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)
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| Preface | 2:30 | Gelesen von Chuck Williamson |
| The Smoking Pine | 3:56 | Gelesen von Alan Mapstone |
| Various Grindstone Hill | 8:04 | Gelesen von LaurieB |
| A Prophet of War | 3:54 | Gelesen von Alan Mapstone |
| A Shot in the Moonlight | 4:47 | Gelesen von Vinny Lerin |
| The Rescue of Molly Finney | 4:36 | Gelesen von Vinny Lerin |
| Dead Man’s Ledge | 6:08 | Gelesen von Vinny Lerin |
| Maine’s Woodland Terrors | 7:27 | Gelesen von Vinny Lerin |
| The Great Stone Face | 4:43 | Gelesen von Vinny Lerin |
| The Stream-Spirit's Wife | 3:19 | Gelesen von Vinny Lerin |
| Stone Woman of Squam | 4:27 | Gelesen von Vinny Lerin |
| The Confession of Hanserd Knollys | 4:28 | Gelesen von Julie Burks |
| Peabody’s Leap | 3:28 | Gelesen von Julie Burks |
| A Traveled Narrative | 6:17 | Gelesen von docdlmartin |
| The Escaped Nun | 6:15 | Gelesen von Virginia Neville |
| The Long Sleep | 8:16 | Gelesen von Virginia Neville |
| Tom Dunn's Dance on Rag Rock | 5:03 | Gelesen von Virginia Neville |
| Woburn Ghost | 6:11 | Gelesen von Robin Lee |
| How the Black Horse was Beaten | 3:25 | Gelesen von Allegra LittleCole |
| The Breaking of Plymouth Rock | 3:19 | Gelesen von Alan Mapstone |
| The Swan of Light | 4:39 | Gelesen von Rita Boutros |
| The Love of a Praying Indian | 6:29 | Gelesen von Rita Boutros |
| The Gander’s Message | 5:41 | Gelesen von Rita Boutros |
| Case of the Brothers Brown | 8:23 | Gelesen von Rita Boutros |
| A Recovered Pocket-Book | 5:38 | Gelesen von Rita Boutros |
| The Walking Corpse of Malden | 5:05 | Gelesen von jack2 |
| A Rollicking Ghost | 4:35 | Gelesen von Brianna Chiles |
| Crystal Spring | 5:22 | Gelesen von Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| The Cheapening of "Lucy Campbell" | 8:16 | Gelesen von Henry K. Noble |
| Parson Hooker’s Gold Plate | 3:20 | Gelesen von Robin Lee |
| The Evil Doing of Hobomoc | 5:02 | Gelesen von Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| The Terrible Moonak | 5:01 | Gelesen von Rita Boutros |
| Pomperaug’s Love and Burial | 5:54 | Gelesen von Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025) |
| Bloody-Heart Rhododendrons | 3:16 | Gelesen von Vinny Lerin |
| Charlotte Temple | 4:05 | Gelesen von Debbie Talley |
| Jan Sol and the Monster | 7:22 | Gelesen von Vinny Lerin |
| A Gift from St. Nicholas | 13:12 | Gelesen von Greg Giordano |
| Staten Island Dueling Ground | 4:17 | Gelesen von Patrick Randall |
| A Transferred Love | 6:09 | Gelesen von Debbie Talley |
| Ghosts of Dosoris | 2:39 | Gelesen von Debbie Talley |
| The Rock of Battle | 3:06 | Gelesen von Debbie Talley |
| The Non-Arrival of Fitz-William | 2:48 | Gelesen von Debbie Talley |
| Tragedy of the Secret Room | 5:19 | Gelesen von Greg Giordano |
| Who Was John Wallace? | 3:33 | Gelesen von Winnifred Assmann |
| The Hudson Spirits | 5:01 | Gelesen von Greg Giordano |
