The series, produced with permission from the books' publisher University Press of Kentucky, ran for four seasons and 80 webisodes between October 2011 and May 2015.

Gill, composed by Amanda Bridgett, directed by Leah Turley and assisted by Emily Basile, based on several of the stories in the collection.

The theatrical adaptation, also titled The Telltale Lilac Bush, featured the following short stories: The cast included: The creative team included Jessica Lynn Fox, Jacob Smith, Nora Ankrom, Mariah Plante, Matt Hitt, Ryan Kennedy, Loren Allen, Ryan Hurlbutt, Nikki Jervis, Jennifer Anderson, Emily Basile, T. Michael Murdock, Joanna Murdock, and Westley Smolder.

This version included an edited script omitting the musical aspects and changing the telling of The Old Horse to a new story, created by pulling several aspects from different short stories in the Mine Ghosts section of the anthology, such as Big John's Ghost, Section South Main, and the original The Old Horse.

The production is set to tour West Virginia schools in Spring 2024 and perform at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Summer 2024.