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SEE the OHIO section for a number of new books including Rick Crawford's
A Haunted History of Clermont County and its companion DVD, the Ghosts of Darke County
series, Ghosts of Zoar, Haunted Cuyahoga, and Ghosts, too--about ghosts in the Troy/Tipp
City area.
HAUNTED OHIO V: 200 YEARS OF GHOSTS
is now available!
Item 973 Trade PB $12.95 and Item 975 HARDBACK $21.95.
In honor of Ohio’s 200th
anniversary of statehood, Kestrel Publications is terrified to announce the publication of
Haunted Ohio V: 200 Years of Ghosts, by Haunted Ohio series author Chris Woodyard.
The new book features
ALL NEW hauntings from historical sites around Ohio, from Adena to Zoar. In Haunted Ohio V you’ll meet the ghostly
mummified cat at Fairport Harbor Lighthouse, African American ghosts at Underground
Railroad stations like Prospect
Place,
the unquiet dead of Massillon’s
Black Plague cemetery, the strange aftermath of the Ashtabula Bridge Disaster, the spirits
of the massacred Indians at Gnadenhutten, and President Harding and the Finch of Doom.
While
the emphasis is on sites with special historic interest, these are tales to chill your
blood with characters like a real-life Hatchet Man, possibly Ohio’s first serial
killer, the sad ghost of a wife slaughtered by her husband at what is now a fine
restaurant, a doomed soldier at Ft. Meigs, and the spirit of a mad murderess in a remote
farmhouse.
“I’ve
always been fascinated by history, so this was my chance to visit many of Ohio’s
most historic—and haunted—sites. I
was surprised nearly everywhere I went by the ghosts I found. Over and over I would
experience something that made sense only later when I learned the full story, as at Ft. Meigs
where I saw a young man ghost waving his arms. I thought he was being playful. I later
learned that he may have been signaling to the soldiers of Dudley’s
Brigade who were being lured into a trap across the Maumee. It’s things like that that make me
wonder….”
Woodyard
says that she was disappointed when Ohio
created a new tourism motto this year: “Ohio, so
much to discover.”
“’Ohio the
Haunt of it all,’ was just so perfect,” she sighs. “But I’ve come up
with a new twist on the new motto: ‘Ohio, so
much to disinter.’ Because you just never know what kind of grave dirt you’re
going to dig up on Ohio’s
people, places, and ghosts.”
The
book contains 8 pages of black and white photos of some of the sites. You'll find it at www.invink.com/ohio.html where you'll also find
an excerpt. For BONUS STORIES go to www.invink.com/BONUSSTORIES.html.
My clients often want information on how to research the history of their
haunted house. Here is a really useful service from my fellow ghosthunter and numerologist
Anne Oscard:
WHO DIED IN YOUR
BATHROOM?
Could your house be a former
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bouts of insomnia in your spare bedroom?
For possible answers to these and other vexing questions, consider getting in touch with a
house genealogist. We can trace the history of your house -- and unearth all sorts of
lovely little secrets. Some might raise the value of your property, while others might
only raise your hair. Contact us at AOscard@aol.com. Our prices are reasonable.
(Current service limited to Ohio residents only, but we consult on a national basis.)
ARE YOU IN AUNT MAMIE'S WILL?
Are you concerned about your love
life, your career, your place in the cosmos -- or whether or not you're named as a
beneficiary in your rich aunt's most up-to-date will? If so, it's time to get in touch
with an astronumerologist by emailing us at AOscard@aol.com. We can predict the
future, so don't let your sleazy cousin Norbert get to us before you do. Reasonable rates
and national service.
NEW: Visit http://www.hermitpublishing.com/ for readings and books by my good friend and
ghosthunting colleague, Anne Oscard!
NEW! VISIT OUR LIST OF USED PARANORMAL BOOKS FOR
SALE. New titles added weekly! Check out our large selection of FATE MAGAZINES.
No. 797 Montgomery County
[Pennsylvania] Ghost Stories, Charles Adams, photos, 192 pp $11.95
No. 553 Ghosts in the Graveyard, Texas Cemetery Tales, Olyve Hallmark
Abbott, 235 pp, photos, index $18.95
No. 845 Coast to Coast Ghosts, True Stories of Hauntings Across
America, Leslie Rule, 249 pp, photos $14.95
No.874 Haunted Salem & Beyond, Lynda Lee Macken, 2001, photos,
biblio, 75 pp, $7.95
No.873 Ghosts of the Garden State, Haunted Places in New Jersey,
Lynda Lee Macken, 2001, photos, biblio, 73 pp, $7.95
No. 884 Savannah’s
Ghosts, Al Cobb, 2001, photos, biblio, 105 pp $14.95
No. 781 Ghost Stories of
Christmas, Jo-anne Christensen, 224 pp, $10.95
No.733 Ghosthunt: A Guide to Ghost Photography and Field
Investigations, Dee Chandler Esq. And Beaux Blakemore, photos, 92 pp $20.00 approx. 5 ½ x
7 ½”
No. 886 Ghost Dogs of the South, Randy Russell and Janet Barnett,
photo illustrations, 285 pp $16.95 HB. Tales from KY, NC, MS, TN, VA, LA, AL, GA, AR, SC,
TX & FL.
No. 772 Haunted Houses and Family Ghosts of Kentucky, William
Montell, 200, 291 pp, $25.00 HB
No. 260 Haunted Wisconsin,
Beth Scott, Michael Norman, 2001 $16.95
No. 166 True Ghost Stories, Harry Ludlam, $19.95
No. 887 Ghosts From the
Coast, A Ghostly Tour of Coastal North Carolina, South Carolina & Georgia, Nancy
Roberts, photos, 169 pp, $12.95 33 new stories: Bloodythirsty Abraham at St. Simons Island,
Georgia, The hanged man at Churchill’s Pub, Savannah, Jekyll’s haunted room, Jekyll
Island. The Mystery at Fort Sumter, Charleston.
No. 853 Ghosts, Ed
Okonowicz, 94 pp, $9.95
No. 852 Spirits Between
the Bays, No. IX, Phantom in the Bedchamber, Ed Okonowicz, 96 pp, $9.95 Point Lookout,
site of the “most haunted lighthouse in America,” Ghost hunters in New Jersey
and corpse movers in Pennsylvania, The haunted Farnsworth House in Gettysburg, eerie tales
from Talbot County, Maryland.