| Utsayantha | 3:06 | Gelesen von Kerry Adams |
| Uncle Sam | 3:30 | Gelesen von Kerry Adams |
| The Golden Tooth | 11:16 | Gelesen von Vinny Lerin |
| The White Lady of Dobb’s Ferry | 2:55 | Gelesen von Robin Lee |
| The Underground Station | 5:54 | Gelesen von Sharon E. |
| The Indian Princess Apple | 3:37 | Gelesen von Kerry Adams |
| The Blue Skaneateles | 3:01 | Gelesen von Kerry Adams |
| The Onondaga Fairies | 4:25 | Gelesen von Kerry Adams |
| Greycourt’s Little History | 6:56 | Gelesen von nighthawks |
| The Good Bird Spirit | 7:27 | Gelesen von J. Thurgood |
| The Lovers United | 5:03 | Gelesen von jenno |
| Poke-o’-Moonshine | 5:25 | Gelesen von Jeff Pierpont |
| The Niagara Thunder God | 5:45 | Gelesen von KevinS |
| The Death on the Palisades | 4:19 | Gelesen von Greg Giordano |
| Panther Chief of the Senecas | 3:44 | Gelesen von Allegra LittleCole |
| The Spooks of Schooley’s Mountain | 15:29 | Gelesen von Greg Giordano |
| The House of Misfortune | 5:35 | Gelesen von Robin Lee |
| The Lonetown Mystery | 2:58 | Gelesen von Ted Perkins |
| The Leeds Devil | 4:24 | Gelesen von Robin Lee |
| Rose O’Mally and Calixto | 6:32 | Gelesen von Rita Boutros |
| The Goblin Jesuit | 5:06 | Gelesen von Rita Boutros |
| A Kindness Repaid | 4:51 | Gelesen von Rita Boutros |
| The White Wolf of Venango | 3:43 | Gelesen von Vincent Yau |
| Wheeling Stogies | 5:45 | Gelesen von Vincent Yau |
| The Man with the Skates | 7:33 | Gelesen von Vincent Yau |
| The Death of Tammany | 4:31 | Gelesen von Greg Giordano |
| Hexenshdedl | 4:43 | Gelesen von James K. White |
| A Philadelphia Excitement | 6:00 | Gelesen von Greg Giordano |
| The Belled Buzzard | 1:52 | Gelesen von Ben Tucker |
| Stick Pile Hill | 3:43 | Gelesen von Ben Tucker |
| The Picture Tree of Tenallytown | 4:44 | Gelesen von Ben Tucker |
| The Devil’s Race-Course | 7:02 | Gelesen von KevinS |
| Spectres in Annapolis | 5:50 | Gelesen von Winnifred Assmann |
| Goggle-Eyed Jim | 4:09 | Gelesen von Debbie Talley |
| The Dismal Swamp Ship | 2:30 | Gelesen von Lee Vogler |
| Jimson Weed | 2:42 | Gelesen von Lee Vogler |
| White House | 5:11 | Gelesen von Debbie Talley |
| The Virginia Witch | 3:25 | Gelesen von Alan Mapstone |
| The Virginia Cocktail | 2:12 | Gelesen von Debbie Talley |
| The Champions of Elk River | 5:30 | Gelesen von gwtn |
| Cape Fear River Outlaws | 7:33 | Gelesen von Greg Giordano |
| Cain’s Mark | 3:38 | Gelesen von J. Thurgood |
| How Bill Stout Settled a Mortgage | 8:01 | Gelesen von Chuck Williamson |
| Some Georgian Lycanthropy | 6:50 | Gelesen von jack2 |
| The White Bride of St. Simon’s | 3:33 | Gelesen von Debbie Talley |
| The Drinking of Sweet Water | 7:15 | Gelesen von Greg Giordano |
| Nancy Hart | 2:32 | Gelesen von Debbie Talley |
| The Cells of Fort Marion | 8:08 | Gelesen von Brianna Chiles |
| The Caloosahatchee She-Man | 7:29 | Gelesen von Chuck Williamson |
| The Blood-Rose | 3:02 | Gelesen von Chuck Williamson |
| St. Mary’s Paradise | 2:50 | Gelesen von Chuck Williamson |