01HAYESPOND
The marker does not tell you everything
An entry about the historical record surrounding Hayes Pond.
Historical entry ↗History / Fiction / Film
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Haint Stories follows North Carolina history beyond the familiar telling—through the surviving record, the people in it, and stories imagined from its edges.
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The record, and what waits beyond it.
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North Carolina, Filed Away is the historical branch of Haint Stories. Each entry begins with a place, document, marker, photograph, or overlooked piece of the record, then follows the evidence beyond the familiar telling.
From the collection · Robeson County
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.
Research and source notes will expand as the work develops.
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In the collection
Historical essays, fiction, films, and audio, with notes on the records behind them.
01HAYESPOND
Stories behind the telling
Historical fiction and the ghostwriter voices of Haint Stories.
Overview ↗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 ↗The Porch Light Stayed On
A Vietnam veteran confronts the memory behind a neighbor’s porch light.
Story entry ↗05THE
NARROW
CUT
NARROW
CUT
The Narrow Cut
Listen to the complete ten-episode audio series in order.
Listen to the series ↗06THE
RADIO
RADIO
The Radio: Voices that Connected a Movement
Watch the finished short film on YouTube.
Watch film ↗07THE ROAD TO
HAYES POND
HAYES POND
The Road to Hayes Pond
A documentary tracing the events that led to the confrontation at Hayes Pond.
Project entry ↗08THE
VAULT
VAULT
Is This My Great-Great-Great-Grandfather?
An unidentified family photograph, a possible ancestor, and a set of questions still waiting for answers.
Examine the photograph ↗The archive will grow as finished work is selected and prepared for publication.
About Haint Stories
The record,
and what waits beyond it.
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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