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