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viewing The Dailies has me emotional all over again 🥹🎬 #TheReaping #VisitStantonville #AfroFolkHorror
May 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
@stantonvillerecord.bsky.social is what happens when your grandma’s warnings start posting.

#AfroFolkHorror #VisitStantonville #BlackSky
April 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
📣 PUBLIC NOTICE —
Do not accept pie from Miss Gladys this week.
Her sister says she was humming to the bones while baking.
You know what that means. #Stantonville #TheRecordSpeaks #HauntsandHaints #AfroFolkHorror
April 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
📅 COMMUNITY REMINDER –

The Old Foundry will host its monthly swap meet tomorrow.

Bring your goods. Bring your coin.
Leave your name at the door. Just in case someone else tries to use it.
#StantonvilleRecord #AfroFolkHorror #CommunityGathering
April 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🧾 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
September 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
🗞️Since 1871, The Stantonville Record, affectionately called The Record has kept our citizens informed. If you’re new in town…Welcome. Reminders: Respect the land. Mind the bells.
Pay attention to what's paying attention to you.

#Stantonville #TheRecordSpeaks #AfroFolkHorror #HauntsandHaints
April 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
🎓 SSU — FILED FIELD REPORT
August House | Reported by Althea "Tee" Dawson, RD
Student woke at 4:44AM. Soil under nails. Shirt on backwards.
No memory of the night before.

Campus Housing filed it.
#SSUHaunts #FiledReport #StantonvilleRecord #AfroFolkHorror #BlackSky
April 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
☀️ 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
September 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
🦀 MOOR'S POINT SEAPORT — COMMUNITY GATHERING
The annual Crab Crack starts at dusk. Wear your blue to honor those claimed by water, past and present. Name them if you can. Eat slow. Talk nice. The Ocean is listening.

#MoorsPointWatch #StantonvilleRecord #AfroFolkHorror
April 22, 2025 at 12:23 AM
📣 SPRING REVELRY FEST STARTS TODAY
Oak Grove Fairgrounds | Gates open at 5PM
Music, food, rides, and the annual blessing at dusk.
Wear light colors.

If someone in your group seems… off, stay near the elders.
You may not leave together.
#Stantonville #AfroFolkHorror
April 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
🎓 SSU — FILED FIELD REPORT
August House | Reported by Anon
Dorm door covered in long nails, hammered deep—sharp ends facing out like a warning. No one heard hammering. "It looks like the door grew teeth."

Campus Housing filed it.
#SSUHaunts #StantonvilleRecord #AfroFolkHorror #BlackSky
April 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
🕯️ 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
September 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
📰 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
September 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
🌲 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
September 26, 2025 at 10:44 PM
⚠️ 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
September 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
🌑 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
September 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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
September 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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
September 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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
September 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
🧓🏾 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
September 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
🕯️ 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
September 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
🌞 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
September 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
🚪 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
September 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
🍂 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
September 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
🌞 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
September 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM