🕯️ HISTORICAL REPORT – DOWNTOWN (Part 3)
The Office of Stantonville Land & Lore has assumed responsibility for his removal, reminding residents that the city protects itself—always has. Always will.
#OctoberisUponUs #Stantonville #thisaintTN #hauntsandhaints #afrofolkhorror
📰 COMMUNITY REPORT – HOTEL COZY (Part 2)
Brandon & Emily still tell visitors the Cozy shut down, but Tom claims they’ve stolen his guests and business on purpose. He believes there’s a darker reason behind the sabotage.
STVN is investigating.
#Stantonville #hauntsandhaints #afrofolkhorror
📰 COMMUNITY REPORT – HOTEL COZY (Part 1)
Tom, former owner of Hotel Cozy, rejects the bed bug story spread by Brandon & Emily.
“They set me up,” Tom insists. “Put nails in the road, stranded drivers, then lured them to their house. Told folks Cozy was closed.”
#Stantonville #thisaintTN
🌲 FIELD REPORT – SUGARJAW SWAMP
Hunters claim they saw a child-sized figure running on all fours. The ground should’ve shown footprints—but only long, clawed handprints trailed behind.
#OctoberisUponUs #Stantonville #thisaintTN #hauntsandhaints #afrofolkhorror
📰 HAINT WATCH – #STANTONVILLE
Sources at the Stantonville Historical Society confirm sightings of a Splitter. These Gone Wrongs appear as dark seams in the air. Avoid them at all costs—they’ll pull your body in opposite directions until you split. Turn away. Don’t breathe near it. Don’t even point.
⚠️ STATEWIDE WARNING ⚠️
On Nov 1, all festivities end at 2AM. Everyone meant to be inside better be there by 3AM. When the knocking starts, DO NOT answer the door—no matter how dire it seems. It will cost your life.
#OctoberisUponUs #Stantonville #thisaintTN #hauntsandhaints #afrofolkhorror
🌑 HAINT WATCH
The Porch Sitter waits on stoops, rocking in chairs that aren’t there. By sunrise, homes are emptied. The Douglass, Pierce & Baisley families vanished yesterday.
Salt your porches.
#OctoberisUponUs #Stantonville #thisaintTN #hauntsandhaints #afrofolkhorror
🍬 FIELD REPORT – SSU
An older Black woman has been seen pushing a candy cart through Legacy Heights, offering sweets only to some. Emery McDonald refused—she smiled wide, all teeth. By nightfall, every tooth in his mouth ached. Officials claim they haven't seen her.
Mind your mouth, #Stantonville
EDITOR’S DESK ALERT – EASTEND
Elders warn against raking your leaves after sundown. Last week, one man did. He tripped into the large pile and was never seen again.
His dog hasn't left the pile's side like he's waiting.
#OctoberisUponUs #Stantonville #thisaintTN #hauntsandhaints #afrofolkhorror
COMMUNITY WARNING – OAK GROVE 🔪
Do not carve pumpkins with names this year. A woman wrote her ex’s name in the rind and heard him scratching and calling at her window all night. He lives two towns over in Parable.
#OctoberisUponUs #Stantonville #thisaintTN #hauntsandhaints #afrofolkhorror
THIS JUST IN | FIELD REPORT – NEWAKE
Last night, a boy vanished near an unlit cul-de-sac. Neighbors saw his shadow still walking the block, detached and smiling with too many teeth and eyes of glass, shattered and shiny.
#OctoberisUponUs #Stantonville #thisaintTN #hauntsandhaints #afrofolkhorror
🧓🏾 ELDER WORD – MR. HENRY, SETTERS PARK
“Don’t leave shoes outside your door tonight.
Spirits like to try them on, and they’ll walk ‘em farther than you can.”
#Stantonville #thisaintTN #hauntsandhaints #afrofolkhorror #MrHenrySays #ElderSpeak
🕯️ CITYWIDE NOTICE – MISS RELLA’S JARROM (JAR ROOM)
Only 7 jars of graveyard dirt left.
And she won’t dig more till after the parade.
Best claim yours before someone else does.
#Stantonville #thisaintTN #HauntsandHaints #afrofolkhorror #JarromNotes #HalloweenPrep
🌞 HAPPY NEW DAY – STANTONVILLE - From the Griot's Desk
A season is a door. If you step through carelessly, anything can step in behind you. Don't bring anyone/anything meant to be left behind.
#Stantonville #thisaintTN #HauntsandHaints #afrofolkhorror #GriotOffice #FolkMemory
✂️ COMMUNITY NOTICE – THE BLOCK
Speaking of costumes… Every tailor on The Block is booked solid. No walk-ins. No late hems.
Come Halloween, don’t you dare step out costume-less.
#Stantonville #thisaintTN #hauntsandhaints #ParadePrep
🎭 EVENT – PARABLE THEATER
Parable announced their annual costume swap Sept 28. Masks from the city’s archives will also be in rotation. Return what you borrow, or it might come looking.
Remember costumes are mandated October 31. Do not fall victim to the WHOYOU.
#Stantonville #hauntsandhaints
🚪 SIGHTING – EAST END
A door appeared on a dead-end street, red and breathing. No handle. No house behind it. Kids dared each other to knock. None did twice.
#Stantonville #thisaintTN #hauntsandhaints #afrofolkhorror
🍂 CITYWIDE NOTICE – EQUINOX RITES
Residents report jars of water turning gold overnight.
If yours did, keep it sealed till first frost.
It will bless—or burn—depending on how you use it.
#Stantonville #thisaintTN #hauntsandhaints #afrofolkhorror
🌞 HAPPY NEW DAY – STANTONVILLE
The Equinox Fog rolled in at dawn, thick as wool. There have been reports of footsteps that follow in the fog. It has been advised to avoid the fog at all costs.
Lest you want your doorstep darkened.
#Stantonville #thisaintTN #hauntsandhaints #afrofolkhorror
🧾 COMMUNITY BULLETIN – NEW RESIDENTS
If you’ve just moved to Stantonville, welcome. A word about streets…
Rule #1: never move street signs.
Rule #2: if the street moves itself though, follow. the other way is dangerous.
#WelcomeHome #Stantonville #thisaintTN #hauntsandhaints #afrofolkhorror
🎶 EVENT – WESTEND
Tonight: secret vinyl swap in Big East Vinyl’s basement.
Unlabeled records only. The last time we were there one played hymns backward, one played tomorrow’s weather.
Be mindful of where you drop the needle.
#Stantonville #thisaintTN #hauntsandhaints #afrofolkhorror
☀️ HAPPY NEW DAY – STANTONVILLE
The Record office received a box marked “Obituaries.” No return address. Inside: blank pages except for cause of death, and the signature of a woman who’s been dead over 100 years.
More developing.
#Stantonville #thisaintTN #afrofolkhorror #hauntsandhaints
🍽️ COMMUNITY NOTICE — FOUR ELBOWS & A SPOON RESTAURANT
Labor plates from noon ‘til gone. Foil is already on; don’t reheat with the lid on. Plant-based plates will be in the BoomBoom Dining Room for pickup.
Return containers for a blessing.
#KitchenLore #FineDining #CommunityFirst #Stantonville
💃🏽 GATHERING – WESTEND ROOFTOP
Unofficial rooftop cookout above Big East Vinyl. No flyer, no invite — just bring something hot or sweet.
Word is someone’s coming who ain’t been seen since the Praise & Power Juneteenth Festival.
#WestendWatch #CookoutWithAView #Stantonville
🥕 FIELD REPORT – LEDGER WARD FARMERS MARKET
The last stall at The Ward's Farmer's Market changed hands again. New vendor, but be sure to watch their grin.
Selling fruit that don’t rot unless ill will is near, keep an eye on your produce.
#Stantonville #LedgerWardMarket #SomethingAin’tRight
🌞 HAPPY NEW DAY, STANTONVILLE
The wind came whispering from Kinfield this morning —
smelled like lavender and fresh clay.
Folk say that’s a sign of rebirth… or replacement.
Check your mirrors. Make sure it’s you looking back.
#HappyNewDay #Stantonville
🎭 EVENT – PARABLE THEATER
Tonight: "Still Breathin’", a one-woman show where the script is never the same. Last night, the audience wept in unison.
Curtain’s at 8.
#Stantonville #ParableTheater #OneWomanShow
🌾 FIELD REPORT – KINFIELD PARK
Children heard a voice under the dirt while digging near the herb beds. Said it was lonely. Said it remembers them.
Park staff is looking into it!
#KinfieldPark #Stantonville #SomethingBeneath
🌱 FIELD REPORT – EAST END
Sage sprouted wild overnight across Aunt Della’s front steps. No one planted it. No one dared pull it.
She swept around it and said, “The land wants what it wants.”
#EastEndBloom #AncestralGardens #Stantonville
HAPPY NEW DAY, STANTONVILLE
📜 FROM THE GRIOT’S DESK
Not all hauntings come howling.
Some sit at your table, pour your tea, wear your perfume. “Help” with your problems, and claim to love you.
Stay vigilant.
#Stantonville #AfroFolkHorror
