Ghosts Across Kentucky

by Montell, William Lynwood

• ISBN13: 9780813190075
• ISBN10: 081319007X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-24
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky

Summary

"Lynwood Montell has collected ghost tales all over the state of Kentucky, from coal mining settlements to river landings, from highways to battlefields. He presents these suspense-filled stories just as he first heard or read them: as bona fide personal experiences or as events witnessed by family members or friends. There are over 250 stories in Ghosts across Kentucky that are set in specific places and times. They include tales of graveyards, haunted dormitories, animal ghosts, and vanishing hitchhikers. Montell describes weird lights, unexplained sounds, felt presences, and disappearing apparitions. Phantom workmen, fallen soldiers, young lovers, and executed criminals appear in these pages, along with the living who chance upon them. Though the focus is on the stories themselves, Montell also includes a chapter explaining our fascination with the supernatural and the deep truths these storytelling traditions reveal about our lives and our pasts.William Lynwood Montell, emeritus professor of folk studies at Western Kentucky University, is the author of several books, including Killings."

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	viiii
Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	xi
Graveyard Ghosts	1	(18)
Disappearing Ghosts	19	(26)
Ghostly, Unnatural Sounds	45	(17)
Headless Ghosts	62	(11)
Animal Ghosts	73	(22)
Scary Tales	95	(23)
Hanged or Murdered Persons' Ghosts	118	(37)
Ghosts of Persons Killed Accidentally	155	(11)
Ghosts of Suicide Victims	166	(7)
Weird, Eerie, Ghostly Lights	173	(14)
Haunted Spots on the Landscape	187	(23)
The Vanishing Hitchhiker	210	(5)
Felt Presences of Ghostly Beings	215	(5)
Civil War Ghosts	220	(12)
Haunted Dorms, Fraternities, and Sororities	232	(8)
Notes	240	(12)
Index to Counties	252	(4)
Index to Cities, Towns, and Other Locations	256