Book description
"Lynwood Montell has collected ghost tales all over the state of
Kentucky, from coal mining settlements to river landings, from highways
to battlefields. He presents these suspense-filled stories just as he
first heard or read them: as bona fide personal experiences or as events
witnessed by family members or friends. There are over 250 stories in
Ghosts across Kentucky that are set in specific places and times. They
include tales of graveyards, haunted dormitories, animal ghosts, and
vanishing hitchhikers. Montell describes weird lights, unexplained
sounds, felt presences, and disappearing apparitions. Phantom workmen,
fallen soldiers, young lovers, and executed criminals appear in these
pages, along with the living who chance upon them. Though the focus is
on the stories themselves, Montell also includes a chapter explaining
our fascination with the supernatural and the deep truths these
storytelling traditions reveal about our lives and our pasts. William
Lynwood Montell, emeritus professor of folk studies at Western Kentucky
University, is the author of several books, including Killings."
