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THE WHITE LADY
THIS LEGEND FIRST CAME TO BE KNOWN ABOUT TEN YEARS
AGO. REPORTED SIGHTINGS WERE AT "GREEN HILLS"
(NICKNAME GIVEN TO 200 ACRES OF RAILROAD LAND,
WITH DENSE FOLIAGE, ON RYAN ROAD BETWEEN SIX MILE
ROAD AND NEVADA {DETROIT, MICHIGAN}). WHEN THIS LAND
WAS CLEARED AND LEVELED, THE "WHITE LADY"
CONVENIENTLY MOVED TO BELLE ISLE {DETROIT, MICHIGAN}.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
PINK LADY
THERE IS AN ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF THE PINK LADY EVERY
HALLOW'S EVE AT THE GIRL'S BOARDING SCHOOL IN
WISCONSIN THAT I WENT TO FOR HIGH SCHOOL. ALL OF THE
UPPERCLASSMEN (WOMEN) GIVE THE FRESHMEN GORY TALES
OF THE PINK LADY. ONE TALE IS THAT A SENIOR TOOK SOME
FRESHMEN UP TO SHOW THEM THE BELL TOWER, AND WHILE
SHE WAS UNDER THE BELL, THEY RANG IT UNTIL SHE WENT
NUTS AND JUMPED OUT OF THE TOWER. NOW SHE COMES BACK
EACH YEAR AND CARRIES OFF SELECTED FRESHMEN AND SOME
COME BACK BLOODY AND BRUISED, WHILE SOME OTHERS DON'T
COME BACK AT ALL. AFTER ALL THE FRESHMEN ARE
THOROUGHLY SCARED OVER THESE TALES OF THE PINK LADY,
HALLOW'S EVE NIGHT ARRIVES, AND THE SENIOR CLASS
PRESIDENT AND THE SENIORS FROM THE PRESENT YEAR AND
YEAR BEFORE ARE IN A CANDLELIGHT PROCESSION AND WALK
THROUGH THE FRESHMEN DORMS CHANTING SONGS. THE
SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENT, DRESSED IN A LONG, PINK DRESS,
ADDRESSES THE FRESHMEN AND TELLS THEM TO BE LOYAL TO
THEIR SCHOOL AND TO GOD.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A VERY OLD TRADITION AT SINSINAWA.
Where learned: WISCONSIN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DURING WORLD WAR II, MOANS WERE HEARD COMING FROM
CHRIST'S GRAVE IN JERUSALEM. IT WAS FELT THAT HE DID
NOT APPROVE OF THE WAR.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
THERE IS A LEGEND CONCERNING DETROIT'S BELLE ISLE.
A "WHITE LADY" APPEARS ON THE ISLAND AT EVERY FULL
MOON AND WANDERS THROUGH THE WOODS. SHE IS DRESSED
ALL IN WHITE, HENCE HER NAME. SHE IS THE MOTHER
OF A GIRL WHO WAS MURDERED THERE, WHILE PARKING
WITH A FELLOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 12-05-1967
VANISHING HITCHHIKER VARIANT
THERE WAS A YOUNG COUPLE WHO LOVED EACH OTHER VERY MUCH.
SUDDENLY THE YOUNG MAN DIED. THE GIRL WAS OVERWROUGHT
WITH GRIEF AND MOURNED FOR HIM FOR A LONG TIME. BUT
ONE SATURDAY NIGHT SHE DECIDED TO GO TO A LOCAL DANCE.
ON THE WAY TO THE DANCE, SHE PASSED THE CEMETERY WHERE
HER LOVER WAS BURIED. SHE CRIED OUT TO HIM, "PLEASE
COME OUT AND GO TO THE DANCE WITH ME." THEN SHE
CONTINUED ON TO THE DANCE.
WHILE SHE WAS DANCING WITH ONE OF THE BOYS IN THE
DANCE HALL, SHE SAW HER DEAD LOVER STANDING IN THE
DOORWAY. SURPRISED AND HAPPY AT THE SAME TIME, SHE
STARTED TO DANCE WITH HIM. THEY DANCED AND DANCED,
AND HE KEPT ON DANCING AS IF IT WAS THE FIRST DANCE.
