Awesome interview! You did a great job Shannon. It must have been such a fun night. I have to look for the Midnight in Savannah video on KZfaq. I've never seen it.
@GraveTalkswithShannonScott6 күн бұрын
Thank you kindly. The interviews were somewhat unexpected, but we were determined and got very lucky, obviously! Personally I think the A&E documentary "Midnight In Savannah" by Craig Haffner is a stand-alone, stand-out, and movie level documentary that set tone for others to come but never eclipsed either. I think it's time for another! #Musical #documentary #chicago #goodmantheater #savannah #Bonaventurecemetery #film #TV #novel #craighaffner #sherrywright #Producers #midnightinthegardenofgoodandevil
@simbahunter88949 күн бұрын
I saw the show Saturday. It needs work ,- the first act is too long and a bit unfocused - but even so, I loved it. The set is phenomenal, and the cicadas help to put you in Savannah. The costumes were also brilliant, especially for the Lady Chablis. The show belongs to J. Harrison Ghee as Chablis. His ",11 ,o'clock number", about being yourself was the musical highlight, and he dominates the narrative, which is also a bit of a problem. Who's show is this - Jim Williams or Chablis? I'd go with Chablis! The voodoo element made for a strong opening, but it went on too long, leading you to expect a different kind of show. And much as I liked the Lavella Cole story, it took you away from the narrative. All of the performances were strong, although I wish that Sierra Boggess had more to sing. Jason Robert Brown is a fine composer and arranger, which is evident from the very start of the show, and he certainly knows how to craft songs in different genres. Where he falls a bit short is in his lyric writing. His lyrics tend to be bland and on the nose, with very predictable rhyming. But the audience LOVED this show. The fourth wall is broken numerous times during the show, which is a tad gimmicky. But when Chablis led the audience in a little spiritual exercise at the end of the show, they were all in. (The New York critics are gonna hate this!) It helps if you've read the book or seen the movie - I've done both - but this show is first rate entertainment. And so beautiful, especially the rendering of the cemetery. As the lady said, it makes you want to visit Savannah.
@user-ut4vl2ps3p9 күн бұрын
I would love to see it. Hopefully, if they take the production on the road, it will find it's way to New Orleans. Looks like you had a great time. Thanks for the video.
@GraveTalkswithShannonScott9 күн бұрын
I very much suspect that it will! ❤ #musical ##goodmantheater #midnightinthegardenofgoodandevil #ladychablis
@user-ut4vl2ps3p9 күн бұрын
It looks beautiful! I would love to see Rush Limbaugh's gravesite,
@GraveTalkswithShannonScott9 күн бұрын
I'll be back I hope later this fall and will devote more time here! #chicago #cemetery #graceland #rushlimbaugh #famousgraves #history
@paulpierron18159 күн бұрын
nice talk. quite a wonderful place, and accessible from downtown though not actually in that area. it is Well Worth a visit - or two. beautiful, and the remains of many famous folk are resting there, under some gorgeous monuments and headstones.
@GraveTalkswithShannonScott9 күн бұрын
Thank you. I truly wish we'd had more time there but glad to peek it and certainly inspired to return! ❤ #cemetery #chicago #gracelandcemetery #musical #allanpinkerton #erniebanks #rogerebert #architects #miesvanderhoe #midnightinthegardenofgoodandevil
@pure.panic.productions3311 күн бұрын
This is so cool! I’ve been living here for three years and finally get to head over there on Monday!
@user-ut4vl2ps3p24 күн бұрын
That looks like it would be a fun experience. They should bring it to Savannah.
@GraveTalkswithShannonScott20 күн бұрын
I suspectt that's the plan but will live and die in the city. Worse case they could ad it as a permanent show in Savannah at The Savannah Theater. #musical #theater #novel #goodmantheater #midnightinthegardenofgoodandevil #bonaventurecemetery #savannah
@user-ut4vl2ps3p20 күн бұрын
@@GraveTalkswithShannonScott I would love to see it.
@vickiewilliams917127 күн бұрын
I am curious as to why he chose this stone shape or if someone chose it for him. Very cool
@vickiewilliams917127 күн бұрын
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@kate_cooperАй бұрын
I always thought the statue looked rather like it was weighing up the bowls like a pair of scales. The title references a balance between Good and Evil, perhaps that's why the photographer thought the statue fitted the book title.
