Laura Wright
Deep in the Southern Appalachian forests, there are old stories about things that should not be followed....
Appalachian
Unusual folklore and tall tales from the Appalachian Mountains.
Their owners are documented. Their architecture is photographed. Their tragedies are repeated in books, television programs and...
Some ghost stories begin with murder. Others begin with love. The old Appalachian tale of Brahm and...
Sometimes a ghost story survives while almost everything that could explain it disappears. No photographs. No newspaper...
There are some Appalachian ghost stories that were never intended to be subtle. Old Tom is one...
Local history has a way of remembering people whom official history forgets. They may never have held...
A Clock in My Own Family I don’t have to rely entirely upon old folklore for a...
In 1828, newspapers began reporting an extraordinary discovery near Sparta, Tennessee. Several ancient burial grounds had reportedly...
Coal mining developed a language all its own. For generations of Appalachian miners, words such as firedamp,...
