Join author Jannette Quackenbush on a hiking adventure as you explore chilling ghost stories and folk tales along the Appalachian Trail, as well as in various National Parks, Forests, and State Parks. From the rolling hills of Ohio to the rugged terrain of Tennessee, you’ll discover some of the best hiking locations to experience these eerie narratives. Here are just a few of the captivating stories included:

The Mysterious Brown Mountain Lights
Sideling Tunnel Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike
The Choir of the Dead of Roan Mountain
The Little People of Hickory Nut Gorge
The Devil’s Courthouse and Tennessee Bald
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Noland Creek Trail
Ghost Town at Shenandoah National Park—Upper Pocosin Miss
George Washington & Jefferson National Forests Red Fox Trail to The Killing Rock
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park—The Dead Soldier in Gap Cave
Pine Mountain State Resort Park Chained Rock Trail
Mammoth Cave The Old Haunted Cave
Paw Paw Tunnel Headless Haunt
Great Falls—Goldmine Trail Goldmine Ghoul
The Red-headed Man of Dorsey’s Knob
Twin Falls State Park That Thing up in Poke Holler
New River Gorge National Park McKinley Rock at The Rend Trail
A Haunted Hike through Harpers Ferry
Lake Hope State Park, The Night Watchman
Haunted Battlefield Farms at Gettysburg

Come take a hike with folklorist and ghost story writer Jannette Quackenbush and see the scary side of Appalachia.