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MYSTERIOUS STREET
STRASBURG AVENUE, LOCATED IN FRONT OF VON STEUBEN JR. HIGH SCHOOL
ON THE EAST SIDE OF DETROIT, IS CLAIMED TO BE THE SITE OF AN AUTO
ACCIDENT WHICH KILLED A YOUNG GIRL. THE GIRL SUPPOSEDLY KNOCKS ON TH
CARS AS THEY DRIVE OVER IT AS A WARNING. SHE WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN
CARRIED ALONG BY A DRIVER WHO DIDN'T HEAR HER POUNDING ON THE SIDE
OF THE CAR.
Submitter comment:
AN ARTICLE APPEARED IN THE SUNDAY MAGAZINE SUPPLEMENT TO ONE OF
DETROIT'S NEWPAPERS ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO ON THIS SUBJECT.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): GHOSTS ; PLACE NAMES
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
LEGEND OF ACOMA WOMEN
THERE IS A MOUNTAIN BY ACOMA VILLAGE, AN INDIAN VILLAGE. WOMEN
WALKED UP THIS MOUNTAIN EACH DAY TO GATHER BERRIES AND TWIGS, WHILE
THE MEN HUNTED. ONE DAY THERE WAS A RAIN STORM AND THE RAIN
WASHED AWAY THE TRAILS LEADING BACK DOWN TO THE VILLAGE, TRAPPING
THE INDIAN WOMEN ON THE MOUNTAIN. TO THIS DAY, IT IS BELIEVED
THAT IF YOU GO BY THE MOUNTAIN, YOU CAN HEAR THE WOMEN WAILING.
YOU CAN ALSO PURCHASE BRACELETS MADE OUT OF THE TEARS THAT THE
WOMEN SHED.
Submitter comment: MY INFORMANT LEARNED OF THIS STORY WHILE ON VACATION OUT WEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formation BELIEF -- Human Being BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
HAUNTED HOUSE
MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER WAS WAITING UP FOR MY GREAT GRANDFATHER
BECAUSE HE WAS WORKING NIGHTS FOR THE CANADIAN PACIFIC
RAILWAY IN NORTH BAY (?), ONTARIO (CANADA). WHILE SHE WAS
WAITING SHE HEARD A NOISE UPSTAIRS AND THOUGHT IT WAS ONE
OF THE CHILDREN SLEEPWALKING. SHE WENT UPSTAIRS, BUT
WHAT WAS MAKING GRANDMOTHER THE NOISE WAS THE GHOST OF
A 12 YEAR OLD GIRL. MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER WAS TOO TERRIFIED
TO TALK BUT COULD ONLY THINK THINGS TO THE GHOST.
MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE GOING TO
MOVE TO DETROIT AND THE GIRL NODDED HER HEAD NO. GREAT
GRANDMA THOUGHT TO THE GIRL YOU DON'T WANT US TO GO TO
DETROIT; THE GIRL NODDED NO AGAIN AND THEN FADED AWAY.
THEY DID FOR A WHILE MOVE TO DETROIT BUT WENT BACK TO
NORTH BAY TO FIND THE HOUSE UNOCCUPIED. WHEN SHE ASKED
WHY, SHE WAS TOLD THAT THE COUPLE THAT BOUGHT THE HOUSE
WHEN THEY LEFT WERE PUTTING THE PRESENTS AROUND THE TREE
FOR THEIR LITTLE GIRL ON CHRISTMAS EVE WHEN THEY HEARD
A NOISE UPSTAIRS. FEARING THAT IT WAS THEIR DAUGHTER
AND THAT SHE WOULD SEE THEM, THE HUSBAND WENT UPSTAIRS
TO CHECK. MOMENTS LATER THE WIFE HEARD HER HUSBAND
SCREAM AND WHEN SHE WENT UPSTAIRS FOUND HIM LYING DEAD
OF A HEART ATTACK. NO ONE HAS SINCE MOVED INTO THE
HOUSE AND IT STILL STANDS TODAY.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 09-28-1971
DEAD MAN SITS UP
THERE WAS A MAN THAT DIED IN A CHAIR SITTING UP AND WHEN
THEY PUT HIM IN THE CASKET, THEY HAD TO TIE HIM DOWN TO MAKE HIM LIE
FLAT. WHEN THEY WERE HAVING A WAKE FOR HIM AND WERE DRINKING OUT
OF A JUG, THE MAN SAT UP IN THE COFFIN.
