Piedmont phantoms / Daniel W. Barefoot.

Barefoot, Daniel W., 1951- (author.).

Summary:

The book offers 40 tales from N.C.'s midsection. Each county in the Piedmont has one representative ghost story.They range from strange doings at the State Capitol to the spirits of the traitor who betrayed Francis Marion to the ghost of the Confederate recruiter.

Record details

ISBN: 0895872587
ISBN: 9780895872586
Physical Description: xvi, 187 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
Publisher: Winston-Salem, NC : John F. Blair, [2002]
Copyright: ©2002

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Alamance County: Haunted by the Past 3 -- Anson County: The Cave at Indian Rock 7 -- Cabarrus County: A Man's Treasure, a Woman's Grave 10 -- Caswell County: In Search of Justice 14 -- Chatham County: A Promise Kept 19 -- Cumberland County: "Free! Oh, Free!" 23 -- Davidson County: Guardians of the King's Treasure 26 -- Davie County: Justice from beyond the Grave 32 -- Durham County: All for the Love of Gold 37 -- Forsyth County: Moravian Stars 42 -- Franklin County: Lady in Blue 46 -- Gaston County: The Drip, Drip, Drip of Dark Blue Blood 50 -- Granville County: The Dark Side of Divination 56 -- Guilford County: Theatrical Haunt 61 -- Harnett County: Ghosts with a Scottish Accent 66 -- Hoke County: The Night They Came from the Skies 71 -- Iredell County: A Bridge to the Supernatural 75 -- Johnston County: The Spirit(ed) Battle Rages On 78 -- Lee County: The Sins of the Father 87 -- Lincoln County: Malvina of Woodside 90 -- Mecklenburg County: Haunted Chambers 94 -- Montgomery County: The Witch of Tuckertown 99 -- Moore County: For Whom Doth the Bell Toll? 102 -- Nash County: A Mystery within a Mystery 107 -- Orange County: The Haunting of Seven Hearths 111 -- Person County: When Fear Was Real 115 -- Randolph County: The Hunter at the Zoo 120 -- Richmond County: The Warlock by the River 124 -- Robeson County: Ghostly Legacy of the Swamp Fox 129 -- Rockingham County: The Incident at Settle's Bridge 134 -- Rowan County: The Murderer Who Refused to Die 137 -- Scotland County: Booger Hill 141 -- Stanly County: A Prescription for Terror 144 -- Stokes County: The Spirit of Independence 151 -- Union County: Phantom Patriots 155 -- Vance County: Doppelganger! 158 -- Wake County: Capitol Haunts 164 -- Warren County: The Devil's Footprint 171 -- Wilson County: The Roots of America's Most Famous Haunting 174 -- Yadkin County: Haunts of a Tragic Past 182.