EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- A writer who grew up hearing about the legend of a shadowy "Grey Lady" said to haunt an Evansville library used that tale as the inspiration for a screenplay that's been turned into a new television movie.

 

Rod Spence's "The Good Witch" is a two-hour movie set in a small town, and it premiered Saturday night on the Hallmark Channel. It will air again Jan. 25 and Jan. 31.

 

Spence graduated from Evansville's North High School in 1972 and has made his living as a freelance mechanical designer. But he's also a longtime writer who estimates he's written 30 screenplays. 

"The Good Witch" is the first movie that carries his writing credits.