Today’s story is Ghosts of Stretchers Neck, a folktale passed down by families living along the New River in Fayette County, West Virginia. Sometimes love survives death as this old story divulges from along the New River at Stretchers Neck in West Virginia.
This episode is written and produced by me, Jannette Quackenbush with folklore pulled from many resources, including:
Original Story passed along by Basil W. Duke, George Braden Fetter & Shober. (1892). Jim, The Ghost of Stretcher's Neck. Fetter's Southern Magazine,Volume 1. It was also printed by L. Brown.
As The Ghosts of Stretchers Neck, Fall 1998 in Goldenseal, 64 and noted in the Beckley Post Herald in 1970 by Shirley Donnely.
There is more than just this podcast. You can buy my book series on Amazon and find them in other bookstores, including my second book on West Virginia ghost stories where this one is recounted.
This story comes from my book, West Virginia Ghost Stories, Legends, Haunts, and Folklore which can be purchased at Amazon and local bookstores.
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