In this Book
- Ghosts across Kentucky
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: The University Press of Kentucky
"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
- Title page
- p. iii
- Copyright page
- p. iv
- Dedication
- p. v
- List of Illustrations
- p. viii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Introduction
- pp. xi-xxi
- 1. Graveyard Ghosts
- pp. 1-18
- 2. Disappearing Ghosts
- pp. 19-44
- 3. Ghostly, Unnatural Sounds
- pp. 45-61
- 4. Headless Ghosts
- pp. 62-72
- 5. Animal Ghosts
- pp. 73-94
- 6. Scary Tales
- pp. 95-117
- 7. Hanged or Murdered Persons' Ghosts
- pp. 118-154
- 8. Ghosts of Persons Killed Accidentally
- pp. 155-165
- 9. Ghosts of Suicide Victims
- pp. 166-172
- 10. Weird, Eerie, Ghostly Lights
- pp. 173-186
- 11. Haunted Spots on the Landscape
- pp. 187-209
- 12. The Vanishing Hitchhiker
- pp. 210-214
- 13. Felt Presences of Ghostly Beings
- pp. 215-219
- 14. Civil War Ghosts
- pp. 220-231
- Index to Counties
- pp. 252-255
- Index to Cities, Towns, and Other Locations
- pp. 256-258