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35373
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When Governor Scott moved into the Governor’s mansion, the bed from the first governors stay was still in the master bedroom, and when it was removed, a strange knocking on the walls began.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 18 Issue 3, Nov 1970,
p115-116
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35410
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With superstitions running high and the death of two people within two weeks, a mailman was spooked by the possibility of seeing a ghost.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 1, Jan 1971,
p8-11
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35469
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Several superstitions and stories concerning the supernatural that was told to the author as a boy by his father.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 19 Issue 4, Nov 1971,
p173-176
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4.That Mysterious Chocowinity Light by Blackburn, Charles, Jr. New East Vol. 4 Issue 1, Jan/Feb 1976
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35490
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The mysterious light along a set of railroad tracks in this town was resumed to be the ghost of a train engineer. The endurance of the tale throughout the decades and generations can be explained by the adage “everyone loves a good mystery.”
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35531
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A collection of three ghost stories collected from students.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 20 Issue 2, May 1972,
p77-79
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Record #:
35541
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The ghost story of “the vanishing hitchhiker” is an internationally known folktale, about a woman who hitches a ride, and then disappears, marking her as a ghost. Five variations of this story have been recorded and reproduced in this article.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 20 Issue 3, Aug 1972,
p123-128
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Record #:
35586
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Located west of Wilmington, the town of Maco has had several strange happenings, particularly by Maco Light, a crossroad.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 21 Issue 1, Apr 1973,
p18-22
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35587
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The author collected two old stories about Lincoln County from Thomas Wehunt.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 21 Issue 1, Apr 1973,
p25-26
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35593
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The two stories are about money that is supposedly buried in the remains of a community, and the ghost of Lady Vanderbilt, who haunted a cabin in the woods.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 21 Issue 1, Apr 1973,
p35-36
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Record #:
35654
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The author first heard a ghost story about a ghost that led to the death of its former fiancé from his grandmother, and then collected variations of the same story from other sources.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 22 Issue 1, Feb 1974,
p3-8
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35667
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A collection of short stories about ghosts, death, the devil, and animals.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 22 Issue 3, Aug 1974,
p103-108, il
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35670
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A collection of stories from teenage boys about ghosts, haunted houses, murder, and more.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 22 Issue 3, Aug 1974,
p115-118
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Record #:
35674
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In general, ghosts tend to get a bad rap; they’re frightening and usually originate from some sort of gruesome or untimely death. However, these two stories paint ghosts as helpful creatures, who led people to find hidden money.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 22 Issue 4, Nov 1974,
p155-158
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Record #:
35686
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Hain’ts, not horror films, was thrilling entertainment in Coastal counties such as Sampson and during the author’s youth. As she proved in her illuminations of things that go bump in the dark, though, ghosts chasing and the stories they inspire are really timeless and universal pastimes.
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35694
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For Southerners like James and Patty Massey, the War between the States left its presence in stories of what the South had been like before the Yankee invasion. It left ghosts and ghost stories, which proved hauntings happened in ways beyond the War’s decades’ strong aftermath.
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