Ruth Ann Musick's West Virginia ghost tales

Folklorist Ruth Ann Musick of Fairmont State College published The Telltale Lilac Bush (1965), a classic collection of West Virginia ghost stories gathered from her students and their families.

1965 CE · 39.49, -80.14 · status: official

The account

Many stories came from immigrant mining families. Her collections preserve the haunted-mine, death-omen and headless-ghost lore of the coalfields, including an early 'white thing' story later linked to 'Sheepsquatch'.

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Ruth Ann Musick