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In My Commonplace Book: The Stone-Throwing Devil
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Continue reading →: In My Commonplace Book: The Stone-Throwing DevilThis past week, I have been filling my commonplace book with eclipse folklore, my favorite #FolkloreThursday tweets, creepy dolls, and some new ghost stories. I had an especially fun time writing about The Stone-Throwing Devil of Great Island, New Hampshire. George Walton, a wealthy landowner, and his family were tormented…
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A Hoosier Ghost Story with a Pun
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Continue reading →: A Hoosier Ghost Story with a PunI have been thoroughly engrossed with the 1980 book Indiana Folklore: A Reader from Indiana University Press (edited by Linda Dégh). In this book, I came across the most suspenseful ghost story and just had to share it. Three teenage boys stumbled across a haunted house on their way to another…
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The Chain on the Tombstone
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Continue reading →: The Chain on the TombstoneToday I wanted to share another piece of Indiana folklore: the chain on the tombstone. In Bonds Chapel Cemetery (Orange County, Indiana) sits a gravestone that reads “Floyd E. Pruett, 1894-1920.” On the side of the stone is the ghostly appearance of a chain. Many argue the chain developed over…
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The Hoosier Bloody Mary
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Continue reading →: The Hoosier Bloody MaryWhat version of Bloody Mary were you told as a child? There’s Mary. There’s a mirror. There’s the risk of a bloody end. But, what words did you utter (and how many times)? What origin story were you told? Who was the real Bloody Mary? Mary Worth? Mary Weatherby? Mary…
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In My Commonplace Book: Japanese Ghost Diseases
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Continue reading →: In My Commonplace Book: Japanese Ghost DiseasesAs some of you know, I keep a commonplace book and it is the very reason I started this blog. For those of you that are unfamiliar with the concept or would like to learn more, I wrote about the brief history and use of commonplace books in Dirge Magazine.…
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The Ghosts of Famous Musicians
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Continue reading →: The Ghosts of Famous MusiciansAccording to writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton, “Music, once admitted to the soul, becomes a sort of spirit, and never dies.” Imagine all the souls touched and all the spirits created in the hearts of fans of famous musicians. And, while their corporal bodies may lie underground (or in the the winds of…
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A Book Giveaway for My Birthday
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Continue reading →: A Book Giveaway for My BirthdayMy birthday is this Sunday (June 11th). Honestly, I am pretty stressed about other things and it’s summer (the worst season of all), so I’m very whatever about my birthday. I thought giving away one of my favorite books would cheer this birthday girl right up! I am giving away…
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Chapelle Ardente: My Writing Space
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Continue reading →: Chapelle Ardente: My Writing SpaceWhen we got our house a year ago, the first room I painted was my writing room. I chose black, of course (Behr’s Broadway). Nicknamed Chapelle Ardente, this room is where I escape to light candles and research the paranormal, filling the pages of my commonplace book. Or, I’ll sit in…
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North of Salem: The Ghost Twins of North Andover
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Continue reading →: North of Salem: The Ghost Twins of North AndoverSince it is the season of the Gemini (and I’m a Gemini), I started doing some research on ghost twins. Down the internet rabbit hole I went, and I’m glad I did. North Andover, Massachusetts encompasses the historic town of Andover and is just an hour(ish) drive north from Salem, home of…
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Continue reading →: Pour A Glass of Wine for the Spirits: Haunted Vineyards and WineriesTo celebrate my return to blogging after a short break (not of my choice!), I decided to explore ghosts through one of my favorite pastimes: drinking wine! I do not have the luxury to see many vineyards in person, but visiting them through their ghost stories is just as fun.…
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I’m Dr. Watson.
I am a writer, rhetorician, researcher,
& archivist of ghost stories. On this site you will find haunted Indiana history, tips on keeping a commonplace book, cemetery explorations, and more!
Contact: notebookofghosts@gmail.com
My book Indiana’s False Hauntings: Stories of Pranks, Fakes and Supernatural Mistakes (from The History Press) is out!
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