SHE WAS COMPLETELY EXHAUSTED, BUT HE KEPT ON
DANCING. SUDDENLY THE COCK CROWED, AND HE SPOKE,
"IT IS MY BAD LUCK, AND YOUR GOOD FORTUNE!" THEN
HE VANISHED.
THE GIRL DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO AND SHE WAS
AFRAID TO LEAVE HER HOUSE. BUT ONE DAY SHE HAD TO
GO BY THE CEMETERY AGAIN. THIS TIME HER LOVER
CHASED HER AND SHE RAN FOR HER LIFE TO A WITCH'S
HOUSE. THE WITCH TOLD HER TO CLIMB UP ON TOP OF
THE STOVE; THEN SHE PROCEEDED TO CAST A SPELL BY
MAKING SIGNS OF THE CROSS AND SAYING CERTAIN MAGIC
FORMULAS. HER LOVER COULD NOT BREAK THE SPELL TO
REACH HER. SO THE WITCH GAVE HIM A TASK OF TAKING
OUT ALL THE HEMP SEEDS SHE HAD SCATTERED IN A POT OF
ASHES. HE PROCEEDED TO DO THIS, AND WAS DOING IT WHEN
THE COCK CROWED. HE EXCLAIMED AGAIN, "IT IS MY
MISFORTUNE, AND YOUR BAD LUCK, AND NOW YOU MAY HAVE
LEARNED TO LET THE DEAD REST." HE DISAPPEARED AND SHE
NEVER SAW HIM AGAIN.
James Callow comment: THIRD TO LAST LINE: GOOD LUCK?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; LITHUANIA
Keyword(s): DANCING GHOST
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-25-1968
PONDLILLY LOOKOUT POINT
PONDLILLY LOOKOUT POINT IS LOCATED IN WATERLOO
RECREATION AREA NEAR JACKSON, MICHIGAN. THERE USED TO
BE A FORT LOCATED ON THIS POINT; IT WAS SITUATED ON
A VERY STEEP, ALMOST UNSCALABLE RIDGE. IN THE MIDDLE
OF A HUGE BLIZZARD ONE DAY, INDIANS SCALED THE RIDGE
AND MASSACRED ALL THOSE IN THE FORT.
TO THIS DAY, ONE CAN SUPPOSEDLY HEAR THE SOUND OF
INDIANS RUNNING ALONG THE RIDGE DURING ANY SNOW STORM.
Submitter comment:
MIKE SAYS THAT THERE IS ANOTHER VERSION WHICH SAYS
YOU CAN HEAR A HORSEMAN RIDING ALONG THE RIDGE DURING
A BLIZZARD. HE IS SAID TO BE RACING TO WARN THOSE IN
THE FORT OF THE ATTACK.
MIKE SAYS THAT THERE IS JUST SUCH A SOUND DURING A
SNOWSTORM, BUT BEING MORE LOGICALLY-MINDED,
ATTRIBUTES IT TO THE SNOW FALLING INTO THE THICK
GROWTH OF MAPLE TREES WHICH CHOKE THE SLOPE BELOW
THE RIDGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; JACKSON
Keyword(s): GHOSTLY NOISES
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 11-10-1968
FLOATING NUN LEGEND
IN EARLIER TIMES, IN THE SACRED HEART ORDER FOR NUNS,
WHEN THE STRICTNESS WAS MUCH GREATER THAN NOW, THERE
WAS ONE PARTICULAR NUN AMONG THIS GROUP WHO BECAME A
HAUNTING FIGURE TO ALL OF THAT ORDER'S CONVENTS AND
SCHOOLS. SHE WAS SAID TO HAVE LOOKED IN A MIRROR
(A PROFANE ACT) WHICH WAS A PROHIBITED ACT. BECAUSE
OF HER VANITY SHE WAS CURSED, AND WHEN SHE DIED, SHE
WAS CONDEMNED TO ROAM THE HALLS OF THE SACRED HEART
INSTITUTIONS. TO THIS DAY, SHE IS SEEN OFTEN,
ALTHOUGH THERE IS SPECULATION THAT AT SOME OF THE ALL-
GIRLS SCHOOLS, SOPHOMORES IMPERSONATE THIS WELL
KNOWN GHOST FIGURE IN HOPES OF SCARING THE NEW
FRESHMEN LATE AFTER ALL ARE ASLEEP.
