97. Told by Ruby A. Hubble, Hustonville, August 8, 1999.
98. Written and provided by Gerry Green, Versailles, August 8, 1999.
99. Told by Glynn and Jeanette Williams, Murray, to Carol White Harrison, November 13, 1999.
100. Told by Norma Wade, Murray, to Carol White Harrison, November 8, 1999.
101. Told by Tommy Arnold, Christian County, to Catherine Maddox, Bowling Green, November 19, 1999.
102. Told by Tommy Arnold, Christian County, to Catherine Maddox, Bowling Green, November 19, 1999.
103. Written by Patti Linn Wachtel; published in The Cincinnati Enquirer, September 2, 1958, p. LI. Copy provided by Joan Diersing. Used with permission from The Cincinnati Enquirer-/Patti Linn Wachtel.
104. Written by Patti Linn Wachtel as part of the same account described in story 118; published in The Cincinnati Enquirer, September 2, 1958, p. LI. Copy provided by Joan Diersing. Used with permission from The Cincinnati Enquirer! Patti Linn Wachtel.
105. Obtained from Mary Ann Gentry, Goosebumps in Carroll County, Kentucky (Carrollton, 1993), pp. 8-9.
106. Told by Shirley E. Fraim, Campbellsville, September 5, 1985.
107. Obtained from Mary Ann Gentry, Goosebumps in Carroll County, Kentucky (Carrollton, 1993), pp. 21-22.
108. Told by William Mink to Rebecca M. Mink, student at Alice Lloyd College, November 14, 2000.
109. Told by Anne P., Bowling Green, to Melissa Hammers, October 3,
110. Told by Greg Cundiff, Lindsey-Wilson College, November 14, 2000.
111. Told by Dave Shuffet, Danville, to Melissa Humphrey, April 4, 1989.
112. Told by Janet Oldham Zarmbus, Versailles, November 13, 2000.
113. Written as a true experience by Kristy Hewgley, Franklin, April 1992.
114. Told by Mary Ann Gentry, Carrolton, September 6, 1999.
115. Written by Tiffany Hanke, North Hopkins High School, c. 1993.
116. Told by Janet Oldham Zarmbus, Versailles, November 13, 2000.
117. Told by Albert Farler, to Randall A. Wilson, both of Leslie County, November 20,2000.
118. Written account provided by Martha Reneau Harrison, Glasgow, October 12, 1999.
119. Told by Christy Alford, Franklin, April 1992.
120. Told by Vilma Jean Kinney, Hart County, to Nadine Hawkins, October 21, 1999.
121. Told by Vilma Jean Kinney, Hart County, to Nadine Hawkins, October 21, 1999.
122. Told and written by Stephen Lynn King, Bowling Green, November 28, 1999.
123. Told by Paula Drake, student at Western Kentucky University, date not specified.
124. Told by Leslie Calk, Louisville, to Karen Delewski, 1972. Folklife Archive, Kentucky Library, WKU, 1972-531.
125. Written by Melinda J. Overstreet for an article, “Supernatural Or Superstitious?” published in the Park City Daily News, Bowling Green, October 23, 1999, p. 1.
126. Told by Bob Carroll and Kay Carroll, Springfield, November 15, 1999.
127. Told by Jennie McGee, Clarkson, December 1, 1999.
128. Told by Carol Harrison, Murray, December 8, 1999.
129. Told by David Pitman, to Steve Bray, Paducah, 1970.
130. Told by Tim LaMonda, Mt. Olivet, to Laura Renea Watson, Harrodsburg, November 25, 2000.
131. Told by Chris Cook, Ft. Thomas, to Chris Daniels, April 7,1989.
132. Told by Mark Stivers, Frankfort, to Steve Deckel, date unknown.
133. Written by Stacey S. Manning and published in the Kentucky Standard, Bardstown, October 15, 1999, pp. Al, A12.
134. Told by Lucy Smith, Clay County, to Delphia Langdon, 1957. L. Roberts Collection, Southern Appalachian Archives, Berea College.
