Ghost Stories: the Cliff Notes versions

[Zeldar]

The one that Hal Holbrook told in a TV program Mark Twain Tonight called The Golden Arm (or something close to that).

Anybody remember the big picture? All I can recall is the "Who got my golden arm?" being repeated and the final "You got it!!!" screamed into the camera. I almost passed out.

There's another from childhood I have never been able to find reference to because it involved the N-word. Had to do with Bluegummed whatever.

I get sort of put out with movies that rely on "ghost stories" that were obviously made up out of whole cloth and passed off as if they were Pop Culture. I guess the gap between Urban Legends and honest-to-goodness classical ghost stories is not a subject that's been addressed as a serious issue. (If there's a website that goes into much detail on the subject, I haven't found it yet.)

Anyway, this thread can be pretty much anything about ghost stories that you feel like adding. That includes links to old threads that already said what you want to.