Data entry tech comment: SPELLING CORRECTED
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-13-1968
IN THE SECTION OF THE METROPOLITAN PARK OF CLEVELAND,
OHIO KNOWN AS "CEDAR POINT HILL," A YOUNG ENGAGED
COUPLE WAS PARKED. THEY HEARD A NEWSCAST WARNING
THOSE IN THE AREA TO BEWARE OF THREE VICIOUS MUGGERS
ACTIVE THAT WEEK. THE GIRL BECAME FRIGHTENED AND WISHED
TO LEAVE. HER FIANCE REASSURED HER AND WENT OUT TO CHECK
AROUND THE CAR. HE TOLD HER TO HIDE UNDER THE BLANKET
ON THE BACKSEAT FLOOR UNTIL HE KNOCKED THREE TIMES.
SHE WAITED...AND WAITED...AND WAITED, HEARING NO SOUND
OTHER THAN OCCASIONAL SCRAPE ON THE ROOF, CAUSED BY A
LOW HANGING BRANCH. AFTER ABOUT FORTY-FIVE MINUTES,
SHE SAW SEVERAL LIGHTS AND HEARD MUCH TALKING.
LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW SHE SAW POLICE CARS. THE
POLICE HELPED HER OUT, INSTRUCTING HER NOT TO LOOK
UP. SHE LOOKED ANYWAY AND SAW HER FINACE HANGING FROM
THE BRANCH ABOVE THE CAR, HIS HEELS TAPPING THE ROOF.
HIS TONGUE HAD BEEN CUT OUT, AS ALSO HAD HIS HEART.
THE MURDERERS WERE NEVER FOUND, BUT ON STORMY NIGHTS,
THE YOUNG MAN TAPS ON THE CAR ROOFS IN CEDAR POINT
VALLEY TO WARN LOVERS OF ANY DANGER.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
Keyword(s): GHOSTLY NOISES
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
JACK O'LANTERN
THE SOUL OF SOMEONE CONDEMNED TO WANDER FOR HAVING MOVED
OR ALSO FOR HAVING DISREGARDED A BOUNDARY MARK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT JUST REMEMBERS HEARING THIS LEGEND, MANY
YEARS AGO.
Where learned: DETROIT ; COULD NOT REMEMBER WHERE OR WHEN LEARNED
Keyword(s): MYSTERIOUS LIGHTS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-30-1970
ONCE TWO WOMEN WERE IN THE HAUNTED HOUSE WITH A BABY.
THE BABY WAS IN A ROOM BY ITSELF IN A CRADLE. WHEN
THE WOMEN WENT TO CHECK ON THE BABY, IT WAS REMOVED
FROM THE CRADLE AND LYING ON THE FLOOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
WHITE LADY
IN NEW JERSEY AT BRANCHBROOK PARK THERE IS A WINDING,
DARK ROAD. ONE NIGHT A LADY AND HER HUSBAND WERE
DRIVING IN THE PARK, WHEN THEIR CAR SMASHED INTO
A TREE. BOTH PERSONS DIED, BUT THEY ONLY FOUND THE
BODY OF THE HUSBAND. IT IS SAID THAT WHEN IT IS FOGGY
AND MISTY OUT AT NIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE LADY DRESSED
IN WHITE SEARCHING FOR HER HUSBAND'S BODY.
Where learned: NEW JERSEY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 11-15-1969
NEAR CURTIS, OHIO THERE IS A LEGEND OF A WOMAN AND
HER GARDENER LOVER WHO PLOTTED AND KILLED THIS WOMAN'S
HUSBAND. A FEW YEARS AFTER THE MURDER, THE GARDENER
DIED AND THE WOMAN BECAME A VIRTUAL HERMIT. THIS IS
BECAUSE, AS THE LEGEND GOES, HER HUSBAND'S GHOST
SWORE THAT IF SHE EVER LEFT THE HOUSE OR PREMISES,
HE WOULD KILL HER.
