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THE GHOST OF WORRINER HALL
MANY YEARS AGO ON CAMPUS WORRINER HALL BURNED. ONE PERSON
WAS BURNED TO DEATH IN FIRE. THE BUILDING STILL STANDS BUT IT
WAS GUTTED OUT IN THE FIRE. AT 3 A.M. SOMETIMES THE LIGHT
IN THE TOWER GOES ON. IT IS TURNED ON BY THE GHOST
OF THE BURNED PERSON, THE GHOST OF WORRINER HALL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MOUNT PLEASANT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-00-80
THERE IS A WOMAN WHO LIVES ON ALLEN RD. IN DEARBORN WHO LOST HER
YOUNG DAUGHTER ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO. AS THE STORY GOES, EVERY NIGHT AT
DUSK, SHE PLACES A DOLL IN THE WINDOW WHICH CAN BE SEEN FROM THE
ROAD. THE DOLL IS DRESSED IN APPROPRIATE FASHION IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE WEATHER. IT WAS QUITE SCARY TO DRIVE BY THIS HOUSE ON A
DARK DREARY NIGHT WITH A GUY IN THE CAR WHO WAS A DISBELIEVER.
Submitter comment:
THIS SCARY STORY WAS TOLD BY JOHN TO ME IN SOPHOMORE YEAR IN HIGH
SCHOOL. I REALLY DIDNT BELIEVE HIM, YET HE KEPT BUILDING THE STORY
UP. FINALLY AFTER CONSUMING MANY BEERS WE DROVE BY THE HOUSE AND I
WAS PROVED WRONG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARE THE WEEPING LADY OF BELLE ISLE, WHO ALSO ; LAMENTS THE LOSS OF HER CHILD.
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Toy |
Date learned: 00-00-1973
ORIGIN OF POLLACK JOKES
THERE WAS A WRITER FOR THE DETROIT NEWS (MICHIGAN)
AND ONE FOR THE FREE PRESS (DETROIT, MICHIGAN).
THEY WRITE SIMILAR COLUMNS IN WHICH A BATTLE AROSE
OVER A POLITICAL ISSUE. THE IRISH MAN STARTED TAKING
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POLISH RACE AND MAKING A JOKE
OUT OF IT.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO HER BY MR. BILL SPENCER, A SALESMAN AT
MULLIGAN-MERCURY DEALER ON GRAND RIVER NEAR EVERGREEN
(DETROIT, MICHIGAN ASSUMED).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 05-10-1965
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
THERE IS A LEGEND ABOUT AN ABANDONED SHACK OFF
MIDDLEBELT RD. AND QUARTON RD. THE LEGEND STATES
THAT IF YOU ARE WALKING ON THE DIRT ROAD IN FRONT OF
THE HOUSE, YOU MAY HEAR LOUD HOWLING.
Submitter comment:
I REMEMBER THIS FROM HIGH SCHOOL, BUT I DON'T THINK
ANYONE REALLY BELIEVED IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
ON STRATFORD STREET IN DETROIT (MICHIGAN) NEAR OSBORN
HIGH SCHOOL, THERE WAS A LITTLE BOY CROSSING THE STREET
COMING HOME FROM SCHOOL. SOME TEENAGER WHO HAD JUST
GOT HIS LICENSE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND THE LITTLE
BOY RAN OUT AND GOT HIT AND WAS DRAGGED DOWN THE STREET.
