🔪 Two men. One handmade castle. A brutal crime. And a haunting that still echoes through Georgia’s forests…
In this chilling deep dive documentary, we uncover the shocking true story of the Corpsewood Manor Murders — one of the most bizarre, gruesome, and paranormally charged cases in American history. Dr. Charles Scudder, a former professor and self-proclaimed Satanist, and his partner Joseph Odom built a secluded sanctuary in the woods of North Georgia to escape society. What they found instead was betrayal, brutal death, and a legacy of fear.
💀 Explore the eerie ruins of Corpsewood Manor
👁️🗨️ Hear the true, documented accounts of the crimes, occult symbolism, and possible premonitions
🐾 Encounter ghostly sightings, cursed artifacts, and the lingering presence of something… not quite gone.
From true crime to paranormal investigation, this story is packed with real-life horror: backwoods bigotry, ritualistic rumors, and a crime scene straight out of a nightmare. If you’re fascinated by the dark side of American folklore, haunted places, or unbelievable real crimes, this is the story you’ve been waiting for.
👻 LIKE this video if you love creepy history
🔔 SUBSCRIBE for more haunted true crime stories
🕯️ Share your thoughts or experiences in the comments below
Chapters:
00:00 – Intro
02:26 – The Beginning
Buy my merch and books here:
https://mysteryarchives.myshopify.com/
Become a channel member or patron here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMePBDaNUNwp7ETgNpbPR6A/join
https://www.patreon.com/@UCMePBDaNUNwp7ETgNpbPR6A
Social links:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mysteryarchives
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/55gnTQCSVStabGzALQepxR
X: https://x.com/archives_yt
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mysteryarchivesyt/
Playlist of all Mystery Archives newest to oldest:
Playlists & back catalog of older videos:
#CorpsewoodManor #TrueCrime #Paranormal
So sorry for the wait guys. Please like, share and subscribe and check out my store 🙂 https://mysteryarchives.myshopify.com/
Sounds like they might've been a bit too free.
12:29 i’m all for having a pink sex room, but I could think of about 100 different places that I would like that sex room to be 😆 and on top of a house full of chickens is not one of them 😂😂😂😂
Can you imagine how bad that smelled all the time that room just sat above those chickens 24 hours a day as they pooped and clucked everywhere 😂😂😂😂 why not just put the pink sex room in your house where it would be warmer anyway
10:03 so is this an AI voice? Because whoever it is pronounced a bunch of words really weirdly… like Loyola and relied. He said “rell-eed” and low-yola 😂 just curious bc I hate supporting ai channels
I grew up very close to this place. The part about the painting is almost hard to believe. But even Satanist dont deserve to be killed.
"Intolerance" had nothing to do with it. The people who did this were evil, plain & simple.
This story breaks my heart. Very well told thank you for sharing
Blah, blah… locals killed them and it's a pile of rubble… no terror or ghostly entities there….
I've heard this story somewhere and can't remember where. Still, hearing again gives me shivers.
My first question is if he had killed his young nephew why was he out of prison
I feel worse for his four children. They lost their dad because bro didn’t think through his sexuality before he made 5 commitments.
Oh yeah, it’s Musk a dine not muscdin lol😊
Intriguing creepy story, Kody. Well done.!!!
Omg what a horrible tragedy those poor people and there pets , sometimes the very people we think are the strange, weird monsters that are our fellow townsfolk are actually the victims of the real monsters we see as normal good citizens
There is a point where you have to groan at the foolishness. Their fate was in no way unforseeable. I don't blame them, because no one should but they did not exactly make what happened less likely in their lack of sheer common sense.
Two openly gay men decide to move into the FAMOUSLY homosexually-tolerant and open-minded baptist bible belt, and among ALL the blindly and often VICIOUSLY bible-thumping zealous fire and brimstone christian communities openly displayed their Satanism and displayed it on everything they owned proudly.
They then on top of that began distributing drugs and setting up orgies and trysts between people in the local community, things that are not exactly looked on kindly regardless of who is doing it in the bible belt.
