Revenge of Halloween in North Carolina

We’re baaaaaaack. Welcome to the second year of Halloween in North Carolina. All month long leading up to Halloween, All Saints Day and All Souls Day, just like last year, I’ll be reviewing more ghost story and folklore books about the state of North Carolina – the creepy, the crawly, the scary. You can still find last year’s reviews here (and you can find the source for this year’s cover pic here).

Again, this won’t be a comprehensive list. For a big start, I still haven’t had time to read all the way through the Frank C. Brown collection. That will just have to wait until next year. For another, on top of all the books I didn’t get to last year, new ones have come out since then. But I have deliberately gone for a wider spread of subject matter and area within the state this time round. Some of it is self-published and very local, so these are stories you may not ever have heard before, even if you’ve read a lot of ghost stories about the Old North State. We’ve got stuff about haunted hospitals, theaters and libraries, photographic studies, and studies of local folklore made in the 1980s. We may even throw in one or two about urban legends.

My current main focus is to write up my collection of Nash County tales and legends by the end of this year. If you know of any tales from Nash, Edgecombe or Wilson counties, please feel free to drop me a line.

Again, this stuff takes time and money to do. If you’re interested in helping me with this research (and would like an early copy when it’s ready), head on over to my Patreon page and join up. I’ll be sharing some chilling tales on there, exclusively for my patrons, all October. You can also help by making a one-time donation on this site or directly through Paypal, or sending me a coffee.

Happy Ghost Hunting!

The reviews:

Revenge of Halloween in North Carolina, Day #1: Dixie Spirits (2008)

Revenge of Halloween in North Carolina, Day #2: Ghost Cats of the South

Revenge of Halloween in North Carolina, Day #3: Black Spirits: The Ghostlore of Afro-American Slaves

Revenge of Halloween in North Carolina, Day #4: Whispers from the Past: A Collection of Folklore by North Carolina Students

Revenge of Halloween in North Carolina, Day #5: North Carolina Ghosts & Legends

Revenge of Halloween in North Carolina, Day #6: North Carolina’s Supernatural Phenomenons

Revenge of Halloween in North Carolina, Day #7: North Carolina Ghost Lights and Legends

Revenge of Halloween in North Carolina, Day #8: Dead and Gone: Classic Crimes of North Carolina

Revenge of Halloween in North Carolina, Day #9: Haunted Theaters of the Carolinas

Revenge of Halloween in North Carolina, Day #10: Ghosts of America – North Carolina: True Accounts of Ghosts from North Carolina