This is the month for scary tales and the Appalachian History site will have a whole slew of tales for you, continuing weekdays throughout the month of October: 22 new pieces in all! Here’s more information about the event from Dave Tabler who runs Appalachian History.
“We’ve got an article by an author whose family’s in the railroad business: one of southwest Virginia’s N&W locomotives is infested by a banshee whose doings are so bizarre that engineers routinely tape a warning to the control console for the crew after them, so they won’t be unnerved while on duty. From Surry County, NC comes a thoughtful piece about the cemetery at Crooked Oak Primitive Baptist Church; this time of year, from the right angle, and in a certain kind light, folks see exactly what they expect to see. And a story that’s presented as fiction (I dearly hope it STAYS in that realm) begins as a grisly kidnapping/murder of Appalachian Trail hikers, but ends with zombies appearing on the ridge. Not your typical zombies though: this batch were first responders in life. They were the initial recipients given a vaccine to counteract a mysterious virus that had swept the land, and the vaccine was rushed into production. It didn’t work. Not only that, but now they’re zombies as a result!”
Whew that sounds like some scary stuff! My writing will also be part of the mix, albeit a little tamer than zombies and banshees 🙂
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Can’t wait for your story, Tipper. Mine led off the month, and I’ve been enjoying all the later contributions.
Bring it on! I love scary tales.
Love ghost stories–especially in October!
I’m with Ed on this. I like a little ‘soft’ mystery but seldom appreciate any horror grisly stuff – especially in my post retirement widowhood.
Really Enjoyed hearing your tales of life experiences when you were ‘interviewed’!
Does this mean that you will not be posting anything this month other than one scary story in Dave Tabler’s blog? I’m not really a reader of scary tales. The real world scares me enough without adding made up stuff.
Sounds eerily fun and entertaining! Gotta check it out. Have a restful weekend BP&A fam and prayers for Ken! I like scary but not too scary stuff! Lol
Well, over the years I have come to know of several violent deaths in the county where I grew up. There were shootouts, a hanging, car wrecks, a blasting accident, drownings, heat stroke (reportedly), being struck by a train, mine cave-ins, a mysterious fall off a cliff and house fires. Never heard of any of them resulting in a haunting. So far as I know, I’ve never seen anything from ‘the other side’. But then, maybe we wouldn’t know every time.