Why is a Jack-o-Lantern Named Jack?

Halloween pumpkins are also known as jack-o'-lanterns. But were did the name Jack come from? Why do we carve and light them up each year? Find out in...

The Cow That Ate The Preacher

Traveling preacher seeks revenge on a inhospitable farm couple in this darkly funny ghost story from Arkansas (by way of Ireland).
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The Santa Claus Special

Based on the true Christmas story of the annual CSX Santa Claus Special train, bringing Santa Claus by rail to remote Appalachian communities. 
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The Snowman and the Scarecrow

Christmas kids story about a scarecrow who teaches a holiday lesson to a grumpy snowman.
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Number Ninety

Adaptation of the classic ghost story by B.M. Croker (1849-1920).  About a terrifying dare between gentleman for one to spend the night in a Charlesto...

The Moonlit Road, Part Three

Part Three of our adaptation of one of American's literature's most famous ghost stories - a chilling tale from Ambrose Bierce detailing a murder from...

The Moonlit Road, Part Two

Part Two of our adaptation of one of American's literature's most famous ghost stories - a chilling tale from Ambrose Bierce detailing a murder from t...

The Moonlit Road, Part One

Part One of our adaptation of one of American's literature's most famous ghost stories - a chilling tale from Ambrose Bierce detailing a murder from t...

The Nut Eating Devil

Uncover the chilling legend of the 'Nut Eating Devil' as young Tom McBride investigates the eerie sounds haunting a Tennessee mountain cemetery.   Why...

The Hall of Wonders

Civil War creature story amidst the ruins of post-Civil War Charleston, where a mysterious apothecary builds a marine attraction like no other.
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Irwin Tarheel and the Fair Folk

A well-known, Irish supernatural folktale gets a Southern twist, as an early white settler in Louisiana rescues a turtle from some mischievous kids -...

Elleck’s Song

Railroad Bill

An Alabama widow lives in fear of the terrifying murderer Railroad Bill.  But is he really what the townsfolk say he is?  
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The Spirit of Thomas Lester

Poor Thomas Lester decides to spend the night in a haunted house.  Never a good idea!  A Southern ghost story told by Yomi Goodall.  Recorded for the...

Tsali

Tsali is a Cherokee ghost story from North Carolina about a brave warrior whose stance against the white man would make him a legend.
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The Maco Light

Delve into the ghostly legend of the Maco Light, a famous paranormal phenomenon along North Carolina's railroad tracks. Told by Jim McAmis.
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Mississippi Rose

Mississippi ghost story about a young boy's encounter with a strange girl who suddenly appears near his family's farm.
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Chloe, The Slave Girl of Myrtles Plantation

Tragic and well-documented ghost story of Chloe, a slave girl said to haunt Louisiana's Myrtles Plantation in St. Francisville. 
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The Sausage Ghost

Gruesome New Orleans ghost story about a sausage shop owner who has a unique way of getting rid of his wife.  
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Sop Doll

Creature story of a Depression-era farmhand who will take just about any job - even at a creepy Mississippi farm where a strange cat is always whisper...

Wait 'Til Jesse Comes

Classic Southern spooky story about a traveling salesman who runs into some pretty strange cats warning about someone (or something) named "Jesse."  <...

Mama Coon Coon

Louisiana Swamp Folktale about a local fisherwoman whose unique way of fishing for crabs in the bayou gets her into trouble.
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Chancy Fox

Creature story of a Louisiana gambler who runs afoul of swamp vampires while on the run from the law. 
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The Town Without Death

Spooky Appalachian ghost story of a mountain traveler, stunned by the death of his wife, who stumbles across a strange mountain town with a horrifying...

No Greater Love

Bone-chilling ghost story set deep in the coal mining country of Kentucky. Follow Henry Jacobs' eerie underground encounter with love from beyond the...

The Ticking Clock

Can an old clock be haunted? Only if its owners have long buried secrets to tell. Get spooked with this chilling ghost story.
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The Plat Eye

Georgia folktale and creature story of two young girls who ignore their Grandma's warning about the monster of the "Gongetcha Woods."
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The Meanest Man

Old folktale from Savannah, Georgia about a man meaner than the Devil himself.  And how me might explain where that spooky Spanish moss hanging from a...

The Bleeding Heart Dove

Civil War ghost story of a Georgia plantation haunted forever by a broken heart. 
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Ibo Landing

Why do some people hear the eerie rattle of chains drifting from a St. Simons Island marsh at night?  Find out in this chilling but inspiring, African...

The Flaming Tomb

Ghost story behind the famous "Flaming Tomb," the haunted crypt of notorious Storyville madam Josie Arlington in New Orleans' Metairie Cemetery.
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How Brer Coon Gets His Meat

Classic Uncle Remus trickster tale written by Joel Chandler Harris, with Brer Rabbit and a hungry Brer Coon trying to outsmart a group of sly bullfrog...

Blinded By Love

Louisiana ghost story of a traveling preacher and his new wife who spend the night in a haunted house, and learn that marriage can be even more terrif...

Knock, Knock, Who's There?

Cajun ghost story from famed Cajun storyteller JJ Reneaux about a miserly father whose cruelty to his only daughter comes back to haunt him during a G...

Hell Hole

Ghost story of a Civil War relic hunter who stumbles across a haunted Georgia battlefield, once the site of unspeakable horror.  
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The Coughing Dog

Terrifying Georgia urban legend of a single woman who wonders why her guard dog starts acting so strangely.  
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Green Eyes of Chickamauga Battlefield

Civil War ghost story of the famous and mysterious "Green Eyes," a strange creature that haunts the Chickamauga Battlefield in Georgia.  
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Graveyard Dogs

Evil graveyard dogs haunt a local cemetery at night.  At least that's the ghost story an old woman tries to scare a mischievous young boy with. But wh...

The First Christmas Gift

Family holiday folktale from storyteller Chuck Larkin, who gives us another take on the Christmas story, through the eyes of a young shepherd who can'...

The Missing Cookies

Someone, or something, is eating the cookies left out for Santa Claus.  If it ain't Santa, we're in trouble.  
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