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Peter Cooper

Malcolm Holcombe: An Appalachian Ghost Story

Malcolm Holcombe: An Appalachian Ghost Story

I've never met Malcolm Holcombe, but he used to call me late at night. The phone would ring in the hours between midnight and 2 a.m., and I wouldn't pick up. Calls at that hour normally involve romance, intrigue or tragedy. In the late 1990s,
Peter Cooper 31 Dec 2007

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