WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER, AND WHEN WE WERE UP NORTH, WE USED
TO WALK DOWN TO THE CANDY STORE. IT WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF
OUR DAY. OUR OLDER COUSINS TOLD US THAT IN THE WOODED
AREA, ALONG THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WAS AN OLD, OLD, TRUCK
AND CAMPER. SO ON THE WAY TO THE STORE THEY TOOK US BY IT.
THE CAMPER WAS SET BACK IN THE WOODS A LITTLE BIT, BUT
THE TRUCK LOOKED LIKE IT HAD CRASHED RIGHT OFF THE ROAD.
IT WAS REALLY SPOOKY LOOKING. MY COUSINS SAID THAT A REAL
OLD LADY USED TO LIVE IN THE CAMPER. ONE NIGHT SHE RAN
OUT OF HER CAMPER AND SCARED THE TRUCK DRIVER AND HE
CRASHED OFF THE ROAD. EVERYONE OF US BELIEVED THE STORY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALBRIGHT SHORES

Date learned: 11-00-1985 ; 00-00-1973

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THE LEGEND OF REDFORD POOL.

ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO WHEN THE REDFORD PUBLIC POOL HAD A 25 FOOT
HIGH DIVING PLATFORM THERE WAS THIS ADVENTUROUS MAN WHO
WISHED TO DIVE OFF THE 25 FOOT PLATFORM. AFTER A BIT OF
NEGOTIATION THE LIFE GUARD AT THE POOL ALLOWED THE MAN
TO DIVE OFF THE HIGH DIVE. WELL, IT HAPPENED TO BE A VERY
WINDY DAY THAT DAY AND JUST AS THE MAN LEAPED OFF THE HIGH
DIVE A HUGE GUST OF WIND CAME BY AND SAILED HIM ACROSS
THE POOL AND DASHED HIS GUTS ALL OVER THE SIDEWALK.

Submitter comment: THIS STORY IS TO BE TAKEN AS TRUE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD

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IT USED TO SCARE ME WHEN I THOUGHT OF IT.
I WAS FOLLOWING IN SOMEBODY'S FOOTSTEPS WHEN THEY
TURNED INTO LIKE DOUBLE HOOVES AND DISAPEARED INTO
A CAVE OR SOMETHING. THAT USED TO SCARE ME WHEN
I WAS LITTLE. I WAS AFRAID TO PICTURE IT. HOOVES REALLY
SCARED ME, LIKE WALKING IN THE DARK.

Submitter comment: SHE WAS VERY WITHDRAWN IN THIS SUBJECT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