135. Told by Wanda Deweese, Sulphur Wells, October 10, 2000.
136. Told by Loretta Deitemeyer, Highland Heights, to her niece Shirley Hoffmann, who sent it to me March 27, 2000.
137. Told by Janet Coody, West Point, April 8, 1999.
138. Written account provided by Aunelia Mosher, Louisville, February 15, 2000.
139. Told by Nelson K. Maynard II, Pike County native, currently a resident of Louisville, December 12, 2000.
140. Told by J.F. Blewette, Franklin, to Guy Simmons Jr., 1957. D.K. Wilgus Collection, Southern Appalachian Archives, Berea College.
141. Told by James Ratcliffe, Louisville, to a Mr. Yeager, date not specified.
142. Told by Alberta Baldridge, West Point, April 8, 1999.
143. Told by Jim Bowles, Rock Bridge, Monroe County, 1961.
144. Written by Melinda J. Overstreet as part of a larger article, “Supernatural Or Superstitious?” published in Park City Daily News, Bowling Green, October 23, 1999, p. 1.
145. Told by Shannon Muncie, Radcliff, to Mary Muncie, April 1973. Folklife Archive, Kentucky Library, WKU.
146. Told by an anonymous woman, Olive Hill, June 22, 2000.
147. Told by Gary Bealert and Melissa Stanley Bealert, Owingsville, June 22, 2000.
148. Told by Gary Bealert, Owingsville, June 22, 2000.
149. Told by Melissa Stanley Bealert, Owingsville, June 22, 2000.
150. Based on accounts told by Ruth Lindsey Ashley and Lonnie McCrady, Brownsville, to Bertha Skaggs, Brownsville, mid-1999.
151. Provided by Bertha Skaggs, who received it in written format from David Ashley, Brownsville, mid-1999.
152. Told by Tom Tucker, Marshall County, to Carol White Harrison, Murray, December 15, 1999.
153. Written by Stacey S. Manning and published in the Kentucky Standard, Bardstown, October 29, 1999, pp. A2, A10.
154. Account derived from Stacey S. Manning, “Former Bardstown Resident Tries Hand at Ghost Hunting,” published in the Kentucky Standard, Bardstown, October 8, 1999, pp. Al, A15.
155. Told by Mrs. Nancy Gullette, High Bridge, Jessamine County; published in Paul K. Lane, “Kentucky Folk Narratives,” Kentucky Folklore Record 10, no. 2 (April-June 1964): 26.
156. Written as a true account by Linda Nave, Versailles, August 2000; provided by Danna Estridge, Woodford County Historical Society.
157. Written as a true account by Glent Ayers, Scottsville, September 20, 2000.
158. Told by Tinnie Wheeler, Crittenden County, to Brenda Travis Underdown, Marion, August 14, 2000.
159. Told by Linda Ayers, Scottsville, September 20, 2000.
160. Told by Dianna Embry, Temple Hill, October 3, 2000.
161. Told by Harold Embry, Temple Hill, October 3, 2000.
162. Told by an anonymous person to Julie Smarr and Ginny Snipp, Versailles, October 9, 2000.
163. Told by Leslie Miller and Robert Kelley, Woodford County, to Ginny Snipp, October 11, 2000.
164. Written as a Pendleton County true account by Carolyn Reid, Alexandria, October 22,2000.
165. Written by Nelson K. Maynard II, Pike County native, October 23, 2000.
166. Told by Sherry Howard, Carlisle, October 25, 2000.
167. Told by Sherry Howard, Carlisle, October 25, 2000.
168. Told by John David Sims, Mt. Olivet, October 25, 2000.
169. Told by John David Sims, Mt. Olivet, October 25, 2000.
170. Told by Melissa Pugh, Mt. Olivet, October 25, 2000.
171. Told by Melissa Pugh, Mt. Olivet, October 25, 2000.
172. Told by Rodney Insko, Germantown, October 25, 2000.
173. Told by C.W. (name withheld), Sulphur Wells, and Donna Chasteen, Summer Shade, to Debora Jeffries Reece, Glasgow, September 15, 2000.
