MountainLore

Today we tell a Jack tale about Jack and his most unusual true love, who he found during one of his countless adventures in Appalachia.

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As always, sweet dreams, podcast listeners…

Today we tell a Jack tale about Jack and his most unusual true love, who he found during one of his countless adventures in Appalachia.

Thanks for listening and for sharing our podcast worldwide!

Be sure to subscribe to MountainLore wherever you get your podcasts...

As always, sweet dreams, podcast listeners...

A sailor retired to the Bull Run Mountains, part of the Blue Ridge, in Virginia. With him, the sailor brought many exotic and unusual things and people from far-distant parts of the world.

He also, it was said, brought some unusual and odd beliefs as well.

What happened to this sailor after his life on this earth was done is our tale today.

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We are back from Christmas break with a new bit of folklore for you!

If you're in the Asheville, North Carolina, area when it snows, look up at nearby Mr. Pisgah. There you'll see what looks like the image of a man and a woman, known locally as the bride and the groom.

That name comes from an old folklore told in that part of North Carolina for years; today, we'll share that tale with you.

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Today we tell about the legend of Spearfinger, or U'tlun'ta, the Cherokee witch whose diet included something very, very bad.

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We're on Facebook and Twitter @myappalachia and on Mastodon @[email protected]

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What happens if that bargain you got at a yard sale turns out to be occupied by the ghost of a person who happens to be experiencing the horrors it saw right before death?

That's our tale today.

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Sweet dreams, podcast listeners.

We're back after the Thanksgiving holidays, ready to head on into the Christmas season.

Speaking of Christmas...

Did you know that Christmas has a dark side? It does, at least in some parts of not just Appalachia but around the world, in the form of a shaggy, horned man-goat named Krampus!

Merry Christmas...and, uh, sweet Christmas dreams, y'all!

Today we tell a traditional "talking animals" story, about Dog, Cat, Jackass, and, ummm, Rooster....enjoy!

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Thanks for listening...sweet dreams, podcast listeners...

Many years ago, it's said, a young woman met and fell in love with a strange, hairy creature in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Today we tell the tale of Annie and the Boojum, Appalachia's own tale of Beauty and the Beast.

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In the fall of 1966 several men digging a grave in a town in West Virginia first spotted a strange being with wings and red, glowing eyes. Over the next year many folks in the state reported seeing the same mysterious creature.

Today we tell the tale of Appalachia's most famous cryptid: the Mothman.

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