"""Beyond the old plantation's creaky gates, a moonlit cemetery beckoned. So begins your typical Southern Gothic novel. Yet Wil Elrick, Alabama native author, researcher, storyteller and ""weirdologist"" loves to discover the history behind those strange stories, legends, and folk tales of his state.
Fascinated by the many stories of spirits, disappearances, treasures lost and found, monsters and odd goings-on, Elrick has traveled widely and dug deeper to give a remarkable account of some of the most bizarre stories you're likely to encounter. Alabama seems to be a fountainhead of such wonderment, and he aims to give us the historical basis of the stories behind the tales. In the process, you discover what a great storyteller he is."" Decatur Times Daily "
