SOURCES

Every source behind the map, the stories and the registry — the ones we used, the ones we checked and set aside, and the leads not yet read, each with the reason. Where a work is under copyright you see only the passage we relied on and a link to the rest; public-domain books open in full in the Reading Room.

51 OF 559 SOURCES

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  Ancient legends, Mystic Charms & Superstitions of Ireland

  Lady Wilde · 1887 · Project Gutenberg #61436

  STORY · THE FAIRY RATHSTORY · THE FEAR GORTA AND THE HUNGRY GRASSSTORY · THE HOLY WELLSSTORY · THE HORNED WOMEN
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  Brittle (1980)

  Provenance citation (back-filled 2026-09-24).

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  Brittle, The Devil in Connecticut (1983)

  Provenance citation (back-filled 2026-09-24).

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  contemporary reports in the Irish daily and Tipperary press, March–July 1895. Scholarly treatment: Angela Bourke, The Burning of Bridget Cleary (1999), which works from the depositions and press record.

  Citation as recorded on the story (back-filled 2026-09-24).

  STORY · BRIDGET CLEARY, BALLYVADLEA, 1895

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  Dalrymple and Anand (2017)

  Provenance citation (back-filled 2026-09-24).

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  Dalrymple and Anand (2017), citing Muhammad Kazim Marvi's account of the Peacock Throne

  Provenance citation (back-filled 2026-09-24).

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  Daniel Lindsey Thomas & Lucy Blayney Thomas, Kentucky Superstitions (Princeton University Press, 1920)

  Citation as recorded on the story (back-filled 2026-09-24).

  STORY · DEATH CROWNS

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  Daniel Lindsey Thomas & Lucy Blayney Thomas, Kentucky Superstitions (Princeton University Press, 1920), 'Death' section

  Citation as recorded on the story (back-filled 2026-09-24).

  STORY · TOKENS — SIGNS OF A DEATH TO COME

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  Eliot Wigginton (ed.), The Foxfire Book (Doubleday, 1972), Rabun Gap GA — chapters on faith healing, planting by the signs, home remedies

  Citation as recorded on the story (back-filled 2026-09-24).

  STORY · GRANNY WOMEN, HEALERS AND FAITH HEALING

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  Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry

  W. B. Yeats (ed.) · 1888 · Project Gutenberg #33887

  STORY · A DONEGAL FAIRYSTORY · HOW THOMAS CONNOLLY MET THE BANSHEESTORY · JAMIE FREEL AND THE YOUNG LADYSTORY · THE KILDARE POOKASTORY · THE RADIANT BOYSTORY · THE SOUL CAGESSTORY · THE WITCHES' EXCURSION
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  Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland

  Thomas Crofton Croker · 1825 · Project Gutenberg #39752

  STORY · DANIEL O'ROURKESTORY · FLORY CANTILLON'S FUNERALSTORY · HANLON'S MILLSTORY · THE BREWERY OF EGG-SHELLSSTORY · THE BUNWORTH BANSHEESTORY · THE DEATH COACHSTORY · THE LADY OF GOLLERUSSTORY · THE LEGEND OF KNOCKFIERNASTORY · THE LEGEND OF KNOCKGRAFTONSTORY · THE LEGEND OF KNOCKSHEOGOWNASTORY · THE MACCARTHY BANSHEESTORY · THE PRIEST'S SUPPER
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  George Rogers Mansfield, 'Origin of the Brown Mountain Light in North Carolina', U.S. Geological Survey, 1922 (reprinted as USGS Circular 646, 1971)

  Citation as recorded on the story (back-filled 2026-09-24).

  STORY · THE BROWN MOUNTAIN LIGHTS

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  Gerald Brittle, The Demonologist (1980)

  worldcat.org

  Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).

  MAP · THE WARREN HOUSE AND OCCULT MUSEUM
  OPEN THE SOURCE ↗

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  Gerald Brittle, The Demonologist (1980), ch. 'Annabelle'

  Provenance citation (back-filled 2026-09-24).

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  Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo, Historia general y natural de las Indias (1535–1557) — the Masaya chapters

  worldcat.org

  Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).

  MAP · MASAYA VOLCANO — LA BOCA DEL INFIERNO
  OPEN THE SOURCE ↗

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  Guy B. Johnson, John Henry: Tracking Down a Negro Legend (University of North Carolina Press, 1929)

  Citation as recorded on the story (back-filled 2026-09-24).

  STORY · JOHN HENRY AND THE BIG BEND TUNNEL

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  Haxton, The Dibbuk Box (2011)

  Provenance citation (back-filled 2026-09-24).

