Sometime Between Dusk and Dawn Ghost Stories

Today’s story is Thump. A rivalry for a woman between two young men living along Big Run turns bitter and ends in a ghastly deed and a ghost that comes with an eerie thumping noise.

There is more than just this podcast. You can buy my book series on Amazon and in bookstores including this bit of lore which comes from the second book of my West Virginia Ghost story series: Ghost Stories, Legends, Haunts, and Folklore of West Virginia.

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Today’s story is Betty Knox and the Calling Ghost.  When a reclusive farmer disappeared in the late 1700s, travelers on the isolated trails where she once drove her old ox heard strange noises and calls in a certain deep pocket of woods along Dunbar Creek. And I heard them too-

You can find this story in my Pennsylvania book series on Amazon and in bookstores— Pennsylvania Ghosts and Haunts: West Pennsylvania

If you like Pennsylvania ghost stories, I also have a book on Gettysburg Ghosts- Little Book of Gettysburg Ghosts

You can also subscribe to my channel on YouTube—

You can take your chances and search out this legend. Betty Knox (Knocks) Road is in Pennsylvania State Gamelands Number 51. I parked on Betty Knocks Road about 600 feet from where it intersects with Tucker Run Road and crosses Dunbar Creek. Then I hiked from there. . .

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Today’s story is about Hangman’s Hollow in the city of Hamilton—Butler County, Ohio. When four boys sneak off on an adventure to see the Butler County fair back in the mid-1800s, they hap upon a ghastly sight in the most dreaded of places, Hangman’s Hollow.

You can buy my book series on Amazon and in bookstores, including this bit of lore which comes from my book—Ohio Ghost stories and Spooky Legends, the Classics.

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You can take a drive by the old Hangman’s hollow. It is about .4 miles from the intersection of Hamilton Richmond, Gardner, and Old Oxford Roads in Hamilton, Ohio

This is the Legend of Screaming Jenny told by author Jannette Quackenbush. In the historic town of Harpers Ferry in West Virginia, an old woman haunted the railway, startling engineers who drove along the tracks. You can find this ghost story and others in my first West Virginia ghost book West Virginia Ghost Stories, Legends, and Haunts.

Visiting Harpers Ferry? Stop in at the Vintage Lady – Gift Shop owned by Cindi Parsons Dunn who carries my books.

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Visit Harpers Ferry and listen to Rick Garland who provides ghost story tours (no investigations) of Harpers Ferry. Oh Be Joyful Ghost tours - https://obejoyfull.com/

Steam train: Zozzy

A unique legend comes from Pleasants County’s Mount Welcome Cemetery about how a mother’s love for a child goes far beyond the mortal world. I visited Ikie’s Tomb on a Memorial Day not long in the past. And here is Ikie’s story-

I hope you enjoyed this episode about Ikie’s Tomb. You can find this legend and many more in my book West Virginia Ghost Stories: The Classics, one of twenty of my ghostly books and guides.

You can also view it on YouTube-Ikie's Tomb

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Today’s story is the Pale Lady of Ash Cave. For years, hikers at Hocking Hills State Park’s Ash Cave have been startled by a ghostly, pale woman walking the trail before she suddenly vanishes. But unlike most, this curious ghost isn’t reluctant to show herself to just lone hikers. . .

You can buy my book series on Amazon and in local bookstores like Grandma Fayes at Old Man's Cave, Hocking Hills KOA, and Tree House Treats and Treasures including this bit of lore which comes from Haunted Hocking – A Ghost Hunters Guide to the Hocking Hills.

A special thanks to Pat Quackenbush for his story.

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Today’s story is the legend of White Lady Point in Scioto County, Ohio. For over a hundred years, Ohio River boaters passing by Alexandria Point, at an early settlement in what is now Portsmouth, have seen a ghastly, ghostly woman standing atop the rise with mouth gaping wide and hear her shrill frantic screams for help. You can find this ghost story and others on Amazon and in bookstores including this bit of lore which comes from my Ohio Ghost Hunter Guide II: Ghost Stories. Haunted Hikes.

Want to visit the site:

Alexandria Point

110 Scioto St, Portsmouth, OH 45662

38.731198, -83.011220

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Today’s story is That’s Mine. Many ghosts haunt the mining and railway ghost town of Moonville in southeastern Ohio. One was a brakeman with a fondness for whiskey but a foolish approach to finding a bed to sleep in after he got drunk.

Welcome to Sometime Between Dusk and Dawn Ghost Stories. This episode is written and produced by me, Jannette Quackenbush, with folklore drawn from many resources, including early interviews of community members by Bill Price, Ohio’s First state park chief naturalist, and my interviews of a few locals from Zaleski who I’ve met over the years.

There is more than just this podcast. You can buy my book series on Amazon and in bookstores like Grandma Fayes, Tree House Treats and Treasures, Hocking Hills KOA including this bit of lore from my book: Moonville. Its Past Its Ghosts. Its Legends.

Find more information on: Moonvilletunnel.net

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It was once called the Lost Cemetery, but when it was found, all sorts of bad things began to happen to those who did not respect the ones buried within. Find out more about the Witch’s Grave deep in the forest of West Branch State Park in Ohio.  You can find this story, Witch’s Grave at Lost Cemetery, and GPS to find it in the book Ohio Ghost Stories and Spooky Legends: The Classics by Jannette Quackenbush

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Today’s story is The Half-Calf Shade of Still House Hollow, a folktale that began after the murder of a traveler on old Foglesong Road, now Stringtown Road, in Lancaster, Ohio. 

There is more than just this podcast. You can buy my book series on Amazon and find them in other bookstores, including Haunted Hocking a Ghost Hunters Guide to the Hocking Hills where this one is retold.

I hope you enjoyed 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.

This episode is written and produced by me, Jannette Quackenbush with folklore pulled from many resources, including: A Ghost Story from the Vancouver Independent on April 21, 1881

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