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Happy Valentine’s Day: Breakup Via Séance
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Continue reading →: Happy Valentine’s Day: Breakup Via SéanceIn February of 1956, newspapers across the United States—from New York to California—told the story of a relationship between a British girl and a ghost ending after a séance. A three-week “out of this world” romance between a pretty cockney bobby-soxer and her poltergeist boyfriend was over yesterday—or at least…
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Mourners Find Love in a Cemetery
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Continue reading →: Mourners Find Love in a CemeterySince Valentine’s Day is this Friday, I thought I might share some romantic content. During my research in the newspaper archives, I found two stories about mourners falling in love with cemetery employees. “Aged Couple Married in Cemetery Romance,” Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, July 19, 1945 Mrs. Thoresca Cartisser (age 72) married…
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The Haunted Hollow Tree of Indianapolis
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Continue reading →: The Haunted Hollow Tree of IndianapolisIt’s me, coming up for air from the spooky newspaper archives with a story for my fellow Hoosiers. Today we are taking a float down Pogue’s Run, an urban creek in Indianapolis that starts at the intersection of Elizabeth Street and Lennington Drive and empties into the White River south…
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#HumpDayHaunts: A Deathbed Confession
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Continue reading →: #HumpDayHaunts: A Deathbed ConfessionFor those who don’t know, I post haunted history every Wednesday on my Instagram. I wanted to share this week’s post, which is another find from the newspapers archives. Make sure to give me a follow for future posts.
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Continue reading →: Short & Spooky Book Review: Ghosts of the Southern Mountains and Appalachia by Nancy Roberts (USC Press)Nancy Roberts, known as the “First Lady of American Folklore,” wrote more than 20 books on Southern hauntings and folklore. Her stories weave archival research, firsthand accounts, and detailed descriptions of haunted locations, locations which she visited and soaked in. The University of South Carolina Press provided me a copy…
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#25SpookyStories: A Christmas Reading Challenge
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Continue reading →: #25SpookyStories: A 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) [Updated 12/20/2019] Christmas is a time for…
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Continue reading →: “The Spectacle Was Sickening”: The Rotary Jail and the Thrice Hanged GhostI recently had the chance to finally visit the Rotary Jail Museum in Crawfordsville, Indiana. The jail is the first rotating jail built in the United States and the only one that still turns. In the 19th Century, rotary jails popped up across the Midwestern United States. Jail cells shaped like wedges…
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#31SpookyStories: October Reading Challenge
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Continue reading →: #31SpookyStories: October Reading ChallengePlease note: This post will be continuously updated throughout the challenge, so follow me on social media for any update alerts. Every October, I challenge myself to read 31 short stories—a story for each day. I thought this year I might invite my friends—YOU—to join the challenge! I usually pull…
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Haunted Chairs
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Continue reading →: Haunted ChairsHaunted chairs… You know when you use a chair after someone and it’s still warm? It’s like that. OK. I’m guessing, but haunted chairs are a thing. Whether the chair is possessed by something or just a tool for the ghost, sitters should beware. The following are haunted chairs I came…
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#HumpDayHaunts: 3 American Ghost Ships
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Continue reading →: #HumpDayHaunts: 3 American Ghost ShipsUsing the hashtag #humpdayhaunts, I share a bit of paranormal history on my Instagram every Wednesday. I’ve been letting my followers vote between two themes. The most recent candidates? Haunted Lighthouses or Ghost Ships. The winner? Haunted Lighthouses! I must admit, I was a bit bummed. I love lighthouses, but…
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