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IT WAS AN OVERCAST, WINDY, GOTHIC-TYPE EVENING. MY GIRL
LAURA, WAS BORED, SO WE BRAINSTORMED AS TO WHAT TO DO.
SUDDENLY, I REMEMBERED HOW MY BOSS TOLD ME HE USED TO VISIT
A CEMETERY WHERE "STRANGE THINGS HAPPENED." BEING THE
ADVENTURESOME KIND-OF-GUY WHICH I AM, I MENTIONED "THE
TOMB," AND ACTED AS IF I WAS FRIGHTENED OF GOING. SHE
IMMEDIATELY FELL FOR MY SPOOKINESS, AND WANTED TO GO TO
"THE TOMB." I EGGED HER ON ABOUT HOW STRANGE OCCURRENCES
HAPPENED REGULARLY, ESPECIALLY ON COLD, DARK NIGHTS. SHE
JUMPED IN, JOKING THAT WE MIGHT NEVER MAKE IT BACK ALIVE.
SHE LAUGHED, I LAUGHED, AND WE DROVE ON, NORTHWARD.
WE ARRIVED JUST BEFORE THE WITCHING HOUR, AND I MADE SURE
TO LET HER KNOW THAT THE GHOULS WOULD SURELY BE OUT TONIGHT.
YES, WE WERE HAVING A GRAND TIME, ENJOYING EACH OTHER'S WIT.
I WARNED HER, SHE TEASED ME, AND I TURNED INTO THE ANCIENT
BURIAL PLACE. THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE WAS BELOW FREEZING YET
THE HILLY ROADWAY WAS QUITE MUDDY. MY COMPACT CAR WAS
SLIDING, MY GAS PEDAL WAS SLIPPING, AND MY GIRLFRIEND
WAS LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY. AS THE HIGH BEAMS HIT THE GATE,
WE NEARLY DID TOO; FOR THE ONE LANE OPENING WAS HALF
WAY CLOSED. WE QUICKLY DECIDED THAT THE SPIRITS MUST
HAVE FORGOTTEN TO CLOSE IT. WE GIGGLED, I STOPPED, AND
SHE HOPPED OUT TO OPEN THE DOOR TO HELL. THERE WAS ONLY
ONE WAY IN, AND THE ENTRANCE WAS ALSO THE EXIT. THE
ENTIRE LOT WAS FENCED IN, IF NOT BY GRAVESTONES, THEN BY
THE PERIMETER'S CYCLONE FENCE. LAURA EASED THE GIANT
STEEL GATE FORWARD AND I EASED THE SMALL CAR FORWARD. WE
WERE OBSESSED BY OUR OWN LAUGHTER, NOT KNOWING WHY.
AFTER RIDING THROUGH EXTREMELY NARROW PASSAGEWAYS, A
MASSIVE MASOLEUM CAME INTO VIEW. A BIZZARE FOGGY MIST
INSTANTLY BEGAN TO FALL. MY GIRL LOOKED AT ME, I LOOKED AT
HER, AND WE SIMULTANEOUSLY LOCKED OUR DOORS. I HAD A SICK
GUT-FEELING, SHE STILL HAD HER SENSE OF HUMOR, AND WE
BOTH WANTED TO LEAVE. WE LAUGHED. AS I ZIG-ZAGGED TOWARDS
THE END, LAURA SAID, "I THINK THE GATE'S SHUT." WE THOUGHT
WE HAD SCARED OURSELVES, SO WE CHUCKLED OUR LAST. THEN....
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..................B*A*N*G.....S*M*A*S*H...
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWO HUGE MONSTERS WERE ON MY WINDSHIELD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
POUNDING, SCRATCHING; SCREAMING, SMASHING; YELLING,
CHANTING; THEY WERE DEVIL CREATURES IN HUMAN FORM.
IN UNISON THEY SAID "WE'RE GOING TO KILL YOU!" WE FROZE
AFTER YELLING IN TERROR! (THE LARGER MONSTER RESEMBLED
THE MAN FROM A JAMES BOND MOVIE CALLED "JAWS." (THEREFORE
I WILL REFER TO HIM AS "JAWS.")
JAWS SAID,"I WANT YOUR BLOOD; YOU'RE DEAD!" I GUNNED THE
ENGINE, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, MY CAR STALLED OUT. WE
WERE TRAPPED IN THE CEMETERY. THERE WAS NO WAY TO ESCAPE.
THE GATE WAS SHUT, THE NIGHT WAS OLD, AND THE CAR WAS DEAD.
JAWS, BY THIS TIME, WAS TRYING TO ENTER MY CAR; BY WAY
OF THE HOOD. HE WAS OVER SIX FEET TALL AND A BIT STOCKY. THE
OTHER MONSTER WAS NOT AS HOMELY, BUT HE SCREAMED A BIT
LOUDER. AS THE CREATURES CONTINUED TO POUND ON MY CAR, MY
TERROR BEGAN TO CHANGE INTO ANGER. SUDDENLY, THE MONSTERS
RELEASED MY AUTO FROM THEIR GRASP AND BEGAN TO FIGHT EACH OTHER.
AFTER A FEW MOMENTS, THE UGLIER OF THE TWO SEEMINGLY WON
THE BATTLE, AND THE LOSER LAID MOTIONLESS MIDWAY BETWEEN MY
CAR AND THE LOCKED GATE. DURING OUR INTERMISSION, OR "THE
BRAWL," IS WHEN WE FIRST NOTICED THE LARGE DAGGER ON MY
HOOD. THEN, WITH THE LOUD ONE DEAD, JAWS CAME BACK SCREAMING
AND DENTING. THAT WAS IT! I HAD HAD ENOUGH. I ROLLED MY
WINDOW DOWN AN INCH, AND TRIED TO BARGAIN WITH THE
DEMONMAN. HE GOT MADDER, STUCK HIS MITTEN PAWS INSIDE MY
WINDOW, AND TRIED TO PEEL IT OFF MY DOOR. I WAS SO UPSET THAT
I SURPRISED ALL THREE "LIVE" BEINGS (INCLUDING MYSELF) BY
STEPPING OUT OF THE DAMAGED VEHICLE. I GREETED THE MONSTER AND
HE GRABBED MY COLLAR. I WAS YELLING AT HIM, AND HE WAS
THROWING ME AROUND THE PLOTS. HE STOPPED DEMANDING BLOOD, AND
STARTED DEMANDING MONEY. AT THIS TIME, MY COMPANION
NEITHER JAWS NOR MYSELF SAW HER. SHE SAFELY RETURNED INTO MY
CAR. MEANWHILE, JAW'S PAWS CLINGED TO MY NECK AND LIFTED ME
TOWARDS THE HEAVENS. FINALLY, HE THREW ME BACK TO THE WET,
EARTHEN GRAVE FLOOR. NOW I HAD A CHANCE TO REACH MY WALLET.
ALL I HAD WAS A FIVE DOLLAR BILL. HE SNARLED, BUT STILL TOOK
IT. HE TRIED TO MAKE ME FAINT BY PANTING ON ME, BUT SOME-
HOW I BROKE LOOSE. I HAD A SLIGHT CHANCE TO MAKE IT BACK TO
MY CAR.................................................
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I SLIPPED, HE TRIPPED. HE DASHED, I PASSED. I REACHED, HE
SCREECHED. HE SPAT, I SAT................................
I GRABBED THE DOOR HANDLE AND PULLED. SOMETHING WAS WRONG.
I SLOWLY LOOKED UP TO SEE THE UGLY FACE WHICH WAS BLOCKING MY
ESCAPE. HE QUIT MOANING, AND FOR THE LAST TIME MY EYES
CONTACTED HIS BLOODSHOT EYES. HE BEGAN A MANIACAL LAUGH AS
SOMETHING LIGHTLY LANDED ON MY LAP. HE BACKED AWAY, SHE TURNED
OVER THE ENGINE, AND I SHUT THE DOOR. I LOOKED AT HER
AND HER FRIGHTENED EYES TOLD ME TO GET THE STUPID CAR MOVING.
I FLOORED THE PEDAL, NOT REMEMBERING TO PUT THE TRANSMISSION
INTO DRIVE. LAURA SHIFTED AND WE MOVED! WE DROVE PAST THE
DEAD MONSTER AND THROUGH THE GATE. THE FOG WAS THICK.
LAURA TOOK THE WAD OFF MY LAP AND FOUND THAT IT WAS THE
FIVE SPOT. THEN, WE BOTH NOTICED THAT THE BLADE WAS STILL ON
MY HOOD. I WANTED THAT RELIC. AS I SLOWED OUR VEHICLE DOWN,
THE KNIFE DISAPEARED INTO THE FOG.........................