EVERYONE ELSE TOOK OFF FOR PARTS UNKNOWN SO THAT THE DEAD MAN WAS
ALONE.
Submitter comment:
MR. YOUNT BELIEVED THIS TO BE TRUE AS EVERYONE ELSE KNEW
THE MAN AND ALSO BELIEVED IT.
HAPPENED IN HOLLISTER, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): POST-MORTEM REFLEX
James Callow Keyword(s): DEATH WATCH OR WAKE ; RIGOR
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
UNSAID MASSES
NOTE: THERE IS A BELIEF THAT A PRIEST WHO DIES WITHOUT HAVING SAID
ALL THE MASSES HE HAS PROMISED TO HAVE SAID CANNOT ENTER HEAVEN UNTIL
THIS HAS BEEN DONE. MANY STORIES HAVE ARISEN CONCERNING SUCH
OCCASIONS. ONE WAS TOLD BY SISTER MARY VINCENT I.H.M.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO AN OLD MONK DIED WITHOUT HAVING CELEBRATED ONE
OF HIS PROMISED MASSES. HE HAD ALSO NEGLECTED TO RECORD
THIS MASS AS UNSAID, SO HIS SUCCESSOR DID NOT REALIZE
THE FACT. EACH AFTERNOON, AS THE NEW PRIEST ENTERED THE CHURCH
TO SAY HIS OFFICE, HE WOULD HEAR A VOICE ASK, "WON'T
SOMEONE SAY A MASS FOR ME?" THE NEW PRIEST FINALLY REALIZED THAT
THIS WAS THE VOICE OF THE DEAD MONK, AND HE CELEBRATED A
MASS FOR HIS INTENTION. HE NEVER HEARD THE VOICE AGAIN.
Submitter comment:
THIS STORY WAS TOLD AT ST. PATRICK'S HIGH SCHOOL TO A CLASS OF
SENIORS WHICH INCLUDED MY SISTER ANNS (ANN? ANNE? ANNA?).
Data entry tech comment: THERE ARE TWO MORE STORIES ALIKE RECORDED ON THE 5X8 CARDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
WHAT'S ON THE MENU?
ONE DAY A WOMAN SENT HER SON TO THE STORE TO BUY SOME LIVER.
ON THE WAY TO THE STORE THE BOY PASSED A CEMETERY. HE REMEMBERED
SOMEONE IN TOWN HAD RECENTLY DIED, SO BEING A LAZY BOY, HE
DECIDED NOT TO GO TO THE STORE BUT TO DIG UP THE GRAVE AND TAKE
THE MAN'S LIVER OUT. AFTER ALL WHO WOULD KNOW THE DIFFERENCE?
HE TOOK THE LIVER HOME AND HIS MOTHER DIDN'T NOTICE ANY DIFFERENCE
IN THE LIVER. SHE PREPARED IT FOR SUPPER AND THEN THEY BOTH ATE IT.
THAT NIGHT WHEN THE BOY WENT TO SLEEP HE HEARD A VOICE, "I'M COMING
UP ONE STAIR. I'M COMING UP TWO STAIRES (SIC). WHERE'S MY LIVER?"
THE BOY
FROZE IN HIS BED. HE COULDN'T MOVE A MUSCLE. "I'M COMING UP THREE
STAIRS, I'M IN THE HALLWAY." "I'M OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR, I WANT
MY LIVER." "I'M IN YOUR BEDROOM," SUDDENLY THE VOICE YELLED,
"I GOT YOU."
Submitter comment: SHE HEARD THIS STORY WHEN SHE WAS SMALL AT CAMP.
