The Dark Side of Appalachia  

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We all got some stories. Ain't the animals it's the people ya gotta watch out for.

I love these stories and the way you tell them as if they are your very own experiences!

I could listen to these stories all day or night long. Love love them

I literally just discovered this channel. Being from the area, I just wanna say thank you for telling the old stories. Makes me miss my dad. I've always hated being from the country until I got older. The older I get, the more I think these hills are the last safe(ish) place around.

Love the stories you tell. I don't think they would be the same without you voice. Love it.

I'm so glad I found this channel. I was born, raised, and still live in Appalachia. East TN near the border with NC. It's so nice to hear stories of the people of the mountains. So much media concerning the region is negative but the people I grew up around were resourceful, very smart in their own way, kind, generous, and tough. If I lived anywhere else I'd move.

Aaaah yes, spooky tales season in Appalachia! Awesome! Well done, JD!!

I love hearing old ghost stories about the Appalachian mountains I remember hearing them from my mom and dad and grandparents I'm from a small town here in the Appalachian mountains called saltville

I'm in the Appalachian mountains in the North Carolina region. My grandfather told me countless stories of ghosts / spirits. His first house was built on an Indian berrial ground that wasn't a good idea. One thing he always told me was that a spirit can't cross over water. He also told me a lot of what this video talks about.

As a spooky Witchy type from New Orleans, and my family roots in this neck of the woods…I’m loving your channel and exploring my heritage. 🧟‍♀️🙏🏻🧟‍♀️

Even though I watched this after Halloween, I felt very strange when you were telling these stories. In my mind, I could picture everything & everyone you spoke about before I saw the pictures on screen. I’ve never had that happen before and it’s….no pun intended….spooked me. You’re an amazing storyteller and I love hearing about the Appalachian people. Blessings always! ❤️✝️

Well. I think I just found my new favorite Story channel

You are essential for reclaiming our roots! Love it, Thank You!

One of My very Favorite Channels. TY

Great to keep these stories alive and hopefully they will continue to be told,love from Ireland 🇮🇪.

Awesome intro with the ferris wheel! Love a spooky story that's close to home!

I love a good ghost story. Awesome.

Love this channel! There was an elderly man who lived on Big Pine creek in Madison co who was a WWI Vet. He was a pillar of the community and church. One night his dogs were barking and yelping he went out to investigate when he returned to his house white as a sheet and shaking his wife asked him what was wrong. He told her he had witnessed a lot of things in the trenches of WWI, but never had he seen anything like he seen that night. His dogs were never the same either! Patricia Gambino Harrington

I’m from a rural county and other than the 6 years i was in the Marines, I have lived here. While not Appalachia, it’s still pretty remote in a lot of places. I’m 40 and I have spent the last 20 years in the military or police. I say that because I am about as boring as they get. I mow my lawn twice a week, I get a haircut every other weekend. I like to deal with facts. I’m “that guy”. I say that because what I am typing is true. One day I was working a day shift and was the detective catching cases. I got a call from patrol for a death of an elderly man, at his home which was an old farm out in the middle of nowhere. When I got there it was me, at that time I had 10 years with the state police; a Trooper with almost 20 and the county coroner who had almost 40 years on the job. None of us were rookies or drama queens; all of us professionals. We did our investigation and the funeral home came. There was no next of kin and this old timer lived out on this derelict farm alone. Nothing was unusual or criminal about it. We removed the body and were getting ready to lock everything up so our local burglars didn’t ransack the place. That’s when we heard it. The unmistakable sound of a child laughing. At first it was off in the distance and I pretended like I didn’t hear it. It sounded like one of those old fashioned girls dolls with the pull cord that laugh. The other 2 guys started looking strange and I could tell they heard it too. Then it got louder and was obviously inside the house. Then all 3 of us had a “WTF is that” moment. We searched top to bottom with our flashlights; and then outside and couldn’t find anything. We never spoke about it because we didn’t want to be thought of as lunatics. My report doesn’t mention that. I can’t explain it but it is true. That farm house is probably 150 years old. I can only guess what the walls would say if they could talk. I don’t scare easy. I have been shot at in Iraq, and also as a cop. I’ve been in fights with drunks, and foot pursuits with armed druggies and everything else. That old farm house scared the hell out of me.