Submitter comment: I SOLD MY CAR. I AM NO LONGER SEEING LAURA. THIS IS TRUE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LAKEVILLE

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ABOUT MAYBE 1:30 P.M., NO, 2:00 P.M. THIS AFTERNOON I SAW
A VERY PECULIAR SIGHT. I WAS ABOUT FIVE MILES NORTHEAST
OF ALMONT, OUT ON A SLIGHTLY PAVED ROAD. IT WAS EXTREMELY
FOGGY OUT. I HEARD THE NOISE OF THE APPROACHING VEHICLE
LONG BEFORE IT CAME INTO SIGHT. I HAD MY CAR ON THE
SHOULDER, BECAUSE I WAS TAKING STILL PHOTOGRAPHS OF NEARBY
RUIN SITES. ANYHOW, THE DISTANCE OF SIGHT WAS NOT CLEAR TO
ME, AND I HEARD BEFORE I SAW. I WAS NEARLY STRUCK BY A GUY
IN A BIG GREEN CAR. LUCKILY, IT WENT RIGHT BY, BUT NO
ONE WAS DRIVING. THE GUY WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. I SAW
THE EMPTY STEERING WHEEL. IT DISAPPEARED INTO THE FOG. IT
WAS A FRIGHTENING DAY. THIS IS THE TRUTH.

Submitter comment: JAMES TOLD ME HE TOOK A PICTURE OF THIS GHOSTDRIVER.
WHEN THE PRINT WAS DEVELOPED ONLY FOG SHOWED UP.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights

James Callow Keyword(s): DRIVERLESS AUTOMOBILE

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ONE NIGHT, A MAN WAS DRIVING IN THE ELMWOOD CEMETERY. SUDDENLY,
A LADY WALKED OUT OF NOWHERE, SHE WAS DRESSED IN A FLOWING
WHITE GOWN. THE MAN ASKED HER WHAT SHE WAS DOING IN
A "NICE PLACE LIKE THIS." SHE SAID SHE WAS LOOKING FOR A RIDE
HOME. THE MAN OBLIGED. THEY INSTANTLY WERE ATTRACTED TO EACH
OTHER. THE MAN, UPON ARRIVING AT HER HOUSE, ASKED IF HE
COULD TAKE HER OUT THE NEXT NIGHT. SHE AGREED.
WHEN THE MAN ARRIVED AN OLD WOMAN ANSWERED THE DOOR. SHE TOLD
HIM THAT THE GIRL HE SAW THE PREVIOUS EVENING DIED TEN
YEARS AGO. THE MAN WENT INTO SHOCK AND IS NOW A RESIDENT
AT NORTHVILLE.

