Classic ghost story from the master Ambrose Bierce.

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Performed by Robert Bethune and Susie Berneis of Freshwater Seas Audiobooks. Check their other audiobooks at www.freshwaterseas.com. Used by permission.

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Acclaimed Cajun storyteller JJ Reneaux spins this Cajun folktale of a beautiful bayou girl who marries the wrong man: M'Su Diable, the devil himself! How's she gonna get out of it?

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"Marie Jolie" was written and told by JJ Reneaux. Story provided courtesy of August House Publishers and JJ Reneaux.

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Uncover the chilling tale of a Kentucky Ghost Dog and its life-changing encounter with a coal miner. A haunting tale from Kentucky coal mining country.

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"The Black Dog" was written and told by Jim McAmis 

Audio Production: Henry Howard

Episode Photography: Courtesy of Gem Publications, Glen Jean, WV and the Appalachian Archive,Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College. Used by permission.

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Ghost story from Kentucky coal mining country about a miner's strange and life changing experience with a mysterious black dog.

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"The Black Dog" was written by Jim McAmis and Craig Dominey

Storyteller: Jim McAmis

Director: Craig Dominey

Audio Production: Henry Howard

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Two rednecks' lust for gold leads them straight up Georgia's haunted Sawnee Mountain, and into a horrifying encounter with an ancient mountain haunt.

Additional reading:

https://www.themoonlitroad.com/chief-sawnees-gold-sawnee-mountain-georgia/

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"Chief Sawnee's Gold" was written by Craig Dominey and Lanny Gilbert

Storyteller: Lanny Gilbert

Audio Production: Henry Howard

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Spooky Cajun ghost story about two boys' misadventures in a haunted Louisiana pumpkin patch one Halloween.

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"Patin's Punkin Patch" was written and told by Tom Coleman

Taken from the CD "A Tour of Southern Ghosts"

Copyright 2000 Art Station

Used by permission

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Georgia ghost story about the mysterious "Blue Girl" said to haunt the covered bridge at Poole's Mill Bridge Park.

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"The Blue Girl" was written by Lanny Gilbert and Craig Dominey

Storyteller: Lanny Gilbert

Director: Craig Dominey

Audio Production: Henry Howard

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Famous South Carolina ghost story of Alice Flagg of The Hermitage, a tragic spirit haunting coastal South Carolina's Grand Strand.

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"Alice" was written by Cathy Kaemmerlen and Craig Dominey

Director: Craig Dominey

Storyteller: Cathy Kaemmerlen

Audio Production: Henry Howard

Photograhy: Jon Kownacki

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Gullah folktale from coastal Georgia about a man who suspects his beautiful new bride might be a witch - the Boo Hag!

Additional Reading:

The Boo Hag on The Moonlit Road

Gullah Culture and Coastal Georgia Slavery

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"The Boo Hag" was written by Veronica Byrd and Craig Dominey

Storyteller: Veronica Byrd

Audio Production: Henry Howard

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Bizarre monster tale about a Georgia outdoosman who's attacked by a strange forest creature that only wants it's "Taily-Po."

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"Taily-Po" was written and told by Veronica Byrd

Audio Production: Henry Howard

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