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  1. The ghost of the hunting-obsessed squire Richard Cabell was said to lead a pack of hellhounds over the moors near the village of Buckfastleigh, Devon. A "monstrously evil man", Cabell was accused of murdering his wife and selling his soul to the Devil. The only way locals could quieten his ghost was to put a heavy slab over his tomb and build a robust mausoleum around it. Cabell's legend may have inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to write The Hound of the Baskervilles. The book cover below is from the original 1902 edition. #WyrdWednesday #folklore #literature #books #mythology #weird #paranormal #writing #reading

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