Miscellaneous Coal Mine Knowledge

Odds and ends about life in the Appalachian coal mines. In 1897, miners in Appalachian regions earne

Brown Mountain Lights: Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina

The Brown Mountain Lights in North Carolina have fascinated visitors for decades. The history of the

Bermuda Triangle

This triangle is near the Caribbean, off the coast of Florida. Records of strange events there are s

 

Miscellaneous Coal Mine Knowledge

April 18, 2012 in Appalachian, Books, Coal Mines, Customs, General, History

Odds and ends about life in the Appalachian coal mines. In 1897, miners in Appalachian regions earned around .30 per ton. Appalachian coal fields are reported to have given work [...]

Brown Mountain Lights: Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina

March 27, 2012 in Appalachian, Bizarre, Customs, Folklore, General, History, Paranormal

The Brown Mountain Lights in North Carolina have fascinated visitors for decades. The history of the lights can be traced, through the Cherokee, as far back as 1200 A.D. They [...]

Bermuda Triangle

March 27, 2012 in Bizarre, Folklore, General, History

This triangle is near the Caribbean, off the coast of Florida. Records of strange events there are supposed to go back to the time of Christopher Columbus. More formal documentation [...]

Chief Benge: A Real “Indian Outlaw”

December 8, 2011 in Appalachian, Bizarre, Books, Folklore, General, Killers

Robert Benge, also called “Chief Benge,” was a notorious enemy of the settlers in Southwestern Virginia and surrounding areas. He remains an enigmatic figure today and conflicting accounts of his [...]

I Saw the Devil

November 27, 2011 in Bizarre, Fiction, General, Horror, Movie Review

I watched, “I Saw the Devil,” and it was intense, to say the least. This film hails from Korea and is an edge-of-your-seat thriller. Strange, I know, as it isn’t [...]

Skeptic

November 27, 2011 in Fiction, Horror, Movie Review, Paranormal

I had to comment on a movie I watched yesterday. “The Skeptic,” stars Tim Daly and Tom Arnold. In a nutshell (and without giving anything away) a cold attorney inherits [...]

Another Break

November 13, 2011 in General

Hi, all! Just a note to say I’m still here. I haven’t been able to update, but will do so asap. We’ve had a family crisis and are trying to [...]

The Scariest Places on Earth – Most Haunted Prisons

October 31, 2011 in Bizarre, Folklore, General, History, Horror, Paranormal

When evaluating the scariest places on Earth, I have discovered that the most haunted prisons seem to be most appealing to the individual who is a ghost hunter at heart. [...]

Haunted Highways in the West

October 30, 2011 in Bizarre, Folklore, General, History, Horror, Paranormal

If your courier jobs take you on late night drives down the highway in certain states (like the Four Corners) you’re lucky if you’ve never had any creepy incidents occur. [...]

The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

October 28, 2011 in Appalachian, Bizarre, Folklore, General, History, Paranormal

I thought this would be an interesting edition to the blog: The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum has been deemed as the most haunted hospital in America. This particular hospital has also [...]

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