Notes
Haunted Houses
1. Told by George Boone and Joy Bale Boone, writers, Elkton, October 28, 1992.
2. Account provided by Janet Meadows, Vanceburg, November 1, 2000.
3. Information extracted from article by Connie Carroll, published in Student Life. EKU Archives.
4. Written by Ruth Y. Colvin, Louisa, 1994.
5. Written by Kimberly Colvin Thomas, Paintsville, January 15, 1999.
6. Gleaned from an article written by Lisa Rose and published in The Eastern Progress, October 31, 1985, p. B-l. EKU Archives. Copy provided by Attorney David Jones.
7. Told by Elbert G. Cundiff, Irvington, November 1, 1997.
8. Written by Margaret Jean Owens, edited by Charles Reed Mitchell, and published in the Knox Countian (fall 1996), issued by the Knox County Historical Museum. The paragraphs about the two sisters locking themselves in the bedroom and the Shadle Funeral Home, written by Owens and Mitchell, were abstracted from the fall 1966 issue of the Knox Countian.
9. Told by Elbert G. Cundiff, Irvington, November 7,1997.
10. This version was written on the basis of information provided across the years by Mary Watts Brown, Molly Tuttle, Jim Crestman, Robert Norman, and journalists Barbara Isaacs’s and Bruce Schreiners individual 1992 and 1993 articles in the Lexington Herald Leader.
11. This account was based on information provided in feature stories published in the Richmond Register by Maryleigh Bucher, October 27,1984; Jim Warren, October 30, 1984; Carolyn Siegel, October 25, 1989; and Rebecca Mullins, October 4,1993. Certain items of information were provided by Kevin McQueen, professor at EKU
12. Told by Angela R.S. Fulkerson, Upton, June 22, 2000.
13. Told by Lindsay Graham, Woodbury, 1997.
14. Written by Angela R.S. Fulkerson, Upton, June 22, 2000.
15. Told by Mrs. Lewis Good, Hopkins County, 1950. Folklife Archive, Kentucky Library, WKU
16. Told by Mrs. Trentice Head, Lewisburg, to Mary DeShazer, Russellville, 1970. Folklife Archive, Kentucky Library, WKU, 1970-60.
17. Excerpted from “Lexington Lore,” Louisville Courier-Journal, August 31,1884. Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives; copy provided by Bill Dozier, Richmond.
18. Verbatim account as written by Missy Rogers and published in the Anderson News, Lawrenceburg, October 27,1999, p. 1.
19. Written by Jeanine Scott, Paris; provided by Beula Fraley, Paris, August 2,2000.
20. Written by Stacey S. Manning and published in the Kentucky Standard, Bardstown, October 25,1999, pp. Al, A14.
21. Told by Margaret Schwartz, Henderson, 1957. Folklife Archive, Kentucky Library, WKU.
22. Told by Lynn Feese, Glasgow, to Kim Harrison, Glasgow, 1989.
23. Written and provided by Wade White, Lyon County, October 2000.
24. Told by Milton and Sherry Dale, West Point, November 30, 2000.
25. Told by Judy Boarman, Owensboro, to Lisa Boarman, February 18, 1989.
26. Provided in written format by Davis Lee Huston IV, Bloomfield, November 23, 2000.
27. Told by Mike Humphrey of Green County, to Aaron Clark, April 4, 1989.
28. Told by Karen Bartlett, address unknown, to Alice Jackson, Browder, 1972. Folklife Archive, Ky. Library, WKU, 1972.
29. Told by Ralph Dorris of Daviess County, to Jim Clark, 1969. This story was later published in Stan Lemaster, Authentic Kentucky Ghost Stories (Owensboro: privately published, 1970), p. 15. Folklife Archive, Kentucky Library, WKU, 1971.
