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Why did Rawhead scare kids so?

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.

Eaton tunnel rescuers race to uncover victim

October 1, 2020 Appalachian scary tales / Ghost stories / Halloween / Railroad industry / Storytelling / West Virginia

Haunted Tunnels: The Silver Run Ghost, and the Lost Tunnel

Buck Nichols still rests beneath tons of dirt in the collapsed tunnel. Most hikers will pass through the new tunnel, unaware of the tragedy.

November 5, 2018 Appalachian scary tales / Halloween / Hoaxes / Maryland

It’s the Snallygaster

Maryland’s own winged beast? The Snallygaster for several years in the late 1920s and early 1930s caused a sensation in Frederick County.

October 29, 2018 Appalachian scary tales / Halloween / Supernatural / Tennessee

Eerie Night In A Haunted House

This was the place, so legend has it, where sheets gently floated from the beds of no longer sleeping travelers.

“This,” Aunt Mary went on to say, “is my secret. All you kind people remember my good husband Tom. The fact is he never left me at all. He is still here.”

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Why did Rawhead scare kids so?

Haunted Tunnels: The Silver Run Ghost, and the Lost Tunnel

It’s the Snallygaster

Eerie Night In A Haunted House

No one will live there now: it is believed that the house is hainted