Submitter comment: I MET THIS GIRL (THE INFORMANT) AS SHE WAS PEERING OVER MY
SHOULDER READING MY ITEM #16. SHE IMMEDIATELY TOLD ME HER TALE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ENGINEERING BUILDING

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IN THE BARRIO (CORK TOWN), THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS WOULD
GATHER TOGETHER, AND GO TO THE COUNTRY. THEY WOULD TRY
TO EARN EXTRA MONEY PICKING CROPS IN THE SUMMER WHILE
SCHOOL WAS OUT. ONE GROUP WENT UP TO TRAVERSE CITY,
MICHIGAN TO PICK THE CHERRY CROPS. THEY BUNKED IN SHACKS
WHERE THE PICKERS WERE HOUSED, OUT IN THE COUNTRY.
ONE STILL, QUIET, BLACK SUMMER NIGHT FRAN HEARD A SCREAMING
OR CRYING WOMAN. FRAN ASKED HER BROTHER ERNIE TO
INVESTIGATE. ERNIE WOULDN'T GO, HE WAS SCARED TOO. IT
WASN'T A WOLF, AND IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN A DEER OR RACCOON.
THE CRYING LASTED FOUR TO FIVE MINUTES; THEN IT WOULD STOP.
AN HOUR LATER THE CRYING WOULD START AGAIN FOR ABOUT
FIVE MINUTES. THE NEXT DAY, FRAN AND ERNIE ASKED ABOUT THE
CRYING WOMAN. THEY WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS ONCE A MURDER
IN A COTTAGE NEARBY, AND THAT YOU HEAR THE CRYING ONCE A
MONTH. THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA HAVE BECOME USED TO THE
CRYING SOUND. THE POLICE WERE TIRED OF COMING OUT TO
INVESTIGATE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 00-00-1950

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A MAN WAS WALKING DOWN A COUNTRY ROAD ONE NIGHT WHEN HE SAW
A HOTEL IN THE DISTANCE. FEELING TIRED, HE DECIDED TO STOP FOR
THE NIGHT.
"CAN I HELP YOU?" ASKED THE INNKEEPER AS THE MAN WALKED
INTO THE LOBBY.
"I COULD USE A ROOM," THE MAN REPLIED.
"I GOT ONE ROOM LEFT," ANSWERED THE INNKEEPER. "MY
DAUGHTER'S SLEEPING IN THERE, BUT I'LL LET YOU HAVE IT ANYWAY,
SO DON'T YOU GET NO IDEAS."
THE MAN AGREED, AND PICKED UP THE KEY. WHILE UNDRESSING
FOR BED, HE NOTICED THAT THE INNKEEPER'S DAUGHTER WAS QUITE
BEAUTIFUL, SO HE FIGURED THAT A GOOD-NIGHT KISS COULDN'T
HURT.
HE AWOKE THE NEXT MORNING, AND AS HE CHECKED OUT, HE ASKED THE
INNKEEPER WHY HIS MOUTH HAD BECOME FULL OF RICE WHEN HE KISSED
HIS DAUGHTER.
"YOU PEOPLE NEVER LISTEN," SIGHED THE INNKEEPER. "THAT
WASN'T RICE. IT WAS MAGGOTS. MY DAUGHTER'S BEEN DEAD FOR
SEVEN YEARS."

