Stories from the Haunted South Author:Alan Brown When Alan Brown published his well-received Haunted Places in the American South (2002), a kind of seance swirled around him. Locals who knew ghost stories began haunting him with ghoulish reports from houses, schools, libraries, sanitariums, inns, battlefields, train depots, radio stations, and bridges. Following these leads, he uncovered even ... more »more ghost-ridden southern locales. At Georgia's Magnolia Place Inn a ghostly midwife returns night after night to check on her children. The spirit of a boy who died in a tragic accident half a century before plagues Mississippi's Cahill Mansion. Written in the vein of its successful predecessor, Stories from the Haunted South contains over fifty-three accounts from the twelve Southern states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. Balancing the history with the legends of each supernatural locale, Brown focuses on personal stories of ghostly encounters. From folk archives across the South, Brown also includes nearly forgotten legends, such as the Headless Horseman of Hobkirk. With source notes at the end of each section, as well as detailed directions to each place, Stories from the Haunted South will be an important addition to the ghostlore of Dixie.« less