174. Told by Terry Edwards, Sulphur Wells, to Debora Jeffries Reece, September 15, 2000.
175. Copied from James Roberts, “Ghosdy Presence,” Springfield Sun, October 25, 2000.
176. Told by Irma J. Thomas, Morehead, November 1, 2000.
177. Told by Myra Bumette, Celina, Tennessee, assisted by relatives, November 1, 2000.
178. Written and submitted by Janet Meadows, Vanceburg, November 1, 2000.
179. Told by Debbie Howard, Salyersville, November 9, 2000.
180. Told by a ninety-year-old woman
to Carol Harrison, Murray, October 2000.
181. Told by Crystal Stephens, Clay City, November 9, 2000.
182. Told by Sally Collier, Lexington, November 8, 2000.
183. Written and submitted by Rebecca M. Mink, student at Alice Lloyd College, November 12, 2000.
184. Told by Edna Campbell to Kim Edwards, Lyon County, November 16, 2000.
185. Told by Sandra Lockhart to Kim Edwards, Lyon County, November 16, 2000.
186. Told by Janet Oldham Zarmbus, Versailles, November 11, 2000.
187. Provided in written format by Brenda Vance, Bath County resident, November 24, 2000.
188. Told by Dean Quinn, Columbia, November 28, 2000.
189. Told by Virginia Jewell and Lucille Owings to Violet Reid, Clinton, December 4, 2000.
190. Newspaper account from the Lexington Leader, p. 2, cols. 1-2, March 9, 1891. The subtitles read “The Commercial Gazette Finds More Ghosts in Lexington” and “An Interview With a Family That Claims to Have Lived in a Haunted House—A Blood Curdling Narrative.”
191. Newspaper account from the Lexington Leader, p. 5, cols. 1-2, February 2, 1891. The subtides read “Warranted to Make Your Hair Stand on End” and “The Commercial Gazette Tells of the Apparition that Compelled a Lexington Family to Leave for Another House.”
192. Newspaper account from the Lexington Leader, p. 1, col. 7, September 22, 1888. The subtitles read “Queer Spirits That Have Puzzled Lexington People” and “An Unceremonious Nocturnal Visitor that Removes Bed-Clothing from Sleeping Persons—A Musical Merchant’s Spirit Plays Airs on the Piano.”
193. Told by Karen and Steve Bridges, Woodbury, Butler County, to Bridgett Childers, December 12, 2000.
194. Story provided by Hunt-Morgan House, © 1998 Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation. A footnote to the story states the following: “Circumstantial evidence leads us to believe that the child in this story is Alec Forsythe, 1874-1879, son of ‘Kitty’ Morgan and her third husband, Alexander Forsythe. Dr. Forsythe died in 1875 and ‘Kitty’ returned to live with her mother, Henrietta Hunt Morgan, at Hopemont.”
Family Ghosts
1. Written by Laura Wellington, Louisville, January 21, 1989.
2. Told and written by Jacqueline Michelle Weissinger, Franklin, 1992.
3. Told by Elizabeth Harrington, Princeton, April 24, 1989.
4. Written by Amy Grace, Lincoln Elementary School, Franklin, 1992.
5. Written by Matt Martinez, North Hopkins High School, Madisonville, September 29,1993. The names Ken and Susan are pseudonyms.
6. Written by an unknown person; date also unknown.
7. Told by Bobby Runyon, Barren County, to Mike Brannik, Louisville, May 1972.
8. Told by Lois Osborne, Louisville, January 3, 1972. Folklife Archive, Kentucky Library, WKU, 1972-86.
9. Told by Golda Swain, Paintsville, May 21,1971. Text provided by Robert Rennick, January 1999.
10. Told by Elmer Hurt, Mt. Pisgah, Wayne County, July 15, 1975. Text provided by Robert Rennick, January 1999.
11. Written by the author on the basis of numerous versions heard across the years.
12. Told by Faye A. Perry to Sebrina Campbell, McCreary County, May 21, 1996. Published in Sara McNulty, If These Hills Could Talk (1996), p. 10.
