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Dark Hollow Cemetery

Dark Hollow Cemetery on Dark Hollow Road in Roan Mountain is said to be haunted by the ghost of a woman named Delinda who is said to try to hitch a ride with late night visitors.

In The Granny Curse and Other Ghosts and Legends from East Tennessee, published in 1999, coauthors Janet Barnett and Randy Russell write that she was a lady of the evening that was murdered by community women because their husbands were catching diseases from her. The authors write that when a man identified as Mr. Jankins passed away, they women stashed the woman’s body in the coffin with him and that they are buried together in a now unmarked grave in the cemeteries older section. This story also appeared Mark Moran and Mark Sceurman’s 2004 book Weird U.S.: Your Travel Guide to America's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets.

This legend is convoluted, but the ghost of Dark Hollow Cemetery might have been labeled a prostitute because it is said that visitors can go to the center of the cemetery, throw a coin into the air and it will disappear before hitting the ground.

Bibliography:

Barnett, Janet, and Randy Russell. The Granny Curse and Other Ghosts and Legends from East Tennessee. Winston-Salem, NC: J.F. Blair, 1999.

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