Data entry tech comment: GRABBING GESTURE ACCOMPANIES END OF STORY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): JUMP STORY
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 10-20-1967
FOLK TALE
THE PEOPLE ON SEAL ISLAND IN GUYSBORO, NOVA SCOTIA HAVE MANY
INTERESTING STORIES TO TELL ABOUT THE SEA. ONE STORY ORIGINATED IN
A DUTCH SETTLEMENT ON THIS ISLAND. A SHIP WAS GOING FROM
THIS ISLAND TO THE WEST INDIES. WHEN THE BOAT WAS SAILING AND THE
WIND WAS HIGH ONE NIGHT A STRANGE THING HAPPENED. THE COOK WAS IN
THE GALLEY CUTTING UP WOOD; HE MOVED TO THE FRONT OF THE SHIP FOR A
MOMENT AND AS HE REACHED THE FRONT, HE FELL OVERBOARD AND WAS
DROWNED. NOW, WHENEVER A SHIP PASSES BY THE SPOT WHERE THE DEATH
OCCURED, IF THE WIND IS THE SAME AS IT WAS THAT NIGHT, THE COOK'S
GHOST WILL BE SEEN ABOARD YOUR SHIP AND THE DROWNING WILL BE ACTED
OUT AGAIN.
Submitter comment:
MR. MANTHORNE HEARD THIS TALE FROM HIS GRANDFATHER IN GUYSBORO,
NOVA SCOTIA 50 YEARS AGO. HIS GRANDFATHER FIRST HEARD THE TALE
AROUND 1865.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 01-12-1964
THE WHITE LADY
IN A SMALL MEXICAN TOWN THEY SPEAK OF A LADY WHO ROAMS THROUGH
THE STREETS OF THE TOWN LOOKING FOR HER LOVER WHOM SHE KILLED. SHE
WANDERS ONLY ON THE NIGHTS ON WHICH THERE IS A FULL MOON AND THE ONLY
ONES WHO ARE ABLE TO SEE HER ARE THE DOGS WHO BARK AT HER PASSING.
Submitter comment: A GIRL FROM DOUGLAS, ARIZONA RELATED THIS ONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal PROSE NARRATIVE -- Moon |
Date learned: 10-20-1967
LEGEND
FROM TEXAS COMES THE STORY OF A WOMAN WHO HAVING DROWNED HER OWN
CHILDREN WANDERS THROUGH THE TOWN SEEKING CHILDREN. MOTHERS TELL
THEIR CHILDREN THAT IF THEY ARE NOT GOOD THE WOMAN WILL GET THEM.
Submitter comment: A TEXAN GIRL RELATED THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 11-03-1967
FLYING SAUCER BELIEF
"DRIVE DOWN ROUTE 20 NORTHWEST OF FREMONT, OHIO FOR ABOUT EIGHT
MILES UNTIL YOU COME TO COUNTY ROAD 19. PROCEED FIVE MILES ON
THIS ROAD UNTIL YOU CROSS A TWO LANE BRIDGE. GO A QUARTER MILE
BEYOND THE BRIDGE AND TURN RIGHT INTO A
FARMER'S FIELD.
IN THE FIELD FACING EAST, DRIVE IN A 360 DEGREE CIRCLE,
THERE IS A CREEK WITH A BRIDGE OVER IT. CROSS THE CREEK AND END UP
PARK, TURN OFF THE MOTOR AND TURN OFF EVERYTHING. BLINK THE LIGHTS
ON AND OFF THREE TIMES. A LIGHT APPEARS FROM THE EAST AND FLIES
DIRECTLY AT YOU AND THEN OVER YOU AND HEADS TOWARDS THE WEST. THIS
LIGHT IS IN THE FORM OF A BALL AND NEVER FAILS TO APPEAR AS LONG AS
THE LIGHTS ARE BLINKED ON AND OFF THREE TIMES."