Man I watch your stories every night before I go to bed. Love all of them brother!!

Great video! I loved it! 2 of my favorite things. Appalachia and spooky stuff.

Just discovered your channel. I'm from England and I've never visited the USA, but I'm fascinated by Appalchia, it's people, history, and folklore/stories. You've got youself a new subscriber! Keep up the great work.

It’s the season for ghost stories. My great grandfather would sit on the front porch on a late fall evening and tell all the grandchildren stories he swore where true. Thanks for sharing and have a blessed night JD!

My mom and aunt loved old cemeteries We would walk through look at the names and dates and talk and make stories up about what happened They and now I love the beauty and the spooky of them Love your stories and channel that I have just discovered

Im from the Southern Appalachian Mountains of Southwest Virginia. The first story of the "Headless man" is very similar to a story told about a barn near the Blue Ridge Parkway Near Mabry Mill near Floyd and Franklin County, that I heard as a boy.........It Scared me to death back then , I was about 10 then and it was 1975. Since I was Saved by THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST when I was 24, well ghosts aint in my vocabulary anymore, but there is a demonic world that is real, a Saved man or woman cant be "POSESSED" but dont dwell on that demonic world because a Saved person can be "OBSESSED" by it. Keep ya'll's mind on Jesus Christ, and the Blood He shed for you........And remember, the devil and his demons, CANT CROSS THE BLOODLINE!! God bless ya'll al!!

Thanks for sharing great ghost stories.

You captured that really well, also loved the music, Thank you.

I notice you had a pic of the Lake Shawnee Ferris wheel at the beginning, I'm probably not a hours drive from there... That was a very good video, you should definitely do more of a series on stories like these! There's some very good stories that go along with Lake Shawnee, about the Shawnee tribe & the 1st residents that settled in that area, I'm not going to give it away incase you do decide to do a episode on it, but it would be a good one also! And about the hauntings of the carnival grounds there! Just research lake Shawnee in Mercer county WV and it will give you the details... But the way you tell stories I know you'd definitely do it good justice! I been waiting to see if you upload a new video about what I suggested about the union miners shootout in WV to go along with the story you told about the one in Tennessee! Love your videos keep it up!

Well done my friend. Most excellent adventures. Wonderful stories.

I used to fish next to the Farris wheel

It's good to see one of my favorite story tellers channels growing. You and Criggly do an amazing job. I also like that you both sound like decent Country folks!

JD this is absolutely some great spooky dooky stories! Well done! My maiden name is Rains, I have a LOT of relatives in the Tenn and NC still in these old appalachian mountains. Man the stories that were shared from my grandparents, parents other close family members had/have a Boo Coo of stories. Some of which are quite unbelievable, from how living life in those rugged mountains, to crime, to spookiness. It's an amazing way of life, hard but honest so much so that they were so self sufficent, poor or no, that when the great depression hit most didn't know unless someone else told them. I appreciate and love your channel, you have a great story telling voice. I watch you and another man (Mr. Donnie Laws) I only watch you 2 gentlemen. I love any and all stories, good or 'dark' of my ancestors and their way of life. My family branched off and ended up in a little town in central NC in the late 1800's called Boone Hill, known now at Princeton, NC. Anyway, again, thank you for your awesome upload. 👻🎃💯

Just in time, while I eat a late dinner

I absolutely love the stores he tells !

Given the choice between spending the night in the mountains or a big city I'll take the mountains any day. I've spent several nights in the woods.

love this channel,I live in the hills in Pa

Seems to be a few narrators for this channel, this is the one I like best. He has creeped me out on more than one occasion...thanks for these short stories.

1st generation ....mom raised in West Virginia and dad was from Kentucky. I grew up in equally rural Virginia but in the foothills. I am clinging to this channel as I have been separated from my heritage my whole life. It brings me a great sense of home.

Thanks for the stories!west virginian here!looks like it's so close to Heaven that even the ghosts don't want to leave .Have a great day!

