{"id":2919,"slug":"shubuta-bridge-shubuta-mississippi","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Shubuta is the bridge — the '1918' that's the 4 hanged, the '1942' that's the 2 boys. The 'Howze sisters' is the pregnant — the 'Maggie/Alma' that's the 20/16, the 'Clark brothers' that's the 15/20. The 'wage dispute' is the alleged — the 'sexual exploitation' that's the truth, the 'NAACP' that's the investigated.","The 'Chickasawhay' is the river — the 'bottomless hole' that's the bodies, the 'dumped' that's the decades. The '1942' is the repeat — the 'Green/Lang' that's the 14, the 'chasing' that's the accused. Shubuta is the standing — the 'bridge' that's the still, the 'Hanging Bridge' that's the book.","The file keeps Shubuta: the 1918 four, the 1942 two, the Howze pregnant, and the still standing.","Shubuta Bridge is the archive's Mississippi file — the hanging's steel."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Shubuta Bridge is the archive's Mississippi file — the twice lynched.","A bridge keeps its weight — the file's suggestion being that Shubuta's hold is the repeat: the '1918' that's the 4, the '1942' that's the 2, and the 'still standing' that's the monument."]}],"name":"Shubuta bridge","aliases":[],"type":"SITE","type_label":"Site","cats":["DARK_HISTORY","LOCAL_FOLKLORE","CIVIL_RIGHTS"],"groups":["dark-history","legends"],"desc":"The \"hanging bridge\"—where the lynchings happened.","full_desc":"A site in Shubuta, Mississippi, Shubuta bridge is filed here for what the record attaches to it. The \"hanging bridge\"—where the lynchings happened. The file’s recurring figure goes by a name, not a description: the lynched. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend and 1 documented fact, with the verified spine filed separately from the lore. The site is open to visitors.","address":null,"city":"Shubuta","county":null,"state":"Mississippi","postal":null,"region":"South","lat":31.862036,"lon":-88.702051,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":"Historic site","research_notes":"MS batch; VERIFY task auto-queued.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":59.4,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.3999999999999999,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":2684,"type":"NAMED_GHOST_LEGEND","description":"The lynched are reportedly remembered at the bridge. The reports at Shubuta bridge are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. The claim is neighborhood knowledge — retold locally, verified nowhere. 'Shubuta hanging bridge' carries the account. The name gives the haunting a face, and the sightings give the name a job.","evidence":"LOCAL_FOLKLORE","evidence_label":"Local folklore","entity":"The lynched","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Shubuta hanging bridge","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shubuta,_Mississippi","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]},{"id":2685,"type":"HISTORICAL_LEGEND","description":"The lynchings are documented history. The reports at Shubuta bridge are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. Coverage gave the claim its audience; proof remains another matter. The tale is the site's other archive — oral, embroidered, and outlasting the documents.","evidence":"MEDIA_REPORTED","evidence_label":"Media reported","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Shubuta hanging bridge","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shubuta,_Mississippi","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The 1918 lynchings are documented. Shubuta bridge's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer beneath whatever lore attaches. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The detail is preserved in 'Shubuta hanging bridge'. The record keeps it — history, not lore.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":"1918","confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Shubuta hanging bridge","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shubuta,_Mississippi","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"The lynched are reportedly remembered at the bridge. Shubuta bridge's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. The claim is neighborhood knowledge — retold locally, verified nowhere. Sources including 'Shubuta hanging bridge' keep the claim in circulation. As folklore it's unkillable: the story is too good, and the place too fitting, to let go.","earliest":null,"evidence":"LOCAL_FOLKLORE","source":{"name":"Shubuta hanging bridge","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shubuta,_Mississippi","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"entities":[{"name":"The lynched","claimed_identity":"The lynched","verified":null,"summary":"The lynched are reportedly remembered at the bridge. The reports at Shubuta bridge are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. 'Shubuta hanging bridge' carries the account. The lore has a face now: The lynched. The telling survives; the proof stays folklore. 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