Tripping On Legends

As we wait for the Haunted Biltmore episode to be released, we present to you Christopher Balzano’s interview with Craig Payst, the creator of North Carolina Ghost Stories (http://northcarolinaghosts.com) and Kentucky Ghosts and Monsters (http://www.kentuckyghosts.com/). Payst’s research into the ghosts of the Piedmonts in North Carolina was crucial in the planning stages of our recent Tripping on Legends Road Trip as we made our way through the state. Hear the episode of our journey through North Carolina as we explore three legends he presents on his site: http://triplegend.hipcast.com/deluge/triplegend-20170725015217-5483.mp3 What was meant to be a talk on some of the background of the sites quickly turned into a discussion on the nature of folklore, the changing face of storytelling, and the role of the paranormal and race relations in the stories we know and retell. Many of these ideas make an appearance, oddly enough, on Christopher’s appearance on Binnall of America a week later (http://host2.cy