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A SPIRIT
THE INFORMANT CLAIMED TO HAVE SEEN AN APPARITION IN THE
ABANDONED HOUSE OF HIS NEIGHBOR, WHO HAD BEEN MURDERED
BY HER NEWPHEW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
GHOST STORY
MY AUNT SAID THAT ONE DAY HER AND HER FATHER WERE WALKING THROUGH
THE GRAVEYARD ON THEIR WAY TO THE THEATER DOWNTOWN. BEFORE THEY
CAME TO THE EDGE OF THE CORNER STONES. MY AUNT SAID SHE TOLD MY
GRANDFATHER THAT SHE DID NOT SEE A MAN STANDING BY THE STONE. HOW-
EVER, MY GRANDFATHER INSISTED THAT HE SAW THE MAN. HE TOLD MY AUNT
THAT WHEN HE STOOPED DOWN SHE WAS TO LOOK OVER HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
SHE DID AND SURE ENOUGH SHE DID SEE THE MAN. SHE SAID SECONDS LATER
THE FIGURE VANISHED RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEIR EYESIGHT.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 10-11-1972
GHOST LEGEND
JUST ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF SOMERVILLE, NEW JERSEY LIES
THE ESTATE OF THE OIL HEIRESS DORIS DUKE. THE ESTATE
IS DIVIDED BY A SMALL WINDING PUBLIC ROAD, LINED WITH
HUGE TREES WHOSE TOPS COMPLETELY ENGULF THE ROAD.
THE ROAD ORIGINATES AT A SMALL CASTLE-LIKE STRUCTURE
AND A ONE-LANE BRIDGE OVER A NARROW CANAL. THE ROAD
PRESENTS A PERFECT STOP FOR YOUNG LOVERS. IT IS SAID
THAT WHEN A CAR STOPS TO PARK, THE GHOSTS OF THE DUKE
FAMILY WOULD SURROUND THE CAR. THE DRIVER, USUALLY
TERRIFIED, WOULD TRY TO GET OUT OF THERE AS FAST AS HE
COULD AND SUCCEED IN CRASHING UP THE CAR INTO ONE OF THE
TREES WHILE FAILING TO MAKE ONE OF THE ROAD'S MANY CURVES.
Submitter comment:
BOTH THE INFORMANT AND THE COLLECTOR HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN
THE MANY SCARS THAT EXIST ON THE TREES AROUND THE DURVES.
LOVERS PARKED ON LOVERS LANE ON DORIS DUKE ESTATE IN SOMERVILLE,
NEW JERSEY ARE FRIGHTENED BY DUKE FAMILY GHOSTS, DRIVE OFF AND CRASH
CARS INTO TREES WHICH STILL BEAR SCARS.
Where learned: NEW JERSEY ; SOMERVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
SCREAMING BRIDGE
THERE IS A RAILROAD TRESTLE CROSSING A CREEK ON THE EAST
SIDE OF TOWN. ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, A GIRL IS SAID TO
HAVE BEEN RUN OVER BY A TRAIN WHILE WALKING ACROSS THIS
BRIDGE. SOME NIGHTS, USUALLY BETWEEN 11 P.M. AND 3 A.M.
THE SCREAMING OF THE GIRL CAN BE HEARD WHEN A TRAIN
CROSSES OVER THAT BRIDGE.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SAID SHE WAS THERE ONE NIGHT AND HEARD THE
SCREAMING. SHE SEEMED SCARED JUST TALKING ABOUT IT.
SCREAMING OF GIRL KILLED ON RAILROAD TRESTLE CAN BE HEARD WHEN TRAIN
CROSSES THAT BRIDGE.
Data entry tech comment: PRESUME THIS HAPPENED IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.
Where learned: INDIANA ; INDIANAPOLIS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
A SPIRIT
WHEN I WAS LIVING IN CHICAGO DURING THE 1960S MY BROTHER
HAD PASSED AWAY MAYBE THREE OR FOUR MONTHS BEFORE. ONE
NIGHT I WOKE UP TO GO TO THE BATHROOM AS USUAL, AND WHEN
I LOOKED, MY BROTHER WAS STANDING AT THE FOOT OF MY BED
AND I THOUGHT MY EYES WERE PLAYING TRICKS ON ME, SO I
CLOSED THEM FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN I GOT UP AND WENT
TO THE BATHROOM AND BEFORE I REACHED THE LIGHT SWITCH MY
BROTHER WAS SITTING ON THE CLOTHES HAMPER. WHEN THE
LIGHT WENT ON HE WAS GONE.
