In Franklin County, Virginia, a man is buried along with all his money, apparently with the intent of paving his path to the afterlife with gold.
Only problem was that the money soon went missing, and therein lies our bit of MountainLore today!
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Sweet dreams, podcast listeners…
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One of life’s lessons is “respect your elders.” A lot of folks ignore that advice, earning them not much more than a scolding or a shake of the head from folks.
If the elder in question, though, has the power of witchcraft at their disposal, you’d best remember that life lesson…unless you want to reap some REAL consequences.
That’s the lesson of today’s tale.
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Sweet dreams, podcast listeners…
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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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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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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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There’s nothing like a rustic log cabin nestled in a picturesque Appalachian valley. Folks dream of having such a place in which to live.
What they don’t realize is that in some cases those dreams can become nightmares.
Today we tell that tale.
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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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During the Great Depression, times were hard. Many men were forced to take to the road to find any kind of work or handout they could get, just to survive. These men, or “hobos,” as they were called, road the rails across the country and were a common sight in Appalachia.
Today, in a repeat of a story we told in 2020, we again bring you the tale of a “hobo” ghost, still looking for a handout after crossing over to the great beyond.
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There’s an old story from the mountains of southwest Virginia about a witch named Bill Boggs. It was said that Boggs got his powers from a chestnut tree on top of a ridge, and around this tree was a zone of death in which no plant nor animal could live. One old farmer decided to rid that ridge of the cursed tree.
Things did not go well, at least not at first.
That, friends, is our story for today.
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Til next we meet, sweet dreams, podcast listeners…
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The Civil War came to East Tennessee in the form of Confederate raids against the mostly Union sympathizers who lived there. Today’s tale recounts a story told about one such raid which cost the life of a resident of Carter’s Valley.
His spirit demanded justice and got it…through his hand, brutally severed from his body by the Rebel raiders.
Today we tell that tale.
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Til next time, sweet dreams, podcast listeners…
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