The Devil's Tramping Ground and Other North Carolina Mystery Stories »

From the first colonization at Roanoke Island, the bizarre and inexplicable have shrouded the Tar Heel State. From history and legend, John Harden records ominous events that have shaped or colored state history.

The Ghost Ship Mystery of Diamond Shoals The Mysterious Death of Beautiful Nell Cropsey A Treasure Ship off Wrightsville The Vanishing of Peter Dromgoole Death and a Strange Ring The Story of the "Vera Cruz"
The Devil's Tramping Ground The Plant That Was Lost for a Hundred Years The Strange Hoof-Marks at Bath The Lost Colony The Legend of Theodosia Burr The Peter Stuart Ney Mystery The Odd Disappearance of a Sea Hero A Shepherd of the Hills The Brown Mountain Lights Polly Williams, a Race Horse Mystery The Strange Killer of Turkey Hollow The Baffling Mountain Balds The Missing Major The Unknown Rhymster