Submitter comment: CHICAGO, 1960S
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 10-30-1971 ; 00001960S
THE HAUNTED ROOM
THE INFORMANT SAYS THAT THERE IS A ROOM IN HER HOUSE,
FURNISHED WITH VERY OLD FURNITURE, WHICH NO ONE USES.
SHE SAYS IT IS ALWAYS VERY CHILLY, EVEN IN THE SUMMER
AND "GIVES HER THE CREEPS." ONCE, SHE AND SOME FRIENDS
TRIED TO HOLD A SEANCE IN THE ROOM. ONE OF THE GIRLS
STARTED SCREAMING AND PULLING HER HAIR. THE INFORMANT
BELIEVES THE ROOM TO BE HAUNTED.
Submitter comment:
GIRL GOES INSANE WHEN SEANCE IS HELD IN CHILLY, HAUNTED ROOM WITH OLD
FURNITURE.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; RUSHFORD
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 07-00-1970
GHOST STORY
ON A STREET CALLED TANGLEWOOD ON BELLE ISLE IN DETROIT
{MICHIGAN}, TEENAGERS USUALLY WENT AT NIGHT TO HAVE
DRINKING PARTIES. THEY SAID THEY ALWAYS SAW A GHOST
DRIVING A WHITE OLDSMOBILE. ONE NIGHT A TEENAGE GIRL
WAS DRIVING ALONE--OUT TO MEET HER FRIENDS ON TANGLEWOOD.
AS SHE WAS DRIVING SHE SAW THIS OLDSMOBILE WITH A GHOST
WHITE DRIVER AND SHE GOT SO SCARED SHE CRASHED INTO A
TREE AND GOT KILLED. NOW THE KIDS SAW THIS AND THEY
SAY THAT IF YOU GO THERE AT NIGHT AND TURN YOUR HEAD-
LIGHTS ON INTO THE WOOD YOU CAN SEE THE YOUNG GIRL
WANDERING AROUND. THEY ALSO SAY THAT HER MOTHER WENT
CRAZY AND ALSO WANDERS AROUND IN THE WOODS AT NIGHT
DRESSED IN WHITE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): TANGLEWOOD, BELLE ISLE, DETROIT, OLDSMOBILE, HEADLIGHTS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 04-05-1972
SCARE STORY
I WAS IN BED ASLEEP WHEN I WAS AWAKENED BY HEAVY FOOT
STEPS. WHEN I LOOKED UP THERE WAS A MAN COMING TOWARD
ME DRESSED IN ALL BLACK. I WAS SO SCARED THAT I COULDN'T
MOVE TO TOUCH MY SISTER, SO I CLOSED MY EYES AND WHEN I
OPENED THEM HE HAD TURNED AND WAS WALKING AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-30-1971
GHOST STORY
ONE NIGHT ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AFTER MY GRANDFATHER HAD
DIED, MY GRANDMOTHER WAS ALONE AND ASLEEP AT HOME.
SHE WAS AWAKEN{ED} BY THE SLAMMING OF HER CAR DOOR.
AS SHE WAS GETTING UP TO SEE WHO IT WAS, HER BEDROOM
WINDOW OPENED AND A COLD WIND RUSHED IN ON HER.
THE CEDAR CHEST THAT IS IN THE CORNER OF HER ROOM BEGAN
TO RATTLE, AS IF A HUMAN BEING WAS DOING IT.
THIS CONTINUED FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES, THEN STOPPED.
THE WINDOW CLOSED BY ITSELF AND EVERYTHING WAS ALL
RIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOISES IN THE NIGHT
ONE NIGHT A MAN WAS WALKING AND HE HEARD A NOISE,
SOUNDING LIKE AN ANIMAL OR A BIRD. THE MAN ANSWERED
THE NOISE BY IMITATING THE SOUND. BUT THEN THE SOUND
BEGAN TO FOLLOW THE MAN AND HE BECAME TERRIFIED. HE
PICKED UP A WOODEN CROSS (SEE ACCOMPANYING STORY AS TO
WHY THE CROSS WAS AROUND) AND PUT THE CROSS OVER HIS
SHOULDER AS A PROTECTION FROM THE SOUND. HE MADE HIS
WAY HOME SAFELY BUT STILL AFRAID.
Submitter comment:
WHAT THIS STORY IS SUPPOSED TO POINT OUT, IS THAT ONE
IS NOT SUPPOSED TO ANSWER BACK ANY NOISE OR SOUND IN
THE NIGHT BECAUSE THESE NOISES BELONG TO POOR SOULS
IN THE NIGHT.
