"Natchez" (Formerly "The Myth of Southern Charm")

 

You may recall that in May, I wrote this post on this documentary by Suzannah Herbert, originally  airing on PBS. At that time, it was called "The Myth of Southern Charm." 

For whatever reason, that post has become the 3rd most popular post of all time already - behind my post on the Martha Stewart Documentary from 2024 at #2 (receiving 1,984 hits) and #1, the original police body cam footage from the Watts Home.

Why those posts and why me, scribbling over here in the corner without ads or monetizing, I have no idea -  but I hope you all enjoyed them? 😅

(Dang, I should've monetized, at least for those 3 posts if nothing else? 😂 )

The film was renamed to "Natchez" with added footage, moved to the big screen, and went on to win "Best Documentary" at the Tribeca Film Festival and was listed as one of the top 5 documentaries of 2025 by the National Review - and after being purchased by Oscilloscope films, unfortunately you can no longer see it for free.

And yet definitely still worth it!

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PS - For context on my #1 post of all time, the Watts Home Body Cam Footage, I think it's because the video is popular among the paranormal set, because it's the full, unaltered police body cam footage of the Watts home investigation. 

As you may recall, in 2018, Chris Watts killed his pregnant wife and children, but at the point of policy entry, they only knew they were missing; thus, they cleared the home and sent in just the search dog, his handler, and the female officer with the body cam to search the home for clues. 

TBH, I don't see or hear what others claim to see and hear - EXCEPT - the search dog suddenly wagging his tail, making a beeline to the child's closet as if he sees somebody -  and then the handler, the cop with the body cam, and we, the viewers - hear a distinct giggle, you can't miss it. I admit, that was super weird.  

I thought it was a toy losing battery power and going off and still do -  but they did check that closet later for any sort of battery-powered toy that could make that noise, as well as shake everything and dig to try to recreate it, to no avail. 

I think it's popular because it's so easy it is to fake paranormal videos, these days, but the fact that it's unaltered police body cam footage, you can hear police clearing the home first and pronouncing "all clear," and the fact that we didn't even know they were dead yet, gives this video an air of legitimacy.

If not of the "ghostie" set, at the very least, file that one into "unexplained."