THIS HAS BEEN VERIFIED BY MANY OF THE CONTRIBUTOR'S FRIENDS BUT THE
CONTRIBUTOR HAS NEVER SEEN IT AND ADMITS HE HASN'T
"... THE GUTS TO GO OUT
AND SEE IT." HE DOES, HOWEVER, SERIOUSLY BELIEVE IN IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MYSTERIOUS SUPERNATURAL LIGHT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Fire |
Date learned: 10-12-1967
FOLK TALE
ACCORDING TO THE PEOPLE IN GUYSBORO, NOVA SCOTIA, THIS IS A TRUE
STORY. IT SEEMS THAT TWO SAILING VESSELS COLLIDED ON THE OCEAN
IN THIS PART OF NOVA SCOTIA. ONE BOAT WAS SINKING SO THE CREW
FROM THE SINKING SHIP CLIMBED ABOARD THE BOAT THAT WAS STILL
STANDING. WHEN THE PEOPLE ON THE BOAT AWOKE THE NEXT MORNING
ALL THE MEN THAT HAD CLIMBED ABOARD WERE MISSING. THEY WERE NEVER
FOUND AND TO THIS DAY, WHENEVER A SHIP PASSES BY THE SAME SPOT WHERE
THE MEN DISAPPEARED, YOU CAN SEE THE GHOSTS OF THESE MEN CLIMB
ABOARD THE SHIP.
Submitter comment:
MR. MANTHORNE FIRST HEARD THIS TALE FROM HIS GRANDFATHER
AROUND FIFTY YEARS AGO IN GUYSBORO, NOVA SCOTIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 01-12-1964
LEGEND ----O'CONNER STREET
AT NINE MILE AND JEFFERSON, A LITTLE GIRL WAS RUN OVER BY A HIT
AND RUN CAR. IF YOU GO OVER THE STREET AT NIGHT, WITH YOUR LIGHTS
OFF, POUNDING IS EVIDENCED BY THE UNDERSIDE OF YOUR CAR, WITH FAINT
SCREEMS (SIC) PRESENT.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIEND
Data entry tech comment: THERE ARE TWO SIMILAR STORIES IN THE 5X8 FILE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SCREAMS
James Callow Keyword(s): KNOCK-KNOCK STREET?
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-12-1967
SEA
MRS. JESSICA BUCKLEY'S HUSBAND WAS AN IRISH SEA CAPTAIN. HE WAS
OUT TO SEA AND NOT EXPECTED BACK FOR QUITE A WHILE. ONE NIGHT MRS.
BUCKLEY HEARD A STRANGE KNOCK AT THE DOOR. WHEN SHE OPENED THE
DOOR SHE SAW A MAN DIVE INTO A PUDDLE, IT HAD BEEN RAINING OUT.
THE NEXT MORNING SHE FOUND A PAIR OF SEA BOOTS AT THE DOOR FULL OF
SEA WEED AND WATER. LATER SHE FOUND OUT THAT HER HUSBAND HAD DIED
AT SEA.
Submitter comment:
MR BOZICH HEARD THIS TALE FROM HIS WIFE'S GRANDMOTHER, MRS
JESSICA BUCKLEY. MRS. BUCKLEY AND SEVERAL OF HER CLOSE FRIENDS
SWEAR THAT IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. MRS. BUCKLEY IS STILL ALIVE AND
LIVES IN WHITTIER, CALIFORNIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 12-00-1963
"LUKE THE SPOOK"
THE STORY GOES THAT THERE IS A MENTAL INSTITUTION AROUND THE
GENERAL VICINITY OF 37 MILE ROAD AND ROMEO PLANK ROAD. IN
THE OLD DAYS, BACK IN THE EARLY 1900'S, COACHES USED TO PASS
BY, AND THEY ALWAYS HAD A LAMP SWINGING FROM THE BACK OF THE
CARRIAGE. ONE NIGHT A MAN ESCAPED FROM THE INSTITUTION. AS HE FLED,
A COACH CAME BY, KNOCKED HIM DOWN, AND AS IT ROLLED OVER HIM, THE
HORSES' HOOVES CUT OFF HIS HEAD, WHICH ROLLED UNDER A BRIDGE. HIS
BODY WAS NEVER FOUND. THE WEIRD PART IS IF YOU PARK BY THIS BRIDGE
(YOU WILL SEE A STRANGE)
LIGHT MOVING TOWARDS YOU. YOU'LL TRY TO START YOUR CAR, BUT IT
WON'T START, BUT YOUR WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL GO LIKE CRAZY.
