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Before the Civil War, the state of Alabama was home to an estimated thirty three thousand slave holders. Local historians say one of them was John Welch Prewitt. He set aside two acres that became known as the Old Prewitt Slave Cemetery. The site may hold up to two hundred unmarked graves. Former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Deontay Wilder lives next door.

Ghost StoriesGhosts, ghouls, shades from the past...in this episode of Radiolab, real-life people try to pin down, and make peace with, mysterious figures…