TABU: SOUNDS IN THE NIGHT MUST NOT BE ANSWERED OR IMITATED BECAUSE
THEY COME FROM THE DEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; KALAMAZOO
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
GHOST STORY
WHEN MY YOUNGER BROTHER AWOKE DURING THE NIGHT, HE MISTAKENLY ENTERED THE CLOSET AND SCREAMED.
WHEN THE FAMILY ARRIVED, HE TOLD THEM THAT A LADY DRESSED IN WHITE HAD REACHED OUT TO PAT HIM ON THE HEAD.
TWO DAYS LATER, THE FAMILY RECEIVED A TELEGRAM THAT THE BOY'S GRANDMOTHER HAD DIED IN POLAND THE SAME NIGHT
THE LADY IN WHITE APPEARED IN THE CLOSET.
Submitter comment:
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE MOMENT OF DEATH RELATIVE APPEARS DRESSED IN
WHITE. SHE TOOK HAND OF GRANDSON. DEATH TOOK PLACE IN POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 10-29-1972
TALE
THE DAY BEFORE MY GRANDFATHER DIED, MY GRANDMOTHER WENT
TO VISIT HIM AND HE WAS TALKING TO NANCY AND WAS SAYING
"I'M NOT COMING HOME NOW, NANCY. I'LL SEE YOU IN THE
MORNING."
THE ODD THING IS THAT NANCY WAS HIS MOTHER AND WAS
DECEASED AND THAT HE DIED THE NEXT MORNING AT 6:00 A.M.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GHOST STORY
THE STORY TAKES PLACE IN SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.
WHERE THE NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD RUNS. IT HAPPENED
YEARS AND YEARS AGO WHEN MEN WALKED THE TRACK CHECKING
THEM AND SIGNALING TRAINS. THE NEW YORK CENTRAL GOES
THROUGH VERY FAST AND KILLED ONE OF THE SIGNALERS. THE
MAN WAS DECAPETATED AND HIS HEAD WAS NEVER FOUND.
SOMETIMES WHEN A PERSON LOOKS DOWN THESE
Submitter comment:
MAN DECAPITATED BY A NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD TRAIN IN SOUTH BEND,
INDIANA AND HIS HEAD WAS NOT FOUND.
ITEM CONTINUED ON ONE OR MORE CARDS WHICH HAVE BEEN LOST
Data entry tech comment: AT LEAST ONE 5 X 8 CARD SEEMS TO BE MISSING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
GHOST STORY
TEXT KEYPUNCHED IN NOVEMBER, 1972--ALSO IN 5X8 FILE CABINET
THIS STORY WAS TOLD TO ME BY A FRIEND IN LOUISIANA WHO HAD LIVED IN
THE PHILIPPINES BEFORE HE CAME TO THE SOUTH. HE TOLD ME A STORY OF A
GIRL WHO WAS MURDERED ER THIS BRIDGE. THE GIRL WOULD HANG OUT UND
BRIDGE AND WHEN A CAR WENT BY, SHE WOULD TRY TO
STOP THE CAR BY
STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. NOW, THIS BRIDGE WAS
OUT IN THE
COUNTRY AND IT WASN'T USED VERY MUCH. WELL, IT SO HAPPENS THAT MY
FRIENDS' COUSIN HAD JUST BOUGHT A NEW SPORTS CAR AND WAS OUT JOY
RIDING
IN THE COUNTRY WITH THE TOP DOWN. AS HE WENT OVER THE BRIDGE, HE
SAW THE GIRL, BUT KEPT RIGHT ON GOING. THE NEXT THING HE KNOWS IS
THAT
THE GIRL WAS SITTING IN THE CAR IN THE SEAT NEXT TO HIM. ALL THE
GUY COULD DO IS STEP ON THE GAS AND DRIVE LIKE HECK AS FAR AWAY FROM
THE BRIDGE AS HE COULD AS FAST AS HE COULD. NOW, MY FRIEND CLAIMS
THAT
GIRL WHO WAS MURDERED UNDER THIS BRIDGE. THE GIRL WOULD
HANG OUT UNDER THE
HALF BEFORE IT DISAPPEARED INTO THIN AIR.
Where learned: LOUISIANA
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-30-1972
VANISHING HITCHHIKER
ON THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE A LONG-HAIRED HIPPIE TYPE
YOUNG MAN WAS SEEN HITCHHIKING. THIRTY TIMES HE WAS
PICKED UP AND THIRTY TIMES THE SAME THING HAPPENED.
