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While many aspects of the original story as passed down in West Virginian folklore were changed by both Schwartz and André Øvredal (who directed the film), its central elements remain. 15 years before the first edition of the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series came out, Ruth Ann Musick published Telltale Lilac Bush, a compilation of ...
The tales surround ghost stories from around the Marion County area in northern West Virginia. A sequel volume, entitled Coffin Hollow and Other Ghost Tales, is also available and adds another 96 stories to the collection. The original book was published in 1965 as a hard bound book, while subsequent printings were paperback.
The legend of the Wizard Clip is a popular ghost story about an incident said to have occurred in Middleway, West Virginia in the 1820's. The story of the Wizard Clip is part of the oral history of the area, and was called by Rev. Alfred E. Smith, editor-in-chief of the Catholic Review and secretary to Cardinal Gibbons, "The truest ghost story ...
The story of the Greenbrier Ghost is the subject of four stage adaptations. Jan Buttram's play Zona was produced in 1998 by Greenbrier Valley Theatre, the state professional theatre of West Virginia. Karen Benelli's “The Ghost of Greenbrier County” was produced in 2004 at the New York Fringe Festival by the Rising Sun Theatre Co.
Ghost towns in West Virginia (59 P) M. Mothman (1 C, 5 P) R. Reportedly haunted locations in West Virginia (2 P) Pages in category "West Virginia folklore"
The Flatwoods monster (also known as the Braxton County monster, [1] Braxie, [2] or the Phantom of Flatwoods), [3] in West Virginia folklore, is a creature reported to have been sighted in the town of Flatwoods in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States, on September 12, 1952, after a bright light crossed the night sky.
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Mothman statue located in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Over the next few days, more people reported similar sightings after local newspapers covered it. Two volunteer firemen who saw it said it was a "large bird with red eyes". Mason County Sheriff George Johnson believed the sightings were due to an unusually large heron he termed a ...