Ridgeway Ghost

The Tommyknockers, naughty little sprites that made their homes underground in the mines, would protect miners good to them with crusts of their pasties.

The town is also home to the infamous Ridgeway Ghost.

This apparition of a man, or possibly two brothers, killed decades earlier in a bar fight one night during the area's lead mining boom has persistently haunted Mineral Point in repetitive tides, with sightings reported in 40-year cycles from as early as the mid-19th century to well into the 20th century.

The panic over the Ridgeway Phantom got to the point where neighbors asked for escorts with rifles to leave home after the sunset.

Yeah, O'Day, that one's closer to us.

Our next story takes us to the Driftless area of southwestern Wisconsin, a part of the state known for its rolling hills winding roads valleys and wooded landscapes which already sounds like the perfect setting for a ghost story the legend the ridgeway ghost is one of the unexplained tales collected in michael norman's haunted wisconsin a book that brings together reports from different parts of the state the story is associated with the valleys of the southwestern wisconsin It belongs to a larger tradition of regional ghost stories that has been passed along through local accounts and retelling.

I think what makes regional ghost stories so interesting is that they're tied to a particular landscape.

When someone says a ghost is connected to a specific valley or road, the place itself becomes part of the story.

Our next story comes from Creepy Shit.

And this one takes us to Wisconsin for the Legend of the Ridgeway Ghost.

Depending on who tells the story, the ghost has been blamed for everything from strange apparitions to accidents and deaths along the road.

A ghost with a body count.

This seems like a perfect time to hear about another spirit that has a habit of appearing where people least expect it.

From Creepy Shit, the

Ridgeway Ghost.

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