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West Virginia Ghost Stories, Legends, Haunts, and Folklore
Paperback
Series: Ghost Stories and Haunted Tales, Book 21
ISBN13: 9781940087313
Publisher: 21 Crows Dusk to Dawn Publishing
Published: Aug 18 2018
Pages: 314
Weight: 1.02
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
By Jannette Quackenbush
Ghost stories and folk tales passed down through generations in the hills and hollers of the Mountain State.
In the dark bends of the Little Kanawha River, folks still whisper of Hedger's Ghost. They say if you stand on a certain stretch of riverbank at night and call his name three times, you'll hear a blood-curdling scream. Call again, and he'll come closer. Call a third time-and you might find yourself across the river by morning, lucky if you made it back alive.
That's just one of the many haunted legends preserved in West Virginia Ghost Stories, Legends, Haunts, and Folklore, a chilling collection of over a hundred tales researched, verified, and explored by folklorist Jannette Quackenbush.
Travel through West Virginia's ghost towns, battlefields, tunnels, and mountain ridges to uncover the eerie stories locals have told for centuries:
- The Legend of Seneca Rocks
- The Mystery of Wheeling's Hempfield Tunnel
- The Ghost of Wetzel's Cave
- Stretchers Neck and the Ghost Town of Thurmond
- Harpers Ferry and Martinsburg Haunts
- Strange Happenings at Twistabout Ridge
- Booger Hole Spirits and Legends
- Wizard Clip and the Devil's Run Murders
- Bud Mountain's Ghostly Fiddler
- The Coffin Rider of Fairmont
- Silver Run, Eaton, and Lost Tunnel Spirits
Each story includes historical background, photos, and GPS directions so readers can find the haunted places themselves-from old rail tunnels to mountain cemeteries.
As founder of the 21 Crows American Folklore Archives, Jannette Quackenbush has spent more than four decades documenting authentic Appalachian folklore and real West Virginia ghost stories. She is also the creator of Dark Journeys with Jannette, a project blending folklore, field research, and storytelling through her Moonville Night Hikes, Silver Run Tunnel Treks, and Haunted Hiking Expeditions (Where the Natural World and the Supernatural World Collide(c)).
West Virginia Ghost Stories, Legends, Haunts, and Folklore takes you deep into the state's supernatural past-where the cries of murdered peddlers, lost lovers, and mountain spirits still echo through the hollows.
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