The Beauty Queen and the Ghost It was a dark and stormy night. The air was heavy and mysterious. Evil lurked behind every tree. All Saints Eve, the Hallowed Eve, a night f illed with ghosts, spooks, devils, and …rock stars.

My wife, Linda and I pulled into town just as the spectacular spirits began their trek down Main Street. We sought cover in the Lord Proprietors Inn, three elegantly restored homes in the Historic District of Edenton. Linda chose one of the 16 guest rooms located near the Whedbee House Dining Room.

We were on the way to Norfolk for a Torch Club board meeting and figured Edenton would be a good halfway stop. It had been on my list of places to visit since Russ and Sam Bellamy spent their honeymoon there and came back raving about it.

Edenton was the first capital of North Carolina back when the pioneers first trekked through the tar fields. From 1722 to 1743, the royal governor resided in the tiny town on the Albemarle Sound. About 5,500 people live there now, equally divided between white and black. And most of them were roving the streets demanding "Trick or Treat!"

Anne Bonney, the most famous female pirate Blackbeard the Pirate Even witches use cell phones now. Did he catch a bee or a tiger? Are these rock stars or Egyptian queens? The Red Devil Could this be a Hufflepuff student?