Submitter comment: BRIAN LEARNED THIS WHILE ON VACATION NEAR CURTIS, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OHIO ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CURTIS
Keyword(s): FAITHLESSNESS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
MAINE INDIANS
THE INDIANS IN MAINE WERE FRIGHTENED BY WHAT THEY BELIEVED
WERE ABOMINABLE SNOW MEN. ACTUALLY IT WAS THE LOGGERS
IN THE AREA WHO USED TO WALK AROUND WITH A SACK OF BLOOD
IN THEIR BOOTS WHICH MADE THE INDIANS BELIEVE
THAT MONSTERS LURKED IN THIS AREA.
Submitter comment:
I PIKCED UP THIS BIT OF TRIVIA AT SUMMER CAMP IN
MAINE WHEN I WAS 12.
Where learned: MAINE
Keyword(s): MONSTERS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: WHEN I WAS 12 ; 11-05-1967
NEW HAMPSHIRE'S SYMBOL
NEW HAMPSHIRE'S SYMBOL IS THE OLD MAN IN THE MOUNTAINS,
WHO BESIDES GETTING THE NAME FROM THE PROFILE THAT IT
GIVES, THERE IS ALSO A LEGEND ALONG WITH IT.
THE INDIANS OF THE AREA NOTICED THIS PROFILE AND
WORSHIPPED IT LIKE A GOD. A RAIDING TRIBE WHO HAD
KILLED SOME OF THE INDIANS WHO WORSHIPPED THIS PROFILE
WERE TURNED TO STONE BY THE GREAT SPIRIT OF THE
PROFILE.
Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS IN A BARBERSHOP IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS.
Where learned: NEW HAMPSHIRE ; WHITE MOUNTAINS
Keyword(s): INDIANS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 10-10-1967
A FEW YEARS BACK, A BOY AND HIS GIRL WERE ICE SKATING
ON THE OLENTANGY RIVER THAT GOES THROUGH OHIO STATE
UNIVERSITY. THE BOY SLIPPED THROUGH THIN ICE AND
DROWNED, APPARENTLY NOT FINDING THE HOLE HE SLIPPED
THROUGH. SOME SAY HE COMES BACK EVERY WINTER TO TRY
TO FIND THAT HOLE TO CRAWL OUT OF, AND IF YOU SLIP
THROUGH THIN ICE, HE WILL MAKE YOU TAKE HIS PLACE.
IT IS ALSO SAID THAT HIS GIRLFRIEND LEAVES A LUNCH
DOWN BY THE RIVER THAT HE SOMEHOW RETRIEVES.
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN A SMALL TOWN IN NEW YORK STATE, A YOUNG ENGINEER
WAS TRYING TO PURCHASE AN OLD TWIN ENGINE AIRPLANE.
THE OWNER TOLD HIM THAT THE PLANE HAD BEEN BURNT
DOWN TO THE SKELETON OF THE PLANE YEARS BEFORE.
THE PLANE BURNT QUICK BECAUSE IT WAS A FABRIC-
COVERED PLANE. THE ENGINEER STARTED THE PLANE UP WITH
THE HELP OF THE OWNER AND THEN HE SAT ALONE IN THE
COCKPIT READING THE GAUGES. SUDDENLY, A MAN WITH AN
OLD BROWN FLIGHT JACKET AND LEATHER HELMET TAPPED
HIM ON THE SHOULDER AND SAID, "GET OUT QUICK, PLANE'S
ON FIRE!" THE ENGINEER JUMPED OUT AND RAN FROM THE
PLANE. WHEN HE TURNED AROUND NOTHING WAS LEFT BUT THE
SMOLDERING SKELETON.
WHEN THE OWNER ASKED HIM WHAT HAPPENED, WHEN HE
RETURNED, THE ENGINEER TOLD THE WHOLE STORY AND
DESCRIBED THE MAN WHO WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. THE
OWNER REPLIED, "THAT SOUNDS LIKE MY BROTHER." THE
ENGINEER THEN ASKED WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM. THE OWNER
THEN SAID, "HE DIED WHEN THE PLANE BURNT THE FIRST
TIME YEARS BEFORE!"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; NEW YORK, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): REPEATED TRAGEDY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE TRAPPER
IN ISHPEMING, MICHIGAN, THERE IS A TALE ABOUT A FRENCH-
CANADIAN FUR SELLER WHO WAS FAIRLY RICH. HE ALWAYS
WORE HIGH BLACK BOOTS, A LARGE CAP, AND DRESSED VERY
NICELY. IT IS SAID THAT HE WAS ROBBED AND KILLED ONE
DAY IN HIS CANOE BUT HIS BODY WAS NEVER FOUND.