No. 698 The Encyclopedia
of Ghosts and Spirits Volume 2, John & Anne Spencer, 2001, 344 pp, photos, biblio,
list of useful websites, index, $30.00 HB ALL NEW collection including an encyclopedia of
ghost reports (ghosts and visions associated with particular places, ghosts of the famous,
haunted objects, recordings and replays, fights and battles, the wicked and the cruel,
ghosts with a message, omens, ghosts at or near the time of death, ghosts associated with
transport, phantom hitchhikers, timeslips, poltergeists, doubles, bi-locations,
doppelgangers and vardogers, ghostly balls of light, ghostly animals, high strangeness)
The World of Ghosts (a comparative study of beliefs, ghosts and poltergeists under the eye
of the law, solving mysteries, what can we learn from animal ghosts?)
No. 734 Riders in the Sky, The Ghosts and Legends of Philmont Scout
Ranch, Michael Connelly, 2001, 105 pp $12.00 . Really engaging and scary tales of the
ghosts at the northeastern New Mexico Boy Scout Ranch. The ghostly bugler of Rayado who
appears with the greenish, decaying face of death. The skinned ghost of Penitente Canyon,
just one of the tortured corpses whose unearthly screams echo through the Canyon. The many
ghosts of the St. James Hotel. The Blue Light Shaman and the ghost of the Lost Boy Scout
of Urraca Mesa. No made-up tales-around-the-campfire these—but true and terrifying
stories from a haunted land.
No. 746 Ghosts of Great
Britain and Ireland, A Compendium of 2,000 Hauntings, Jonathan Sutherland, websites, ghost tour list, biblio, 312 pp, oversize
trade paperback $27.95. Brief entries, arranged alphabetically, make this an easy-to-use
reference book. Invaluable for anyone interested in the ghosts of “the most haunted
country in the world.” Does for Great Britain what Dennis Hauck did for the US in his
National Directory of Haunted Places.
No. 697 A Dictionary of
Ghosts, Peter Haining, 1999, 271 pp, photos, artwork, references. $25.00 From
“Actors” to “Eleanor Zugun” (bitten by a vampire poltergeist), this
encyclopedic work defines the various types of apparitions and creatures of superstition,
recounts legends of famous hauntings, gives bios of mediums, ghosthunters, and victims. This is a reprint of the 1982 edition and it’s
good to have it back in print.
No.747 Supernatural Peak
District, David Clarke, $21.95 trade PB
No. 749 Sea Serpents and Lake Monsters of the British Isles, Paul
Harrison, 2001, bibliography, 253 pp, $29.95 HB
No. 168 Mysterious America, Loren Coleman, 2001, $16.95
No. 739 Haunted Land: The Devil’s Backbone 3, Bert M. Wall,
2001, 95 pp, $10.95. Bert Wall, a fifth-generation Texan, has been collecting these
ghostly stories from the Texas Hill Country since the early 1960s. A prospector’s
dream of gold that left a bloody sheet behind. A child’s handprint mysteriously
imprinted on a moving car. Prophetic dreams and dead loved ones returns.
No. 778 Ghostly Chills; The Devil’s Backbone 2, Bert M. Wall,
2001, 92 pp, $10.95 Ghostly bare footprints in
the snow—that walked through a barbed wire
fence. A devout young woman’s vision of The Blue Nun, an 18th century
visionary who bi-located to the Americas from her convent in Spain. A massive Indian ghost
on a huge white horse that saved a young couple from disaster. More tales from the Texas
Hill Country.
No. Scottish Ghost Stories, James Robertson, 1996, biblio, 268 pp
$15.95
Fresh, fascinating contemporary stories
as well as tales of Major Weir, Glamis and the Cortachy Drummer. The lurid
and unusually well-documented story of the Black Lady of Broomhill, the Indian mistress of
Captain McNeil-Hamilton, who may have been murdered by him and buried in the garden. One
owner saw a vision of a dark woman being battered to death with a candlestick by a man she
later identified as the Captain from a photograph. The Lady still walks among
Broomhill’s ruins, leaving in her wake an intense sadness and the smell of
spices… A cosy cottage with a whistling ghost. The phantom truck, grinding its gears
up the incline at Angus Glen. A flat in Cathcart where a woman saw a ghostly baby in a
ghostly cot waving its tiny ghostly hand. An excellent book!
No.485 Even More Ghost Stories of Alberta, Barbara Smith, 2001, 255
pp, photos, $10.95 A phantom who sits in a Lethbridge
theatre watching a movie only he can see. A friendly ghost named Emily frolicking at an Edmonton
swimming pool. Near High Prairie, the ghost of a blind homesteader returned to play tricks
on those who tormented him in life.
No. 484 Ontario Ghost Stories, Barbara Smith, 1998, 240 pp, photos,
biblio, $11.95 Herds of phantom beasts
protecting buried treasure near Ajax. Ghost ships on the Great Lake, apparitions from the
War of 1812 at Fort George and Niagara-on-the-Lake, Tom Thomson on his final canoe ride in
Algonquin Park, A phantom motorcyclist on Scugog Island, captured on film.
No. 782 The Haunted States of America, Haunted Houses and Spooky
Places in All 50 States (and Canada Too!), Joan Holub, 2001, 172 pp, photos. $4.99 Sort of like Haunted
America or Historic Haunted America for
kids. A nice introduction. Winchester mystery house, the ghost of Floyd Collins, trapped
in Mammoth Cave, a ghostly train in Utah.
No. 750 Scottish Ghosts,
Lily Seafield, index, 192 pp, $12.95
No. 462 The Best Ghost
Tales of North Carolina, including stories from winners of the statewide “Ghost
Watch” contest, Terrance Zepke, 2001, photos, biblio, index, 126 pp $9.95, The
dejected ghost of “Lydia” in her ballgown, wailing along a shadowy underpass in
Jamestown. The voices of the missing crew of the Caroll
A. Deering that haunt Hatteras. The elusive theatrical ghosts of Wilmington’s
Thalian Hall.
No. 888 The Haunting of
Louisiana, Barbara Sillery, 2001, photos, biblio, 223 pp $17.95, the haunting child ghost of Lafitte Guest House in
New Orleans, the pirate ghost shot dead by a real-life Scarlett O’Hara at Chretien
Point Plantation, the “cold spot”
over the murdered Angelique’s grave at O’Flaherty’s Irish Channel Pub.
No. 447 Ghosts of
America’s East Coast, Jackie Behrend, 2001, photos, 126 pp $12.95. Thirty-four
chilling ghost stories from every state along the eastern seaboard including many Civil
War ghosts, Ocean City’s haunted hotels, the long-lost child of the powder magazine
at Williamsburg, Skipper, the Ghost Dog of Concord, a creepy time-slip at Martin’s
Hundred, site of a hideous massacre, stories of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and
Blackbeard the pirate. Many misty photos of
supposed ghosts.
No. 889 New Orleans Ghosts II, Victor Klein, 1999, photos, biblio,
index, 139 pp, $9.95
No. 826 The Haunted Northwoods, Tom Hollatz with Seal Dwyer, 2000, photos, 128 pp, $9.95. From the horrifying tales of
Summerwind, the ruined mansion haunted by Jonathan Carver to the mysterious Paulding
Lights. Stories from Michigan, Wisconsin (the majority of stories are from Wisconsin), Illinois,
and Minnesota.
No. 913 Ghostly Tales of
the Black Hills and Badlands, Ruth D. Hein, photos,
145 pp, $9.95 This long-awaited book by Ruth Hein, author of Ghostly Tales of Minnesota,
covers hauntings in North and South Dakota, including many from haunted places you can
visit: The House of Roses in Deadwood, The Homestake Theatre in Lead, The Bullock Hotel of
Deadwood, and much more.
No. 912 More Mysterious Oklahoma, Eerie True Tales from the Sooner
State, David Farris, photos, references, 175
pp, $12.95 Not just ghosts, but UFOs, Bigfoot and other creatures, Centrahoma ghosts,
Spook Lights, the mystery of John Wilkes Booth, a Chupacabra skeleton?, and a phone call
from the dead.
No. 795 Where Dead Men
Walk, Volume One, Patty A. Wilson, 2001, photos,
138 pp $15.95. Another winning ghost book from Wilson, this time not just from her native Pennsylvania,
but from all across the globe. The chorus of demonic voices that came for a haunted man. A
balding ghost at the Willow Saloon, Oprah’s haunted studio, the ghost of poor Phyllis Parker at the Vealtown
Tavern where she discovered her dead lover in a coffin downstairs, the multiple ghosts of
Van Buren Bed & Breakfast, which were so stirred up by the owner’s ghost tour,
that she has forever banned ouija boards, seances, and psychics from the premises!
No. 745 Haunted Britain
and Ireland, Richard Jones, 2001, with photographs from The Fortean Picture Library,
biblio, index, maps, 160 pp, $40.00 HB Approx.
9 x 12” GORGEOUS pictures! This
entertaining and well-researched book is an elegant, coffee-table book on the picturesque
haunts of the Haunted Isles. Most entries are about half a page. From the tragic plague
cottages at Eyam to Hampton Court Palace and the multiple apparitions of kings and queens.
A phantom girl captured on film as Wem Town Hall burned? The incredibly creepy Kilmainham
Gaol in Dublin. The well-cured ghost of “Old Spider” who died up the chimney at
the Bear Inn at Stock. Dering Chapel in the church of St. Nicholas, Pluckley, where a dull
knocking is often heard from the burial vaults below the floor. About half historical and
half contemporary accounts. More than 130 haunted sites—and many more ghosts. Many sites are open to the public.
No. 836 Haunted Theaters, Barbara Smith, 2002, photos, biblio, 223 pp, $10.95 A unique book about haunted theaters from
London’s Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, haunted by the Man in Gray—but only when the
show is destined to be a hit!—to Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., plagued by
ghostly footsteps, pockets of cold air, and ghostly giggles.
You can’t keep a good actress or actor (or usher, manager, or theatre
builder!) down—these spirits just keep coming back for encore after encore!
No. 792 Ghost Stories of
Michigan, Dan Asfar, 2002, photos, 223 pp $10.95 The spirits of the first keepers of the
White River lighthouse, fascinating accounts by some of Michigan most active ghost hunters
and paranormal societies, the Ghost Lights of Paulding, the woman in white outside Ganong
Cemetery in Westland, the weeping ghost who urged a woman in Leonard to get a vital
medical test that saved her life.
No. 920 Haunts of the
World’s Most Famous Beach, Doris “Dusty” Smith, photos, 2002, 75 pp $8.95
Tiny type and tiny margins mean you get your money’s worth with lots of stories in
this modestly produced booklet. Many photos of spooky spots and orbs! SIGNED BY AUTHOR
No. 834 Ghost Hunting 101 A guidebook for the Beginner, 12 pp $2.99 A modestly produced booklet about the basics of
ghost photography, safety precautions, equipment, and a glossary. SIGNED COPY
No. 921 Daytona Ghost Walk Haunting Tales, The History, Folklore and
Science Behind the Tour, Dusty Smith, 2002, 24 pp $4.99 A modestly produced booklet to
accompany one of the Daytona Ghost Walk tours. SIGNED BY AUTHOR
No. 923 The Haunted Halifax River Cruise, Haunting Tales of Murder,
Mystery & Mayhem, Dusty Smith, 2002, 24 pp $4.99 A modestly produced booklet to
accompany this popular tourist ghost cruise. SIGNED
No. 922 The Riverfront Park Ghost Walk, The Spirits of the Downtown
Business District, Dusty Smith, 2002, 20 pp $4.99 SIGNED
No. SIGMA Walking in Haunted Gloucestershire, Florence E.
Jackson & Gordon Ottewell, 1994, photos, biblio, index, 156 pp, $16.95
No. 483 Ghost Stories and
Mysterious Creatures of British Colombia, Barbara Smith, 1999, 239 pp, photos. $10.95
Mandy, the possessed doll, Sasquatch, Ogopogo and Cadborosaurus, The John Tod house, home
to a Christmas-hating spirit and a woman mysteriously buried in the basement.
