Appalachian Horror

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After John Bell’s mysterious death in 1820, the Bell Witch continued to haunt his family. She even forced Betsy to break off her engagement with Joshua Gardner before eventually disappearing for good. Appalachian culture is known for superstitions and legends like these. While they may not be as widely practiced today, these myths and mountain folklore were passed down by countless generations. Something woke me all the way up though and I realized the voice is real and right outside my tent. It was just above a whisper and I’m not sure if it was another language or if they were just speaking English in such a way that I couldn’t understand.

Native American tribes in Appalachia had their own unique cultures and oral folk traditions. In Southern Appalachia, the most prominent group of Native peoples was the Cherokee Nation. Like other tribes, the Cherokee made sense of both the visible and unseen worlds around them through song and storytelling. For example, the eerie mountain mist creeping through areas like the Great Smoky Mountains was of particular significance to them. Subsequently, famous Appalachian ghost stories like the Brown Mountain Lights of North Carolina are thought to be of Cherokee origin. Read on to learn more about some of the most famous Appalachian folklore stories and superstitions.Old Gods of Appalachia is a horror podcast written by Cam Collins and Steve Shell that debuted on October 31, 2019. The show is produced by DeepNerd Media, is distributed by Rusty Quill, and was adapted into a role-playing game by Monte Cook Games. Each episode uses a combination of narration and audio drama to tell historical fiction stories based on Appalachian folklore. Many of these mountain folklore sayings were passed down by my great-grandparents, but still live on a century later. But his written account stated that he saw the lights at a consistent time every night, leading many people to believe he was actually seeing train lights in the distance. There is something in a landscape like that which humbles you and intimates to you that there’s something very big out there, and this thing has an awful lot of power,” says Lindahl. “Nature is the gateway to the supernatural. You can’t have the supernatural without the natural.” Mountain folklore

The Ghost Sang by Jeffery X Martin - a photographer travels to Appalachia to capture life and the rural decay but sees more than she bargained for. The cops are pretty sure that at least one other person was involved in the murders than the one now in jail for the crime, they just couldn’t prove it. 4. Abandoned Trailers, Dead Junkies, And Ghost TownsThe events of what took place many years ago are finally recounted by a son trying to explain what happened to his family one fateful summer. Another one of my faves the events all weave together perfectly and the ending is amazing.