NOW IF ANYONE DRIVES DOWN THE STREET, THE DEAD BOY
POUNDS ON THE BOTTOM OF THEIR CAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): KNOCK-KNOCK STREET
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 04-05-1972
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ON PLYMOUTH ROAD THERE IS AN OLD CLOSED UP SANITARIUM
AND PEOPLE SAY IF YOU GO DOWN THERE AT NIGHT YOU CAN SEE
THE NUTS WALK AROUND INSIDE AND YOU CAN SEE PLATES WITH
SANDWICHES AND VASES WITH LIVE FLOWERS. PEOPLE SAY NUTS
STILL COME BACK THERE BECAUSE THEY LIKED IT SO MUCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEROGATORY TERM=NUTS ; INSANE PEOPLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 04-05-1972
LEGEND
THE GLEASON FAMILY LIVED IN BUCKINGHAM, QUEBEC (CANADA) ABOUT
40-50 YEARS AGO. THEY HAD OWNED A HOUSE CALLED THE
'LOG CABIN.' AFTER THEY MOVED FROM THE HOUSE IT BECAME
HAUNTED. WHENEVER ANYONE WENT INTO THE HOUSE, THEY COULD
HEAR NOISES LIKE PEOPLE WALKING AND THE FLOOR WOULD
CRACK. NO ONE WOULD EVER BUY THAT HOUSE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HAS BEEN INSIDE THIS HOUSE AND HAS HEARD
THESE NOISES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-22-1972
LEGEND
A FAMILY BY THE NAME OF GORMEN LIVED IN BUCKINGHAM, QUEBEC
(CANADA) ABOUT 35-50 YEARS AGO. THEY ALSO OWNED A FARM
HOME IN THE COUNTRY A LITTLE WAYS FROM TOWN. MR. GORMEN
WAS ILL AND MRS. GORMEN AND HER SON DECIDED TO RIDE OUT
AND SEE THEIR FARM. WHEN THEY ROUNDED THE CURVE AND SAW
THEIR HOME IT WAS LIT UP LIKE A FIRE WAS INSIDE. WHEN
THEY WENT INTO THE HOUSE, THE LIGHTS WENT OUT. THEY
SEARCHED THE HOUSE BUT FOUND NOTHING SUSPICIOUS. THEY
LEFT FOR TOWN, BUT AS SOON AS THEY GOT BACK IN THEIR CAR,
THE HOUSE LIT UP AGAIN. THREE OR FOUR MONTHS AFTER THIS
MR. GORMEN DIED. IT HAD BEEN A SIGN OF DEATH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT CLAIMS THIS TO BE TRUE. SHE WAS INVITED TO GO
FOR THIS RIDE, BUT COULD NOT FOR SOME FORGOTTEN REASON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
HAUNTED HOUSE
THERE'S A HOUSE BETWEEN MONROE (MICHIGAN) AND TOLEDO (OHIO)
WHERE A MAN KILLED HIS WIFE SEVERAL YEARS AGO. HE TURNED
OUT ALL THE LIGHTS AND KILLED HER WITH A HATCHET AND,
FROM THEN ON, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANOTHER LIGHT ON
THERE, NOR HAS THE MAN BEEN SEEN AGAIN.
ONE NIGHT SOME GIRLS WERE DRIVING FROM TOLEDO AND WERE
BEING FOLLOWED. SO THEY PULLED INTO A DRIVEWAY AND TURNED
THEIR HEADLIGHTS OFF. THEY SAT THERE A WHILE AND THEN
THEY REALIZED THAT ALL THE LIGHTS WERE OFF IN THE HOUSE
AND THAT IT WAS THE HAUNTED HOUSE OF THE STORY.
Submitter comment: TOLD AS A TRUE STORY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
PHANTOM SHIP (HEXED SHIP)
A SHIP IN THE BRITISH ROYAL FLEET WAS BUILT GOING AGAINST
ALL SUPERSTITIONS. THEY DID EVERYTHING CONTRARY TO LUCK
BELIEFS TO PROVE THAT THE SUPERSTITIONS WERE NOT VALID.
THEY DID EVERYTHING WRONG--PUT A WOMAN ABOARD SHIP,
WHISTLED ON BOARD, LAUNCHED HER DRY--EVERYTHING. THEY
THOUGHT THAT THEY'S PROVE, ONCE AND FOR ALL, THAT THE
SUPERSTITIONS WERE RIDICULOUS. SO THE SHIP WAS LAUNCHED
AND SENT ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE AND SHE WAS NEVER HEARD
FROM AGAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 01-00-1972
THIS FELLOW IN NORFOLK, KENTUCKY FROM PINE BLUFF (ARKANSAS)
HE WAS A RELIGIOUS MAN IF ANYTHING. SOMETIMES ON WEEKENDS
HE'D GET DRUNK. HE FELT SO BAD ABOUT IT, THAT ON MONDAY
MORNING HE'D GO AND ERASE HIS NAME FROM THE BIBLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 02-07-1972
MYTH
MALTESE PEOPLE BELIEVE IN SPIRITS. THEY TAKE THE FORM OF A LITTLE
COLORED GENIE CALLED HARAS. A WOMAN FOUND MONEY EVERY DAY ON THE
DRESSER UNTIL ONE DAY SHE REVEALED HER SECRET TO HER NEIGHBOR. THE
FOLLOWING MORNING SHE WOKE UP SEVERELY BEATEN.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
MISS QUAIL'S GRANDPARENTS REMEMBER AN EVENT QUITE A FEW YEARS BACK
WHEN E. OUTER DRIVE WAS THE CITY LIMITS OF DETROIT. THEY LIVED ON
A FARM AT WHAT IS NOW THE INTERSECTION OF MCNICHOLS AND GREENFIELD.
