01HAYESPOND
The marker does not tell you everything
A sample reading page about the historical record surrounding Hayes Pond.
Sample entry ↗A North Carolina story archive Est. 2026
What they
forgot to tell you.
History in the records. Stories in the margins. Haint Stories follows the people, places, and choices behind the familiar telling.
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A historical marker can tell you where something happened. A newspaper can tell you what someone printed. The story begins when we ask what else the record holds.
Featured layout · North Carolina, Filed Away
The marker does not tell you everything.
Near Maxton, a state highway marker commemorates the confrontation at Hayes Pond on January 18, 1958. It preserves the outcome in a few lines. The fuller account asks how the Klan arrived in Robeson County and how local people met it.
This short entry demonstrates the reading layout. It is not a finished historical essay.
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Different forms. A shared attention to what survives, what gets repeated, and what was left out.
01HAYESPOND
Stories behind the telling
Historical fiction and the ghostwriter voices of Haint Stories.
Section preview ↗03SHOT INTO
THE DARK
THE DARK
Shot Into the Dark
A fictional voice returns to the moment the light went out at the Klan rally near Hayes Pond.
Story entry ↗04THE
NARROW
CUT
NARROW
CUT
The Narrow Cut
A dedicated landing page for the completed audio series and its episode links.
Landing page preview ↗05THE
RADIO
RADIO
The Radio: Voices that Connected a Movement
Watch the finished short film on YouTube.
Watch film ↗06THE ROAD TO
HAYES POND
HAYES POND
The Road to Hayes Pond
A reserved place for the film, its context, and future release information.
Project preview ↗These are prototype entries. The archive will grow as finished work is selected and prepared for publication.
About Haint Stories
North Carolina,
Filed Away.
Haint Stories is a home for research-led essays, fiction, films, and audio rooted in North Carolina and the wider South. We follow sources carefully and leave room for the questions they cannot settle.
Founded by Hector Henry III. Film work is produced through Blue Oxford Productions.
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