From Louisiana comes a classic African-American folktale about a suffering widow whose dead husband just won’t stay dead! (http://themoonlitroad.com/; http://themoonlitroad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_category=podcasts)
Featured on episode 111 of Forgotten Classics (http://hcforgottenclassics.blogspot.com)
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From South Carolina comes the (true?) story of the famed ghost of Pawley’s Island whose appearance is seen as a warning by locals of an upcoming hurricane. (http://themoonlitroad.com/; http://themoonlitroad.libsyn.com/index.php?post_category=podcasts)
Featured on episode 111 of Forgotten Classics (http://hcforgottenclassics.blogspot.com)
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Each of these represents a spooky true story to tell on Halloween … With Halloween falling on Saturday, the 31st of this month, I’m reminded once again of how New Englanders have always seemed a little preoccupied with old cemeteries.
From Jud’s New England Journal (http://www.yankeemagazine.com/judsjournal/).
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In 1912 a boy named Bobby Dunbar went missing in a swamp in Louisiana. Eight months later, he was found. In 2004, his granddaughter discovered a secret beneath the legend of her grandfather’s kidnapping. We devote our entire episode to the story.
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