CANDY'S GRANDMOTHER WAS TO GO TO HER
FIRST DANCE ONE NIGHT AND SHE HAD
SPENT THE WHOLE DAY GETTING READY. SHE HAD A DRESS THAT MUST
HAVE HAD ABOUT
A MILLION PLEATS, ALL LITTLE ONES THAT HAD TO BE IRONED IN BY HAND.
IT WAS A LONG, HARD CHORE AND IT TOOK HER ABOUT THREE HOURS TO
FINISH IT. WHEN SHE WAS DONE SHE
LAID IT ON THE BED UNTIL IT WAS TIME
TO GET DRESSED. A FEW MINUTES LATER, SOME
COMPANY ARRIVED OUT FRONT.
THE WHOLE FAMILY, EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO LIVED THERE WENT OUT ON THE
FRONT PORCH TO SAY HELLO. WHEN THEY CAME BACK IN, CANDY'S GRANDMOTHER
WENT BACK TO HER ROOM AND THERE WAS HER DRESS,
COMPLETELY STRAIGHTENED
OUT, NOT A PLEAT LEFT IN IT. THEY HAD THOSE BIG BEDS WITH THE IRON
RODS FORMING A GRILLWORK AT THE HEAD, AND THE DRESS HAD BEEN PULLED
IN AND OUT OF THESE RODS AND STRAIGHTENED OUT.
HER GRANDMOTHER SWEARS THAT NO ONE WAS IN THE HOUSE WHILE
SHE WAS OUTSIDE
SINCE SHE WAS THE LAST ONE OUT AND THE FIRST BACK IN.
THE ONLY CONCLUSION THAT THEY COULD COME TO WAS THAT FAIRIES HAD COME
IN AND DONE IT IN PAYMENT FOR SOMETHING
BAD THAT SHE HAD DONE. EVER SINCE
THEN, THEY HAVE REFERRED TO THE AREA AS "THE FAIRY FIELD". TODAY, A
BIG GAS STATION AND A NUMBER OF HOMES
ARE ON THE SITE OF THE OLD FARM.
BUT CANDY'S GRANDPARENTS STILL CALL THE PLACE "THE FAIRY FIELD"
WHENEVER THEY PASS IT.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-16-1965
INDIAN LEGEND
THIS STORY COMES FROM NEBRASKA. THE SOUTHERN CHEYENNE WERE ALWAYS
FIGHTING WITH THE PAWNEES. THE CHEYENNE HAD A LEGEND THAT SOMEDAY
A BIG DRAGON WOULD COME DOWN THE RIVER AND WHEN THE FIRST
STEAMBOAT CAME DOWN THE RIVER THEY THOUGHT IT WAS THE DRAGON COMING
TO SAVE THEM FROM THE PAWNEES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Supernatural Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 05-15-1964
FATHER BAKER'S MIRACLE
THIS IS A TRUE STORY ABOUT FATHER BAKER'S MIRACLE. FATHER BAKER HAD A
LITTLE CHURCH IN BUFFALO NEW YORK. HE WANTED TO BUILD A NEW CHURCH,
BUT THERE WAS NO MONEY. ONE DAY AFTER CELEBRATING MASS HE TOLD THE
ALTAR BOYS TO FOLLOW THEM. STILL DRESSED IN THE GARB OF THE CHURCH
FATHER BAKER POINTED TO A PLACE IN AN EMPTY FIELD AND SAID "DRILL
HERE FOR OIL," BUT EVERYONE KNEW THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE AREA. ON HIS
INSISTANCE THEY DRILLED, FOUND OIL LESS THAN FIFTY FEET DOWN,
AND THUS FINANCED THE CHURCH.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT WAS A MEMBER OF FATHER BAKER'S PARISH WHERE THE STORY
IS TOLD.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
James Callow Keyword(s): PRIEST AS OIL WITCH ; WATER WITCH: OIL WITCH
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
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
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