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Boo! I’m still here.
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Continue reading →: Boo! I’m still here.Notebook of Ghosts is my sanctuary and I’ve been anxiously waiting for the time to write a post. This week, I reach a milestone with my dissertation and I’ll be able to return happily to this space and research all things haunted. Along with filling my blog with content, I’m working…
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Continue reading →: In My Commonplace Book: St. Patrick & the Pagan CorpseRecently, I have been filling my commonplace book with notes from The Penguin Book of the Undead: Fifteen Hundred Years of Supernatural Encounters (edited by Scott G. Bruce). In the section “The Discernment of the Saints,” Bruce shares three stories about saints that compelled the dead to reveal their identities and…
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Haunted Cemetery Statues in the United States
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Continue reading →: Haunted Cemetery Statues in the United StatesIn elementary school, our music teacher played a 1980s PBS cartoon set to Camille Saint-Saëns’ “Danse Macabre” on Halloween. The cartoon began with a statue of a cloaked skeleton coming to life after sunset, using his instrument to summon skeletons from their graves. Since then, I have always imagined the statues I see…
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In My Commonplace Book: Cemetery Cats
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Continue reading →: In My Commonplace Book: Cemetery CatsMy current obsession is looking up photographs of cats in cemeteries, a marriage of my two obsessions. I am not sure what happens after death, but I like the idea of cats hanging out near my grave (maybe even howe sitting on it). As I have explored in a past post,…
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My Cemetery Bucket List (Ongoing)
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Continue reading →: My Cemetery Bucket List (Ongoing)Kira Butler from The Midnight Society recently posted her cemetery bucket list, which inspired me to create my own list in my commonplace book. My list is strictly American cemeteries (for now), because mama is broke. Below is my list, which is always growing. Many were chosen because they are reportedly haunted (of course).…
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Terror and Tomes: Haunted American Libraries
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Continue reading →: Terror and Tomes: Haunted American LibrariesMy library is filled with used books, which can create a rather haunting atmosphere. Who had these books before me? How did they live? How did they die? The lingering fingerprints, marginalia, and dust from a distant house, bookstore, or library. It is as though each used book brings along…
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One Year Later: A Reflection
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Continue reading →: One Year Later: A ReflectionThe muses are ghosts, and sometimes they come uninvited. – Stephen King, Bag of Bones One year ago today, I wrote my first post for Notebook of Ghosts. People always ask where the name of the blog came from. I have always kept commonplace books about the occult and wanted to translate…
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Indiana Ghosts: Diana of the Dunes
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Continue reading →: Indiana Ghosts: Diana of the DunesFor the next few posts, I am going to explore ghost stories in my home state: Indiana. Besides its nearness to Chicago and its beauty, its spiritual power, there is between the Dune country and the city a more than sentimental bond — a family tie. To see the Dunes…
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A List of Weird Things Buried With People
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Continue reading →: A List of Weird Things Buried With PeopleA couple days ago, I read an article about the clay body parts buried with Ancient Italians. Then, I got to thinking about the grand Terracotta Army and then that Six Feet Under episode with the guy buried with comics books. What are the things we carry in the afterlife…
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Indiana Cemeteries: Hillside Cemetery
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Continue reading →: Indiana Cemeteries: Hillside CemeteryRemember Halloween? Those were simpler times. On Halloween this year, I decided to take the day off from work. I drove to Attica, IN in hopes of acquiring a black long-haired cat from a shelter. I found out the cat was very afraid of dogs (I have two), so I…
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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
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