13. Told by Jeremy Ray Logsdon, Munfordville, April 1999.
14. Real-life experience written by Fatima S. Atchley of Russell County, 1999.
15. Told by Tammy Taylor, McCreary County, May 19, 1996. Published in Sara McNulty, If These Hills Could Talk (1996), pp. 10-11.
16. Written and provided by Roberta Brown, writer and storyteller, Louisville, July 6, 1999.
17. Told by Marnie Dishman, Campbellsville, to Darrin Carnahan, April 10, 1989.
18. Written by Lisa Boarman, Owensboro, based on information provided by Patti McConnell, March 2, 1989.
19. Told by Margaret Cooper, Sturgis, to Laura Wellington, January 20, 1989.
20. Written by Elizabeth Harrington, Princeton, April 10, 1989.
21. Told by Gail McCann, Leitchfield, to Amy Spalding, April 4, 1989.
22. Told by Dana Vickery, Hodgenville, to Chris Daniels, April 3, 1989.
23. Told by Jana Wilson, Centertown, to Julie Cecil, March 22, 1989.
24. Written by Alica Carter, Burkesville, November 22, 1989.
25. Told by James Abbott, Jamestown, to Don McClure, April 2, 1989.
26. Told by unidentified woman, resident of London, to William Kenneth Baugh, date unknown.
27. Told by Mrs. Elmer Hester, Pike County, to Diana Hester, 1969. L. Roberts Collection, Southern Appalachian Archives, Berea College.
28. Told by Mrs. Cleo Teague Sanders, Sulphur, Henry County, to Sondra Staples, May 1959. L. Roberts Collection, Southern Appalachian Archives, Berea College.
29. Told by Mimma Nickles, Knott County, to Catherine Nickles, 1960. L. Roberts Collection, Southern Appalachian Archives, Berea College.
30. Told by Brenda Mitchell, McCreary County, May 1996. Published in Sara McNulty, If These Hills Could Talk (1996), p. 18.
31. Told by Mrs. Allied Blythe, Kettle, Cumberland County, to Judy Baise, February 26, 1972. Folklife Archive, Kentucky Library, WKU.
32. Told by Justyn Settles, Nicholasville, August 4, 1999.
33. Told by Carol White Harrison, Murray, November 5, 1999.
34. Told by Robin Torrian to Dana Phillips, Louisville, March 23, 1989.
35. Told by Laura Benson, Louisville, to Andrea Collin, c. 1992.
36. Told by Cathy Caldwell, Somerset, c. April 1989.
37. Written by Tracy Cothran Jordan and published as “Granny Hayden and the Ghost Star,” Between the Rivers, September 1998, pp. 16-17.
38. Written by Coy Owen, Henderson, November 15, 1999.
39. Told by Linda Cox, Cave City, to Louise Hellstrom, April 3, 1989.
40. Written by Donna Wilkerson, Franklin, 1992.
41. Told by Dana Thrasher to Andrea Collin, Louisville, April 5, 1989.
42. Told by James Pearson, Logan County, to Linda Crafton, April 1999.
43. Told by Melinda Mize, Shelbyville, to Joseph Metzger, April 12, year unknown.
44. Written by Jeremy Ray Logsdon, Munfordville, April 1999.
45. Told by Mrs. J.D. Turnipseed, Bowling Green, to Sue Wager, 1961.
46. Written by Paul Murray, Franklin, 1992.
47. Written by Jeremy R. Logsdon, Munfordville, April 1999.
48. Told by Mark Lindsey to Kevin Eans, 1989.
49. Told by Sally Brant, Crestwood, to Joseph Metzger, date unspecified.
50. Told by Ruth Colvin, Louisa, 1994.
51. Told by Tammy Burris, Glasgow, to Connie Reader, who provided the written account, December 1999.
52. Told by anonymous ninety-year-old woman, Ashland, June 22, 2000.
53. Told by J.R. Mondie, Russell Springs, June 27, 2000.
54. Written as a true experience by Angela R.S. Fulkerson, Upton, June 22, 2000.
55. Told by Rose Pell Henderson, age 96, Lewisport, to her cousin Earl Gregg Swem III, Louisville, May 28, 2000.
56. Recorded by John I. Sturgill, Floyd County, in the 1930s; obtained from William Lynwood Montell and Trudy R. Balcum, Kentucky Ghost and Witch Stories from the 1930s (Nashville: Express Media, 1997), pp. 77-78.