No. 483 Ghost Stories of Canada, John Robert Colombo, 2000, illus.,
references, 220 pp, $16.95 A compendium of the
paranormal across Canada including some its major mysteries like The Fire Spook of
Caledonia Mills, The Baldoon Mystery, The Great Amherst Mystery, ghost ships, vengeful
spirits, and guardian ghosts.
No. 490 More Ghost
Stories of Saskatchewan, Jo-Anne Christensen, 2000, photos, 199 pp, $10.95. A vicious,
invisible beast, the haunted organ that played the first two bars of the Bridal Chorus,
the ghost of a boy’s great-grandfather who locked him in a closet, the hate-filled
ghost of a first wife who didn’t want her successor using her recipes.
No. 101 Scottish Spectres, Dane Love, 2001, biblio, index, 192 pp
$16.95
From the author of the popular (and out-of-print) Scottish Ghosts, an
ALL NEW ghoulish collection of over 200 hauntings from the Borders to Shetland. Haunted
castles, pubs, inns, lighthouses, ships, hospitals, theatres, coalmines, restaurants and
even toilets! The caped and disruptive spirit of a monk who haunts a modern supermarket,
site of his pre-Reformation monastery, a furniture store haunted by the child victims of a
dreadful cinema fire in Paisley, a prison where the gruesome spirit of a 84-year-old
hanged man still lingers. GREAT stories!
No. 783 Lighthouse Ghosts 13 bona fide apparitions standing watch
over America’s shores, Norma Elizabeth & Bruce Roberts, 1999, photos, directions
on how to visit, 119 pp, $12.95 FABULOUS
collection of recent encounters with lighhouse ghosts across the country. Keeper George
Parris at Old Presque Isle who continues to light the light eveny night even though the
lighthouse has been taken out of service and NO power lines are connected to the tower. In
1851 a young assistant keeper died in a killer storm at Minots Ledge. To this day he
clings to the outside ladder, waving and shouting at passing seamen to steer clear. The
four ghosts at St. Augustine Lighthouse—a young girl, a cigar smoker, a tall older
man, and Albert. The sad ghost of the widowed Hannah, the US’s first female
lighthouse keeper. Wonderful atmospheric photos too. Lighthouses: Old Presque Isle, MI,
Plymouth, MA, Heceta Head, Florence, OR, Big Bay Point, Lake Superior, St. Augustine, FL,
Battery Point, Crescent City, CA, Cape Hatteras, NC, Seguin Island, near Georgetown ME,
Seul Choix Point, Lake Michigan, Old Port Boca Grande, Gulf of Mexico, Minots Ledge, MA,
Point Lookout, MD, Split Rock, Lake Superior
No. 60 Duppy Stories, Jamaica’s Ghosts, Gremlins and Rolling
Calves, David Brailsford, 2002, line art, 138 pp, $14.95
No. 879 Dixie Spirits, True Tales of the Strange and Supernatural in
the South, Christopher K. Coleman, 2002, 278 pp, $14.95
Another excellent book from Coleman! Blends history, legends, folklore, and
contemporary accounts of haunted houses, motels, mansions and plantations, diabolical
curses, mysterious monsters, and assorted fearsome and Fortean phenomena. The ghostly face
of Henry Wells, blasted into the Pickens County Courthouse window, the many
well-documented ghosts of The Myrtles, the truly creepy Happy Hollow Horror, with its
bizarre apparition of a funeral procession—for a bloody, beheaded lamb, the restless
spirit of Madeleine at Kings Tavern in Natchez, whose knifed skeleton was found behind a
fireplace wall during remodeling, the many haunted houses of Robert E. Lee and his family.
Gives addresses and phone numbers for haunted sites open to the public.
No. 900 Ghosts, Spirits and Legends of Southeastern Ohio, Lawrence
Everett, 2002, photos, 109 pp. $14.95 I can’t tell you how happy I am that Everett
has written this book! He’s a native-born
Southeastern Ohioan and he was able to get the inside story on the many ghosts of the Athens
area. I find Athens extremely creepy and no wonder—there are some 50 cemeteries that
form a pentagram, many of them with their own legends of spirits. There’s the
notorious former lunatic asylum (now an art center) where a young woman inmate died,
trapped, leaving behind the stain of her body on the floor. There’s
also the eerie Moonville tunnel where a headless brakeman searches with a ghost lantern
for his head. The great thing about this book is these are first-hand accounts from real
people of their experiences in houses, hollows, and cemeteries. Good job, Lawrence!
I’m waiting for the sequel!
No. 433, The Haunted Pram And Other True New England Ghost Stories,
Edward Lodi, 2002, photos, appendices, biblio, 177 pp, $14.95 The ghost of a palomino that
gallops through a house, an ancient Bible that flew through the air at a man later accused
of murdering his wife, some very nasty pirate ghosts, some super supernatural stories by
late 19th early 20th-century journalist Sidney Dickinson—like
the spirit voices who warned his wife of impending disaster and saved his child from a
fiery death, and, of course, the haunted pram of the title, which wanders around its
museum home, perhaps pushed by the restless spirit of a little boy who had worn braces and
couldn’t run and play with the other children. Another wonderful collection from Lodi!
No. 444 Ghost Tales from the North Carolina Piedmont, Linda Duck
Tanenbaum & Barry McGee, 2002, photos, 116 pp, $12.95. A ghostly face appears in a
painting. A Revolutionary War soldier relives his painful death over and over. A 19th-century
Chief Justice who still guards his home. Fresh, contemporary stories from the authors who
visited each of the sites and interviewed witnesses.
No. 784 Hauntings & Horrors, The Ultimate Guide to Spooky
America, Daniel & Susan Cohen, 2002, photos, index, biblio, 213 pp, $9.99 101 ghost sightings, monsters, UFO visitants and
hauntings from every state. Written for young adults by spookmeister Cohen, this is part
guidebook, part spooky-story collection since the emphasis is on places you can visit most
entries come complete with travel directions and telephone numbers. From the ghost of
Marian Adams who died in mysterious circumstances and was buried under an equally
mysterious statue called “Grief” to Zina, one of the ghosts of the Yaquina Bay
Lighthouse, this is a solid collection of ghost-to-ghost haunt-spots.
