Shadows and cypress : southern ghost stories / Alan Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Alan, 1950 January 12-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ghosts--Southern States.

Ghosts.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 199 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jackson, Miss. : University Press of Mississippi, [2000]

Summary:

In this Dixie seance of the most frightening ghost tales from each of the Southern's states, a folklorist presents a variety of classic and contemporary stories--ranging from Revolutionary War events to cars parked on lovers lane--exactly as they were recorded. Bibliography. Index.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Alabama

1. The Music Critic 3

2. The Boyington Oak 5

3. The Ghost in Webb Hall 5

4. Ghost Child 6

5. The Head of the School 7

6. Leehaven 8

7. Haunted Homestead 9

8. The Vandergrath House 10

9. Ginseng Angel 11

10. The Ghostly Noise 12

11. The Ghostly Voice 13

12. Miss Farris's Ghost 14

13. The Ghost in the Library 15

14. The Haunted Shack 16

15. The Beavers' House 17

16. Bill Sketoe 19

Chapter 2. Arkansas

17. Yellow Eyes 21

18. Death Omens 22

19. Ghost Lights 22

20. The Negro Soldier (WPA) 23

21. Night Visitor (WPA) 24

22. Ghostly Playmate (WPA) 24

23. Zeb's Ghost (WPA) 25

24. The Angry Spirit (WPA) 25

25. Spectrial Escort (WPA) 26

26. The Cattle Rustlers and the Lady (WPA) 26

27. Ghostly Church Service (WPA) 27

28. Hungry Ghosts (WPA) 27

29. The Dancing Spirits (WPA) 28

30. The Newton Place (WPA) 28

31. Buck's Visitation (WPA) 29

32. The Haunted Bed (WPA) 30

33. Skeleton Hollow (WPA) 31

Chapter 3. Florida

34. The Fisherman's Ghost 33

35. The Glowing Eyes 34

36. Old Joe 35

37. The Haunted Condo 36

38. The Haunted Dorm 36

39. Ghost Story 36

40. The House on Otter Creek 37

41. Grandma's House 38

42. The Rocking Chair 39

43. Lady in the Recliner 39

44. The Will-o'-the-Wisp (WPA) 40

45. Kunjered Nigger (WPA) 40

46. Bottled Magic (WPA) 41

Chapter 4. Georgia

47. The Haunted Fraternity House 42

48. Ghost Horse (WPA) 42

49. Ghost Dog (WPA) 43

50. The Man in the Field (WPA) 43

51. Julianna's Spirit (WPA) 44

52. The Good-Time Gal (WPA) 45

53. The Ghostly Banjo Player (WPA) 46

54. The Ghost in the Well (WPA) 47

55. The Spectral Cow (WPA) 49

56. The Beckoning Spirit (WPA) 49

57. The Rejected Lover (WPA) 50

58. Let de Whiskey Alone (WPA) 51

59. Haunted Orphanage (WPA) 52

60. The Weaver Woman's Return (WPA) 53

61. Road Ghosts (WPA) 54

Chapter 5. Kentucky

62. The Witch's Curse 55

63. Headless Husband 56

64. The Ghost of Van Meter 56

65. Parked Lovers' Story 57

66. Liver for Supper 58

67. The Ghost of Iroquois Park 59

68. The Ghost of Potter Hall 59

69. The Unseen Feeling 60

70. Dog Ghost 61

71. The Haunted Rock 61

72. The Face on the Window 62

73. Butcher-Knife Jane 62

74. The Screaming Woman 63

75. The Legend of Doc Wright 63

76. The Light on the Road 64

77. The Peddler's Ghost 65

78. The Thing on the Road 65

79. The Visitor in the Kitchen 66

Chapter 6. Louisiana

80. T-Frere 68

81. The Ruga-Rue 69

82. The Fifolet 70

83. The Spectral Card Game 70

84. Ghost in the Black Robe 71

85. Ghostly Footsteps 72

86. Screams in the Woods 73

87. The Lalaurie House 73

88. The Octoroon Girl 74

89. The Beauregard-Keyes House 75

90. The Sultan's House 75

91. St. Louis Cathedral 76

92. The Glowing Tombstone 76

