Halloween Hauntings from Special Collections
As the weather turns colder and the days grow shorter, the staff of Special Collections wanted to provide everyone a treat this Halloween by offering up an assortment of collections and resources related to All Hallows Eve.
Are you wanting to frighten all the ghosts and ghouls with some truly terrifying tales this Halloween? Then check out these spooky “true” North Carolina tales that are sure to make you want to leave the lights on. These and other horrifying legends can be found in the North Carolina Collections.
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- Tar Heel Terror: More North Carolina Ghost and Legends by Michael Renegar
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- Curse of the Wampus and Other Short Spooky Stories of Piedmont North Carolina by O.C. Stonestreet IV
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- Best Ghost Tales of North Carolina by Terrance Zepke
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- Ghosthunting North Carolina by Kayla Ambrose
Looking for more haunting tales that will make your hair stand on its end? The Karen Baldwin Folklore Archive found in the East Carolina Manuscripts Collections contains many a blood-curdling tale recorded by students in their coursework for the Folklore Course taught in the English Department. Listen to our very own North Carolina Collections Librarian, Jennifer Daugherty, talk about the collection and the terrifying story of the Maco light, as taken from the Archive here. (Jennifer Daugherty’s talk begins at the 2:00 hour mark)
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- A little boy examines a Halloween display of two jack o’lanterns and a scarecrow cutout. Daily Reflector Negative Collection (#741), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
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- Group of children wearing Halloween costumes. Daily Reflector Negative Collection (#741), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
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- Children dressed up in costumes for Halloween. Daily Reflector Negative Collection (#741), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Four male students posing dressed as the band KISS for Halloween, UA55-01-4327. Visual Media: Black and White Images. UA55-01, Box 23. University Archives, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
Students wait outside the Elbow Room on Halloween night, 55-01-4802. Visual Media: Black and White Images. UA55-01, Box 25. University Archives, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
Maybe your Halloween festivities need a bit of inspiration from the past. Read about Halloween at ECU over the years in the University Archive’s University Publications collection.
Interested in learning more about the infamous “Halloween Riots,” view this entry in Ships Log by Jo Overstreet, Special Collections Outreach and Instruction Librarian
Special Collections hopes everyone has a safe and fun Halloween!