Back when Jerome Busbee worked at the Adluh Flour Company in the mid-20th century, he used his favorite work cart every day. According to urban legend, after Busbee died his spirit possessed this cart. The cart became anchored to the very spot where he left it by unexplainable means, and could not be moved! Busbee was believed to have been a practitioner of Voodoo.
Host Andrew Davis pays a visit to Columbia’s Allen Brothers Milling Company to talk with president Bill Allen about this piece of local Columbia folklore! Special guest author Dr. Burnett Gallman also sits down with Andrew to give audiences a brief history on Vodún and Hoodoo, as well as give his personal insights on the story of Adluh's haunted cart.
Curiosity Trek! tells the stories of historic people and events through the artifacts left behind. The series highlights more than just objects of significant historical value but also the strange and the bizarre! The people tied to these objects may be gone, but their stories live on through these artifacts.
