"[Montell] combed through university archives and interviewed countless individuals to provide a look at regional legend and lore." -- Hancock News

"[T]his is a very good book.... the stories have the air of genuinely individual experiences.... [Y]ou will be well entertained if you invest in this excellent selection of ghost stories and share them with your friends." -- Gillian Bennett, The Folklore Society, UK, Folklore

"Entertaining, frightening and yet though evoking Montell's collection of stories is a wonderful offering of the rich heritage Kentucky has handed down to its citizens." -- Chevy Chaser Southsider

"Is sure to both entertain and chill its readers while also allowing them to consider their own supernatural heritage." -- Manchester Enterprise

"Montell has combined more than 270 stories from across the Commonwealth." -- Kentucky Monthly

"Montell vividly re-creates the context of storytelling in Kentucky in times past. This evocation of the rich folk history of the region is the special strength and magic his work offers to readers: the sense that their own tales, ways, and beliefs are part of a valuable legacy that deserves respect and honor. This is a matter about which Montell is passionate, and his passion shines through." -- Margaret Read MacDonald, author of Ten Traditional Tellers

"This is a great collection of ghost stories that reflect Kentucky's rich history and legends." -- Tuscon Citizen

"Those who first and foremost seek a sense of how ghost stories are told may well favor Tales of Kentucky Ghosts above all his other books." -- Appalachian Journal