93. Graveyard Dare (WPA) 77

Chapter 7. Mississippi

94. Stuckey Bridge 78

95. Missouri Larkin 79

96. Ghost Possum 79

97. The Critter on the Church 80

98. The White Wolf 81

99. The Haunted Nursing Home 81

100. The Old Shelton House 82

101. Phantom Hitchhiker 83

102. Midnight Visitor 84

103. Old Mossback 84

104. The Golden Arm 85

105. The Grand Opera House 86

106. The Headless Haint 87

107. The Haunted Apartment 88

108. The Ghosts of Merrehope 89

109. The Ghost of City Hall 93

110. The F. W. Williams House 94

Chapter 8. North Carolina

111. Uncle Isum's Treasure 95

112. Helen Mountain 97

113. Chanteloupe 97

114. The Brown Mountain Lights 98

115. The Paul Green Theater 98

116. The Devil's Tramping Ground 99

117. The Devil's Chains (WPA) 99

118. The Ghost from the Revolution (WPA) 100

119. Ghost of Black Beard (WPA) 100

120. A True Ghost Story (WPA) 102

121. The Headless Horse (WPA) 103

122. A Haunted House (WPA) 103

123. The Lady of the Rose Garden (WPA) 104

124. The Legend of the Spinning Wheel (WPA) 104

125. Hospital Ghosts (WPA) 105

Chapter 9. South Carolina

126. The Gray Man 106

127. The Phantom Coachman 106

128. The Vanishing Hitchhiker 107

129. Land's End 108

130. Ad's Plat-Eye (WPA) 108

131. The Sulphur Ring (WPA) 110

132. Hants and Ghosts (WPA) 110

133. The Haunting at Hull Street (WPA) 111

134. Where Are You Going? (WPA) 111

135. Tokened (WPA) 112

136. A Tormented Man (WPA) 112

137. The Lady of the River (WPA) 113

138. The Tall Ghost (WPA) 114

139. Spectral Hammering (WPA) 114

140. Will-o'-the-wisp (WPA) 115

141. Aunt Martha's Hant (WPA) 115

Chapter 10. Tennessee

142. The Orpheum Theater 117

143. The Ghost of Walker's Valley 117

144. Ghostly Cries 118

145. The Hermit of Lumber Ridge 119

146. The White Dove 120

147. The Haunted Cave 121

148. The Bell Witch 121

149. The Mysterious Church House (WPA) 122

150. The Ghost of Coal Creek (WPA) 122

151. The Headless Horror (WPA) 123

152. The Bird-Man (WPA) 124

153. The Haunted Cave (WPA) 125

154. The Woman in Black (WPA) 125

155. The Ghost of Mollie Woodruff 126

156. A Ghost in the House 127

157. The Houston House (WPA) 127

Chapter 11. Texas

158. Aunt Neale and the Ghost 129

159. Sarah Jane Lane 131

160. The Abandoned Cemetery 132

161. Spirit Warnings (WPA) 132

162. The Ghost of Gregorio Hernandez (WPA) 133

163. The House with a Secret (WPA) 134

164. The Dead Woman's Return (WPA) 135

165. The Harold House (WPA) 136

166. The Haunted Hunter (WPA) 137

167. The Ball of Fire (WPA) 137

168. Halloween Madness (WPA) 139

169. Fisherman's Surprise (WPA) 139

170. The House of Gregorio Hernandez (WPA) 140

171. The Groaning Cemetery (WPA) 140

172. The Woman at the Fence (WPA) 141

Chapter 12. Virginia

173. A Rude Awakening 143

174. Walking Ghost 143

175. A Night in a Haunted House (WPA) 144

176. The Headless Man on Birchfield Road (WPA) 145

177. The Ghost That Scratches in the Ashes (WPA) 146

178. Light Around the Corner (WPA) 147

179. The Haunted Spinning Wheel (WPA) 147

180. Quilt-Pulling Ghost (WPA) 149

181. A True Story of a Haunted House (WPA) 150

182. The Haunted Rifle (WPA) 151

183. The Headless Teamster (WPA) 152

184. The Haunted Maple (WPA) 152

185. The Ghost of Dug Hill (WPA) 153

186. Haunt Tale (WPA) 154

187. Knocking Spirit (WPA) 154.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-193) and index.

ISBN:

1578062705

1578062713

OCLC:

43333589