WHEN THIS GUY WAS PICKED UP, HE WOULD CLIMB INTO THE CAR
OR TRUCK AND FASTEN HIS SEAT BELT. IN A LITTLE WHILE HE
WOULD LEAN OVER TOWARDS THE DRIVER AND WHISPER "JESUS
IS COMING" AND POOF, HE WOULD DISAPPEAR.
Submitter comment:
THIRTY TIMES ON THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE, A YOUNG HITCHHIKER WOULD
FASTEN HIS SEATBELT, WHISPER "JESUS IS COMING", AND DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-00-1971
VANISHING HITCHHIKER
A FRIEND OF MINE WAS DRIVING BY THE BUCKET OF BLOOD
{CEMETERY AT MT. ELIOT AND VERNOR} {DETROIT, MICHIGAN}
WHILE IT WAS RAINING WHEN HE STOPPED FOR A LIGHT.
THE BACK DOOR OF HIS CAR OPENED AND CLOSED. HE DON'T KNOW
WHY BUT HE DROVE TO MACK AND BRUSH WHERE HE CAUGHT THAT
LIGHT. THE SAME DOOR OPENED AND CLOSED AGAIN.
Submitter comment: BUCKET OF BLOOD CEMETERY
Data entry tech comment: MOUNT OLIVET CEMETERY?
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 11-05-1971
VANISHING HITCHHIKER
I WAS LISTENING TO A NEWSCAST BY PAUL HARVEY ORIGINATING
FROM CHICAGO. HE OPENED HIS PROGRAM WITH THE FOLLOWING
STORY: A DRIVER PICKED UP A HITCHHIKER AT NIGHT ON
A WEST VIRGINIA FREEWAY. AFTER TRAVELING SOME DISTANCE,
THE HITCHHIKER SAYS, "JESUS IS COMING." HE THEN
DISAPPEARS, EVEN WITH SEAT BELT FASTENED, AND DOOR
LOCKED. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST
FEW WEEKS, AT THE SAME AREA.
Submitter comment:
PAUL HARVEY NEWS CAST TELLS THAT VANISHING HITCHHIKER ON WEST
VIRGINIA FREEWAY SAYS "JESUS IS COMING" AND DISAPPEARS EVEN WITH SEAT
BELT FASTENED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 08-14-1971
VANISHING HITCHHIKER
THIS ONE MAN IS DRIVING ALONG THE ROAD AND HE SEES THIS
GUY HITCHHIKING. SO HE STOPS AND GIVES HIM A RIDE.
THE HITCHHIKER BUCKLES HIS SEATBELT. THEN HE LEANS
OVER TO THE DRIVER AND SAYS "JESUS IS COMING," AND
DISAPPEARS.
Submitter comment: VANISHING HITCHHIKER BUCKLES HIS SEATBELT AND SAYS "JESUS IS COMING."
Where learned: NEW JERSEY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
VANISHING HITCHHIKER
THERE WAS A HITCHHIKER ON A HIGHWAY SEVERAL YEARS BACK.
WHEN SOMEBODY STOPPED TO PICK HIM UP, THE HITCHHIKER
WOULD GET INTO THE CAR AND AFTER A WHILE HE WOULD
TELL THE DRIVER THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END. THE
DRIVER WOULD LOOK AROUND AT THE HITHIKER BUT HE WOULD
BE GONE. THIS HAPPENED TO A LOT OF DRIVERS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID SHE BELIEVED THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
VANISHING HITCHHIKER SAYS THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 04-07-1972
VANISHING HITCHHIKER
ONE NIGHT A BOY WAS DRIVING PAST MOUNT OLIVET CEMETERY
AND SAW A GIRL WAITING FOR A BUS. THE BOY STOPPED
AND ASKED THE GIRL IF HE COULD DRIVE HER HOME. SHE
SAID YES AND GOT IN HIS CAR. THE BOY TOLD THE GIRL
HE WAS GOING TO A DANCE AND ASKED THE GIRL IF SHE WOULD
LIKE TO GO WITH HIM. SHE AGREED AND HE TOOK HER HOME.
LATER HE PICKED HER UP AND THEY WENT TO THE DANCE.
AFTER THE DANCE HE TOOK HER HOME AND SAID HE WOULD LIKE
TO SEE HER AGAIN AND A FEW NIGHTS LATER, HE CAME TO THE
GIRL'S HOUSE AND ASKED HER MOTHER IF HE COULD SEE THE
GIRL. THE MOTHER LOOKED AT THE BOY AND TOLD HIM THE
GIRL HAS BEEN DEAD FOR SEVEN YEARS.
Submitter comment: MOUNT OLIVET CEMETERY {DETROIT ASSUMED}
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 04-07-1972