They were great fun J.D. but that face popping up at the end got me good hahaha!❤

You left out a story. "The Hillbillies From Deliverance." Almost happened to me. Was out in the woods years ago. Was walking and heard a voice say "Whatcha doin in our neck of tha woods?" Banjo music also started playing. I immediately knew what was up and ran as fast as I could.

im from southern WV. My granny told me she seen the headless man. She was visiting her mom years ago and someone knocked on the door, she opened it and there he stood. She took off running thru the house and out the other door.

YES!!!!!

Thank you so much and so glad I found your channel 😊

It always hurts my heart to see those houses that once stood proud filled with warmth and joy only to end up Sad cold and abandoned, history lost to nature.

Excellent 👍🏻

Thanks for the stories. Hello from central AL.

That face got me at the end. Love your storytelling, your voice is like music. 👍❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Love it brother, thanks!!!!

Thank God that headless man never hurt anybody!!🙏

I love old stories like these keep up the good work.

Great video!

Going thru your play lists watching all the ones I missed. I've seen the Spook light here in Joplin and it is scary. They say it's a man who lost his head and he's looking for it. Good spook story JD.

Just the thing to get my mind off everything.

As usual, I love your story telling 👍🏾

I love this channel! I am so glad I found it!!

I live around the county line of Hamilton and Rhea . Would like to see the house from the last story.

My grandma lived on the parkway near Fancy Gap VA. She saw this headless creature too . He ran behind a big rock and my great uncle and my grandpa met each other in the middle behind the rock but the headless being was gone

We are from Ga. and we love the Appalachian stories.,.

I love my home.

I love hair raising “hant” tales. Many thanks.

Hey there Storyteller I pray everything is going great Amen 🙏

The giggling/crying ghost lady sound effects get me every time when in alone lol

My daddy has seen many things unexplainable. Was he scared? Nope... 🤣❤️

I'm 60 and I remember all of these scary stories when I was a kid...no internet no TV so these old scary stories were all we had and I loved em...even though at the time they scared the daylight out of me now thinking back those were the good ol days!

Thanky much for another fine video that's just in time to kick our anxiety into high gear. Hawkins County is only one county over from me. I may just have to go find this headless fellar myself. 👻

Perfect story telling

Thank you soo much!

My daddy and my great uncle swore they was a headless horseman on hanging rock road in banner elk n c !!!! There’s a lot of old superstitions in these old mountains ❤️ in Ashe co. At my sisters husbands families land they have a burning bush called Gems booger! A house had burned there! They swear by it! I’ve been there a lot but, didn’t see a thing!

I'm still looking! I am 50, but haven't lost hope!!!!

You're an excellent storyteller!

Love the 90's vintage jump scare at the end. Truth be told, I miss those things in videos. The thing that truly startled me was the ghostly image at 16:48. Well done.

This is why you always go camping/hiking strapped (with the appropriate license and following of trail/campground rules).

Good stuff. Followed you on TikTok too!! Keep up the good work

Love your stories and all your videos.

Awesome stories my friend. Great job. Thanks for sharing this.

Wonderful narration

That was fantastic! I will never forget, we are all just ghosts here... Shakespearean I subscribed 😊

I used to drive right past that old ferry’s wheel and swing that was in the opening photos. There’s a dark story behind that old circus ground.

My stars and garters these stories were good and scary! I would have to bring a talisman with me if I was sitting around a camp fire in the dark as you recited more scary stories .

I am from Atlanta, Georgia. As a child I have many memories of Stone Mountain. I am 60 now.

Love the ch.1-3!

I thought I’d watched this one oh well watching it again

John was a real man...

Awesome story

Tis the season 👻 Thanks JD 🤗❤️

Thanks!

Creepy!

You did a great job on this video! 👏

Love these stories!

That last story is where I’m from, Hamblen Co.

Love the video.. that was creepy

Good story!

Great stories

New sub here. Thank you

Do you give tours? I live in Indiana, you are a professional my friend!!

I love these stories. I also know some of these seer's and prepare yourself for a strike from the sky in the month of April of 2039.

Great video brother if you ever get to middle Tn holler at me we’ll go eat a bite good night brother and GOD BLESS

I believe God rewarded John's willingness to not blame God but to sincerely seek for answers. I believe God wants us individually to come to Him with our heart aches.