The old covered bridge, Swainsboro

Georgia · USA · Bridge

A man is said to have drowned his wife in this river for the insurance money in the 1930s, then told the police where to find her. No trace of her was.

Directions to this one are hard to give. Anyone local to Swainsboro, Georgia knows the bridge.

The story attached to it is that in the 1930s a man drowned his wife in the river below for the insurance money, that his mind gave way afterwards, and that he eventually told the police where the body was.

When they looked, there was no trace of her.

That last part is what has kept the story alive for ninety years, and it is also the part that makes it unlikely to be true as told, since a confession without a body is exactly the shape a legend takes when it has lost its documentation.

No record has been found for the case and no names survive with it, which is unusual for a real Depression era murder trial in a county this size.

It is presented here as local legend. The river is public.

FAQ

Hvor ligger The old covered bridge, Swainsboro?

The old covered bridge, Swainsboro ligger i Georgia, USA.