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Map showing Burnt House, West Virginia, c. 1906

Professional story-teller Susanna "Granny Sue" Holstein passes West Virginia folklore on to another generation of students.

Burnt House, West Virginia, as it appeared in a 1906 U.S. Geological Survey Map.

Ikie's Tomb, in Pleasants County, West Virginia, once held the remains of little Ikie Mooring. Photo courtesy Susanna Connelly Holstein.

Granny Sue's second collection of West Virginia ghost stories bound to chill you to the bone.

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