Ghosts of the Carolinas

North and South Carolina are steeped in history-some of it supernatural. The "custodian of the twilight zone" shares their spookiest tales (Southern Living).

Nancy Roberts, known as the "First Lady of American Folklore," is a topnotch storyteller and one of the few who both write and tell their own stories. For more than two decades, Ms. Roberts has documented ghost stories and interviewed hundreds of people throughout the United States.

A nationally known author of twenty-three books, Ms....