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Founded in 1871 by Pearl & Leander Duval. Stantonville’s official newspaper and source for truth, tradition, and the things we don’t name out aloud. What don’t kill you might just try again. Stay informed. visitstantonville.com / ©2020 Free the Bold.

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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
🕯️ 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
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
🕯️ HISTORICAL REPORT – DOWNTOWN (Part 2) By dawn, his upper half had been consumed by the land itself, while the lower half remained above ground, rigid and bent in different directions like a tree. Clothes and shoes missing, only identifiable by his tattoo.
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
🕯️ HISTORICAL REPORT – DOWNTOWN (PART 1) Descendants of Stantonville’s first settlers are reminded of the Hope Well’s power after a white man’s body was found turned into a flesh tree. Authorities confirm Adam Lee Bosch, who's from Pennsylvania, was here visiting an old college roommate.
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
📰 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
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
📰 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
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
🌲 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
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
📰 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.
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
⚠️ 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
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
🌑 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
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
🍬 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
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
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
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
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
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
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
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
🧓🏾 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
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
🕯️ 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
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
🌞 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
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
✂️ 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
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
🎭 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
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
🚪 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
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
🍂 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
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
🌞 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
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
🧾 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
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
🎶 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
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
☀️ 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
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
🫶 WELCOME — NEW RESIDENTS Greet the crows. Don’t bargain at wells. If a bargain finds you, ask for the terms in daylight. We’re glad you’re here. If you’re not a resident yet, what you waiting for? #WelcomeToStantonville #KnowTheRules
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
🍽️ 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
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
💃🏽 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
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
🎧 HAUNTS & HAINTS NEW EPISODE Gio’s latest episode is about The BooHag. He says, “She’s a classic.” Charlotte Dixon Rollings says she’s something else. Have you heard it? Visit HauntsandHaints.com and leave that broom by the door! #HauntsAndHaints #GioDontBelieve
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
💼 HAPPY LABOR DAY, STANTONVILLE We honor the hands that built this place — and the ones that refused to be worked to death. Today’s a good day to rest, sweep your doorstep, and tell the truth. #LaborDayInStantonville #RestAndRitual
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
📖 BEANS AND BARS BOOKSTORE EVENT – PARABLE Charlotte Dixon Rollings is signing copies of Skin Deep: My Night with the Boohag today at 4PM. Come early. Bring salt...and we suggest keeping rice on your person to keep the skin on your bones. #BoohagBookTour #CharlotteDixonRollings
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
🥕 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
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
🌞 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
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
🌞HAPPY NEW DAY, STANTONVILLE If you are seeing this video, then you were meant to because Stantonville don’t just be sending out invitations, she sends for you with intention and care, so… Welcome Home 🏡 Here’s some information about the city from our griot, Jae!
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
🚪 ROOM FOR RENT – MAFERNE Basement apartment. Cool in summer, warm in winter. One mirror. DO NOT UNCOVER! One key. No questions. $888/month. #MaferneListings #RoomWithAView
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
🎭 GIG – PARABLE THEATRE (ONE NIGHT ONLY) Seeking brave soul to read lines from a script we didn’t write. Show starts at midnight. Pay is… negotiable. Bring salt. #StantonvilleClassifieds #ParableCastingCall #MidnightMonologues
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
📦 FOR SALE – EAST END One family Bible. Wrote a new page on its own last night. We’re Baptist but not that Baptist. $5 firm. Come before dusk. #StantonvilleClassifieds #EastEnd
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
🍓 EVENT – DOWNTOWN STANTONVILLE Farmer’s Market Night Run, 6–9PM! Come for muscadine jam, stay for the honey readings (yes, that’s a thing). No mirrors allowed near the sweet pickles tent. #StantonvilleMarket #JamAndJuJu
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
🎭 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
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
🌾 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
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
☀️ HAPPY NEW DAY, STANTONVILLE You woke up, and that means something. The ground remembers you. The wind calls you by your true name. Walk like your prayers already landed. You're not alone out here. #HappyNewDay #StantonvilleStrong #WalkWithPower
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
🌱 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
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
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
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
🌾 FIELD REPORT — HACKETT COUNTY Corn rows running north were found twisted west. Not a storm in sight. Just a line of oversized hoof prints beat deep into the soil. #HackettCounty #GoneWrong #StantonvilleFieldNote
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
🔥🎙️ EVENT — LEGACY HEIGHTS Legacy Heights is hosting a rooftop poetry night: “Our Fire, Our Folklore.” Bring a story passed down, or a verse you dreamt. Offerings welcomed. No lies allowed — the mic can tell. #LegacyHeights #StantonvilleEvents #RooftopLore
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
HAPPY NEW DAY, STANTONVILLE That summer rain washed the streets clean and the air sweet. If you’ve got something on your spirit, step outside and let it rinse off. Today feels like a good day to start again. #Stantonville #HappyNewDay #RainBlessed #CleanStart
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
CITYWIDE WARNING — SUGAR JAW SWAMP Residents in Maferne reported wailing trees cracking overnight. Our field team found the bridge into Sugar Jaw bent and broken, and the creek higher. Stay clear of the area until further notice. #SugarJawSwamp #MaferneWarning #Stantonville #HauntsandHaints
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
🥾 WARNING — PARABLE HIKING TRAIL A hiker called in, saying they saw themselves walking in the opposite direction, wearing the same clothes, but with different eyes. Trail’s closed til further notice. #Stantonville #ParableTrail #HauntsandHaints
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
🌫️ FIELD REPORT — MCCALL BROOKS LEGACY GOLF CLUB Fog rolled in thick this morning. Staff say it’s been whistling. Golfers report “missing time” between holes 7 and 9. Please stay on the cart path. #McCallBrooksWatch #LegacyFog #FieldNote
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
🌞 HAPPY NEW DAY, STANTONVILLE To all our new residents: Welcome. A reminder—do not make wishes near Lake Grand Mère. They will come true, but not kindly. #KnowYourWaters #LakeRules #WelcomeToStantonville
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The Stantonville Record @stantonvillerecord.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
🌫 WARNING – MAFERNE Fog rolled in fast over Maferne Bridge this morning. Locals say you can still cross—if you hum your birth song. If you don’t know it, stay home. #MaferneMist #FieldWarning #hardheadsoftass #Stantonville
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