Spooky North Carolina: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore - Paperback

The spirit of a railroad flagman shines his lantern along the tracks near Maco, where he lost his head in a train accident. The ghost of a girl haunts the grave robbers who stole her corpse to use in a college medical department. And in a swamp outside Smithfield, a grisly mass hanging is re-created on dark nights. All this and much more!

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[Reading line} Spooky Happenings Throughout North Carolina Pull up a chair or gather 'round the campfire and get ready for thirty-three creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences from times past! North Carolina folklore traditions are kept alive in these expert retellings by master storyteller S. E. Schlosser and through artist Paul G. Hoffman's evocative illustrations. You'll meet ghosts and witches, hear things that go bump in the night, and feel an icy wind on the back of your neck on a warm summer evening. The stories in this entertaining and compelling collection will have you looking over your shoulder again and again.