30. Told by Bruce Hayes, Campbellsville, to John Mark Carter, 1960. Folklife Archive, Kentucky Library, WKU, 1970.
31. Told by Sandra Lockhart to Kim Edwards, Lyon County, November 11, 2000.
32. Told by M.K. Hendrick, Hardinsburg, to Mary Gail Abell, 1977. Folklife Archive, Kentucky Library, WKU, 1977-40.
33. Told by Elaine Faulkner, Versailles, to Becky Toomey, April 3, 1989.
34. Told by Mrs. Lewis Good, Hopkins County, 1950. Folklife Archive, Kentucky Library, WKU.
35. Initially published in Stan Lemaster, Authentic Kentucky Ghost Stories, p. 6.
36. Told by John Lam, Madisonville, to Amber Rash, 1993, as a personal experience account.
37. Told by James H. Young, Metcalfe County, July 6, 1999.
38. Told by Lauren Matthews, November 9, 1988.
39. Story provided by Judy Hensley Bryson, teacher at Wallins Creek El- ementary School, Harlan County, September 1997.
40. Story provided by Dale Kessler, Munfordville, October 21, 1995.
41. Told by Elvin Byrd, Albany, to M.B. Byrd, 1974. Folklife Archive, Kentucky Library, WKU, 1974-89.
42. Told by Florence Campbell, Jamestown, to Denishia Miller, September 23, 1972. Folklife Archive, Kentucky Library, WKU, 1972-388.
43. Told by Marida A. Winters, Morehead, November 12, 2000.
44. Told by Beverly Haworth, Frankfort, to Molly Tuttle.
45. Told by James H. Young, Metcalfe County, July 6, 1999.
46. Told by Howard Poindexter, Bowling Green, to Karen Poindexter, December 16, 1985. Folklife Archive, Kentucky Library, WKU.
47. Recorded in the 1930s by Laurel County resident Perry Larkey, who was a member of the Federal Writer s Project at that time. Archives, Kentucky Historical Library, Frankfort.
48. Told by Samuel W. Moore, Greensburg, to Mrs. Terry Mills, 1972. Folklife Archive, Kentucky Library, WKU, 1972-471.
49. Written by Allison Wheeley, Woodburn, 1995.
50. Told by Daisy Lytle, Rochester, Butler County, to Deanna Drake, December 4, 1978. Folklife Archive, Kentucky Library, WKU, 1979-18. Although not quoted in the present account, a feature story about the Lytle House, by Judy Jenkins, was published in the Henderson Gleaner, October 26, 1978.
51. Told by Nadine West, Morgantown, February 18, 1999.
52. Told by Elizabeth Hall, Monroe County native, February 25, 1999.
53. Told by Diane Smith, Somerset, March 31, 1999.
54. Told by Darlene Carter, Tompkinsville, 1962.
55. Told by Scott McDonald, April 23, 1987.
56. Written by Roberta Simpson Brown and published in the Louisville magazine, October 1998, p. 54.
57. Written by Roberta Simpson Brown and published in the Louisville magazine, October 1998, pp. 56-57.
58. Told by Stacy Criss to Sherrie Mallicoat, both of Union, Boone County, April 1989.
59. Told by Josh Riley, Princeton, to Elizabeth Harrington, April 7, 1989.
60. Source unknown; recorded by Elizabeth Ballard, Bedford, Kentucky; date unknown.
61. Told by Ashlee Hobgood to Linda Nance, teacher at North Hopkins High School, Madisonville, 1993.
62. Told by Sharon Vincent, Hopkinsville, April 25, 1999.
63. Told by Mrs. Sam Dizney, Wilmore, to Paul K. Lane. Initially published in the Kentucky Folklore Record 10, no. 2 (April-June 1964): 29-31.
64. Told by Christina Gregory, Franklin, April 1992.
65. Told by Joan Roberts, Philpot, as learned from her mother. The story was written by Mason Smith and published in the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer, October 30,1980, p. Dl. A slightly different version of the same story was written by Bill Osinski and published in the Louisville Courier-Journal, October 31, 1979.
66. Told by Elbert Cundiff, Irvington, November 7, 1997.
67. Told by John Frederick Young, Metcalfe County, July 6, 1999.
68. Told by Delpha Langdon, Whitley County, 1957. L. Roberts Collection, Southern Appalachian Archives, Berea College.
69. Told by the mother of Leota F. Sherman, Morgan County, 1960. L. Roberts Collection, Southern Appalachian Archives, Berea College.
70. Told by Mrs. Wilma Miracle, Knox County, 1956. L. Roberts Collection, Southern Appalachian Archives, Berea College.
71. Told by Beatrice Lowe, who learned it from her grandmother (b. 1839), to Loretta Hobbs, Greenup County, 1959. L. Roberts Collection, Southern Appalachian Archives, Berea College.
