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

Category: Halloween

The Girl who had been in an Accident

Three boys driving along a deserted road on a snowy night discover a badly hurt girl. But she’s not what she appears to be. A WV ghost story.

The West Virginia Folklife Center presents a selection of Appalachian ghost stories Dr. Ruth Ann Musick collected through the years.

Urbin Cornett had to hide his banjo playing from his grandmother, who disapproved. Local boys tricked him into revealing his secret.

A very numerous crowd of beings resembling the human species without any particular members of the human body, nor distinction of sexes.

The peddler was known to have had over $1,000 in his possession at the time; and was probably murdered in the vicinity.

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