13 Terrifying Tales From the North Carolina Piedmont, Vol. 1 »

Here, in Thirteen Terrifying Tales From the North Carolina Piedmont, are thirteen tales of haunted roads, mysterious lights, strange sightings, and a lingering curse-stories about places we know from storytellers that hail from North Carolina's Piedmont: from Charlotte and Concord, to Mooresville and Winston-Salem.

Appropriate for children and adults alike, this beautiful book includes accounts of the first sightings of the leathery looking, three-toed Lake Norman Sea Monster, as well as the tale of an altruistic spirit who points his heir towards $100,000. And in a Davidson-based story, George Washington's spectre makes an appearance, too. For animal lovers, there are a couple of dogs (one frisky and one savage), a fateful cat that lures lost drivers off a Charlotte road, and a flock of vultures.