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American Myths and Legends, Volume 1

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American Myths and Legends is another collection of folklore from author Charles M. Skinner, whose exhaustive and expansive work in the field popularized many of these stories in the public imagination. It is intended as a follow-up work to his multivolume magnum opus, Myths and Legends of Our Own Land. This is the first of two volumes.
- Summary by ChuckW (8 hr 17 min)

Chapters

Preface

2:30

Read by Chuck Williamson

The Smoking Pine

3:56

Read by Alan Mapstone

Various Grindstone Hill

8:04

Read by LaurieB

A Prophet of War

3:54

Read by Alan Mapstone

A Shot in the Moonlight

4:47

Read by Vinny Lerin

The Rescue of Molly Finney

4:36

Read by Vinny Lerin

Dead Man’s Ledge

6:08

Read by Vinny Lerin

Maine’s Woodland Terrors

7:27

Read by Vinny Lerin

The Great Stone Face

4:43

Read by Vinny Lerin

The Stream-Spirit's Wife

3:19

Read by Vinny Lerin

Stone Woman of Squam

4:27

Read by Vinny Lerin

The Confession of Hanserd Knollys

4:28

Read by Julie Burks

Peabody’s Leap

3:28

Read by Julie Burks

A Traveled Narrative

6:17

Read by docdlmartin

The Escaped Nun

6:15

Read by Virginia Neville

The Long Sleep

8:16

Read by Virginia Neville

Tom Dunn's Dance on Rag Rock

5:03

Read by Virginia Neville

Woburn Ghost

6:11

Read by Robin Lee

How the Black Horse was Beaten

3:25

Read by Allegra LittleCole

The Breaking of Plymouth Rock

3:19

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Swan of Light

4:39

Read by Rita Boutros

The Love of a Praying Indian

6:29

Read by Rita Boutros

The Gander’s Message

5:41

Read by Rita Boutros

Case of the Brothers Brown

8:23

Read by Rita Boutros

A Recovered Pocket-Book

5:38

Read by Rita Boutros

The Walking Corpse of Malden

5:05

Read by jack2

A Rollicking Ghost

4:35

Read by Brianna Chiles

Crystal Spring

5:22

Read by roselbex

The Cheapening of "Lucy Campbell"

8:16

Read by Henry K. Noble

Parson Hooker’s Gold Plate

3:20

Read by Robin Lee

The Evil Doing of Hobomoc

5:02

Read by roselbex

The Terrible Moonak

5:01

Read by Rita Boutros

Pomperaug’s Love and Burial

5:54

Read by roselbex

Bloody-Heart Rhododendrons

3:16

Read by Vinny Lerin

Charlotte Temple

4:05

Read by Debbie Talley

Jan Sol and the Monster

7:22

Read by Vinny Lerin

A Gift from St. Nicholas

13:12

Read by Greg Giordano

Staten Island Dueling Ground

4:17

Read by Patrick Randall

A Transferred Love

6:09

Read by Debbie Talley

Ghosts of Dosoris

2:39

Read by Debbie Talley

The Rock of Battle

3:06

Read by Debbie Talley

The Non-Arrival of Fitz-William

2:48

Read by Debbie Talley

Tragedy of the Secret Room

5:19

Read by Greg Giordano

Who Was John Wallace?

3:33

Read by Winnifred Assmann

The Hudson Spirits

5:01

Read by Greg Giordano

Utsayantha

3:06

Read by Kerry Adams

Uncle Sam

3:30

Read by Kerry Adams

The Golden Tooth

11:16

Read by Vinny Lerin

The White Lady of Dobb’s Ferry

2:55

Read by Robin Lee

The Underground Station

5:54

Read by Sharon E.

The Indian Princess Apple

3:37

Read by Kerry Adams

The Blue Skaneateles

3:01

Read by Kerry Adams

The Onondaga Fairies

4:25

Read by Kerry Adams

Greycourt’s Little History

6:56

Read by nighthawks

The Good Bird Spirit

7:27

Read by J. Thurgood

The Lovers United

5:03

Read by jenno

Poke-o’-Moonshine

5:25

Read by Jeff Pierpont

The Niagara Thunder God

5:45

Read by KevinS

The Death on the Palisades

4:19

Read by Greg Giordano

Panther Chief of the Senecas

3:44

Read by Allegra LittleCole

The Spooks of Schooley’s Mountain

15:29

Read by Greg Giordano

The House of Misfortune

5:35

Read by Robin Lee

The Lonetown Mystery

2:58

Read by Ted Perkins

The Leeds Devil

4:24

Read by Robin Lee

Rose O’Mally and Calixto

6:32

Read by Rita Boutros

The Goblin Jesuit

5:06

Read by Rita Boutros

A Kindness Repaid

4:51

Read by Rita Boutros

The White Wolf of Venango

3:43

Read by Vincent Yau

Wheeling Stogies

5:45

Read by Vincent Yau

The Man with the Skates

7:33

Read by Vincent Yau

The Death of Tammany

4:31

Read by Greg Giordano

Hexenshdedl

4:43

Read by James K. White

A Philadelphia Excitement

6:00

Read by Greg Giordano

The Belled Buzzard

1:52

Read by Ben Tucker

Stick Pile Hill

3:43

Read by Ben Tucker

The Picture Tree of Tenallytown

4:44

Read by Ben Tucker

The Devil’s Race-Course

7:02

Read by KevinS

Spectres in Annapolis

5:50

Read by Winnifred Assmann

Goggle-Eyed Jim

4:09

Read by Debbie Talley

The Dismal Swamp Ship

2:30

Read by Lee Vogler

Jimson Weed

2:42

Read by Lee Vogler

White House

5:11

Read by Debbie Talley

The Virginia Witch

3:25

Read by Alan Mapstone

The Virginia Cocktail

2:12

Read by Debbie Talley

The Champions of Elk River

5:30

Read by gwtn

Cape Fear River Outlaws

7:33

Read by Greg Giordano

Cain’s Mark

3:38

Read by J. Thurgood

How Bill Stout Settled a Mortgage

8:01

Read by Chuck Williamson

Some Georgian Lycanthropy

6:50

Read by jack2

The White Bride of St. Simon’s

3:33

Read by Debbie Talley

The Drinking of Sweet Water

7:15

Read by Greg Giordano

Nancy Hart

2:32

Read by Debbie Talley

The Cells of Fort Marion

8:08

Read by Brianna Chiles

The Caloosahatchee She-Man

7:29

Read by Chuck Williamson

The Blood-Rose

3:02

Read by Chuck Williamson

St. Mary’s Paradise

2:50

Read by Chuck Williamson