Twice Told Tales of the Dark Corner - Dean Campbell
Ballad of a family’s closeness
While many ballads in the Dark Corner told of killings, accidents, natural disasters or other tragedies, there were ... Read more
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Twice Told Tales of the Dark Corner - Dean Campbell
Subdued capture of a holy terror
Moonshiner Wade Bowers had a reputation throughout the Dark Corner and among revenue officers for being a holy ... Read more
COLUMNIST -- FEATURE SPOT
Whispering ghosts in the little old church
One of Scout Executive Lawrence L. Stanley’s favorite ghost stories around the campfire at Camp Old Indian happened ... Read more
COLUMNIST -- FEATURE SPOT
J. Dean Crain, a moonshiner turned preacher
When Dr. J. Dean Crain died on Jan. 10, 1955, while serving as vice chairman of the Furman ... Read more
Twice Told Tales of the Dark Corner - Dean Campbell
Rest of story on Butter Street
Thanks to Mrs. Libby Loftis Vatalaro of Landrum, the saga of Miss Jane Turner’s produce route being the ... Read more
Twice Told Tales of the Dark Corner - Dean Campbell
Favorite ballad in Dark Corner
Ballads covered every subject, including incarceration. A favorite ballad in the Dark Corner was not written about life ... Read more
COLUMNIST -- FEATURE SPOT
Warrant serving sometimes met with ambush
Even though Greenville County High Sheriff P.D. Gilreath had an excellent rapport with most of the mountain people ... Read more
COLUMNIST -- FEATURE SPOT
Paneuma Barton of Glassy Mountain gave her life to China
Barton families were among the first to settle the Glassy Mountain area, once land grants to former Revolutionary ... Read more
COLUMNIST -- FEATURE SPOT
Ghostly music from a stringless banjo, a favorite ghost story
Another favorite ghost story told by Scout Executive Lawrence L. Stanley during Wednesday night campfires at Camp Old ... Read more
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Ballads told of unrequited love
It’s simply the nature of the beast, I suppose, that more ballads tell of traumatic or tragic happen ... Read more
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