Acknowledgments

In compiling this collection of ghost stories from 103 counties across the Commonwealth, I was assisted by many people. I owe heartfelt thanks to students of all ages from middle schools, high schools, colleges, and universities around the state. Special thanks are hereby extended to students, professors, and archivists at Berea College, Mount St. Joseph Archives, Murray State University (MSU), Prestonsburg Community College, and Western Kentucky University (WKU). Approximately three-fourths of the ghost stories herein were contributed by students of all ages who obtained them from parents, grandparents, and community members, especially members of the older generations. I am also deeply indebted to all persons who told these stories to students or to me personally as I traveled around the state searching for these wonderful accounts. When the person who told a particular story is identified on the archival manuscript, he or she, along with the collector, is credited for providing it.

Singular gratitude for supplying these fascinating accounts of Kentucky’s supernatural entities is due to Roberta Simpson Brown (author), Sister Emma C. Busam (archivist), Judy Hensley Bryson (teacher), Myra Burnette, Connie Carroll (Eastern Kentucky University [EKU]), Ruth Colvin, Elbert Cundiff, Joan Diersing, Mary Ann Gentry (writer), Kay Harbison (teacher), Carol White Harrison, Pat Hodges (Kentucky Library, WKU), Jan Jakeman (writer, photographer), Dr. Loyal Jones (Berea College; writer, speaker), Tracy Jordan (journalist), Stan LeMaster (journalist), Sara McNulty, Kevin McQueen (teacher, EKU), Stacey Manning (journalist), Linda Montell (wife), Linda Nance (teacher), Melinda Overstreet (journalist), Margaret Jean Owens, Debora Reece, Robert Renick (Prestonsburg Community College), Harry Rice (archivist, Berea College), Gerald Roberts (Special Collections, Berea College), Danielle Roemer (teacher, Northern Kentucky University [NKU]),Missy Rogers (journalist), Ginny Snipp, John A. Stegall, Frankie Stone (Kentucky Library, WKU), Michael D. West, and to all other persons who told or recorded one or more of the stories.