Travelers on Highway 38 between Harlan and Evarts, Kentucky, have reported seeing a ghostly woman in white on rainy nights for the past 80 years in the Coxton area. The legend says that motorists have spotted…
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The Ghostly Red Dog Road
Red Dog Road is in Harlan County, Kentucky, and is located on Black Mountain. This area is renowned for its numerous ghost stories and legends over the years. Another legend that dates back to the same…
The Strange Disappearance of Annette Sagers
If you have followed The Lantern or this page, you may be familiar with the name Annette Sagers from the two-part series titled “Secrets in the Swamp.” If not, you can find it on The Lantern’s…
Headless Annie of Black Mountain
Headless Annie is one of Harlan County’s most famous ghost stories in southeastern Kentucky. The legend dates back to the 1930s, when the coal mining industry was filled with violence and conflict. During this time, mining…
The Ghost Bride of Cumberland Falls
Cumberland Falls is a beautiful area in southeastern Kentucky, near Corbin, but it also has a reported ghostly bride that’s said to still walk the trails. In the 1950s, a young couple, recently married, honeymooned at…
Tobacco Brides of Virginia
Tobacco brides or wives is a descriptive name for young, single English women whom the Virginia Company of London recruited in the early 1600s. They would emigrate to Colonial Virginia to marry a settler, where a…
The Mysterious Disappearance of Paula Merchant
Paula Merchant was 25 years old when she disappeared on January 4, 1999. Merchant lived in Forest Acres in Columbia, South Carolina, and her disappearance continues to haunt the city, 26 years later. Merchant’s 1989 Nissan…
The Mysterious Disappearance of Sidney Riggs
Sidney Riggs was last seen in Greenwood, South Carolina, on March 4, 2000. He was a senior at Lander University with plans to graduate that year. He mysteriously disappeared right before spring break. Riggs was only…
Strange Occurrences at WWDR / WDLZ
Murfreesboro, NC, gained its own radio station in 1965 when Don Burnett founded the Murfreesboro Broadcasting Company, and WWDR went on the air. Don owned and managed the station until his death in the 1970s. The AM station…
The 5 Most Terrifying Places in Eastern Tennessee
Eastern Tennessee has many ghostly legends. I have written many of them through the years. If you have followed The Lantern and our website, there’s a good chance you have read them, as we grew from…