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North Carolina's Haunted Heritage 



Halloween is just about here, and it's a great time to dig into 

 North Carolina's spooky store of coastal ghost stories. Read 

 how Joe Baldwin has searched for his head after a deadly train 

 wreck decapitated him more than 100 years ago and how 

 Samuel Jocelyn told his best friend that he'd been buried alive. 

 These and other scary tales about pirates and shipwrecks will 

 tingle your spine 4 



A Historian's Coast: 



The Smoke and Ashes of Croatan 



In 1857, a group of colonists vanished from Roanoke Island, 

 leaving only the word "Croatoan" as a clue to their destiny. 

 Since then, historians and archaeologists have conjectured 

 about the Lost Colonists' fate, and a few have pointed to the 

 land near Buxton as the site of Croatan. Join David Cecelski as 

 he helps an East Carolina University archaeology team dig for 

 answers on Hatteras Island and uncover artifacts of the coast's 

 native and European ancestors 1 2 



Naturalist's Notebook: 

 Venus' Flytrap: 



North Carolina's Own Predatory Plant 



The boggy Carolina coast is a habitat uniquely suited to one of 

 nature's oddballs: the Venus" flytrap 18 



Maritime Morsels: 



Clam Chowder - A Spoonful of History 



Get out your pot, bowls and spoons. It's time to ward off the 

 cool fall breezes with a warm bowl of clam chowder. But 

 you'll have to decide which recipe — New England, Manhat- 

 tan or Down East — is your chowder of choice 20 



Book Market: 



The Nature of the Coast in Fact and Fiction 



The North Carolina coast is a fertile setting for books both 

 factual and fictional, and a sampling of current titles offers a 

 little of both 22 



Summer's hot sun and hectic fun have passed, but the fall still 

 offers reel rewards. This season, cast for speckled trout and 



The Catch: 



Seeing Spots and Specks 



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