AT THE LAST MINUTE THE CAR WILL START, AND THE LIGHT WILL
FOLLOW YOU AS YOU GO.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT NOT ONLY HEARD OF THIS STORY, BUT ACTUALLY VISITED
THIS SPOT AND SHE CLAIMS THAT THE STORY OF THE LIGHT IS REALLY
TRUE, IT HAPPENED TO HER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MYSTERIOUS LIGHT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Fire |
Date learned: 05-14-1965
SPIRIT OF THE WHEAT
NEAR HEMLOCK, MICHIGAN THEY TELL THE STORY ABOUT THE "SPIRIT OF THE
WHEAT". THEY GROW A LOT OF WHEAT AROUND THERE. EVERY SUMMER AT
HARVEST TIME, THE FARMERS WOULD GO OUT INTO THE WHEAT FIELDS AND SEE
WHAT THEY CALLED SPIRITS COMING OUT OF THE WHEAT FIELDS, IF THEY SAW
THE SPIRIT, THEY KNEW IT WAS TIME FOR THE HARVEST. IT TURNS OUT
THAT THERE ARE LARGE DEPOSITS OF NATURAL GAS IN THAT AREA AND ALL
THE FARMERS WERE REALLY SEEING WAS THE GAS SEEPING OUT OF THE GROUND
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT'S UNCLE TOLD HIM THIS STORY. THE UNCLE, ALEC
MANZONNI, IS A RESIDENT OF HEMLOCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HEMLOCK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Fire |
Date learned: 02-28-1965
LIGHT ABOVE ST. MARY'S
ABOUT TWELVE OR FOURTEEN YEARS AGO NEAR DAZY, NORTH DAKOTA
ON ST. MARY'S FARM THERE APPEARED A LIGHT ABOVE ST. MARY'S CHURCH.
THE GERMAN CATHOLIC COMMUNITY WAS AMAZED AND AFTER A TIME AFRAID
OF THE LIGHT. THE PRIEST EXPLAINED THAT IT WAS PERHAPS THE SOUL OF
A PERSON NOT AT REST. HE ASKED THAT ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY
PRAY FOR THE POOR SOUL. PLANES OF NEAR BY AIRPORTS WERE SENT UP TO
SEEK OUT THE SOURCE OF THE LIGHT. HOWEVER, THE LIGHT SOURCE WAS
FAR TOO HIGH FOR ANY PLANE TO REACH. PROTESTANTS AND CATHOLICS
ALIKE GATHERED FROM MILES AROUND AT THE CHURCH TO PRAY. AFTER
ABOUT A WEEK THE LIGHT DISAPPEARED.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER WHO LIVES ON ST. MARY'S
FARM. THIS LADY IS MY GRANDMOTHER AND IS USUALLY AN EXTREME
DISBELIEVER OF UNUSUAL HAPPENINGS OF THIS SORT. HOWEVER, SHE IS
VERY STAUNCH IN HER TESTIMONY, ABOUT THIS HAPPENING.
Where learned: 1928 TYLER
Keyword(s): MYSTERIOUS LIGHT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
DEATH OMEN
THE INFORMANT'S THREE YEAR OLD BROTHER APPROACHED HIS MOTHER IN THE
KITCHEN OF THEIR HOME AND ASKED HER, "MOMMA, WHAT'S THAT MAN DOING
STANDING IN THE LIVING ROOM?" SHE SAID, "DON'T BE SILLY, JIMMY."
AGAIN HE SAID, "NO, WHAT'S THAT MAN IN THE BLACK SUIT DOING STANDING
THERE IN THE LIVING ROOM?" WITH THAT SHE GRABBED THE CHILD.,
AND WITHOUT LOOKING IN THE LIVING ROOM, RAN DOWNSTAIRS. THE
MOTHER'S BROTHER DIED THE SAME DAY.