72. Told by Edith Buckley, Pike County, to Orethia Miller, 1971. L. Roberts Collection, Southern Appalachian Archives, Berea College.
73. Told by Delphia Langdon, Clay County, to Lucy H. Smith, 1957. L. Roberts Collection, Southern Appalachian Archives, Berea College.
74. Told by Henry Smith, Evarts, Harlan County, to Betty Cusick, 1956. L. Roberts Collection, Southern Appalachian Archives, Berea College.
75. Told to Roscoe and Verlie Turner, Perry County, 1956. L. Roberts Collection, Southern Appalachian Archives, Berea College.
76. Told as a true story by Eula Mae Flora, Poplar Plains, to Mimagene Conley, Fleming County, 1959. L. Roberts Collection, Southern Appalachian Archives, Berea College.
77. Told by Joyce Lewis, Lacy Creek, to Nellie Cantro, 1960. L. Roberts Collection, Southern Appalachian Archives, Berea College.
78. Told by Larry Mattingly, Lebanon, to Jerry Harris, April 27,1961. Folklife Archive, Kentucky Library, WKU.
79. Told by Floyd Home, Martin County, 1959. L. Roberts Collection, Southern Appalachian Archives, Berea College.
80. Told by C.H. Stambough to Ulysus C. Home, Johnson County. L. Roberts Collection, Southern Appalachian Archives, Berea College.
81. Told by Mrs. Ben Gibson, Pineville to Chesney Busseni, 1957. L. Roberts Collection, Southern Appalachian Archives, Berea College.
82. Told by Mrs. H.F. Thomas, Livermore, to Ann Calhoun, 1956. D.K. Wilgus Collection, Southern Appalachian Archives, Berea College.
83. Told by Pear Newbold, Earlington, to June Wells, May 17, 1961. D.K. Wilgus Collection, Southern Appalachian Archives, Berea College.
84. Told by Allen J. Miller, Rumsey, McLean County, to Faye Dever, May 2, 1961. D.K. Wilgus Collection, Southern Appalachian Archives, Berea College.
85. Told by R.B. Hooks, Smiths Grove, to Barbara Clay, May 1957. D.K. Wilgus Collection, Southern Appalachian Archives, Berea College.
86. Told by anonymous person, Parker’s Lake, McCreary County, to Amy Rollins, May 17, 1996. Published in Sara McNulty, If These Hills Could Talk (Cumberland Falls, Ky, 1996), p. 8.
87. Told and written by John A. Stegall, Sandy Hook, July 19, 1999.
88. Told by James D. Madden, Allen County, to Carl Lambert, 1965. Folklife Archive, Kentucky Library, WKU, 1972-179.
89. Told and written by Donna Bowman, West Chester, Ohio, July 12, 1999.
90. Told and written by Donna Bowman, West Chester, Ohio, July 12, 1999.
91. Told by Weldon Edwards, Sulphur Wells, to Debora Reece, Glasgow, September 14, 2000.
92. Presented by journalist Bill Powell in the Paducah Sun, October 2, 1967, who had received this ghost-house account from Zelner Cossey, sheriff and former judge of Trigg County. Cossey had run across “an old yellow, crumbling newspaper clipping” and sent it to Powell. Copy provided by Special Collections, Murray State University (MSU) Library.
93. Told by William Mink to Rebecca M. Mink, student at Alice Lloyd College, November 14, 2000.
94. Written by Judith A. Maupin and published under the column heading, “Echoes from the Past,” in the Murray Ledger and Times, December 18, 1976.
95. Told as real life happenings by Ruby A. Hubble, Hustonville, August 8, 1999.
96. Told by Obie Van Cleave, Logan County, to Angela Van Cleave, August 10, 1999.
97. Told by Ruby A. Hubble, Hustonville, August 8, 1999.
98. Written and provided by Gerry Green, Versailles, August 8, 1999.
99. Told by Glynn and Jeanette Williams, Murray, to Carol White Harrison, November 13, 1999.
100. Told by Norma Wade, Murray, to Carol White Harrison, November 8, 1999.
101. Told by Tommy Arnold, Christian County, to Catherine Maddox, Bowling Green, November 19, 1999.
102. Told by Tommy Arnold, Christian County, to Catherine Maddox, Bowling Green, November 19, 1999.
103. Written by Patti Linn Wachtel; published in The Cincinnati Enquirer, September 2, 1958, p. LI. Copy provided by Joan Diersing. Used with permission from The Cincinnati Enquirer-/Patti Linn Wachtel.
