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Appalachia has no shortage of murder ballads and murder tales.
And Appalachia certainly has no shortage of folklore dealing with "haints" and witches.
But sometimes all of it becomes so entangled that separating folklore from fact is almost impossible.
Why are so many Appalachian "witches" buried under strange "tent graves"?
Did the old-time communities of Middle Tennessee harbor secrets now lost in the mists of time?
Follow us into a dark, moss-covered tent grave cemetery to find out...
By Brian Halpin - Before We Were White4.8
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Appalachia has no shortage of murder ballads and murder tales.
And Appalachia certainly has no shortage of folklore dealing with "haints" and witches.
But sometimes all of it becomes so entangled that separating folklore from fact is almost impossible.
Why are so many Appalachian "witches" buried under strange "tent graves"?
Did the old-time communities of Middle Tennessee harbor secrets now lost in the mists of time?
Follow us into a dark, moss-covered tent grave cemetery to find out...

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