No. 413 In the Realm of Ghosts and Hauntings, E. Randall Floyd, 2002,
183 pp, $16.95. A far-ranging survey of over 40 famous ghosts from around the world.
Alcatraz, Alice of the Hermitage, The Amityville Horror, Barnsley Gardens, Bell Witch,
Berkeley Square Haunting, The Black Spot, Borley Rectory, Devil Baby, Ebo Landing, The
Flying Dutchman, Glamis, Haw Branch, Lemp Mansion, The Octagon, Sherwood Forest, Smurl
House, Surrency, Tower of London, Mary Lurancy Vennum, The White House, Winchester House
and much more. Well-balanced analysis of such controversial cases as Amityville and the
Devil Baby of Hull House.
No. 901 Columbus Ghosts, Historical Haunts of Ohio’s Capital,
Robin Smith, 2002, 96 pp, photos, biblio, list of places you can visit. $13.95 A
delightfully well-researched and well-written collection of historical haunt-spots in Ohio’s
capital city. From the ghostly lady in grey of
Camp Chase cemetery to the inmates burned alive in the Old Pen to a ghostly nude sunbather
to the running ghost heard by author James Thurber—each story has a wealth of
meticulous historical detail and interviews with contemporary witnesses of the ghost or
ghosts. A beautifully produced book that ties
in very nicely with the Columbus Landmarks Foundation tour held every October. Sequel!
Sequel!
No. 678 The Ghost Hunter’s Handbook, A Field Guide to the
Paranormal, Lori Summers, 2002, 86 pp, approx. 4 ½ x 6”. $7.99 This field guide to phantoms features a glossary of
paranormal terms, defines different types of ghosts: Mischief Makers, Avengers,
Message-bringers and Haunters, tells what to do if you encounter a ghost, ghost detection
methods, communicating with ghosts, a list of essential ghost hunting items, a notebook
section and an official Ghost Hunter’s ID card! Designed
for young people, this is a “visually noisy” book, with many different
type-faces, color-block sidebars, and video-game illustrations. Still, there’s useful
information here and this would make a perfect pumpkin-stuffer for Halloween!
No. 933, Spirits of St. Louis, A Ghostly Guide to the Mound
City’s Unearthly Activities, Robbi Courtaway $16.95
No. 934 Spirits of St. Louis II, The Return of the Gateway City
Ghosts, Robbi Courtaway, 2002, photos, biblio, index, 255 pp, $16.95 Another delightfully
chilling book from Courtaway, full of contemporary ghosts, interviews with first-hand
witnesses, and fascinating local history. Naturally,
some new stories about Lemp Mansion and its doomed inhabitants including the ghost of
Charles Lemp’s dog, which he shot before taking his own life. Haunted beds and
radios. The possessive ghost of a woman whose house looked like a 1930s-40s time-warp and
who, even from beyond the grave, didn’t want anything touched! The ghosts of Smallpox Island. An eerie experiment
in the vaults at Edinburgh Castle with psychic researcher James Houran. Also stories from
Jerseyville and Alton, Illinois. A simply super(natural) collection!
No. 903 Haunted Houses: Spooky Tales of Yellow Springs [Ohio] as told
by Harold Igo, 2001, 60 pp, spiral bound, 7 x 8 ½” $14.95. This is an absolute model
of what local history/ghostlore/folklore should be! These
are tales collected by local writer Harold Igo in and around the small Ohio village of Yellow
Springs with annotations on local history, murders, scandals, folktales, etc. There are
photos and maps of some of the haunted sites and the local characters involved. Such tales
as “Walnut Street Terror.” “The Ghost of the County Jail” “The
Senator Walks at Midnight” “Cut Throat in the Kitchen” “Story of the 7
Dachshunds” “The Headless Soldier.” These
are not predictable urban-legend type folktales, but rise out of true events and places in
Greene County. They are a fascinating reflection of the local preoccupations, crimes and
gossip in a small Ohio town in the 19th and early-20th century.
No. 785 Favorite Haunts, Haunted Odyssey III, Jim Longo, 2000,
photos, 186 pp, $14.95 I’m delighted to
announce a new book by Jim Longo. These are true, contemporary stories from Louisiana to Maine.
No. 915 Ghost Stories of Oregon, Susan Smitten, 2001, photos, 215 pp,
$10.95 A phantom stagecoach that rolls up to the site of the Galesville Hotel in Douglas
County—which burned to the ground in 1931. Portland’s White Eagle, still home to
the spirits of Sam the cook, Rose the courtesan, and a mysterious Chinese bouncer. The
spirit of actor Charles Laughton lingers backstage at the Ashland Shakespeare Festival. At
Oregon Caves Lodge, the ghost of a newlywed bride returns to the room where she witnessed
her husband’s infidelity and took her own life.
No. 914 Ghosts of North Texas, Mitchel Whitington, 2003, photos,
index, 225 pp, $18.95 Pack your bags because you’ll want to travel these spirit paths
in search of the ghosts at this collection of (mostly) public places in the north of Texas.
Interviews with firsthand witnesses, addresses and phone numbers of places you can go. The
Health-Hunting Ghosts of the Baker Hotel, The Phantom Trio of the Catfish Plantation,
Freaky Happenings at the Jett Building, The Phantom Ballroom of the Hotel Adolphus, The
Dark Man of the Lizard Lounge, The Grieving Ghost of Barber’s Bookstore. If you want
to seek out dinner and spirits or spend the night in a haunted hotel room (no extra charge
for ghost), this is a super haunted travel guide.
No. 902 Ghost Stories of Ohio, Edrick Thay, 2001, photos, 192 pp,
$10.95 Ghosts from the site of the horrific Ashtabula Bridge railway disaster, spirits of
the Mansfield Reformatory, Mothman, The Loveland Frog, Serpent Mound, the deadly history
of Franklin Castle, Athens’ many haunted cemeteries, the friendly ghosts of the
Buxton Inn. A great compendium of haunts of
various sorts all over the state: legendary tales to interviews with eyewitnesses.