104. Written by Patti Linn Wachtel as part of the same account described in story 118; published in The Cincinnati Enquirer, September 2, 1958, p. LI. Copy provided by Joan Diersing. Used with permission from The Cincinnati Enquirer! Patti Linn Wachtel.
105. Obtained from Mary Ann Gentry, Goosebumps in Carroll County, Kentucky (Carrollton, 1993), pp. 8-9.
106. Told by Shirley E. Fraim, Campbellsville, September 5, 1985.
107. Obtained from Mary Ann Gentry, Goosebumps in Carroll County, Kentucky (Carrollton, 1993), pp. 21-22.
108. Told by William Mink to Rebecca M. Mink, student at Alice Lloyd College, November 14, 2000.
109. Told by Anne P., Bowling Green, to Melissa Hammers, October 3,
110. Told by Greg Cundiff, Lindsey-Wilson College, November 14, 2000.
111. Told by Dave Shuffet, Danville, to Melissa Humphrey, April 4, 1989.
112. Told by Janet Oldham Zarmbus, Versailles, November 13, 2000.
113. Written as a true experience by Kristy Hewgley, Franklin, April 1992.
114. Told by Mary Ann Gentry, Carrolton, September 6, 1999.
115. Written by Tiffany Hanke, North Hopkins High School, c. 1993.
116. Told by Janet Oldham Zarmbus, Versailles, November 13, 2000.
117. Told by Albert Farler, to Randall A. Wilson, both of Leslie County, November 20,2000.
118. Written account provided by Martha Reneau Harrison, Glasgow, October 12, 1999.
119. Told by Christy Alford, Franklin, April 1992.
120. Told by Vilma Jean Kinney, Hart County, to Nadine Hawkins, October 21, 1999.
121. Told by Vilma Jean Kinney, Hart County, to Nadine Hawkins, October 21, 1999.
122. Told and written by Stephen Lynn King, Bowling Green, November 28, 1999.
123. Told by Paula Drake, student at Western Kentucky University, date not specified.
124. Told by Leslie Calk, Louisville, to Karen Delewski, 1972. Folklife Archive, Kentucky Library, WKU, 1972-531.
125. Written by Melinda J. Overstreet for an article, “Supernatural Or Superstitious?” published in the Park City Daily News, Bowling Green, October 23, 1999, p. 1.
126. Told by Bob Carroll and Kay Carroll, Springfield, November 15, 1999.
127. Told by Jennie McGee, Clarkson, December 1, 1999.
128. Told by Carol Harrison, Murray, December 8, 1999.
129. Told by David Pitman, to Steve Bray, Paducah, 1970.
130. Told by Tim LaMonda, Mt. Olivet, to Laura Renea Watson, Harrodsburg, November 25, 2000.
131. Told by Chris Cook, Ft. Thomas, to Chris Daniels, April 7,1989.
132. Told by Mark Stivers, Frankfort, to Steve Deckel, date unknown.
133. Written by Stacey S. Manning and published in the Kentucky Standard, Bardstown, October 15, 1999, pp. Al, A12.
134. Told by Lucy Smith, Clay County, to Delphia Langdon, 1957. L. Roberts Collection, Southern Appalachian Archives, Berea College.
135. Told by Wanda Deweese, Sulphur Wells, October 10, 2000.
136. Told by Loretta Deitemeyer, Highland Heights, to her niece Shirley Hoffmann, who sent it to me March 27, 2000.
137. Told by Janet Coody, West Point, April 8, 1999.
138. Written account provided by Aunelia Mosher, Louisville, February 15, 2000.
139. Told by Nelson K. Maynard II, Pike County native, currently a resident of Louisville, December 12, 2000.
140. Told by J.F. Blewette, Franklin, to Guy Simmons Jr., 1957. D.K. Wilgus Collection, Southern Appalachian Archives, Berea College.
