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GHOST LEGEND
AT E.T.S.U. THERE IS A POPULAR STORY OF A GHOST APPEARING OFTEN
IN A LIGHTED WINDOW OF AN OLD HOUSE. A GIRL ONCE DIED AND HER
PARENTS SEALED OFF THE ROOM WHICH WAS HERS ON THE THIRD FLOOR.
THERE IS A STAINED GLASS WINDOW IN THE ROOM AND ON CERTAIN NIGHTS
A LIGHT SHINES THROUGH THE WINDOW AND THE SHADOW OF THE GIRL'S
GHOST CAN BE SEEN.
Data entry tech comment: SPELLING ERRORS WERE CORRECTED
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
LEGEND OF GHOST
THE INFORMANT WHO ATTENDED WEST POINT HEARD OF A GHOST OF A FORMER
STUDENT WHO RETURNS TO EAST BARRACK AND IS A POPULAR TALE OR BELIEF
SEEN BY MANY CADETS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 06-15-1972
PROSE NARRATIVE-GHOST STORY
A FRIEND OF THE INFORMANT HAS A HAUNTED HOUSE IN NASHVILLE.
WHEN IT WAS BOUGHT THERE WAS A WALKING CANE IN A CLOSET. THE PAST
OWNER, A WOMAN WHO WAS RECENT WIDOW, SAID IT WASN'T HERS; BUT SHE
COULD NOT FIND HER HUSBAND'S CANE. HE HAD WALKED WITH IT FOR YEARS.
THE CANE CONTINUED TO SHOW UP IN THE CLOSET OF THE HOUSE AND AT
NIGHT THERE WERE FOOTSTEPS OF A LIMPING PERSON, WHICH WENT AWAY
AS SOON AS THE LIGHTS CAME ON. THIS STILL OCCURS ALMOST EVERY
NIGHT AND HAS BEEN WITNESSED BY VISITORS WHO, WHEN THEY
VOLUNTEER TO SLEEP IN THE DEAD MAN'S ROOM, SEE HIS GHOST THERE.
THE HOUSE IS ON SUGARTREE STREET.
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
HORROR LEGEND
AT WEST POINT THE FOLLOWING INCIDENT SUPPOSEDLY HAPPENED AT A
PARTICULAR LOCATION ON AN ISOLATED ROAD:
A COUPLE WAS PARKING AND WHEN THE BOY TRIED TO START THE CAR,
NOTHING HAPPENED. HE TOLD THE GIRL THAT HE WOULD GO FOR HELP AND
SHE WAS TO STAY IN THE LOCKED CAR TIL HE CAME BACK. AFTER HE LEFT
EVERYTHING WAS VERY QUIET FOR A LONG TIME, THEN THE GIRL HEARD A
CONSTANT THUMPING ON THE ROOF. IN THE MORNING THE HIGHWAY PATROL
WOKE HER UP TELLING HER TO GET OF THE CAR AND NOT TO LOOK UP.
SHE DID LOOK UP AND HER BOYFRIEND WAS HANGING ABOVE THE CAR, WITH
FEET ON THE HOOD, FROM THE TREE. MM
OTHER VARIATIONS OF THE TALE USUALLY HAVE THE BOY'S HEAD SET
ON THE ROOF OF THE CAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
HORROR LEGEND
AT WEST POINT A TALE WAS TOLD OF A GIRL'S SCHOOL: TWO GIRLS
WERE IN A DORM ONE NIGHT AND HEARD A STANGE NOISE OUTSIDE. THE
GIRLS AGREED THAT ONE WOULD GO OUT TO SEE WHAT IT WAS AND WOULD
COME BACK AND KNOCK ON THE GIRL'S DOOR TO BE LET IN. SO THE GIRL
LEFT AND WAS GONE QUITE A WHILE. MEANWHILE, THERE WAS A FAINT
SCRATCHING ON THE DOOR, BUT THE GIRL INSIDE DID NOT OPEN IT...
IN THE MORNING SHE OPENED THE DOOR AND HER FRIEND WAS LYING
OUTSIDE DEAD.