No. 848 Ghostly Encounters: True Stories of America’s Haunted
Inns and Hotels, Frances Kermeen, 2002, 352 pp $6.99 A good night’s sleep is NOT
guaranteed at these rooms-with-a-boo. The Key West inn terrorized by a ghastly chuckling
doll. The Utah hotel where spirits torment the maids. A coastal California hotel where a
female ghost calls to male guests through their doors. Details
about sightings, addresses, phone numbers and websites so you can book a room, dining,
other local attractions. The perfect packable collection of haunted places to stay.
No. 935, Ghost Stories of Indiana, Edrick Thay, 2001, photos, 199 pp,
$10.95. Indianapolis’ mysterious “House of Blue Lights”. The friendly
spirit of Thomas Taggart, still making sure things run smoothly at the French Lick Springs
Grand Hotel. The ghost of “The Gipper” spooking students at University of Notre
Dame’s Washington Hall. Amelia Earhart returns to her old haunt, Purdue University.
The horrible apparition of severed heads at a farmhouse near Valparaiso, the site of a
gruesome massacre.
No. 847, Ghost Stories of America, Dan Asfar and Edrick Thay, 2001,
246 pp, $10.95
No. 875 Haunted Delaware, Delightfully Dreadful Legends of the First
State, Caroline Woods, 2000, photos, biblio, 73 pp $9.95
The unsettling spirits of Woodburn, the Governor’s Mansion, including
the old man who steals only the cellar’s best wines and the moaning spook who roams
the gardens. The ghastly corpses found in one of Delaware’s most beautiful mansions.
The elderly ghost who chilled a babysitter’s blood one hot August night.
No. 878 Ghostly Tales & Legends Along the Grand Strand of South
Carolina, Blanche W. Floyd, 2002, photos, 134 pp $12.95
No. 869 Ghosts of the Northeast, David J. Pitkin, 2002, line art,
photos, index, 396 pp $18.95
No. 798 Boos & Brews, A Guide to Haunted Taverns, Inns &
Hotels of Pennsylvania, Patty A. Wilson & Scott Crownover, 2002, art, maps, 96 pp
$10.95 The Inn Philadelphia’s hair-pulling haunt, the gentle lady who haunts
Magnolia’s Vineyard Restaurant. Harry Duffy, the prankish ghost of Duffy’s
Tavern, Gettysburg’s Cashtown Inn, where mysterious figures appear in photos, the
horrific sound of a phantom baby wailing in a cistern at the King George Inn. More
excellent research and stories from Wilson. And a boon for people who like to visit
haunted places.
No. 868 Haunted Cape Cod & The Islands, Mark Jasper, 2002,
photos, biblio, 143 pp, $14.95 A haunted inn where the ghost angrily plucked
“her” hairpin out of the hand of an employee. Dillingham House, a beautifully
restored B&B with a shady past, where patrons have smelled gamy meat cooking and
alcoholic breath! Daggett House Inn, haunted by the ghost of two brothers and their dog
Laddie, who was shut into a secret room by one brother and starved to death. The younger
brother caught pneumonia while searching for the dog and his brother drowned himself in
remorse. An excellent and long-overdue collection of haunts.
No. 786 North Carolina’s Haunted Hundred, Daniel W. Barefoot.
Three volumes in a slipcase: Seaside Spectres: Tales from 33 counties in eastern North
Carolina, Piedmont Phantoms: 39 counties from the state’s populous middle section; Haints of the Hills: 28 counties in North Carolina’s
mountainous west. $23.95
No. 459 Ghosts of the Georgia Coast, Don Farrant, 2002, photos, 150
pp $9.95 Two ghostly men grappling with swords in a graveyard, replaying their last
actions over and over. The ghost of a young polo player killed in a bizarre horseback
riding accident. A woman visiting an old inn who experienced a time warp as she was
transported to an elegant party a century before. Stories from crumbling slave cabins,
plantation homes, grand mansions, ancient forts, even a hospital that once cared for the
500 slaves of Retreat Plantation.
No. 725 Spirit Tailings, Ghost Tales from Virginia City, Butte, and
Helena [Montana], Ellen Baumler, 2002, photos, biblio, index, 149 pp, $13.95 Unusual and
interesting tales from Montana’s legendary mining towns. The bloody apparition of a
suicide in a bathtub, ghostly miners gasping their lives out, the ghost of the murdered
John Denn, roaming the streets of Helena with three holes punched in his skull.
No. 981 Dear Echo, Answers to your questions about ghosts, hauntings
and things that go bump in the night, Echo Bodine, 2002, 156 pp, $21.95 HB By the author
of Relax, It’s Only a Ghost
No. 414 Haunted Heritage, A Definitive Collection of North American
Ghost Stories, Michael Norman & Beth Scott, 2002, biblio, index, 380 pp, $24.95 HB. If
you enjoyed Haunted Heartland, Haunted America or Historic Haunted America, you must have this book!
No. 867 Haunted Inns of New England, Mark Jasper, photos, 163 pp,
$14.95
No. 876 Ghostly Gotham New York City’s Ghost Stories, Lynda L.
Macken, $9.95
No. 537 Ghost Stories of Minnesota, Gina Teel, 2001, photos, 208 pp
$10.95 Phantom soldiers at Fort Ripley, a ghostly car that sprays gravel at an old
homestead in Dakota County, a ghost-busting realtor in Minneapolis, a vengeful priest who
haunts Heffron Hall at St. Mary’s University.
No. 799 Ghost Stories of Pennsylvania, Dan Asfar, 2002, photos, 207
pp $10.95 The portrait possessed by the spirit of a 3-year-old girl, Tamaqua’s
haunted Elks Club, Eastern State Penitentiary, the first prison where solitary confinement
was used and haunted by dead convicts, driven mad by abuse, The spirit of Anthony Wayne,
who wanders Rte. 322, frustrated that his earthly remains were buried in separate graves.
No. 924 Floridaland Ghosts, Dylan Clearfield, 2000, 108 pp, photos,
$12.95. An eternal card game in the Ocala area house where gangster Ma Barker and friends
were shot by the FBI. Spook Hill in the Tampa area where cars roll uphill. The old
soldiers of Pensacola Naval Base who refuse to die. The ghastly scent of phantom funeral
flowers at Kixie’s Men’s Store in St. Augustine.
