Roger Thomas's transcribed interview of Bev Jones's supernatural account at Hell's Gates in Clay County, Indiana. The informant went to Hell's Gates and on the way home with her friends, saw a car's lift up off the road then saw the car turn around...
Pullman Strike, 1894; Labor unions; Poverty; Public speaking;
Letter to Eugene V. Debs on Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters letterhead, 07/15/1926. Writes that the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters is attempting to organize the Pullman porters. Tells Eugene V. Debs that "these workers are all Negroes, who...
Jamie Emmert's transcribed account of a legend involving a car accident in which a man was tossed from his car and pinned between a tree and his car. The car caught on fire burning the man's face and body into the tree. It is said that if you go to...
This is Ronald Riley's typewritten variant of the Assailant in the Backseat urban legend as collected by Karen Havill. In this variant, a couple is sitting in a parked car when a truck pulls up beside them and honks its horn. The driver of the...
Jane Hackman's transcribed variant of The Boyfriend's Death urban legend as collected by Barbara Long. In this account, a parked couple hear noises coming from outside the car, so the boy goes to investigate. He fails to return, and the police...
A transcribed variant of The Boyfriend's Death urban legend as collected by Joyce Guilbeault from an anonymous male informant. In this account, a girl discovers that her boyfriend's throat has been slit when he fails to return from getting help...
Electric railroads; Electric lines; Railroads; Trees; Fences; Roads; Railroad cars;
Black and white photograph of an electric rail car. It is heading towards Terre Haute, Indiana. There are deciduous trees on both sides of the road. The rail car is on its own tracks on the right side of the road. There are power lines and poles...
Sara Russell's transcribed interview of Jim Thompson about moonshiners in Shelburn, Indiana. According to Thompson, a man from Shelburn used to run moonshine. Once when he was in Indianapolis, Indiana, his car broke down so he put on overalls and...
Stacia Nigg's transcribed account of a haunted railroad track where a bus load of kids were hit by a train after the school bus stalled on the track. It is said that if a car is parked on the same track and everything is turned off that the kids...
This is a typewritten variant of the Assailant in the Backseat urban legend as collected by Darlene Beckman from an anonymous female. In this variant, a woman is frightened when a car begins to follow her home after work and flash its headlights at...
This is Mary Ellen Benson's typewritten variant of the Assailant in the Backseat urban legend as collected by Mary Crawford. In this variant, a woman is driving home from work at night when she begins to smell alcohol in her car. When she turns to...
