Boyfriend's death, Warren County, Indiana
Rating |
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Title |
Boyfriend's death, Warren County, Indiana |
Alternative Title |
Legend of Ghost Hollow |
Genre |
Urban legend |
Description |
Ruthanne Bannon's transcribed variant of The Boyfriend's Death urban legend as collected by Myra Turnpaugh. In this account, a couple is parked on the side of the road when they hear a noise. The boy goes to investigate, and when he fails to return, the girl discovers he has been hanged above their car. |
Informant |
Bannon, Ruthanne |
Collector |
Turnpaugh, Myra |
Date of Original |
1968-04 |
Contextual Information |
In most variants of this legend, the boy goes to get gasoline for the car rather than hearing a noise coming from outside the car. |
Repository |
Indiana State University Folklore Archives, Special Collections, Cunningham Memorial Library, Terre Haute, Indiana 47809 |
Coverage |
United States -- Indiana -- Warren County -- 1968 |
Subject |
Parking Sounds Hangings |
WV3 Subject |
Folklore |
Type |
text |
Material Type |
Interviews |
Date Digital |
2011-06-21 |
Technical Metadata |
image/tiff 300 dpi; Epson GT-20000; Epson Scan |
Copyright |
Digital image copyright c 2010 Indiana Folklore Collection. |
Item ID |
isuf-BoyfriendDeath013 |
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