VARIOUS VERSIONS OF THIS TALE HAVE BEEN HEARD BY ALMOST EVERY
COLLEGE STUDENT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
"GREEN EYES"
ONE NIGHT WHEN RIDING THROUGH THE BATTLEFIELD WITH 3 FRIENDS
WE SAW A WHITE, MISTY OBJECT CUT IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIELD. GENE
AND JOHN, WHO LIVE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE PARK SWORE THAT THERE
WAS NO STATUE IN THAT PARTICULAR FIELD. DEBBI AND I WENT BACK
THE NEXT DAY, AND COULD NOT FIND A FIELD THAT LOOKED LIKE THE ONE
WITH A STATUE IN IT. TO THIS DAY, GENE AND JOHN SWEAR THAT IT WAS
THE GHOST OF GREEN EYES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
"GREEN EYES"
IF YOU SEE GREEN EYES AND DO NOT BELIEVE, YOU ARE DOOMED TO
A TERRIBLE DEATH.
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
"GREEN EYES"
ONE NIGHT A GROUP OF GUYS FROM MY HIGH SCHOOL DECIDED TO GO OUT
TO FIND "GREEN EYES" FOR THEMSELVES. THEY DROVE OUT TO THE
BATTLEFIELD AND PARKED IN A CIRCLE IN A FIELD. AFTER WAITING FOR
AN HOUR OR SO, SUDDENLY A LARGE SHADOW FELL IN THE CIRCLE IN A
THAT THE CARS MADE. ALL THE GUYS TURNED ON THEIR HEADLIGHTS AND
NOTHING WAS THERE! NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN ABLE TO EXPLAIN WHAT WAS
THERE, BUT THEY ALL BELIEVE IT TO HAVE BEEN GREEN EYES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
"GREEN EYES"
WHEN I WAS STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL, A GUY TOLD ME ABOUT THE TIME
THAT HE AND A FEW OTHER GUYS WENT OUT TO THE BATTLEFIELD. THEY
DROVE DOWN A NARROW ROAD AND PARKED-THE ONLY WAY OUT WAS TO GO
FRONTWARDS OR BACKWARDS. THEY WAITED FOR A LONG TIME IN THE DARK
OF THE NIGHT. STEVE NOTICED 2 WHITE LIGHTS HIGH UP IN THE TREES
A LONG WAY AWAY, BUT PAID THEM NO ATTENTION. AFTER ABOUT
15 MINUTES HE NOTICED THAT THE LIGHTS HAD MOVED BOTH LOWER AND
AND CLOSER. HE SHOWED THEM TO THE OTHERS, AND THEY ALL WATCHED AS
THE LIGHTS CAME LOWER AND CLOSER. THEY WERE ALL SCARED TO DEATH,
SO THEY GOT OUT OF THERE AS FAST AS THEY COULD. THEY ALL SWORE
THAT IT WAS THE GREEN EYES, AND WOULD NEVER GO BACK OUT THERE
AT NIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
"GREEN EYES"
GREEN EYES IS SAID TO BE A YOUNG SOLDIER WHO WAS DECAPITATED
BY A CANNON BALL. THE HEAD WAS NEVER FOUND SO JUST THE BODY WAS
BURIED. THE YOUNG SOLDIER SEARCHES THE BATTLEGROUND FOR HIS
HEAD EVERY NITE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
"GREEN EYES"
GREEN EYES (OF CHICKAMAUGA BATTLEFIELD) IS SUPPOSED TO BE A
YANKEE SOLDIER THAT WAS SHOT, LEFT TO DIE, AND NEVER BURIED DURING
THE CIVIL WAR. HIS SPIRIT IS OUT FOR REVENGE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
THE SPIRIT OF ROBERT. E. LEE
THE GHOST OF ROBERT E. LEE HAUNTS ROOM 307 IN CONFEDERATE
HALL, PEABODY COLLEGE, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
THE GHOST OF CHAPEL HILL, TENNESSEE
DURING THE CIVIL WAR, A BRAKEMAN ON A TRAIN FELL OFF
AND HAD HIS HEAD CUT OFF. HE GOES OUT EVERY NIGHT
WITH HIS LANTERN LOOKING FOR HIS HEAD. A LIGHT CAN
BE SEEN SWINGING ALONG THE TRACKS IN GREEN, WHITE,
AND RED, THE COLORS OF A BRAKEMAN'S LANTERN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): GHOSTLY LIGHT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 11-10-1973
THE INFORMANT USED TO LIVE NEAR SOME COKE OVENS IN
VANDERBILT -- POPULATION 200. SHE SAID THAT ONCE SHE SAW
A MAN FALL INTO THE OVENS AND HE WAS BURIED ALIVE. ON
EACH NIGHT AFTERWARDS HE COULD BE SEEN WALKING THE AREA
OF THE OVENS, THEN AS SUDDENLY AS IT BEGAN IT STOPPED.
