Creak...Creak...Boo!–Telling Spooky Appalachian Stories (Spooky Week)

Campfires, s’mores, a flashlight, a jump scare! Spooky stories live deep in our nostalgic psyche, yet learning and telling them requires a special set of considerations. Cover Appalachian spooky repertoire, general technique for spooky genres, how to craft suspense, using sounds effectively, the ethics of getting scary, and how to pivot when it becomes clear that the spooky tale you expected to share isn't sitting right with the audience. All levels welcome.

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Adam Booth is the 2022 West Virginia Folk Artist of the Year, awarded at the Governor’s Arts Awards. Adam blends traditional mountain folklore, music, and an awareness of contemporary Appalachia to create original, forward-thinking story artistry. As a nationally touring artist, his professional telling appearances include premiere storytelling events across the United States, including the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, the International Storytelling Center, the National Storytelling Festival, the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival, the Appalachian Studies Association Conference, the National Storytelling Conference, the National Academy of Medicine, and as a Spoken Word Resident at the Banff Centre (Alberta, Canada). He is a member of the Recording Academy and his recordings have received multiple national honors, including a Parents’ Choice Gold Award. Adam also serves as the inaugural Storyteller-In-Residence at Shepherd University.