141. Told by James Ratcliffe, Louisville, to a Mr. Yeager, date not specified.
142. Told by Alberta Baldridge, West Point, April 8, 1999.
143. Told by Jim Bowles, Rock Bridge, Monroe County, 1961.
144. Written by Melinda J. Overstreet as part of a larger article, “Supernatural Or Superstitious?” published in Park City Daily News, Bowling Green, October 23, 1999, p. 1.
145. Told by Shannon Muncie, Radcliff, to Mary Muncie, April 1973. Folklife Archive, Kentucky Library, WKU.
146. Told by an anonymous woman, Olive Hill, June 22, 2000.
147. Told by Gary Bealert and Melissa Stanley Bealert, Owingsville, June 22, 2000.
148. Told by Gary Bealert, Owingsville, June 22, 2000.
149. Told by Melissa Stanley Bealert, Owingsville, June 22, 2000.
150. Based on accounts told by Ruth Lindsey Ashley and Lonnie McCrady, Brownsville, to Bertha Skaggs, Brownsville, mid-1999.
151. Provided by Bertha Skaggs, who received it in written format from David Ashley, Brownsville, mid-1999.
152. Told by Tom Tucker, Marshall County, to Carol White Harrison, Murray, December 15, 1999.
153. Written by Stacey S. Manning and published in the Kentucky Standard, Bardstown, October 29, 1999, pp. A2, A10.
154. Account derived from Stacey S. Manning, “Former Bardstown Resident Tries Hand at Ghost Hunting,” published in the Kentucky Standard, Bardstown, October 8, 1999, pp. Al, A15.
155. Told by Mrs. Nancy Gullette, High Bridge, Jessamine County; published in Paul K. Lane, “Kentucky Folk Narratives,” Kentucky Folklore Record 10, no. 2 (April-June 1964): 26.
156. Written as a true account by Linda Nave, Versailles, August 2000; provided by Danna Estridge, Woodford County Historical Society.
157. Written as a true account by Glent Ayers, Scottsville, September 20, 2000.
158. Told by Tinnie Wheeler, Crittenden County, to Brenda Travis Underdown, Marion, August 14, 2000.
159. Told by Linda Ayers, Scottsville, September 20, 2000.
160. Told by Dianna Embry, Temple Hill, October 3, 2000.
161. Told by Harold Embry, Temple Hill, October 3, 2000.
162. Told by an anonymous person to Julie Smarr and Ginny Snipp, Versailles, October 9, 2000.
163. Told by Leslie Miller and Robert Kelley, Woodford County, to Ginny Snipp, October 11, 2000.
164. Written as a Pendleton County true account by Carolyn Reid, Alexandria, October 22,2000.
165. Written by Nelson K. Maynard II, Pike County native, October 23, 2000.
166. Told by Sherry Howard, Carlisle, October 25, 2000.
167. Told by Sherry Howard, Carlisle, October 25, 2000.
168. Told by John David Sims, Mt. Olivet, October 25, 2000.
169. Told by John David Sims, Mt. Olivet, October 25, 2000.
170. Told by Melissa Pugh, Mt. Olivet, October 25, 2000.
171. Told by Melissa Pugh, Mt. Olivet, October 25, 2000.
172. Told by Rodney Insko, Germantown, October 25, 2000.
173. Told by C.W. (name withheld), Sulphur Wells, and Donna Chasteen, Summer Shade, to Debora Jeffries Reece, Glasgow, September 15, 2000.