SHE NEVER SAW IT AGAIN.
Submitter comment:
Micheline Caputo - deceased Grandmother. Housewife, Italian.
I heard these things from my grandmother throughout most of my young adult life. She was a fantastic storyteller, and was a storehouse of all kinds of information.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; VANDERBILT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
THE INFORMANT WAS DRIVING NEAR A RAILROAD TRESTLE WHEN SHE
SAW SOME LIGHTS, SO SHE DROVE ONTO A FIELD WHERE THE GHOST
GOT INTO THE BACK SEAT OF HER CAR ALONG WITH HER SISTER.
THE GHOST WAS A GIRL WITH NO HEAD. STORY HAS IT THAT SHE
WAS HIT BY THE TRAIN AND IS STILL LOOKING FOR HER HEAD.
SHE HAS A BAD HABIT OF GETTING INTO CARS THAT ARE PASSING
BY. AS FAR AS I KNOW, THIS IS STILL GOING ON.
Submitter comment:
Svrcek, Lia: 20 years old. Student: English. Donora, Penn. Lia had this happen to her as she was driving home one night, She told me this before I left to go to Canada.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; DONORA
James Callow Keyword(s): MYSTERIOUS LIGHTS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 08-00-1973
"HITCH HIKER"
THE INFORMANT SAYS THAT SOME YEARS AGO HE PASSED A YOUNG
GIRL HITCH HIKING IN THE RAIN. HE PICKED HER UP, BUT SHE
DIDN'T SAY A WORD. SHE WROTE DOWN HER ADDRESS AND HE TOOK
HER HOME, BUT SHE WOULDN'T GET OUT OF THE CAR. HE WENT TO
THE DOOR AND SAID THAT HE HAD THEIR DAUGHTER IN THE CAR,
THEY WERE NOT SURPRISED. THEY INVITED HIM IN FOR COFFEE
AND SAID THAT SHE HAD BEEN DEAD FOR THREE YEARS AND SHE
WAS STILL TRYING TO GET HOME. HE WENT BACK TO THE CAR
AND FOUND IT EMPTY. IT TOOK PLACE ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF
HER DEATH.
Submitter comment:
John P Clark: 63 years old. Journalist: English. Donora, Penn.
Mr. Clark is a fantastic storyteller and related this story to me this summer when he caught me off guard. He kept me for at least two hours telling me his stories.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; DONORA
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
THERE WAS A BLACK MAN SLAVE WHO WAS ACCUSED OF TRAPPING A
YOUNG WHITE GIRL. HE WAS INNOCENT AND SAID "IF YOU HANG ME,
I'LL HAUNT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FOR GENERATIONS." HE IS
STILL HERE. THE FAMILY IS THE GREENS OF SODDY DAISY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-17-1973
IN CHAPEL HILL, TENNESSEE A CONDUCTOR'S HEAD WAS KNOCKED
OFF. AT NIGHT WHEN A TRAIN IS COMING, YOU WILL SEE A RED
LIGHT GOING BACK AND FORTH AND THIS IS HIM WARNING THAT
A TRAIN IS APPROACHING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-17-1973
IF YOU'RE GOING TO READ "THE BELL WITCH" YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE
IN HER WHILE READING OR SHE'LL HAUNT YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THERE IS ONE STORY TOLD ABOUT THE BELL WITCH CAVE. ABOUT
FORTY YEARS AGO, A DOCTOR SENT ONE OF HIS PATIENTS TO THE
CAVE. SHE WAS TO STAND AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE CAVE TO CURE
HER OF HER COMPLAINTS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Formation BELIEF -- Curer BELIEF -- Remedy |