American Myths and Legends, Volume 1
Charles M. Skinner
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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 |