Contents Introduction 1 Chapter 1: Ghosts and Haunted Locations 3 The Ghostly College Students 4 Homecoming Horror 5 The Allen House 8 The Crescent Hotel 9 The Gurdon Ghost Light 10 The LaLaurie Mansion 12 The Voodoo Queen 13 The Lemp Mansion 15 The Magnolia Plantation 18 The Ghost on the Mountaintop 21 The Arkansas State Capitol Building 22 The Ghostly Hitchhiker 23 Donkey Lady Bridge 24 The Devil's Backbone 25 The Ghost Children on the Railroad Tracks 27 The Bell Witch 28 The Waverly Hills Sanatorium 30 The McRaven House 32 The Apparitions of the Myrtles Plantation 34 The Belvidere Mansion 36 The Haunted Georgia Tavern 38 The Haunted Sloss Furnaces 40 The Grey Man 43 The Haunted Lighthouse 45 Civil War Ghosts 47 The Kennesaw House 51 The Ghosts of Ole Miss 53 Chapter 2: Strange Creatures of the South 57 The Fouke Monster 57 The Ozark Howler 59 The Goat Man 62 The Mothman 65 The Gowrow 68 The Loup-Garou 71 The Chupacabra 74 The Cave Springs Mermaid 77 The Hoop Snake 80 The Booger Dog 82 The Dog Man of Arkansas 84 The Florida Skunk Ape 86 Whitey 89 Momo 93 The Lizard Man 97 The Giasticus 101 The Snawfus 102 The Sidehill Hoofer 103 The Wampus Cat 105 The Boo Hag 107 The Lake Norman Monster 109 Chapter 3: Unusual Events in the South 111 The Axeman of New Orleans 112 The Phantom Killer of Texarkana 115 The Witch of Yazoo City 120 The Bleeding House of Atlanta 122 The Ghost Ship of Gloria Colita 125 The Voodoo Hex of Shelbyville, Tennessee 128 The Lost Colony of Roanoke 131 Spontaneous Combustion in Florida 134 The Mysterious Murders in South Carolina 138 The Little Green Men Incident 139 The Aurora Alien 142 The Phantom Whistler 145 The Ghost Train 148 The Devil's Tramping Ground 150 Witch's Hollow 152 The Blood-Stained Mausoleum 155 The Lost City of the Florida Everglades 157 Haunted Lake Lanier 158 The Disappearance of the Cyclops 160 The Vanishing of Orion Williamson 162 The Curse of the Gardette-LaPretre Mansion 164 The Casket Girls 167 The Secret Treasure of the Alamo 171 The Disappearance of Flight 19 172 What Happened to Maud Crawford? 174 The Disappearance of the Sodder Children 175 The Betz Sphere 178 The Mysterious Rubber Boxes of Texas and Florida 181 The Dare Stone 183 Poverty Point 184 The Hoodoo Marker 185 Appalachia's Mysterious Moon-Eyed People 186 What Happened to Mary Shinn? 188 The Island That Disappeared 190 The Vampires of New Orleans 191 Conclusion 195 Bibliography 197.