Ghosts of the Bluegrass

Acknowledgments

In January 1977, we taught a short-term class together at Georgetown College on interviewing techniques, using ghost stories as the vehicle for students to use in the interviews. At the time, we never dreamed the news would spread, causing other folks to consider us the “ghost busters of Central Kentucky” and to contact us to tell their own ghost stories. We are truly grateful to all of these persons. They are not named here, for some sent their stories anonymously and others did not want to be identified with ghosts! We will identify and thank profusely those students enrolled in the class who braved the cold weather to collect the first stories that make up the nucleus of this collection. They are Belinda Rae Alexander , Martalea Allen, Meg Alloway, Deborah Kay Barnhill, Brenda Darlene Burns, Robert William Craig, David T. Gray, Tempa Harris, Esther Louise Houghton, Sharon Lee Kazee, James Ruben McIntyre, Judy Marlene Metcalfe, Frederick L. Moses, Martin R. Newberry, Pamela Sue Porter, Sara Carolyn Price, Peggy Ann Railey, Elaine Reynolds, David William Schiering, Howard Edwards Sellers III, Sheila Jo Short, Lisa Elizabeth Steely, and John Carroll Travis. Our appreciation also goes to Tim Anderson, who supplied valuable photography and computer know-how and took a number of the photos in this volume. Eric Fruge of Georgetown College came across the intriguing photos and information about the Mystic 13, a group of female students at Georgetown College who studied the occult around 1917. We thank him for sharing his findings with us. Acknowledgments Initial editing and advice from a librarian’s point of view were provided by Abigail Harris, who also gave valuable help in cutting down our verbiage. Mary McCormick aided us with her organizational skills and ability to keep details straight. We are grateful for their help in getting this collection into a manuscript form. A chance conversation at an art exhibit with Mack McCormick, publicity manager of the University Press of Kentucky (and no relation to James), in which the collection was mentioned, ultimately led to our submitting the manuscript to the Press. Laura Sutton, acquisitions editor at the Press, has provided us valuable advice and encouragement. Our appreciation is given to these and others at the University Press of Kentucky who have helped our project along. Last of all, but not least, we want to thank you, our readers, and we hope that these tales merit your approval. xii Acknowledgments ...