And expected no trouble from any of this. They may have been nice guys but there is always an a-hole, and given the scenario where, what, and who they were they had more a-holes around than allies by a factor of 20. Being openly gay and proud and such is great and all but this was basically the same as a couple of tasty juicy lambs moving into a wolf den and regularly chatting to the wolves about how they're lambs and juicy and delicious. It literally was a matter of if, not a matter of when, I am sorry to say.
I used to live in Georgia.
While it gets cold enough, it never gets quite so cold as to sustain a real noreaster. Some snow, yes….a bizzards worth? Once a decade maybe.
I just found your channel and goodness your voice and narration have me hooked. Keep up the great work.
Augusta Georgia
Let me get this straight…. Two gay, academic, devil worshipping yankees moved to 1970s Georgia where they did drugs and hosted orgies? Yeah, this was always going to end badly. I'm from Alabama right next door, and know what the South was still like in those days.
Sure, their power and influence had waned from the previous decade, but the Klan still held a lot of power and influence over Southern life in the late 1970s. These two would've been taking a very big risk back then. Even if two locals hadn't tried to rob them, they very easily could've received a visit from a few old Klansmen at some point.
I think theres a parable about this, something like dont groom a 14 year old or he might grow up and want your blood.
I'm thinking the guestbook was taken more so the thief could hide their involvement with the couples activities. They may have paid off the police after they seized it. A guestbook of names would no doubt have been useful in a murder investigation.
I still find hard to process that a couple that kept so many occult items in their home and branding their home with it's symbols are atheists. Human skulls? Really? Unless this was meant to be a middle finger to organised religion. Or the paper embellished what was there.
I do know Gargoyles aren't inheritly evil though. They're meant to serve as guardians and ward off evil.
Personally I have never understood how anyone could think a couple who didn't have running water or electricity would have lots of money.
AWESOMENESS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The real monsters where the Christians all along.
English Mastiffs are the most massive dogs in the world. Whilst generally lovely dogs they are not to be trifled with. I’ve got one snoring next to me, with a cat sleeping on him and a border terrier snuggled into him.
"A tale of sanctuary turned slaughterhouse…" – such great writing! Awesome episode! … Satanists are always obsessed with sodomy.
absolutely not a coincidence. and i can't believe the guy who mrdrd 2 ppl has the gull to call anyone "devils"
The only thing that mystifies me out of this whole case was why this couple who were lovers and just wanted to be accepted by everyone, chose Georgia of all places to live?? The deep south would not be my first choice. Maybe Oregon or Washington state? Many places in California come to mind when I think of gay-friendly atmospheres.
What was the reasoning behind Georgia?
Great story and do believe in haunted place grew up in the country in Germany and and have played and roamed old towns and rivers and ruins as a young person and have the ultimate respect of these places. Will never forget these places and so fortunate to have had the privilege of being there!
What the hell will people think of next, And people wonder how homes get 2 become hounted, and horribly creepy.😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
82 was still a scary time in deep south better off on west coast
This story – a new one to me – breaks my heart. These men hurt no one, all they wanted was to be together and live their own lives how they wanted. Like you said, the real evil here was human intolerance and human greed.
These men were people I’d have been fascinated to meet, to know. They died tragically and years before I was born but I hope that somehow they are together and know that they are loved even if it’s just by one stranger who heard their story.
I used to live close to that area. Ironically I had never heard the story until about 20 years after this happened. I have been curious about it since.
A recent video came out where some locals visited the place. So creepy.
Maybe what his final words meant was that the quiet was his dream and it was now a nightmare his peace taken from him.
That's why I trust nobody and say to myself😢
This reminds me of mentone atop lookout mountain it's got an old very old history of witchcraft and Satanist living their..
So what happened To Hudgens?
One of the problems with Satanists is that they aren't always honest. For example what would be the point in having rituals where they invoke Satan by name, etc if they don't believe in him at all? Doesn't really make much sense does it? Besides look at what kind of behavior, events & tragedies that all tend to go along with being a member.
I'm not interested in a story of two men living in a sinful immoral abominable discusting life you trying to brainwashe me get you behind me satan