num_pages: 189
description: " 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 its isolation and violence, the passions and bloodshed of the Civil War era, the hardships of miners and railroad laborers, and the lingering vitality of Old World traditions.
language: English
title: The Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales
titlecomplete: The Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales
genres: Historical, Cultural, Ghosts, Supernatural, Historical Fiction, Short Stories, Fiction, Folklore, Horror, Paranormal
ratings_count: 399
publisher: University Press of Kentucky