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35942
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The grave of Hezekiah Quidley proved his earthly life was over. Reports about mysterious sounds in the woods suggested his love for fiddle playing lived on. Stories about a woman appearing to her former boyfriend after her death also proved things going bump in the night were sometimes restless spirits.
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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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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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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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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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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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35194
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The article is divided into two sections: tales about travelers, and ghost stories.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 11 Issue 1, July 1963,
p15-16
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24639
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An excerpt from the 1881 Travel Book ‘In the Heart of the Alleghanies,’ this article presents a true ghost story of the Smoky Mountains that centers around a mid-1800s mill on the Cheowah River. A number of people died there, prompting the mills close down and subsequent rumors that it was haunted.
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35157
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The story of a ghost ship that appears every year at the same time, on fire and following a path back and forth to the same spot. Supposedly, the crew members of the ship had lit it on fire after murdering and robbing the passengers, who were German Protestants, but the ship never burned down.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 6 Issue 1, July 1958,
p23-26
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35144
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This article features several haints, or ghost stories, that the author had heard while growing up in Wilkes County.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 5 Issue 2, Dec 1957,
p13-15
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