Witchery Art: A Gothic Cabinet of Curiosities and Mysteries

A collection of gothic horror stories, urban legends, ghosts, haunted houses & other curiosities

Lakey's ghost

Lakey’s Ghost: On folklore and folk horror from the prairie, and how the legend of the headless horseman galloped westward across an ocean and a continent

Behind Urban Legends, Journal, Ohio River Valley, Southern Illinois Hauntings and Legends, Terrestrial Anomalies, Extra-terrestrial visitors, hairy monsters, abandoned asylums and assorted weird tales

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On Lakey’s Ghost from John W. Allen; Legends & Lore of Southern Illinois …  Until recent years it was a common custom to go calling on neighbors in the evening and “set until bedtime.” There were no telephones, television sets, or radios for entertainment. There were no automobiles nor were there any roads for them to travel. […]