Submitter comment: I REPEATED THE STORY TO TWO FRIENDS. BOTH HAD ALREADY
HEARD A SIMILAR VERSION.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE

Date learned: 05-00-1980 ; 07-00-1980

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THE FIFTEEN STEPS

A COUPLE MOVED INTO A TWO-STORY BRICK HOUSE NEAR THE
EDGE OF TOWN. THEY SLEPT IN A ROOM DOWNSTAIRS, WHILE
THEIR YOUNG DAUGHTER SLEPT UPSTAIRS.
ONE NIGHT, THEIR DAUGHTER HEARD A MOANING AT THE FOOT OF THE
STAIRS. "KATHY, I'M AT THE FIRST STEP, AND I'M GOING TO KILL
YOU."
THE NEXT MORNING, SHE TOLD HER PARENTS, WHO DIDN'T BELIEVE HER.
THEY THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS JUST SEEING TOO MUCH TV AND HAVING
NIGHTMARES.
THAT NIGHT, THE VOICE CAME AGAIN, ANNOUNCING THAT IT WAS ON
THE SECOND STEP, AND THAT IT WAS GOING TO KILL HER.
AND SO IT WENT ON, FOR FIFTEEN NIGHTS, UNTIL THE VOICE
ISSUED A NEW WARNING.
"KATHY, I'M PAST YOUR DOORWAY, AND NOW I'M BY YOUR BEDSIDE,
AND NOW I'M GOING TO KILL YOU."
THE TERRIFIED GIRL TOLD HER PARENTS THE NEXT MORNING, BUT
THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE HER. THAT NIGHT, THEY GAVE HER PLENTY OF WARM
MILK TO HELP HER SLEEP.
THE FAMILY WAS NEVER HEARD FROM AGAIN. THE SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF FOUL PLAY. TO THIS DAY, THE
DISAPPEARANCE OF THE FAMILY REMAINS A MYSTERY.

Submitter comment: DANIEL AND ME WERE WALKING DOWN A COUNTRY ROAD, WHEN WE
PASSED A DESERTED HOUSE. HE TOLD ME THE ABOVE STORY, AND ANOTHER PERSON WE MET ALONG THE WAY BACK TO OUR GRANDMOTHER'S
PLACE CONFIRMED THE STORY. I JUST ASKED ABOUT IT OUT OF
CURIOSITY WHEN HE ASKED ME FOR THE TIME.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NORTH BRANCH

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PRESTON TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A JAPANESE FAMILY
WHO WERE BUDDHISTS, BUT WERE GOING TO CONVERT TO CHRISTIANITY
IN A FEW MONTHS. THEY HAD A STATUE OF BUDDHA IN THEIR HOUSE,
AND EVERY NIGHT THE EYES BEGAN TO GLOW. THEY WOULD SEE
SEVERAL BODIES AROUND THEIR HOUSE, AND THE DECOMPOSING
CORPSE OF A YOUNG CHILD WOULD ASK THEM WHY THEY WANTED TO
BECOME CHRISTIANS. THEY ASKED A PRIEST HOW TO STOP IT,
AND HE TOLD THEM TO REMOVE THE STATUE FROM THEIR HOUSE.
THEY DID AND THEY HAVE HAD NO SUCH INCIDENTS SINCE THEN.

Submitter comment: PRESTON SAYS THAT THIS FAMILY LIVED ACROSS THE STREET
FROM HIM IN HIS OLD NEIGHBORHOOD, AND HE HAS LOST CONTACT
WITH THEM.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 00-00-1982 ; 11-13-1987

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THE BLOODY STOPSIGN

ONE NIGHT A LONG TIME AGO THERE WAS A LITTLE BOY
WHO WANTED TO GO OUT TRICK-O-TREATING
BUT HIS MOTHER WOULD NOT LET HIM BECAUSE
THERE WAS A MANIAC ON THE LOOSE.
BUT THE BOY DECIDED TO GO OUT ANYWAY.
AFTER A WHILE THE MOTHER HAD NOT HEARD THE BOY AND
DECIDED TO GO AND CHECK ON HIM.
HE WAS NOT IN HIS ROOM AND NEITHER WAS HIS COSTUME.
THE MOTHER THEN CALLED THE POLICE AND TOLD THEM THAT
HER SON HAD GONE OUT TRICK-O-TREATING BY HIMSELF AND THAT
SHE WAS VERY WORRIED SINCE THERE WAS A MANIAC ON THE LOOSE.
THE POLICE WENT AND LOOKED FOR HIM AND WHEN THEY WERE TURNING
THE BEND, THEY SAW THE BOY'S HEAD ON THE STOPSIGN AND
BLOOD WAS DRIPPING DOWN.
THE MANIAC HAD GOTTEN THE BOY.
THE STOPSIGN IS STILL THERE AND THERE IS ALWAYS
RED STUFF THAT LOOKS AS IF WERE BLOOD THAT HAD DRIPPED.
NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES THE VILLAGE CHANGES THE SIGN,
THE RED ALWAYS REAPPEARS IN THE SAME SPOT.

Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT WAS MY BEST FRIEND.
WE HAD GROWN UP TOGETHER IN RIVERSIDE.

Where learned: SISTER

Keyword(s): BOY SCOUT CABIN

Date learned: 00-00-1975

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THE STORY OF LAURA'S GHOST

ONE NIGHT AFTER DOIING REPAIRS ON THE HOUSE
BRIAN FELL ASLEEP ON THE COUCH.
AT ABOUT 2:00 IN THE MORNING HE WAS AWAKENED BY STRANGE
NOISES COMING FROM THE HEATING VENT.
HE WENT INTO THE BASEMENT TO CHECK THE FURNACE.
WHEN HE GOT THERE, THE NOISES HAD STOPPED.
WHILE HE WAS THERE, HE FOUND A PICTURE OF A WOMAN
IN A CASKET WITH THE NAME LAURA WRITTEN ON THE BACK.
TO THIS DAY ANY STRANGE OCCURRENCES AT THE HOUSE
ARE BLAMED ON THE GHOST OF LAURA.

Submitter comment: A DELT SIG

Where learned: DELTA SIGMA PHI FRATERNITY HOUSE

Date learned: 00-00-1983 ; 10-00-1987

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THE GHOSTS OF THE CIRCUS TRAIN

A LONG TIME AGO THERE WAS A CIRCUS TRAIN THAT WAS
TRAVELING TO ITS NEXT SHOWPLACE.
THE TRAIN SOMEHOW DERAILED. ALL OF THE CIRCUS WORKERS
AND ANIMALS WERE KILLED. THEY WERE BURIED IN A NEARBY
CEMETERY. IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT IF YOU GO THERE LATE
AT NIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE CIRCUS PEOPLE AND ANIMALS
WANDERING AROUND. OR, MANY PEOPLE HAVE HEARD THE
SOUNDS OF A TRAIN AND ANIMALS SUCH AS ELEPHANTS.

Submitter comment: HE WAS A SCHOOLMATE OF MINE.

Where learned: OLDER BROTHER ; DRIVING AROUND TOWN

Keyword(s): CIRCUS

Date learned: 00-00-1978 ; 00-00-1980

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THE CADET GHOST OF ST. JOHN'S

ABOUT SEVEN YEARS THERE WAS A CADET AT ST. JOHN'S WHO
WAS VERY UNHAPPY. THE PRESSURES OF SCHOOL WERE REALLY
GETTING TO HIM AND TO TOP IT OFF, HE WAS NOT GOING
TO BE ABLE TO GO HOME FOR THANKSGIVING.
ONE NIGHT, AFTER QUIET HOURS HAD BEGUN, HE PLAYED
A BEATLES RECORD VERY LOUD. EVEYONE THOUGHT THAT
THIS WAS STRANGE BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT IT WAS QUIET HOURS
AND THERE WAS TO BE NO NOISE. AFTER A WHILE SOMEONE HEARD
A SCREAM. EVERYONE WENT DOWN TO HIS ROOM TO SEE WHAT
WAS THE MATTER. THE CADETS FOUND THEIR FRIEND HANGING
FROM A ROPE. HE HAD COMMITTED SUICIDE.
NO ONE EVER LIVED IN THAT ROOM AGAIN.
EVERY YEAR ON THE NIGHT OF HIS DEATH THE CADETS CAN
HEAR BEATLES MUSIC COMING FROM HIS ROOM, THOUGH NO ONE
IS LIVING THERE. THEN, A WHILE LATER A SCREAM IS
HEARD THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.
NO ONE CAN EXPLAIN THE MUSIC OR THE SCREAM.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT IS MY BROTHER.
HE TOLD ME THAT THE CADETS JUST SIT IN THE HALL ON THAT
NIGHT AND WAIT FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.

