The Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales

Ruth Ann Musick


4.17 · 6 ratings · Published: 1965

The Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales by Ruth Ann Musick
" West Virginia boasts an unusually rich heritage of ghost tales. Originally West Virginians told these hundred stories not for idle amusement but to report supernatural experiences that defied ordinary human explanation. From jealous rivals and ghostly children to murdered kinsmen and omens of death, these tales reflect the inner lives-the hopes, beliefs, and fears-of a people. Like all folklore, these tales reveal much of the history of the region: its isolation and violence, the passions and

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