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Continue reading →: Beyond Sleepy Hollow: Other Headless Horsemen“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving is one of my favorite spooky stories. I grew up attending and still attend a Headless Horseman Festival in my hometown of Fishers, Indiana. My favorite part? A haunted hayride through the woods with a headless horseman chasing us along the way.…
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Continue reading →: #25SpookyStories: A 2022 Christmas Reading ChallengeNothing satisfies us on Christmas Eve but to hear each other tell authentic anecdotes about spectres. It is a genial, festive season, and we love to muse upon graves, and dead bodies, and murders, and blood. – Jerome K. Jerome, Told After Supper (1891) Christmas is a time for ghost stories.…
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Continue reading →: #31SpookyStories: October 2022 Reading ChallengeFor the past few years many committed to reading 13 or 31 spooky short stories during the month of October. This challenge is not only doable, but it is accessible as I provide free resources. I find this tradition an excellent way to introduce yourself to new writers, folklore, genres,…
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Continue reading →: A Very Quick History of Santa Claus, IndianaOK, this is not about ghosts, but it is about the Christmas Spirit in Indiana. Santa Claus, Indiana is a town located in the southwestern part of Indiana. Around 2,500 people live in the town (not including the elves, I’m sure) and it hosts Christmas-related attractions throughout the year. Starting…
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Continue reading →: #25SpookyStories: A 2021 Christmas Reading ChallengeNothing satisfies us on Christmas Eve but to hear each other tell authentic anecdotes about spectres. It is a genial, festive season, and we love to muse upon graves, and dead bodies, and murders, and blood. – Jerome K. Jerome, Told After Supper (1891) Christmas is a time for ghost stories.…
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Continue reading →: #31SpookyStories: October 2021 Reading Challenge
For the past few years many committed to reading 13 or 31 spooky short stories during the month of October. This challenge is not only doable, but it is accessible as I provide free resources. I find this tradition an excellent way to introduce yourself to new writers, folklore, genres,…
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Continue reading →: Some Haunted Trees in the United StatesAccording to folklore, people are advised to touch wood when threatened by evil. What should one do when the wood itself is the source of evil? Hopefully, we won’t have to find out (Knock on wood! Sorry.). For now, we can explore haunted trees from the safety of our own…
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Continue reading →: Paranormal Research Groups: Society for Psychical ResearchIn this series, I will be “sharing my notes” on various paranormal research groups. Each post will usually include key facts, a brief introduction, notable cases, and an introduction to a notable member. Feel free to jot down notes in your commonplace book. Founding Date: 1882Location: London, England Research Focus:…
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Continue reading →: Paranormal Research Groups: The Ghost Research SocietyIn this series, I will be “sharing my notes” on various paranormal research groups. Each post will usually include key facts, a brief introduction, notable cases, and an introduction to a notable member. Feel free to jot down notes in your commonplace book. Today we start with The Ghost Research…
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Continue reading →: My Other Website: It Was Not a GhostHave y’all checked out my new website: It Was Not a Ghost? (Don’t worry, Notebook of Ghosts is not going anywhere.) When looking for ghost stories in the newspaper archives, I would come across ghost stories that ended up being something else entirely. It was not a ghost! It was…
Boo!
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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