174. Told by Terry Edwards, Sulphur Wells, to Debora Jeffries Reece, September 15, 2000.
175. Copied from James Roberts, “Ghosdy Presence,” Springfield Sun, October 25, 2000.
176. Told by Irma J. Thomas, Morehead, November 1, 2000.
177. Told by Myra Bumette, Celina, Tennessee, assisted by relatives, November 1, 2000.
178. Written and submitted by Janet Meadows, Vanceburg, November 1, 2000.
179. Told by Debbie Howard, Salyersville, November 9, 2000.
180. Told by a ninety-year-old woman to Carol Harrison, Murray, October 2000.
181. Told by Crystal Stephens, Clay City, November 9, 2000.
182. Told by Sally Collier, Lexington, November 8, 2000.
183. Written and submitted by Rebecca M. Mink, student at Alice Lloyd College, November 12, 2000.
184. Told by Edna Campbell to Kim Edwards, Lyon County, November 16, 2000.
185. Told by Sandra Lockhart to Kim Edwards, Lyon County, November 16, 2000.
186. Told by Janet Oldham Zarmbus, Versailles, November 11, 2000.
187. Provided in written format by Brenda Vance, Bath County resident, November 24, 2000.
188. Told by Dean Quinn, Columbia, November 28, 2000.
189. Told by Virginia Jewell and Lucille Owings to Violet Reid, Clinton, December 4, 2000.
190. Newspaper account from the Lexington Leader, p. 2, cols. 1-2, March 9, 1891. The subtitles read “The Commercial Gazette Finds More Ghosts in Lexington” and “An Interview With a Family That Claims to Have Lived in a Haunted House—A Blood Curdling Narrative.”
191. Newspaper account from the Lexington Leader, p. 5, cols. 1-2, February 2, 1891. The subtides read “Warranted to Make Your Hair Stand on End” and “The Commercial Gazette Tells of the Apparition that Compelled a Lexington Family to Leave for Another House.”
192. Newspaper account from the Lexington Leader, p. 1, col. 7, September 22, 1888. The subtitles read “Queer Spirits That Have Puzzled Lexington People” and “An Unceremonious Nocturnal Visitor that Removes Bed-Clothing from Sleeping Persons—A Musical Merchant’s Spirit Plays Airs on the Piano.”
193. Told by Karen and Steve Bridges, Woodbury, Butler County, to Bridgett Childers, December 12, 2000.
194. Story provided by Hunt-Morgan House, © 1998 Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation. A footnote to the story states the following: “Circumstantial evidence leads us to believe that the child in this story is Alec Forsythe, 1874-1879, son of ‘Kitty’ Morgan and her third husband, Alexander Forsythe. Dr. Forsythe died in 1875 and ‘Kitty’ returned to live with her mother, Henrietta Hunt Morgan, at Hopemont.”
Family Ghosts
1. Written by Laura Wellington, Louisville, January 21, 1989.
2. Told and written by Jacqueline Michelle Weissinger, Franklin, 1992.
3. Told by Elizabeth Harrington, Princeton, April 24, 1989.
4. Written by Amy Grace, Lincoln Elementary School, Franklin, 1992.
5. Written by Matt Martinez, North Hopkins High School, Madisonville, September 29,1993. The names Ken and Susan are pseudonyms.
6. Written by an unknown person; date also unknown.
7. Told by Bobby Runyon, Barren County, to Mike Brannik, Louisville, May 1972.
8. Told by Lois Osborne, Louisville, January 3, 1972. Folklife Archive, Kentucky Library, WKU, 1972-86.
9. Told by Golda Swain, Paintsville, May 21,1971. Text provided by Robert Rennick, January 1999.
10. Told by Elmer Hurt, Mt. Pisgah, Wayne County, July 15, 1975. Text provided by Robert Rennick, January 1999.
11. Written by the author on the basis of numerous versions heard across the years.
12. Told by Faye A. Perry to Sebrina Campbell, McCreary County, May 21, 1996. Published in Sara McNulty, If These Hills Could Talk (1996), p. 10.
13. Told by Jeremy Ray Logsdon, Munfordville, April 1999.
14. Real-life experience written by Fatima S. Atchley of Russell County, 1999.
15. Told by Tammy Taylor, McCreary County, May 19, 1996. Published in Sara McNulty, If These Hills Could Talk (1996), pp. 10-11.
16. Written and provided by Roberta Brown, writer and storyteller, Louisville, July 6, 1999.
17. Told by Marnie Dishman, Campbellsville, to Darrin Carnahan, April 10, 1989.
18. Written by Lisa Boarman, Owensboro, based on information provided by Patti McConnell, March 2, 1989.
19. Told by Margaret Cooper, Sturgis, to Laura Wellington, January 20, 1989.
20. Written by Elizabeth Harrington, Princeton, April 10, 1989.
21. Told by Gail McCann, Leitchfield, to Amy Spalding, April 4, 1989.
22. Told by Dana Vickery, Hodgenville, to Chris Daniels, April 3, 1989.
23. Told by Jana Wilson, Centertown, to Julie Cecil, March 22, 1989.
24. Written by Alica Carter, Burkesville, November 22, 1989.
25. Told by James Abbott, Jamestown, to Don McClure, April 2, 1989.
26. Told by unidentified woman, resident of London, to William Kenneth Baugh, date unknown.
27. Told by Mrs. Elmer Hester, Pike County, to Diana Hester, 1969. L. Roberts Collection, Southern Appalachian Archives, Berea College.
