Donald Wilson's transcribed interview of Vickie Allen's account of a supernatural legend involving a Captain Buck of Hancock County having a curse put on him after sentencing a woman to be burned at the stake for witchcraft and that when he died...
Jim Allen's transcribed personal account of Harly and Gerty Banning. According to Allen, the Bannings were somewhat feeble-minded and people made fun of them.
Journalism; Indiana State Normal School; Indiana State University; Education; Literature; College yearbooks;
A monthly journal written and published by the students and faculty of Indiana State Normal School. The last issue of the school year was dedicated to the graduating seniors and printed in the style of an annual yearbook.
Journalism; Indiana State Normal School; Indiana State University; Education; Literature; College yearbooks;
A monthly journal written and published by the students and faculty of Indiana State Normal School. The last issue of the school year was dedicated to the graduating seniors and printed in the style of an annual yearbook.
This is Sally Jo Allen's typewritten variant of the legend of Spook Light Hill in Clay County near Brazil Indiana, collected by Richard L. Brown. According to the informant, she and her father visited when she was a young girl. They ate some food...
Cindy Allen's typewritten variant of The Licked Hand urban legend as collected by Sharon Fryar. In this variant, a girl is babysitting for a couple and is reassured by their dog who licks her hand to let her know everything is okay. After hearing a...
Danita Allen's transcribed interview of Rick Peters about his experience with an Ouija Board. According to Peters, he contacted his dead sister with an Ouija Board.
Kenneth Allen's transcribed interview of James Watts about an outlaw story from Terre Haute, Indiana. According to Watts, there were some boys who were throwing a dog into a fire and when the dog caught fire it ran under the barn. The barn caught...
Sally Jo Allen's transcribed variant of the legend of Stiffy Green as collected by Richard L. Brown. According to this variant, Stiffy was a dog who died protecting his master from a pack of wild dogs. His master then had him stuffed, and he was...
Camelia Josephene Allen's transcribed interview of Jane Harm's account of a childbirth superstition that if you drink wine three times a day you will have a good baby in Huntington County, Indiana.
This is Vickie Allen's typewritten account of a legend about the Bonds Chapel tombstone in Orange County Indiana. According to legend, a man was wrongfully hanged, and now every year the townspeople add a new link to the chain in his tombstone.