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  Heron-Allen's letter (acquisition 1890)

  Provenance citation (back-filled 2026-09-24).

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  Input, 2021 (Haxton passed the box to Bagans in 2016)

  Provenance citation (back-filled 2026-09-24).

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  Jennifer A. Bauer, Roan Mountain: History of an Appalachian Treasure (History Press, 2011), citing Colton and hotel-era accounts

  Citation as recorded on the story (back-filled 2026-09-24).

  STORY · THE MUSIC ON ROAN MOUNTAIN

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  Joanna Galdone, The Tailypo: A Ghost Story (Clarion, 1977)

  Citation as recorded on the story (back-filled 2026-09-24).

  STORY · TAILYPO

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  John A. Keel, The Mothman Prophecies (Saturday Review Press, 1975)

  Citation as recorded on the story (back-filled 2026-09-24).

  STORY · MOTHMAN

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  José León Sánchez, La isla de los hombres solos (1963)

  worldcat.org

  Cited on the map entry (back-filled 2026-09-24).

  MAP · ISLA SAN LUCAS
  OPEN THE SOURCE ↗

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  Kentucky Historical Society, 'New Details About the Cursed Chest' (donated 1976)

  Provenance citation (back-filled 2026-09-24).

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  Kienzle (2017)

  Provenance citation (back-filled 2026-09-24).

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  Kurin (2006)

  Provenance citation (back-filled 2026-09-24).

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  Legends of Gods and Ghosts (Hawaiian Mythology)

  W. D. Westervelt · Geo. H. Ellis Co., Boston · 1915 · Project Gutenberg #39195

  Read in full except chapters XV and XVII. The source of all 19 Hawaiʻi stories. Chapter X ('The Old Man of the Mountain') is NOT used: Westervelt says it is not a Hawaiian legend but his own story.

  MAP · KĪLAUEA — HOME OF PELEMAP · NUʻUANU PALI LOOKOUTMAP · PUʻU KEKAʻA (BLACK ROCK)STORY · ʻAUMĀKUA — THE ANCESTOR-GUARDIANSSTORY · HIKU AND KEWALU — THE BRIDE FROM THE UNDERWORLDSTORY · HOW MILU BECAME KING OF THE GHOSTSSTORY · KAHALAOPUNA AND THE TESTING OF GHOSTSSTORY · KĀLAIPĀHOA, THE POISON-GODSTORY · KĀNEKUAʻANA AND THE OYSTERS OF PUʻULOASTORY · KAUHUHU, THE SHARK GOD OF MOLOKAʻISTORY · LAKA AND THE LITTLE PEOPLESTORY · MALUAE AND THE BREADFRUIT TREE OF LEIWALOSTORY · MOʻOINANEA AND THE STONE WOMEN OF NUʻUANUSTORY · NANAUE, THE SHARK-MAN OF WAIPIʻOSTORY · PULE ʻANĀʻANĀ — PRAYING TO DEATHSTORY · THE GHOST OF WAHAʻULA HEIAUSTORY · THE LAPU — GHOST DRUMS AT THE OLD HEIAUSTORY · THE LEAPING PLACES OF THE SPIRITSSTORY · THE MOʻO OF THE RIVERS AND POOLSSTORY · THE NIGHT MARCHERSSTORY · THE PRAYER TO THE GODS OF THE NIGHT PATHSSTORY · KA-ILIO-HAE AND THE KING OF THE GHOSTS
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  Leonard W. Roberts, South from Hell-fer-Sartin: Kentucky Mountain Folk Tales (University of Kentucky Press, 1955)

  Citation as recorded on the story (back-filled 2026-09-24).

  STORY · SOUTH FROM HELL-FER-SARTIN — THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN TALES

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  Louis W. Chappell, John Henry: A Folk-Lore Study (1933)

  Citation as recorded on the story (back-filled 2026-09-24).

  STORY · JOHN HENRY AND THE BIG BEND TUNNEL

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  Mannenji temple's account, as reported by Pink Tentacle (2010)

  Provenance citation (back-filled 2026-09-24).

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  Mental Floss (2015)

  Provenance citation (back-filled 2026-09-24).

