University of South Florida Scholar Commons Graduate Theses and Dissertations Graduate School July 2017 The ommonC Uncanny: Ghostlore and the Creation of Virginia History Alena R. Pirok University of South Florida,
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[email protected]. The Common Uncanny: Ghostlore and the Creation of Virginia History By Alena R. Pirok A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History Department of History College of Arts and Sciences University of South Florida Major Professor: Philip Levy, Ph.D. K. Stephen Prince, Ph.D. S. Elizabeth Bird, Ph.D. Julia King, Ph.D. Date of Approval: May 25, 2017 Key words: Public History, Thanatourism, Dark Tourism, The Old Dominion, Hauntings Copyright ©2017, Alena R. Pirok DEDICATION To the hosts, tour guides, storytellers, curators, volunteers, and fans who knew Virginia’s spectral history all along. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS There are many people who contributed to this dissertation in comments, support, direction and encouragement. I would like to name them all, but for lack of room I will name a few.