57. Told by Renee Bolen Kohlenberger, Aurora, to Carol White Harrison, Murray, January 10, 2000.
58. Told by Rusty Young, Sheperdsville, to Sherrie Mallicoat, April 2, 1989.
59. Told by Harold Embry and wife, Temple Hill, October 3, 2000.
60. Told by Harold Embry, Temple Hill, October 3, 2000.
61. Told as a Pendleton County incident by Carolyn Reid, Alexandria, October 22, 2000.
62. Told as a Pendleton County incident by Carolyn Reid, Alexandria, October 22, 2000.
63. Told by Irma Thomas, Morehead, November 1, 2000.
64. Told by Janet Meadows, Vanceburg, November 1, 2000.
65. Told by Gay Campbell, Campton, November 9, 200
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66. Told by Crystal Stephens, Clay City, November 9, 2000.
67. Told by Dean Quinn, Columbia, November 28, 2000.
Index to Stories by County
Adair: “The Ghost of Girl Buried Alive,”; “A Haunted House in Breeding,”
Allen: “The Cries of a Starving Baby,”; “An Encounter with the Supernatural,”; “Ghostly Noises and Other Things,”; “A Haunted Cellar,”; “Spirits, Spooks, and Ghostly Pool Players,”
Anderson: “The Woman Who Fought Off Indians in a Haunted House,”
Ballard: “Woman’s Ghost Seen on Porch,”
Barren: “Bloodstains on a Burial Dress,”; “The Ghost of a Murdered Woman,”; “The House on Black Hill Lane,”; “Mother’s Frequent Returns,”; “Mysterious Ghostly Noises,”; “Noises in the Kitchen,”; “The Old House near Temple Hill,”; “The Temple Hill Ghost House, Continued,”
Bath: “The Ghost of a Doctor Who Hanged Himself,”; “Ghostly Premonition,”; “Weird Happenings in an Owingsville House,”
Bell: “Strange Events at a Haunted House,”
Boyd: “The Ghost of a Previous Owner,”; “The Ghost of Representative Donald Farley,”; “A Little Girl’s Vision of Her Grandmother’s Ghost,”
Boyle: “I Was There,”; “Many Ghostly Experiences,”
Boone: “Unsettled Spirit,”
Bourbon: “Brutus and the Teen Square,”
Bracken: “The Little Girl in the Window,”
Breathitt: “A Haunted House in Breathitt,”
Breckinridge: “Eva Carrigan’s Ghostly House,”; “Footsteps and a Rattling Door,”; “Mysterious Knocks on the Door,”; “The Tapping Ghost,”
Bullitt: “Grandpa’s Ghost at the Window,”
Butler: “Grandfathers Protective Spirit,”; “A Haunted House in the South Hill Community,”; “Haunted Houses at Leonard Oak and Woodbury,”; “Little Girl’s Ghost in the Window,”; “Morgantown’s Woman in White,”; “The Old Lock-keeper’s House in Rochester,”; “Strange Happenings at Grandma’s House,”
Caldwell: “A Dead Mother’s Return,”; “The Disappearing Ghost,”; “Ghostly Footsteps,”; “A Haunted House near Princeton,”; “Mom,”
Calloway: “The Ghostly House in Brandon Springs,”
Campbell: “Afraid to Go Home,”; “Screams of Victims Dying in Flames,”
Carroll: “A Ghost’s Satisfaction with Her House’s New Owners,”; “Mysterious Happenings in an Old House,”; “Young’s Bed and Breakfast,”
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