@GraveTalkswithShannonScottАй бұрын
Kate, great commentary! Having known Jack Leigh for better part of 20 years or so before his untimely passing at 55 and his former wife, Susan Patrice, for many more now, I can assure you that was in his mind and so you called it rather aptly if I do say so myself. Uncanny that "Little Wendy,: aka, The Bird Girl, is no longer in Bonaventure where Jack is buried so closely to the front gates but what a life they made together! #jackleigh #photographer #Savannah #bonaventurecemetery #thebirdgirl #sylviashawjudson #sculptor ##midnightinthegardenofgoodandevil
@GraveTalkswithShannonScottАй бұрын
Yes, its not really as creepy as one might think in person, much more fascinating and lively part of an artist residence who does incredible work. The current graveyard has over 700 dolls but shy of earlier ones he's created numbering in the thousands. Can't wait to share his world with others! #dolls #barbie #toys #tours
@user-ut4vl2ps3pАй бұрын
That is so creepy but awesome! Hahaha I love it.
@user-ut4vl2ps3pАй бұрын
You always manage to find the most unique stories to tell. Looks like a lovely place for long romantic walks.
@user-eu2ul2tt7xАй бұрын
The room she is in now, does NOT honor her! She deserves much more respect. She has basically been hidden away.
@user-ut4vl2ps3pАй бұрын
Beautiful! I love Bonaventure Cemetery. It’s so peaceful.
@havanawithhumbertАй бұрын
Congrats 👏
@sandrabrown2132Ай бұрын
Great story and beautiful cemetery. How do you find all those places?
@GraveTalkswithShannonScottАй бұрын
Sorry, I meant to say Reynolds was born in the 1850s not 1750s.
@chrissullivan18102 ай бұрын
What a family plot!!!
@vickiewilliams91712 ай бұрын
What a beautiful and peaceful place.
@peopleofonefire96432 ай бұрын
Shannon, if you like ancient graveyards, you will go gaga over the Nacoochee Methodist Cemetery, which predates the church - which itself is one of the oldest Methodist churches in Georgia. It includes ancient stone sarcophagi, shaped like houses. They were a tradition in Galicia and Navarre - the gold mining section of Spain - plus a large cemetery for the African-Americans, who did much of the labor during the Georgia Gold Rush. There was a Spanish-speaking colony in Northeast Georgia during the 1600s. (Richard from The Americas Revealed)
@MoreOnPleeez2 ай бұрын
Beautiful story and ty for sharimg with us the gravestones. My children are homeschooled and know their names well. Long live Marquis De Lafayette!
@veronicaferguson85482 ай бұрын
Read the book first.Then saw the movie.Both just wonderful
@lacygray5242 ай бұрын
This is one of my favorite movies so then I went and bought the book. Adore them both! Made me want to move there.
@carolynpurser74692 ай бұрын
Interesting. Had not heard of the underground grottos or chapels before. Cemeteries can certainly be interesting places. Particularly the older ones.
@GraveTalkswithShannonScott2 ай бұрын
To what extent they existed hard to say but I began to get clued into them from a Charleston native who visited their grotto chapel in Bonaventure often until it was closed off. Glad you enjoyed. #history #stories #savannah #chapel
@gudlisner5012 ай бұрын
I lived here for four years, a truly memorable time in my life. Unfortunately personal loss made it necessary for me to return to Ireland.
@nancydemoss29452 ай бұрын
Who are you??
@OohMyHead2 ай бұрын
A beautifully crafted movie and one of my all time favorites. Love this footnote.
@PungiFungiАй бұрын
The movie should've been a mini series. No way you can cram all that into two hours. It was perfectly cast, that I know.
@clintonmaffett86952 ай бұрын
If i return to America, i will live in Savannah. - expat
@MrMilwaukee2 ай бұрын
Jim Williams actually died in the front doorway of his beloved Mercer house
@GraveTalkswithShannonScott2 ай бұрын
Thanks for commenting. Certainly, feel free to tell us what you know. Rarely do such multi-layered individuals have one-note or one-layer definitions of themselves, including details surrounding their deaths. I could tell you 3 versions with the hallway floor being the least believable one or at least to me. But on the short of it, I have seen over many years, how Jim's movie death has drifted into serving as the story of his actual death. If ever Savannah way, I'll invite you to experience my take on it which yes, isn't fit for print here. www.goodandevilx.com #midnightinthegardenofgoodandevil #mercerhouse #johnberendt #savannah #jimwilliams #kevinspacey
@mtaylor73072 ай бұрын
Magical until tourist sauntered through. Fascinating otherwise. Thanks.
