The Hanging Ghost
You would never know it today however this dirt road of nothing was a bustling, small town over a short century ago. This little, logging town was full of families and work. Now there is a ghostly shadow. A shadow provided by a farm hand who had enough after a day of scolding, struck the lady of the house with a blade to the throat, taking her voice and life. He was tried three times until the system got it right. Sentenced to the Hanging Tree. To this day, there are many in communities that surround here that day the hanging man was innocent all along. The spirit of darkness overcame this community as people passed on or left and the twon became desolate. Abandoned by ancestors. The only one still here on this overgrown, dirt road, the tortured, hanging ghost. June 27, 2023 ©Andrew Scott – Just a Maritime Boy 2023
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John Allaby
7/17/2023 08:10:34 am
Good story Andy, interesting idea, such as the lynching in Duluth MM does leave a dark shadow on a town or city. All the best!
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