When October rolls into November and Thanksgiving is on the horizon, few people want to be staring at a witch’s cauldron full of chocolate bars. Prepare for a house of Halloween treats with these creative candy tricks.
Carving jack-o’-lanterns may be a messy October activity, but resourceful carvers can score a hearty pumpkin seed snack amid the goopy orange innards.
In Valle Crucis, North Carolina, locals tell of a demon dog with glowing red eyes that haunts a mountain churchyard and chases travelers until the valley’s streams force it to vanish.
At Calvary Episcopal Churchyard in Fletcher, the grave of Dr. Edward Lindsay Shuford, DVM, bears the words “He loved all creatures great and small,” honoring a life devoted to the care of animals.
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Explore the true story behind North Carolina’s infamous Tom Dula murder case, the folk ballad it inspired, and the lingering ghostly legend that still haunts the backroads of Wilkes County.
Carrie Cone Long, sister of textile magnates Moses and Ceasar Cone, became a leader in Asheville’s Jewish community through her work with Beth Ha-Tephila and the North Carolina Association of Jewish Women.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms expected through midweek; first freeze typically around Oct. 21
Ben Addison, a respected Black merchant on Asheville’s historic Eagle Street, was gunned down in 1906 during a desperado’s rampage that also claimed two police officers. His grave at Riverside Cemetery bears a haunting inscription: “Killed by a Desperado.”