Submitter comment:
YEARS LATER, THE THREE YEAR OLD STILL CONTENDS HE SAW A MAN
STANDING IN THE LIVING ROOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
THE LADY ON TANGLEWOOD DRIVE
SEVERAL YEARS AGO A GIRL WAS ATTACKED AND KILLED ON BELLE ISLE'S
TANGLEWOOD DRIVE. IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT THE MOTHER WHO SPENT MANY
DAYS LATER LOOKING FOR HER CHILD CAN AT TIMES BE SEEN WALKING
DOWN TANGLEWOOD DRIVE DRESSED IN WHITE WITH AN AXE. SHE IS LOOKING
FOR HER DAUGHTER. THE GIRL WHO WAS KILLED WAS SLAIN WITH AN AXE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM NEIGHBORHOOD RUMORS.
Data entry tech comment: INFORMANT DOES NOT SAY WHETHER THE MOTHER IS A GHOST.
Where learned: 1928 TYLER
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
THE 1918 FLU EPIDEMIC
MS. BOW'S MOTHER'S PARENTS LIVED IN MISSOURI, IN A SMALL TOWN
NAMED PERRYVILLE.THEIR HOUSE HAD A FRONT, BACK AND SIDE DOOR.
THEIR NEVER USED THEY SIDE DOOR, IN FACT THEY HAD A BUREAU IN
FRONT OF THE DOOR. GREAT UNCLE ANDREW (GRANDPA'S BROTHER) ALWAYS
CAME TO THE SIDE DOOR AND KNOCKED ON IT WHEN HE CAME TO VISIT.
ONE NIGHT THEY WERE ALL ASLEEP AND THE HEARD A KNOCK
ON THE SIDE DOOR.
GRANDMA SAYS TO GRANDPA "MIKE, MIKE GET UP, ANDREW'S HERE." GRANDPA
WENT TO THE DOOR AND NOBODY WAS THERE. THE NEXT DAY THEY GOT
WORD THAT GREAT UNCLE ANDREW AND ANDREW'S WIFE AND THREE OF
THEIR SIX CHILDREN HAD ALL DIED THE NIGHT BEFORE. MS. BOW'S
MOTHER WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD AND LIVING WITH HER PARENTS IN THE
HOUSE WHERE THIS OCCURRED AND SHE SWEARS THAT IT IS TRUE.
Submitter comment: WHAT A STORY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 04-02-1982
GHOST LEGEND
IN 1949 I WENT TO AMORY, MISSISSIPPI TO VISIT FRIENDS. THE
LOCAL TOWNSPEOPLE WERE TELLING A STORY AMONG THEMSELVES
ABOUT A FAMILY, THE HAMPTONS, WHO LIVED IN TOWN. NOW,
AT THAT TIME, THERE WERE ONLY 3000-4000 PEOPLE LIVING
IN AMORY, SO THIS KIND OF STORY SPREAD PRETTY FAST.
IT SEEMS THAT MR. HAMPTON HAD DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES
IN 1943 WHEN HIS ONLY DAUGHTER WAS 10 YEARS OLD. IN 1949,
WHEN SHE WAS 16, IT WAS SAID THAT SHE BEGAN TO SEE HER
FATHER'S GHOST WAITING FOR HER AT THE FRONT GATE OF THE
FAMILY HOME WHENEVER SHE WENT OUT ALONE AT NIGHT. THE
SPIRIT WAS WAITING FOR HER TO RETURN SAFELY. THE GHOST
WOULD ONLY APPEAR WHEN SHE WAS ALONE AND WOULD QUICKLY
DISAPPEAR IF SHE TRIED TO APPROACH IT. HE NEVER ONCE SAID
ANYTHING. WHEN THE GIRL WAS SAFELY INSIDE THE HOUSE, THE
SPIRIT WOULD GO AWAY SATISFIED, ONLY TO REAPPEAR WHENEVER
SHE VENTURED OUT ALONE.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LIVED IN LOUISVILLE, MISSISSIPPI FROM 1925
UNTIL THE FAMILY MOVED TO DETROIT DURING WORLD WAR II.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 11-00-1982