ABOUT THIRTY YEARS LATER, HIS GREAT GRAND-CHILD WAS
WALKING ON THE BEACH AND SAW AN OVERTURNED CANOE WITH
A PAIR OF BLACK BOOTS COMING OUT FROM UNDER IT. HE
PICKED UP THE CANOE AND SAW A MAN WITH OLD BUT VERY
NICE LOOKING CLOTHES, LONG BLACK BOOTS, AND A LARGE
CAP. HE THOUGHT IT TO BE HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER AND RAN
HOME TO TELL HIS PARENTS. WHEN HIS PARENTS CAME TO SEE,
THE BODY WAS NOT THERE, BUT THE CANOE WAS, WITH A
BLOODY CAP INSIDE. THERE WERE ALSO FOOTPRINTS LEADING
FROM THE CANOE TO THE WOODS. THEY LEFT, BUT CAME BACK
NEXT DAY AND FOUND NOTHING. NOTHING WAS EVER HEARD
ABOUT IT AGAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; APARTMENT ; DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; ISHPEMING
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 11-12-1969
THE HEADLESS
IN TOLEDO {OHIO} THERE WAS A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT
IN WHICH THE DRIVER LOST HIS HEAD.
NOW ON THE SAME ROAD, YOU CAN SEE ONE HEADLIGHT
COMING AT YOU (USUALLY AROUND MIDNIGHT), BUT
WHEN IT GETS CLOSE ENOUGH TO MAKE IT OUT, IT
DISAPPEARS. IT IS SAID TO BE THE MOTORCYCLIST
LOOKING FOR HIS HEAD.
Where learned: OHIO ; APARTMENT ; TOLEDO ; DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 11-12-1969
THE HITCHHIKER
A TRAVELING SALESMAN WHOSE ROUTE WAS FROM NEW YORK CITY
TO DETROIT {MICHIGAN} TO DAYTON {OHIO}, WAS TRAVELING
DOWN A DIRT ROAD, WHEN HIS HEADLIGHTS PICKED UP THE
FORM OF A MAN IN A LONG COAT, HAT PULLED OVER HIS
EYES, AND WITH VERY SHINY TEETH, HITCHHIKING. OF
COURSE THE SALESMAN DID NOT PICK THIS MAN UP, BECAUSE
HE WAS AFRAID OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. THE MAN STOPPED
IN THE FIRST CITY HE GOT TO, AND SPENT THE NIGHT
THERE. THE NEXT DAY, UPON LEAVING THE CITY, HE RAN
INTO THIS SAME HITCHHIKER AGAIN, THESE OCCURANCES
HAPPENED TIME AFTER TIME AND THE SALESMAN WAS STARTING
TO GET WORRIED. AFTER SPENDING THE NIGHT IN ONE CITY,
HE NOTICED THAT HE HADN'T SEEN THE HITCHHIKER UPON
LEAVING THE CITY. THE SALESMAN FELT THAT THE HITCH-
HIKER'S OCCURANCES WERE JUST A COINCIDENCE, WHEN
ALL OF A SUDDEN, HE HEARD A NOISE FROM THE BACK
SEAT, HE TURNED AND THERE SAT THE HITCHHIKER WITH
THOSE PEARL WHITE TEETH GIVING OFF A BIG GRIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ROOM
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
SCHIFF RESERVATION
THE SCHIFF RESERVATION, NOW A BOY SCOUT CAMP, HAS
A STRANGE LEGEND BEHIND IT. IN 1920, THERE WAS A
DAM BEING BUILT, AND A MAN WHO WAS WORKING ON THE
DAM SUPPOSEDLY FELL INTO THE NEWLY POURED CONCRETE
AND WAS BURIED ALIVE. IT IS RUMORED THAT YOU CAN
HEAR HIM SCREAMING FOR HELP ON WINDY NIGHTS.
Submitter comment:
LEE LEARNED THIS ON A BOY SCOUT TRIP IN THE
RESERVATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GHOSTLY NOISES
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1967 ; 00001920S