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Continue reading →: Ghost Webcams: The Grey Lady of Willard LibraryI have blogged before about my childhood obsession with finding everything ghost related on the internet (and filling my commonplace book). One of my favorite childhood hobbies was watching the Willard Library ghost cams excessively. The Willard Library in Evansville, Indiana (incorporated in 1881) has fully embraced their ghost(s). They allowed websites…
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Continue reading →: The Hermit of Happy HollowHappy Hollow Park is a 81 acres of forested park in West Lafayette, Indiana. If you are lucky enough, you might spot a fox on your hike through the park. If you are luckier, you might hear the trees tell the story of The Hermit of Happy Hollow. A walking…
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Continue reading →: In My Commonplace Book: Miscellaneous Ghost Quotes I“In My Commonplace Book” is a regular series in which I share the recent scribblings from my commonplace book. Opposed to my well-researched posts, these are simply interesting things I have been reading about. To learn more about commonplace books, you can read a general introduction here. Each of these…
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Continue reading →: Hoax: The Haunted Dentist OfficeI am currently working on a long-form blog post about haunted offices (is there anything scarier?) and I came across this interesting news clipping about “The Chopper.” If going to the dentist wasn’t scary enough… The Philadelphia Inquirer, 28 September 1983, page 3.
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Continue reading →: Archival Research: Haunted in a Prison CellI have a hobby of searching old newspapers for state history on hauntings. So often do stories of ghosts slip trough the cracks of time, while others are documented in books and lore. So, I thought I would share interesting stories I come across in my newspaper research. “Cole Was…
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Continue reading →: In My Commonplace Book: Monsters of the Midwest“In My Commonplace Book” is a regular series in which I share the recent scribblings from my commonplace book. Opposed to my well-researched posts, these are simply interesting things I have been reading about. To learn more about commonplace books, you can read a general introduction here. Each of these…
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Continue reading →: 3 Years, 3 #HumpDayHaunts, & A GiveawayMy cats (Wind and Kitty Kitty Boo Boo) and I are back to haunt your internet! I am excited to continuously and consistently post to the blog in 2019. I will keep bringing that paranormal history, along with some more posts on commonplace books. This week officially marks my blog’s…
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Continue reading →: Halloween #HumpDayHauntsStarting November, I’ll be back to my regular blogging. Until then, please follow me on Instagram for some haunted history each day this week! If you don’t follow me already, you might not know about #humpdayhaunts. Each Wednesday I share a bit of paranormal history. Since it is Halloween, I…
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Continue reading →: Til Death: Ghost Brides of the United StatesI am in the middle of planning a (goth rustic) wedding, which I do not enjoy doing. I was just not wired to be a bride. Instead of calling caterers or sending out invitations, I have been looking up ghost stories about brides. There are a lot of them. I…
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Continue reading →: New Orleans & A Cursed Nicolas CageI traveled to New Orleans this past week for work. What did I do with my free time? Visited cemeteries and haunted locations, of course. A common thread I found on my guided tours of New Orleans was a disdain for Nicolas Cage. Here’s how the story goes (according to…
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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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