Category: Ghosts

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The Preacher and the Ghost Of The Blackwater Farmhouse

Venture with us into the stormy hills of Southwest Virginia, where a stop on a preacher’s journey brings him a ghostly plea for justice in this episode of MountainLore. As the heavens unleash a rainstorm, our man of God seeks refuge in an old farmhouse, rumored to be haunted by restless spirits. What follows is a night of eerie noises, spectral encounters, and a murder mystery that has lingered in tales from Blackwater for generations.    

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And as always…  

Sweet dreams, podcast listeners.

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The Haunted Tavern of the River’s Bend

On this ghostly journey through the heart of Appalachia, we recount the spine-tingling tale of two brothers, Jacob and Ritchie Vail, and their fateful encounter with a haunted tavern along the Ohio River. As the brothers seek lodging one night, they stumble upon a mysterious establishment with a dark past and an even darker presence lurking within its walls.

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Sweet dreams, podcast listeners.

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Old Richter’s Ghost

In this chilling episode of MountainLore, we delve deep into the eerie tales of western Pennsylvania as we recount a story that’s lingered in the whispers of the hills for over a century. We venture to a forsaken square frame house nestled in the mountains—a house that now stands forlorn, its glory days long past.  

In 1886, this house was abuzz with the life of woodsmen, but among them was an enigmatic old German man named Richter, whose past was as shadowy as the nights that terrorized him. His nightly wails and frantic cries for light painted a haunting picture that the woodsmen learned to endure as part of their stay.   Gather ’round as we unravel the tale of old Richter and his haunted. A tale that ensures the old farmhouse remains not just a structure, but a sentinel of the spectral legends of Appalachia.

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Until our next encounter…  

Sweet dreams, podcast listeners.

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The Tragedy of Octavia Hatcher

On May 2, 1891, Octavia Hatcher of Pikeville, Kentucky, died from a strange, new illness.

Well, no she didn’t, but nobody knew that at the time.

You see, that illness caused her to go into a coma so deep that doctors at the time assumed she was dead and pronounced her so. Then she was buried in a cemetery on a hill above Pikeville.

That is when the tragedy of this story begins.

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Sweet dreams, podcast listeners…

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A Ghostly Run of Likker

Many years ago, it’s said, a moonshiner running his still had a supernatural encounter that changed his life, another bit of MountainLore for you!

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Thanks for listening and for sharing our tales with your friends.

Til next time, sweet dreams, podcast listeners…

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Ghostly Redemption: A Coal Miner’s Tale

A tragic accident in the mines brings profound grief and anguish to a coal miner until one day, while working his shift, he finds the peace he had been missing for so long.

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Til next time, sweet dreams, podcast listeners…

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A Ghostly Reckoning

A tragic tale of two young women, best friends, who were divided by their desire for the attentions of a young man. Jealousy turned to murder which itself turned into the ghost story we have for you today.

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The House of the Vanishing Chains

We are back after a couple of weeks of being under the weather, but that time was put to good use in gathering up the story we have for you this week!

A home renovation project a hundred years ago went well, not disturbing the neighbors.

It did, however, disturb someone, or should we say, something else.

What that was and how it turned out is our story. Give us a listen…

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Sweet dreams, podcast listeners.

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The Haunted Door

Once upon a time an Appalachian preacher had a son who loved to swing back and forth on the front door of his farmhouse.

We’ll tell you the rest in today’s tale.

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Sweet dreams, podcast listeners…

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The Mysterious Ghost Rider of Southwest Virginia

Today’s story comes from a listener, who remembered the bare bones of this tale but not the entire story. We’ve taken that “ghost” of a story (about a ghost) and put together the tale you’ll hear in this episode.

It’s the story of the mysterious ghost rider of southwest Virginia, another tale from Appalachia.

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Sweet dreams, podcast listeners…

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