fiction- local legends whether true or untrue. ex. don't go into the woods because (blank) lives there

[Rosa]

The Light on Hogback Hill

[Andria]

The Devil and Winnie Flynn is about the legend of the Jersey Devil.

[Ann aka Iftcan]

Plum Spooky is a Stephanie Plum book, one of the Between the Numbers books that Janet Evanovich wrote. This one has Stephanie in the Pine Barrows and kind of trying to find/avoid the Jersey Devil,. Sorry, it's been a while since I read this, so I don't remember exactly what she was doing with it. (Jersey Devil is a monster that's supposed to inhabit the Barrows of NJ.)

[Pamela]

The Ark by Margot Benary-Isbert has a woman rumored to be a witch in it. (Sorry, too many books have "Ark" in the title for me to find a link.)

[Rosa]

The Ark
You can always search by author.

[Samantha]

Took: A Ghost Story haven't read it yet but it looks good and it covers your suggestion.

[Rachel]

The Monsters of Templeton is partly about local legends including a lake monster.

[Peter]

The legend of Boo Radley plays a pretty big part in To Kill a Mockingbird, which is of course a depressingly amazing story in its own right.