No. 916 Haunted Alaska: Ghost Stories from the Far North, Ron Wendt,
2002, sources, 95 pp $9.95 Intriguing and
unusual collection from Alaska’s history and native peoples, as well as contemporary
tales of hauntings. A logger sees a ghostly Model T drive through his truck. Fresh
footprints are found in the snow, but there is no one for miles around. Phantom women talk
in some other dimension at Maclaren River Lodge. A haunted brothel.
No. 788 Specters and Spirits of the Appalachian Foothills, James V.
Burchill and Linda J. Crider, 2002, 182 pp $12.99 A man who appeared in a picture taken at
his great-grandson’s birthday party—13 years after the man’s death. A
confederate soldier still looking for his commanding officer, General Braxton Bragg. A
red-haired woman who died in a car wreck and appears in speeders’ rear-view mirrors
to warn them of danger. Some legends/ folklore, some very real stories, all from people
who say that they are true.
No. 787Haunted Places in the American South, Alan Brown, 2002. $18.00 Ghostlore from 55 historically
haunted sites in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. Giggling ghostly children
heard running down an abandoned hallway in Meridian, MS. Disembodied eyes and hitchhiking
spirits at a nightclub in Wilder, KY. A cigar-smoking apparition that appears on
surveillance tapes at the Jameson Inn in Crestview, FL.
No. 540 Haunted Northern New York, True, chilling stories of ghosts
and spirits in the North Country, Cheri Revai, 2002, photos, sources, 132 pp, $14.95 A haunted trailer in Lisbon, Burrville Cider Mill,
haunted by the kindly business-like ghost Homer and the rogue pirate Captain Burr, known
for his cheating ways. Five ghosts, including an old sour-puss on the stairs in a house in
Massena. The screaming ghost of an old lady seen by horrified firemen who tried to save
“her.”
No. 789 Slave Ghost Stories, Tales of Hags, Hants, Ghosts &
Diamondback Rattlers, Nancy Rhyne, 2002, 152 pp, $14.95 An unusual collection of
first-hand narratives from blacks who lived and worked on southern plantations. Collected
by the WPA, these are sometimes rambling , sometimes pithy accounts of hants, spooks, and
other supernatural creatures, many seen by people “born with a caul.” Lots of first-hand material here for storytellers
to mine, as well as folklorists. My favorite line in the book: “You ask me how ghosts
smell. They smell like ghosts—that’s all I can tell you. How you speck they
smell?”
No. 768 Haunted Hoosier Trails, A Guide to Indiana’s Famous
Folklore Spooky Sites, Wanda Lou Willis, 2002, maps, photos, $15.95
No. 491 Ghost Stories of the Maritimes Vol. II, Vernon Oickle, 2001,
photos, 191 pp $10.95
No. 906 Ontario Ghost Stories Volume II, Barbara Smith, 2002, photos,
208 pp, $10.95
NEW! No. 22 Haunted Heritage, John Mason, 1999, 160 pp Trade PB, $17.95
If you enjoyed John's Ghost Calendar, you'll love these
beautifully chilling infra-red photo accompanied a short, traditional British ghost tale.
Castles and ruins and bogles, oh my! John also sells limited edition prints of each image
and they are gorgeous! Contact him directly at LOSTGOD1@aol.com.
NEW!!! OUT-OF-PRINT/USED BOOK SEARCH SERVICE
Have you ever loaned out a precious ghost book and
never gotten it back? Have you a fond memory of some terrifying tale you read as a child?
Who ya gonna call? Invisible Ink’s Used Booksearch, of course. We have a large stock
of used books and if we don’t have it, we will do a free search for your title. Just
give us as much information as you have: author, title, publisher, or approximate year you
read it, and a rough range of what you are willing to pay. (i.e. $5-7, $10-15). And you
are under absolutely no obligation to purchase what we find. Give us a try—it’s
free, it’s fun, and we love the challenge of finding that book you thought was gone
forever.
Please check out our Tours and Organizations page for
year-round ghostly fun, as well as my list of appearances. I
could be coming to haunt your neighborhood.
Visit these great ghost sites:
Obiwan's UFO-free Paranormal Page: vast quantities
of ghost stories, loads of links, and a delightful lady behind it all.
Visit Dale Kaczmarek of the Ghost Research Society at www.ghostresearch.org. You can also get tickets to
his "Excursions into the Unknown Haunted Chicagoland Tours" online.
Two of my favorite Ohio investigators are to be found at www.alliancelink.com/users/avalon.
Have magnometer, will travel.
Vince O'Neil's meticulous Borley site--he is
the son of Marianne Foyster--"The Most Haunted Woman in England" will tell you
everything you wanted to know about "The Most Haunted House in England"
Paranormal Investigator Randolph Liebeck
is looking for ghost-related figurines, ceramics, jewelry, artwork, etc.--old or new--that
are NOT overly cartoonish or juvenile, and NOT specifically Halloween-themed (nothing with
pumpkins or scarecrows). Any leads or referrals would be deeply appreciated! Contact him
at PO Box 7014, West Orange, NJ 07052-7014, RLiebeck@aol.com
or visit his web-site at http://members.aol.com/RLiebeck.
Nancy Monaghan has created The Celtic Ghost Webring.
This Ring will contain sites that display Celtic (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales,
Cornwall) information regarding mythology, folklore, legends and ghost information. Visit
it today!
If you're a British ghost fan, you might want to visit (and contribute stories to) a
new site/newsletter: http://ukspectres.8m.com.
Site founder Mike Barlow invites you to submit any UK stories and to subscribe at postmaster@ukspectres.8m.com.
Cryptozoology is a little off topic, but it's a >ahem< pet subject of
mine. Visit Loren Coleman's superb Crypto-site at www.agate.net/~cryptozoo/cryptohome.html.
And while you're at it, pay a visit to Fortean
Times online--the Mother of all things Fortean--articles, photos, Fortean reporting,
links--everything but a fish-fall!
An apology and a correction: With reference to a video called "An
Unknown Encounter": I misunderstood the producer. It is NOT the actual
"Entity" case, but a very similar type of haunting. My apologies for the mix-up
and any inconvenience it may have caused. My brain must have been on "pause". It
is, however, a TRUE, documentary type video and a fascinating one.
