Sometime Between Dusk and Dawn Ghost Stories

The Story of the Telltale Lilac Bush- An Old-time Favorite - One of the most beloved folklore stories of West Virginia, the Telltale Lilac Bush, was brought to life by Ruth Ann Musick via Keith Ketchem, as given to him by Mrs. Sarah Dadisman of Union in Barbour County. 

West Virginia Ghost Stories, The Classics: 

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The great sound of shoveling

Story originally told in: The Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales by Ruth Ann Musick | Dec 31, 1965

An old cabin is tucked into the trees just outside a small college town in Nelsonville that has a ghost that just will not give up its home. And you can visit it.

You can find the story in this book:

Ohio Ghost Hunter Guide of the Hocking Hills: Ghost Stories. Haunted Hikes. (https://www.amazon.com/Haunted-Hocking-Ghost-Hunters-beyond/dp/194008704X/)

You may be able to see the ghost and perhaps others from the region. On Friday and Saturday, October 15th and 16th, 2021, Hocking College is featuring special ghostly tours of the Haunted Robbins Crossing Village from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., with guided walk-throughs showing some of the most frightening lore in the area. There is a small fee. Robbins Crossing Historical Village 3301 Hocking Pkwy Southeast Intersection by Loop Rd, Hocking Pkwy, Nelsonville, OH 45764

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I found an old ghost town cemetery along the New River in West Virginia hidden in the forest and on an island. If you hike the Southside Trail, you may be able to discover it too.

You can get a glimpse of the island on my YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/0WQC9vzoju8

You can hike the southside trail:

Here is the parking:

Brooklyn Campground

Southside Trail, Fayetteville, WV 25840

37.984211, -81.028046

Coordinates for the cemetery and remember, it may be surrounded by water much of the year (there is a rugged trail near Red Ash by a creek crossing the trail): https://goo.gl/maps/qkCNVFgWGzewrKxa7  and more info: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2512274/red-ash-island-cemetery

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And the baby’s cry on the podcast was not exactly what I heard, but close and from FascinatedSound

Screech Owl: mael46

Today’s story is The Sordid Tale of Etienne Deschamps. In 1889, a deranged dentist living in New Orleans committed a heinous crime which left a ghost still wandering the rooms of the building where a murder took place.

There is more than just this podcast. You can buy my book series on Amazon and in bookstores, including this bit of lore that comes from my book, Ghost Stories and Folk Tales of New Orleans

Former Old Coffeepot Restaurant 714 St Peter Street New Orleans La

Citations:

-Gumbo Ya-Ya: A Collection of Louisiana Folk Tales by Robert Tallant, Lyle Saxon, et al.

-Deschamps Dead. The Times-Picayune May 14, 1892.

-Old Coffeepot restaurant - New Orleans, LA (The evil dentist awaits). (n.d.). Retrieved from hatednation.blogspot.com/2016/09/old-coffepot-restaurant-new-orleans-la.html

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Today’s story is about the Wampus Cat, a mysterious wild thing as fearsome as a cougar and as frightening as a phantom. This half-human and half-wildcat haunts the mountains of West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and perhaps, even Ohio. And its story comes in many forms . . .

I hope you enjoy this episode of Sometime Between Dusk and Dawn Ghost Stories. If you like it, please pass it along. And most of all, I hope I helped you find your scary place sometime between dusk and dawn.

Monsters, Cryptids, and Mysterious Wild Beasts: West Virginia, Ohio, Maryland and Beyond. and Where to Find Them-https://amazon.com/Monsters-Cryptids-Mysterious-Wild-Beasts/dp/1940087384/

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A Legend comes from the tiny Mt Olive cemetery outside Mansfield, Ohio, where a Bloody Mary legend was born beneath the boughs of an ancient pine.

You can find this story in my book and buy the book series on Amazon and in bookstores, including this bit of lore from my Ohio Ghost Guide 5- 

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Those prisoners who once called the jailed cells of this West Virginia Penitentiary home may have left many ghosts in their path even before finding themselves imprisoned there. But what comes around, goes around; some of those same inmates have become ghouls themselves and haunt the cells and hallways they once trod in life. Just ask the local tour guides during the historical and paranormal tours at West Virginia Penitentiary Paracon coming up on September 11, 2021, during the seasonal haunted tours offered later in the year . . . or go and discover one yourself.

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Or read this story and others in West Virginia Ghost Stories, Legends, and Haunts (https:// amazon.com/gp/bookseries/B07GTV9T4K)

Paracon occurs in September of each year in Moundsville- 818 Jefferson Avenue, Moundsville WV 26041

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Today’s tale is Dancing Octoroon Mistress of New Orleans. On windy and cold December nights, a bare, wraithlike form gyrates and whips about frantically on top of a brick building on Royal Street. Its story comes from long ago and centers around the ill-fated devotion of a young mistress for her callous lover.

The house of the octoroon mistress is 734 Royal Street in New Orleans. 

You can find my book series on Amazon and in local bookstores, including this bit of lore that comes from my book Ghost Stories and Folk Tales of New Orleans that has addresses/GPS so you can see the haunted homes, streets, and other locations. https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Stories-Folk.../dp/1940087465 which also has a ghostly walking tour map of the city, the most beloved legends and ghost stories, and information about the haunted cemeteries.

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Today’s story is Stumpy. Many years ago, a doctor in a small Ohio town was awakened past nightfall by persistent knocks upon his door, and as he called upon a patient, the man would come face to face with a phantom.

Buy the book with Stumpy’s story in it: Ohio Ghost Hunter Guide V! https://amazon.com/Ohio-Ghost-Hunter-Guide-Haunted/dp/1940087082/

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A ghoulish legend comes from a place just a little southwest of Columbus, Ohio of murder and madness and a place called Woolly Booger Cemetery. This comes from my Ohio Ghost Hunter Guide III, by Jannette Quackenbush.

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Or read it in my Ohio Ghost Guide III- https://www.amazon.com/Ohio-Ghost-Hunter-Guide-III/dp/1940087066

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