@chrissullivan18102 ай бұрын
Beautiful work! Does John Walz have any of work in Augusta?
@GraveTalkswithShannonScott2 ай бұрын
Tempting thought! I'll get back to you! #augustaga #cemetery #history
@debbieclark94692 ай бұрын
It looks like it could be magnificent. A little care would go a long way.
@GraveTalkswithShannonScott2 ай бұрын
Yes and already put in some time there fixing a headstone through our non-profit The Cemetery Angels, Inc. More to come! #preservation #Cemetery #history
@user-ut4vl2ps3p2 ай бұрын
Fate is amazing! You and Bonaventure were meant to be.
@LaurieValdez-zk3dy3 ай бұрын
Thank you from pennsylvania.
@GraveTalkswithShannonScott2 ай бұрын
My pleasure it's an oldie but a goodie and couldn't resist sharing. I did so many like this I've lost count and track including some going back to the early-mid 1990s with Shannon Doherty that lived briefly on The Travel Channel. #savannah #haunted #ghosts #tv #shannondoherty
@ashleyrigatoni7023 ай бұрын
Gosh, could you be any more attractive?
@chrissullivan18103 ай бұрын
Awesome!
@GraveTalkswithShannonScott2 ай бұрын
Thanks my No 1 Fan friend Chris! #ghosts #hauntings #paranormal #spirits #cemeteries #savannah #voodoo
@user-ut4vl2ps3p3 ай бұрын
Enjoyed this one!
@GraveTalkswithShannonScott2 ай бұрын
Why thank you it was just my attempt to show some record of my life inside of some of the early attention the city was getting from TV shows on such subjects, many now lost to God-knows-where! #haunted #ghosts #spirits #savannah #voodoo
@sandrabrown21323 ай бұрын
I’ve seen this multiple times If you still possess any of your film, America’s Most Haunted City, Part One, I would suggest you list it on your platform to see if others, besides me, would enjoy having it. I have it and still enjoy watching it from time to time. Still waiting for PART TWO by the way. You did explain to me why you don’t have a part two though and I respect that.
@user-ut4vl2ps3p3 ай бұрын
I would love to have his America's Most Haunted City film. I've never seen it.
@GraveTalkswithShannonScott2 ай бұрын
You're so kind to say Sandra Brown and yes, somewhere there's a Part 2 rustling around in me and was recently talked about so you must have influence from a'far (of course you do!) #ghosts #paranormal #savannah #hauntings #americasmosthauntedcity
@GraveTalkswithShannonScott2 ай бұрын
@@user-ut4vl2ps3p Well its because it only lived on DVD from 2012 until now and all of my fault! I think because so much went into it by the time it really came out, I was on to other things and found myself "over it," as it was too much to bear putting so much personal money and time into it. It was like I couldn't enjoy it even if not perfect, had value to the original goals of it. The film was edited by wonderful friends across 4 countries while they worked on other projects and all in all, took 5 years or so to make. Anyway its in my store now at buzzardandbone.com/products/americas-most-haunted-city Thanks for asking about it! #ghosts #haunted #paranormal #savannah #americasmosthauntedcity
@sandrabrown21322 ай бұрын
@@GraveTalkswithShannonScott Let us know when it drops and I will be one of the first to purchase it. 😀
@user-ut4vl2ps3p2 ай бұрын
@@GraveTalkswithShannonScott I just purchased the film. I'm excited to watch. Next week for my birthday, I will have a bottle of wine and watch ghost stories told by my favorite storyist. Happy birthday to me😀😀😀
@GraveTalkswithShannonScott3 ай бұрын
Classic shows I'm bummed they're really no longer just listenable on at least radio around here. Thank you. #Artbell #georgenoory #coasttocoastam #savannah
@Cute2Surf3 ай бұрын
Ferris! 😂💖
@peopleofonefire96433 ай бұрын
Shannon, why do you think Savannah has such a rich, paranormal heritage? Wilmington, NC was founded the same year as Savannah, but it is rather ho-hum.
@user-ut4vl2ps3p3 ай бұрын
I loved Art Bell and George Noory. I've recently started listening to old Coast to Coast podcasts. By the way, you haven't aged a bit.
@GraveTalkswithShannonScott3 ай бұрын
Very much Savannah but am guessing some of those azaleas that way may still be in bloom! All gone here! #BonaventureCemetery #savannah