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Category: Halloween

Book Review: ‘Kentucky Hauntings–Homespun Ghost Stories & Unexplained History’

There is a story about a bathtub ghost who saves a man’s life; a tale about a shadow boy helping a young girl find her way home in a storm.

November 15, 2012 Appalachian scary tales / Cherokee folklore / Halloween / Writers

Beware the Hunter’s Moon

The sound of the hounds on the scent could be heard clearly across the mountains. He knew they were trailing the Ghost Bear. Every instinct he had told him so.

Craigmiles crypt stains, St Luke's Episcopal Church; Cleveland TN

October 28, 2010 Appalachian scary tales / Halloween / Supernatural / Tennessee

The Red Streaks on the White Mausoleum

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church’s most unlikely claim to fame comes from red streaks on the mausoleum. They’re simply not supposed to be there.

January 11, 2010 Appalachian music / Appalachian scary tales / Ballad singers / Ghost stories / Halloween / Storytelling / West Virginia

Review: Beyond the Grave, Ghost Stories & Ballads from the Mountains

Susanna “Granny Sue” Holstein of Sandyville, WV places herself in the living storytelling tradition with her new collection of ghost stories.

looking out at threatening legs from under a bed

March 13, 2008 Appalachian crime / Appalachian scary tales / Halloween / Tennessee

Tennessee murder tale

Man stays in a scary motel overnight. Finds dead man under bed intended for him. Puts dead man ON bed and gets UNDER bed.

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