Where learned: WISCONSIN ; SAINT JOHNS MILITARY ACADEMY ; DELAFIELD

Keyword(s): ST. JOHN'S

Date learned: 00-00-1982

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THE VANISHING HITCHHIKER

THERE IS A STORY THAT HAS BEEN AROUND AS LONG AS I CAN
REMEMBER. IT IS SAID TO BE TRUE BUT NO ONE KNOWS FOR
SURE. IT IS A STORY ABOUT A LADY GHOST WHO HITCHHIKES
A RIDE FROM PASSING CARS. THE EVENT USUALLY TAKES PLACE
BETWEEN 3 A.M. AMD 6 A.M. AND IT USUALLY HAPPENS TO
DOCTORS ON THEIR WAY TO WORK(THERE IS A HOSPITAL NEARBY).
THEY WILL SEE A YOUNG GIRL HITCHING A RIDE. THEY WILL
PICK THE GIRL UP, SHE WILL GET INTO THE BACK SEAT OF
THE CAR. SHE IS WEARING A WHITE DRESS AND HAS LONG
LONG HAIR. SINCE IT IS EARLY MORNING, IT USUALLY COLD
OUTSIDE. THE DOCTOR USUALLY OFFERS HIS COAT TO THE
WOMAN. HE THEN DRIVES HER TO THE ADDRESS WHICH SHE GAVE
HIM (WHICH IS RIGHT NEAR THE HOSPITAL). WHEN HE GETS THERE
SHE IS GONE AND SO IS HIS COAT. THE PERSON WHO PICKED
THE GIRL UP WILL USUALLY GET OUT OF THE CAR AND GO UP
TO THE HOUSE TO SEE IF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE KNOW THE
GIRL WHICH THEY DESCRIBE. WHOEVER ANSWERS THE DOOR SAYS
YES, AND THAT SHE HAS BEEN DEAD FOR ? YEARS. THEY TELL THE
PERSON WHERE HER GRAVE IS. THE CEMETERY IS RIGHT ACROSS
THE WAY FROM THE HOSPITAL. WHEN THE PERSON GETS TO
THE GRAVESITE, THEIR COAT IS FOUND ON THE GRAVESTONE.

Submitter comment: I AM NOT EXACTLY SURE OF THE INFORMANT, BUT THIS STORY
HAS BEEN AROUND AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER. MANY PEOPLE
SWEAR THAT IT IS TRUE. AND EVERYTIME IT DOES HAPPEN,
THE STORY ALWAYS IS THE SAME. ONE STRANGE THING THAT
NO ONE UNDERSTANDS IS THAT IT IS USUALLY A MALE THAT
PICKS HER UP, NEVER A FEMALE.

Where learned: HOME ; ILLINOIS

Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE

Date learned: 00-00-1974 ; 00-00-1974

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THE GHOST LOOKING FOR HER GRAVE

THERE IS JEWISH CEMETERY BY MY HOUSE THAT WAS MOVED YEARS
AGO SO THAT A NEW HIGHWAY COULD BE BUILT. THEY DUG EVEYTHING UP
AND MOVED IT ABOUT A MILE BACK. THE HIGHWAY WAS BUILT AS
PLANNED. AFTER THE HIGHWAY WAS BUILT, MANY PEOPLE
BEGAN TO SEE THE IMAGE OF A YOUNG WOMAN WALKING THE HIGHWAY.
THIS SAME WOMAN WAS ALSO SEEN WALKING AROUND WHERE THE GRAVE
NOW IS. IT WAS SAID THAT THE YOUNG WOMAN MUST HAVE BEEN
BURIED IN THE CEMETERY AND LOST HER GRAVE WHEN THEY
MOVED THE CEMETERY. SHE NOW WANDERS AROUND LOOKING FOR
HER GRAVE.

Submitter comment: HE SAID THAT THE STORY HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME
AND THAT A CLOSE FRIEND OF HIS HAS EVEN SEEN THE GHOST.

Where learned: ILLINOIS

Keyword(s): LOST

Date learned: 00-00-1972 ; 10-00-1987

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OLD SAUN JUAN

OLD SAUN JUAN IS A FORT THAT IS SURROUNDED BY HIGH WALLS
TO PROTECT THE PUERTO RICANS FROM ATTACK
WHEN THEY WERE AT WAR, THE MAN WHO STOOD LOOK-OUT IN THE
TOWER SAW THE GHOSTLY FIGURE OF A WOMAN. EVERY TIME
THEY WERE GOING TO BE ATTACKED THE WOMAN WOULD APPEAR
AND WARN THEM OF THE INVADERS. THE NAME OF THE WOMAN
WAS GARRITA.

Submitter comment: SHE SAID THAT THIS FOLKTALE WENT AROUND ALL OF THE VILLAGES.

