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The tales surround ghost stories from around the Marion County area in northern West Virginia. A sequel volume, entitled Coffin Hollow and Other Ghost Tales, is also available and adds another 96 stories to the collection. The original book was published in 1965 as a hard bound book, while subsequent printings were paperback.
The legend of the Wizard Clip is a popular ghost story about an incident said to have occurred in Middleway, West Virginia in the 1820's. The story of the Wizard Clip is part of the oral history of the area, and was called by Rev. Alfred E. Smith, editor-in-chief of the Catholic Review and secretary to Cardinal Gibbons , "The truest ghost story ...
While many aspects of the original story as passed down in West Virginian folklore were changed by both Schwartz and André Øvredal (who directed the film), its central elements remain. 15 years before the first edition of the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series came out, Ruth Ann Musick published Telltale Lilac Bush, a compilation of ...
The story of the Greenbrier Ghost is the subject of four stage adaptations. Jan Buttram's play Zona was produced in 1998 by Greenbrier Valley Theatre, the state professional theatre of West Virginia. Karen Benelli's “The Ghost of Greenbrier County” was produced in 2004 at the New York Fringe Festival by the Rising Sun Theatre Co.
There are many ghost towns in West Virginia, [1] some of which were created and abandoned as part of the "boom and bust" economy of coal mining industry. [ 2 ] List
Old Gauley, West Virginia. Unincorporated community. ... 741 ft (226 m) Time zone: ... List of ghost towns in West Virginia;
Ouija Gone Wild: Shocking True Stories. Visionary Living, 2012. ISBN 978-0985724306. With Rick Fisher. Monsters of West Virginia: Mysterious Creatures in the Mountain State. Stackpole Books, 2012. ISBN 978-0811710282. The Big Book of West Virginia Ghost Stories. Stackpole Books, 2014. ISBN 978-0811711159. Haunted by the Things You Love ...
Robert Sayers Sheffey (July 4, 1820 – August 30, 1902) was an American Methodist evangelist and circuit-riding preacher, renowned for his eccentricities and power in prayer, who ministered to, and became part of the folklore of, the Appalachian region of southwest Virginia, southern West Virginia and eastern Tennessee.