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 #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 #12: Cape Fear Ghosts
Revenge of Halloween in North Carolina, Day #13: Ghosthunting North Carolina
Revenge of Halloween in North Carolina, Day #14: Haunted Fort Fisher
Revenge of Halloween in North Carolina, Day #15: Haunted Broughton: Tales from the Graveyard Shift
Revenge of Halloween in North Carolina, Day #16: Haunted Watauga County, North Carolina
Revenge of Halloween in North Carolina, Day #17: Spirits of Stonewall
Revenge of Halloween in North Carolina, Day #19: Weird Tales of Martin County
Revenge of Halloween in North Carolina, Day #20: Myths and Mysteries of North Carolina
Revenge of Halloween in North Carolina, Day #23: Smoky Mountain Tales, True and Tall, Volume II
Revenge of Halloween in North Carolina, Day #24: Haunted Plantations
Revenge of Halloween in North Carolina, Day #25: Folk Arts and Folklife in and around Pitt County
Revenge of Halloween in North Carolina, Day #26: Spooky North Carolina
Dear Ms. Stiles:
Do you happen to know of any place where I can purchase a copy of the anthology “Historical Lovecraft” that you edited along with Silvia Garcia-Moreno. I have been searching for it and can’t find it for sale. I would appreciate any help you can give me.
Thank you,
Paula Dufort
Hi Paula. Sorry, I just saw this. Eh…I may have a copy around that the cats haven’t messed up. I can look if you still want one.