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  Myths of the Cherokee

  James Mooney · 1900 · Project Gutenberg #45634

  STORY · THE HUNTER AND THE TLA'NUWASTORY · THE HUNTER IN THE DAKWASTORY · THE MOON-EYED PEOPLESTORY · THE NUNNEHI AND THE LITTLE PEOPLESTORY · THE RAVEN MOCKERSTORY · THE UKTENA AND THE ULUNSUTISTORY · TSUL'KALU, THE SLANT-EYED GIANT (JUDACULLA)STORY · U'TLUN'TA, THE SPEAR-FINGER
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  Perry Deane Young, The Untold Story of Frankie Silver (2012)

  Citation as recorded on the story (back-filled 2026-09-24).

  STORY · FRANKIE SILVER

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  Pink Tentacle (2010)

  Provenance citation (back-filled 2026-09-24).

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  Raskin (2018)

  Provenance citation (back-filled 2026-09-24).

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  Richard Chase, Grandfather Tales (Houghton Mifflin, 1948)

  Citation as recorded on the story (back-filled 2026-09-24).

  STORY · OLD DRY FRYESTORY · SOP DOLLSTORY · WICKED JOHN AND THE DEVIL

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  Richard Chase, The Jack Tales (Houghton Mifflin, 1943), collected from the Ward–Harmon family, Beech Mountain NC

  Citation as recorded on the story (back-filled 2026-09-24).

  STORY · THE JACK TALES (THE BEECH MOUNTAIN CYCLE)

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  Ross (1973)

  Provenance citation (back-filled 2026-09-24).

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  Ruth Ann Musick, The Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales (University Press of Kentucky, 1965)

  Citation as recorded on the story (back-filled 2026-09-24).

  STORY · THE GHOST OF SILVER RUN TUNNEL

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  Scott Reynolds Nelson, Steel Drivin' Man (2006)

  Citation as recorded on the story (back-filled 2026-09-24).

  STORY · JOHN HENRY AND THE BIG BEND TUNNEL

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  Screeton (2012)

  Provenance citation (back-filled 2026-09-24).

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  Screeton (2012) — lost since the late 1970s

  Provenance citation (back-filled 2026-09-24).

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  Smithsonian, 'History of the Hope Diamond' (1839 catalogue of the Hope collection; sold 1901)

  Provenance citation (back-filled 2026-09-24).

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  Superstitions of the Highlands & Islands of Scotland

  John Gregorson Campbell · 1900 · Project Gutenberg #61730

  STORY · THE CATTLE TAKEN AND THE HILLOCK KEPT CLEANSTORY · THE CHANGELING AND THE CORN SIEVESTORY · THE EACH-UISGE — THE WATER-HORSESTORY · THE GRUAGACH AND THE MILK STONESTORY · THE KELPIE, THE WATER-BULL AND THE BEAST OF LOCH AWESTORY · THE MERMAIDSTORY · THE SÌTH — THE PEOPLE OF PEACESTORY · THE ÙRUISG
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  The Ghost In My Machine (2022) — the doll is on view at the temple

  Provenance citation (back-filled 2026-09-24).

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  The secret commonwealth of elves, fauns & fairies

  Robert Kirk · 1691 · Project Gutenberg #75485

  STORY · ROBERT KIRK AND THE SECRET COMMONWEALTH
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  Thirsk Museum, 'displays' (hung out of harm's way in 1978)

  Provenance citation (back-filled 2026-09-24).

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  Udal, Dorsetshire Folk-lore (1922)

  Provenance citation (back-filled 2026-09-24).

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  Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland, First Series

  Lady Gregory · 1920 · Project Gutenberg #43973

  STORY · BIDDY EARLY OF FEAKLESTORY · MRS. SHERIDAN AND THE OTHERSSTORY · THE EVIL EYE, THE TOUCH, AND THE PENALTYSTORY · THE SEA-HORSES OF ARAN
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  Wikipedia, 'Baker Mansion' (Society purchase 1941)

  Provenance citation (back-filled 2026-09-24).

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  Witchcraft & Second Sight in the Highlands & Islands of Scotland

  John Gregorson Campbell · 1902 · Project Gutenberg #58894

  STORY · AN DÀ SHEALLADH — THE TWO SIGHTSSTORY · GIVING AWAY THE SECOND SIGHTSTORY · HUGH OF THE LITTLE HEADSTORY · THE BLACK WALKER OF THE FORDSTORY · THE BÒCHDANSTORY · TWO HOUSES: BONSKEID AND KILMOLUAGSTORY · THE CORP CREADHA — THE CLAY CORPSESTORY · EACH FAMILY ITS OWN WARNINGSTORY · THE MAN AT KIRKAPOLSTORY · THE SEER WHO SAW HIS OWN PHANTOMSTORY · WHO THE HIGHLAND WITCHES ACTUALLY WERESTORY · WITCHES AS HARES
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