Stories, quotes and anecdotes from Appalachia. 1880s-1950s era.

Category: Appalachian scary tales

Ghost owl, Hobgoblin owl, Demon owl. It’s all those. And more.

Its ghostly white underside, its blood curdling call, and its eerie, silent flight have propelled the barn owl into the stuff of legend.

To this day I have not seen the dolls again, and I won’t have any kind of doll in my house, and I never will.

There is protection against the red-headed man – visitors who know will carry a small, handmade “X” on their windshields or in their pockets.

At one juncture, the moon appeared from behind clouds and fully revealed his consort: a Negro apparition, barely dressed, with a broken neck!

Occasionally an odd smoky “wisp” will appear to float by in the dim light of night, past a downstairs doorway to the lower bedroom where John stays.

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