28. Told by Mrs. Cleo Teague Sanders, Sulphur, Henry County, to Sondra Staples, May 1959. L. Roberts Collection, Southern Appalachian Archives, Berea College.
29. Told by Mimma Nickles, Knott County, to Catherine Nickles, 1960. L. Roberts Collection, Southern Appalachian Archives, Berea College.
30. Told by Brenda Mitchell, McCreary County, May 1996. Published in Sara McNulty, If These Hills Could Talk (1996), p. 18.
31. Told by Mrs. Allied Blythe, Kettle, Cumberland County, to Judy Baise, February 26, 1972. Folklife Archive, Kentucky Library, WKU.
32. Told by Justyn Settles, Nicholasville, August 4, 1999.
33. Told by Carol White Harrison, Murray, November 5, 1999.
34. Told by Robin Torrian to Dana Phillips, Louisville, March 23, 1989.
35. Told by Laura Benson, Louisville, to Andrea Collin, c. 1992.
36. Told by Cathy Caldwell, Somerset, c. April 1989.
37. Written by Tracy Cothran Jordan and published as “Granny Hayden and the Ghost Star,” Between the Rivers, September 1998, pp. 16-17.
38. Written by Coy Owen, Henderson, November 15, 1999.
39. Told by Linda Cox, Cave City, to Louise Hellstrom, April 3, 1989.
40. Written by Donna Wilkerson, Franklin, 1992.
41. Told by Dana Thrasher to Andrea Collin, Louisville, April 5, 1989.
42. Told by James Pearson, Logan County, to Linda Crafton, April 1999.
43. Told by Melinda Mize, Shelbyville, to Joseph Metzger, April 12, year unknown.
44. Written by Jeremy Ray Logsdon, Munfordville, April 1999.
45. Told by Mrs. J.D. Turnipseed, Bowling Green, to Sue Wager, 1961.
46. Written by Paul Murray, Franklin, 1992.
47. Written by Jeremy R. Logsdon, Munfordville, April 1999.
48. Told by Mark Lindsey to Kevin Eans, 1989.
49. Told by Sally Brant, Crestwood, to Joseph Metzger, date unspecified.
50. Told by Ruth Colvin, Louisa, 1994.
51. Told by Tammy Burris, Glasgow, to Connie Reader, who provided the written account, December 1999.
52. Told by anonymous ninety-year-old woman, Ashland, June 22, 2000.
53. Told by J.R. Mondie, Russell Springs, June 27, 2000.
54. Written as a true experience by Angela R.S. Fulkerson, Upton, June 22, 2000.
55. Told by Rose Pell Henderson, age 96, Lewisport, to her cousin Earl Gregg Swem III, Louisville, May 28, 2000.
56. Recorded by John I. Sturgill, Floyd County, in the 1930s; obtained from William Lynwood Montell and Trudy R. Balcum, Kentucky Ghost and Witch Stories from the 1930s (Nashville: Express Media, 1997), pp. 77-78.
57. Told by Renee Bolen Kohlenberger, Aurora, to Carol White Harrison, Murray, January 10, 2000.
58. Told by Rusty Young, Sheperdsville, to Sherrie Mallicoat, April 2, 1989.
59. Told by Harold Embry and wife, Temple Hill, October 3, 2000.
60. Told by Harold Embry, Temple Hill, October 3, 2000.
61. Told as a Pendleton County incident by Carolyn Reid, Alexandria, October 22, 2000.
62. Told as a Pendleton County incident by Carolyn Reid, Alexandria, October 22, 2000.
63. Told by Irma Thomas, Morehead, November 1, 2000.
64. Told by Janet Meadows, Vanceburg, November 1, 2000.
65. Told by Gay Campbell, Campton, November 9, 2000.
66. Told by Crystal Stephens, Clay City, November 9, 2000.
67. Told by Dean Quinn, Columbia, November 28, 2000.