The McKinley Street Ghost

The McKinley Street Ghost
Author: Edeth Hamm
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 86
Release: 2009-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1426914857

Have you ever heard weird, unexplainable sounds in the night in your house, while everyone else is asleep? Do you believe those sounds were made by ghosts? Or maybe you don't believe in ghosts. If not, how do you explain those strange noises--or were they just a figment of your imagination? Deedra Pope, a quiet, sensitive, bespectacled twelve year-old, wanted to be taken more seriously about what she saw and heard in and around the house her family had moved into three years ago. It was hard to convince them that a ghost crept into the house every night while they were all asleep. Mrs. Pope felt these ghost stories were just a figment of her daughter's vivid imagination, especially since she had a special gift for creating stories and writing poetry. Her father was always too tired to care, and her siblings didn't want to hear about such spooky things. After three years of a series of frightful events, Deedra was finally able t o persuade her family to become believers. In fact, they waited until it was almost too late. Only Deedra can tell the story the way it really unfolded...

Ghosts and Legends of Genesee & Lapeer Counties

Ghosts and Legends of Genesee & Lapeer Counties
Author: Roxanne Rhoads and Joe Schipani
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2022-08-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 1467149942

Ghost stories and urban legends lurk throughout Genesee and Lapeer counties. A Clio man's spirit is thought to still reside in the junkyard office where he was murdered. For almost two centuries, the Flushing area has been fascinated by tales of the wealthy Brent family whose land is connected to numerous tales of murder, mystery, and ghosts. In Lapeer County, the Bruce Mansion's unnerving façade hints at the specters inside, and the land and buildings once belonging to the Lapeer State Home are plagued by haunting cries and ghostly activity. Join Haunted Flint authors Roxanne Rhoads and Joe Schipani as they take you on a tour of Genesee and Lapeer counties' most haunted locations.

Columbus Ohio Ghost Hunter Guide

Columbus Ohio Ghost Hunter Guide
Author: Jannette Quackenbush
Publisher: 21 Crows Dusk to Dawn Publishing
Total Pages: 105
Release: 2013-04-15
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1940087074

Ghosts and Haunted Places in Columbus, Ohio Stories GPS to visit and Pictures. Local legends and ghost stories from Columbus, Ohio including: The Jury Room Schwartz Castle Central Ohio Fire Museum Greenlawn Cemetery Old Franklinton Cemetery The Thurber House Fort Hayes Mooney Mansion and Calumet Bridge Glen Echo Park Nearby haunts like The Woolly-Booger And haunted bars like Char Bar and Elevator Brewery! 49 stories of the haunted past of Columbus.

The Haunted Purse

The Haunted Purse
Author: Kimberly Baer
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2020-08-17
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1509232397

That old denim purse Libby Dawson bought at the thrift store isn't your run-of-the-mill teenage tote. It's a bag of secrets, imbued with supernatural powers. Strange items keep turning up inside, clues to a decades-old mystery only Libby can solve. Filled with apprehension and yet intrigued by the mounting pile of evidence, Libby digs for the truth. And eventually finds it. But the story of the purse is darker than she imagined—and its next horrific chapter is going to be all about her.

The Ghosts of Hero Street

The Ghosts of Hero Street
Author: Carlos Harrison
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2015-05-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 0425262545

“A wonderful American story of the extraordinary sacrifices made by a group of Mexican Americans . . . A shining example of patriotism at its best.”—Former U.S. Representative Tom Railsback They came from one street, but death found them in many places. . . in a distant jungle, a frozen forest, and trapped in the flaming wreckage of a bomber blown from the sky. They all came from a single street in Silvis, Illinois, a dirt road barely a block and a half long, with an unparalleled history. The Mexican-American families who lived on that one street sent fifty-seven of their children to fight in World War II and Korea—more than any other place that size anywhere in the country. Eight of those children died. It’s a distinction recognized by the Department of Defense, one that earned that strip a distinguished name: Hero Street. This is the story of those brave men and their families, how they fought both in battle and to be accepted in a society that remained biased against them even after they returned home as heroes. Based on interviews with relatives, friends, and soldiers who served alongside the men, as well as personal letters and photographs, The Ghosts of Hero Street is the compelling and inspiring account of a street of soldiers—and men—who would not be denied their dignity or their honor. INCLUDES PHOTOS

Haunted Stark County

Haunted Stark County
Author: Sherri Brake
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2009-05-29
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1614235562

Stroll along silent corridors of an abandoned asylum and linger among graves of Civil War dead - and discover the eerie ends of Stark County's departed souls. Ghostly diners, violent crimes of passion, phantoms peering from theatre balconies, canal workers who still walk the towpaths - the haunted history of Stark County includes characters and legends as bizarre as they are terrifying. Take a bone-chilling journey with Sherri Brake, owner of Haunted Heartland Tours, as she recounts tales of superstitious pioneers and the horrors of the great influenza epidemic of 1918.

The Street Where You Live

The Street Where You Live
Author: Donald Empson
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2006
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780816647293

More than one thousand entries and more than one hundred photographs present an entertaining history of the often quirky origins of St. Paul place names, from A Street to Zimmermann Place and including parks, lakes, streams, roads, cemeteries, bridges, neighborhoods, and many other landmarks. Original.

Illinois Haunted Route 66

Illinois Haunted Route 66
Author: Janice Tremeear
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2013-10-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1625847300

There’s no detour from terror on this creepy thrill ride down part of America’s historic highway—from the author of Haunted Ozarks. Route 66 is no longer the main thoroughfare between Chicago and St. Louis, but if local lore is to be believed, ghostly traffic along the Mother Road continues unabated. Janice Tremeear chases down accounts of a man executed for witchcraft, the demon baby of Hull House, and the secrets of H. H. Holmes’s “Murder Castle.” Native American legends place the piasa bird in the skies above the highway’s southern stretch with the same insistence that characterize contemporary UFO sightings in the North. In between, spirits such as Resurrection Mary join the throng of hapless souls wandering the roadside of the Prairie State’s most famous byway.