Where learned: HOME ; PUERTO RICO

Date learned: 00001960'S ; 11-00-1987

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THE HOUSE OF CHIN LIN FU (THE DOG WHO WE HOUSESAT FOR)

WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I WERE FIRST MARRIED AND WERE LIVING ON AN ESTATE
IN THE GATEHOUSE, WE FOUND THE HOUSE THAT WE WERE LIVING IN WAS
HAUNTED. WE GOT THE HOUSE RENT FREE BECAUSE A VICIOUS DOG LOVED ME.
ONE NIGHT THE WIND WHISTLED THROUGH THE TREES AND I WAS PREGNANT
AT THE TIME AND THE DOG SAT GUARDING THE HOUSE ON THE FRONT PORCH,
WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE DOG BEGAN TO HOWL AND THE FUR ON HIS COAT
STOOD STRAIGHT UP ON END, AND THE CURTAINS BEGAN TO BLOW VIGOROUSLY
AND A LOUD MOANING NOISE SCARED ME SO THAT I SCREAMED AT THE TOP OF
LUNGS AND CLIMBED THE STAIRS FOUR STEPS AT A TIME, PREGNANT OR NOT.
MY HUSBAND HEARD ME SCREAMING ALL THE WAY UP STAIRS WHERE HE WAS
TAKING A BATH AND HE ALSO HEARD THE MOANING AS IF THERE WAS A
GHOST IN THIS HOUSE. HE CLIMBED OUT OF THE BATHTUB AND RAN DOWN
THE STAIRS IN HIS BIRTHDAY SUIT AND GRABBED A KNIFE FROM THE KITCHEN
AND RAN OUT ON THE PORCH. SINCE THIS WAS AN ESTATE AND COMPLETELY
SURROUNDED BY TREES, NO ONE SAW HIM. I DID NOT LOOK FOR I WAS VERY
FRIGHTENED. HE RAN AROUND IN THE ALTOGETHER LOOKING AND WAVING
THE KNIFE AND WHATEVER WAS OUT THERE HOWLING COMPLETELY STOPPED AND
THE HOUSE BECAME COMPLETELY QUIET AGAIN. WHEN THE OWNERS OF THE
HOUSE CAME BACK FROM FLORIDA AND WERE TOLD OF THE INCIDENT THEY TOLD
THAT THIS HOUSE WAS ONCE THE GATEHOUSE AND THAT A MAN WAS FOUND
MURDERED IN THIS HOUSE AND THE DATE THAT THIS OCCURRENCE HAPPENED
WAS THE DATE THAT THE MOANING AND HOWLING OCCURRED TO US. THIS WAS
A STRANGE HAPPENING THAT WOULD NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.

Where learned: 26300 SPRINGFIELD DR

Date learned: 10-13-1987

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ANOTHER PARTICULAR DAY I WAS ALONE IN THE HOUSE WITH CHIN LIN FU AND
ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TWO CLOCKS BEGAN TO SHAKE VIGOROUSLY AND BEGAN
TO CHIME. THE FIRST CLOCK WHICH NEITHER ONE HAD WORKED IN AGES BEGAN
ON FEBRUARY 15, 1961 AT 3:30 PM AND RANG 15 TIMES AND THE OTHER
CLOCK CHIMED AT 4:OO PM AND RANG TEN TIMES. I THOUGHT THIS
VERY STRANGE. WHEN THE OWNERS CAME BACK FROM FLORIDA THEY WERE
GREETED WITH SOME STANGE STORIES. THEY TOLD US THAT THE CLOCKS
HAD BELONGED TO THE LADY'S FOLKS AND HAD NOT WORKED SINCE THE DAY
THEY WERE KILLED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. THE TIME THAT THE LADY
ASKED ME OF WHAT DATE AND HOW MANY TIMES THE CLOCKS CHIMED WERE
EXACTLY THE TIME THAT THE PEOPLE DIED AND THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE
CLOCKS CHIMED WERE THE DATES THAT THEY DIED, AND LIVING IN THE HOUSE
OF CHIN LIN FU (THE DOG THAT WE HOUSE SAT FOR)? WAS AN EXPERIENCE
NEVER TO BE COPIED AGAIN.

Where learned: 26300 SPRINGFIELD DR

Date learned: 10-13-1987

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WHEN I WAS A KID I WENT DOWN THE ROAD
OVER A FRIEND'S HOUSE, WHEN I STARTED
BACK HOME I LOOKED IN BACK OF ME
AND THERE WAS A LITTLE RED BOUNCING BALL
FOLLOWING ME. I STARTED RUNNING HOME AND
THE BALL MOVED FASTER AND I RAN INTO MY
ROOM AT HOME AND LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND
THE RED BALL WAS STILL THERE. IT FINALLY
WENT AWAY AND I NEVER SAW IT AGAIN.

Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 00001970S

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