how the legend goes! Come find out how the devil himself landed in a love triangle in the Garden District on this episode of Dead Folks' Tales with host Nola Nash. Host: author Nola Nash https://nolanash.com Thanks to Pam Stack - Executive Producer - Authors on the Air Global Radio Network www.blogtalkradio.com/authorsontheair Thanks to Roman Sirotin - Video/Audio Producer / Media Coordinator - Authors on the Air Global Radio Network www.romansirotin.com @Copyrighted by Authors on the Air

Cities of the Dead Come with Nola and author Laura Kemp on an exploration of the mysteries of New Orleans' unique cemeteries. They are creepy enough by themselves, but throw in a ghost story or two and you have one spooky show! Host: author Nola Nash https://nolanash.com Thanks to Pam Stack - Executive Producer - Authors on the Air Global Radio Network www.blogtalkradio.com/authorsontheair Thanks to Roman Sirotin - Video/Audio Producer / Media Coordinator - Authors on the Air Global Radio Network www.romansirotin.com @Copyrighted by Authors on the Air

What happens when you meet Brooklyn's voodoo queen in New Orleans? Author Mandy Haynes will answer that question as we explore New Orleans voodoo traditions. *Correction to the information in the show: according to online sources, Mama Lola is still alive and kickin'! We wish her many more years of health and happiness! Like Mark Twain, Mama Lola can say "The rumors of my death have been largely exaggerated." https://threedogswritepress.com/ Mandy Haynes has spent hours on barstools, at backstage venues, and riding in vans listening to tales from some of the best songwriters and storytellers in Nashville, Tennessee. She now lives in Fernandina Beach, Florida with her three dogs, a turtle, and a grateful liver. Walking the Wrong Way Home was a finalist for the 2017 Tartt Fiction Award and chosen as a bonus book for The 2019 Pulpwood Queen Book Club Reading List. Sharp as a Serpent's Tooth Eva and Other Stories was chosen as a bonus book for The 2020 Pulpwood Queen Book Club Reading List. Mandy worked for twenty-six years for Vanderbilt University Medical Center before deciding to run away to Amelia Island. She started as a clerk, working in the mailroom and making thousand of copies of patients medical records - but worked her way up to finish the last sixteen years as a pediatric cardiac sonographer at Monroe Carroll Jr. Children's Hospital. Some of her favorite memories include her time as a receptionist/administrative assistant in Addiction Psychiatry, break-room antics with her fellow refund clerks, and of course all of the families and children she met in cardiology. Fans of Fannie Flagg, Flannery O'Conner, Wiley Cash, Rick Bragg, Harper Lee, and Harry Crews might enjoy her writing style. These stories are for readers who like to chase their stories with a shot of whiskey while burrowed under a hand stitched quilt. Host: author Nola Nash https://nolanash.com Thanks to Pam Stack - Executive Producer - Authors on the Air Global Radio Network www.blogtalkradio.com/authorsontheair Thanks to Roman Sirotin - Video/Audio Producer / Media Coordinator - Authors on the Air Global Radio Network www.romansirotin.com @Copyrighted by Authors on the Air See less