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

Category: Halloween

She haunted that damn train all night!

He put a piece of paper on the table, “Here is the number of that engine, you get it sometime and strange things happen, you will know why!”

Dolly Parton’s use of the expression ol’ Scratch Eyes gives us a hint about where rawhead came from, & why it came into use in the mid 1500s.

I heard tales of white ghosts in the cemetery across the road. I walked by a few times at night but never saw any ghosts. My brother did.

See a black cat crossing the road before you? Draw an X in the air 3 times to void bad luck. Finish before the cat reaches the other side!

Locals claim that you can see the spirit of the traveling man, carrying a lantern through the woods, searching for his way back to Kentucky.

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