Here are some things you can do on our site. (I'm working on a site map which I
hope will be ready soon):
1) Read excerpts by clicking on the "Read an Excerpt" button above each
title.
2) Find out more about Invisible Ink and our policies by clicking on the FAQ button above every page except this one and the home page.
3) Learn about the different types of ghosts and the symptoms of a typical haunting by
clicking the "Ask the Ghosthunter" button at the top of
most pages.
4) Get pointers on how you can write your own book of ghost stories by clicking the
"Write Your Own Ghost Story" button at the top of
most pages.
5) Find a list of ghost-hunting organizations and tours by clicking on the "Helpful Organizations" button at the top of most pages.
6) Order through our secure order line by clicking the "Order It" button
above each title.
7) Find a bibliography of ghost stories for children
arranged by grade level by clicking the "Teacher/Librarian" button on the left,
then clicking on item #7.
8) Learn about the Invisible Ink Collection of research
materials and how you can use it by clicking on item #8 under
"Teacher/Librarian".
I think I'll start simply adding the newest books at the top of this list. Look for new
excerpts throughout the catalog. Louise has been typing her fingers to the bone and we're
almost completely caught up on excerpts. I think I'll also try posting some ghost stories
here on a semi-regular basis. See the end of this page for a NEW story.
A word about ordering: My husband/webmaster is still trying to find the ideal shopping
cart system. We hope to have this in place soon. You can confidently and securely order
through the encrypted order blank, but you will have to add everything up by
hand/calculator/abacus. You may prefer just to call us.
Incidentally, if you don’t reach a live human being, you will be speaking to our
voice mail system—not an answering machine—so you can leave credit card
information with confidence—no one can overhear your numbers. The best time to reach
us is between 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. DST (We’re in Ohio) If you get the voice mail during
that time, it probably means we’re on the other line helping another customer. Enjoy
these new selections! Just click on a new title; you may not go directly to that
title, but you'll go to the page where it's listed.
Your fiend,
Chris Woodyard
"THE GHOSTLY DOG OF SPATE HOUSE"
From Haunted Ohio II by Chris Woodyard
At Moscow, a sleepy little town on the Ohio River, Clermont County Historian Rick
Crawford pointed out the cobblestones of the old steamboat landing to Rosi Mackey, Jon
Chapman, and I. Gamblers and high rollers, marquise and kings had landed here to visit
Spate House.
It was a sunny day; the house stood in the shadow of its many trees. The brick around
the boarded-up front door was crumbling; the front steps were covered with ivy. A
butterscotch cat prowled through overgrown bushes in the yard.
Rick showed us the row of houses built by riverboat captains overlooking the river and
told us the story of a house that had been a stop on the Underground Railroad. I recalled
what I knew about Spate House from an article Rick had written.
The two-story brick mansion was built between 1796-98. It hosted Louis Philippe, the
exiled King of France, who played cards here in the winter of 1815-1816 while, as
"schoolmaster John Smith," he awaited a message recalling him to the throne of
France. The house was also honored by the presence of the Marquis de Lafayette during his
1825 farewell visit to the United States.
Many less illustrious visitors also came to Spate House. Moscow’s situation on the
Ohio River brought travelers in search of hospitality and recreation. And those
recreations—the card games that took place on the Spate House’s second
floor—were notorious for their questionable dealings.
Sometime in the late 1820s, one man brought his little dog and his card-sharping skills
to the game. Another man brought a pistol. When the first man was caught cheating, the
second resolved the disagreement by shooting him.
The house owner shook his head. His clientele had always managed to settle their
arguments more quietly. This sort of thing was bad for business. He waited until dark and
then he had two of his men take the body out secretly and bury it on the hillside north of
the village. They also spread the story that the man with the dog had lost heavily at
cards and had stalked off in anger.
Then they remembered the dog. They found the tiny red-haired animal whining and
cowering under the card table. His coat was stiff with his master’s blood. When they
dragged him out, he must have smelled the man’s scent on their hands for he started
howling and barking like a hell-hound. They offered him sausages, they soothed him with
"Good dog, there’s a good fellow," and finally they beat him. But he only
howled louder.
In desperation, the men who had buried his master bundled him into a grain sack and
tied it shut while he bit and clawed through the cloth. Then they carried the squirming
bag down to the Ohio River and threw it in. The dog howled until the bag grew waterlogged
enough to sink.
Since then the house has been haunted. Doors creak open and shut mysteriously. People
are heard moving around upstairs. The piano plays by itself. The clock restarts and resets
itself.
At Halloween, 1978, Rick Crawford, his friends Lynn Maloney, Mike McMullen, and two
others decided to brave the ghosts of Spate House overnight. There was no one living in
the house at the time; they told no one they were going.
"We had the attitude, ‘Boy, this will be fun!’ Rick recalled. "It
was your typical old house. There were cracks in the wall and every time the wind would
blow there would be a whhooooo sound."
What was not typical were the strange cold spots that followed them around the house.
"The cold spots were rather bizarre. You’d be walking along, the
temperature would be normal and all of a sudden it would be cold enough that you’d
want to put on a sweater. So you’d move to another spot. A minute or so later, it
would be cold again. It was the last thing we expected. We expected to hear sounds
upstairs or in the central hallway, where most of the manifestations have occurred. But
nothing on the first floor."
Rick said he’s known "a couple dozen people who say they’ve heard the
dog." He emphasized, "These are not cranks. People who don’t know each
other have told me stories that matched up. Before I wrote my articles, there were no
written accounts of the Spate House hauntings, so the stories were not cribbed from
anywhere else."
One woman alone in the house suddenly heard the barking of a dog upstairs. She heard
the barking move down the stairs, through the front parlor where she sat and out the front
door. Then it died away at the bank of the Ohio River.
As we were driving back to Xenia, Rosi asked me, "What was the story of Spate
House?" We’d been so busy I had never mentioned the details of the ghost story.
I told her about the gambler’s murder and the woman hearing the dog barking in the
empty house.
Then Rosi said, "Like that little red dog sniffing around the retaining wall as we
drove away?"
"What dog?" There wasn’t any dog there," I said.
"Oh, come on, it was right there by the wall," she said. "It looked like
a very close-cropped red-haired poodle. I remember thinking that I’d never seen a
poodle that color before."
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