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LEGEND AT ST. MARY'S COLLEGE
IT IS CLAIMED BY THE OLD NUNS AT ST. MARY'S COLLEGE, NOTRE DAME,
IND., THAT GENERAL GRANT SENT HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTERS THERE FOR
SAFETY'S SAKE DURING THE CIVIL WAR. ONE OF THE DAUGHTERS IS BURIED
THERE ON THE GROUNDS, BUT NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW WHERE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): PRESERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
LEGEND
ON THE EAST SIDE OF DETROIT ON STRASBURG STREET NEAR SEVEN MILE AND
HOOVER, A GIRL WAS HIT BY A CAR. HER DRESS GOT CAUGHT IN THE DOOR
AND SHE WAS DRAGGED ALONG. SHE KEPT KNOCKING ON THE DOOR OF THE CAR
BUT NO ONE HEARD HER. NOW, EVERYTIME THAT YOU DRIVE DOWN STRASBURG
STREET YOU HEAR A KNOCKING ON YOUR CAR DOOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): AUTO ACCIDENT ; KNOCK-KNOCK STREET
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-15-1968
KNOCK- KNOCK STREET
THERE IS A STORY THAT ONE DAY ON A STREET IN DETROIT, A LITTLE GIRL
WAS HIT BY A SPEEDING DRIVER. THE LITTLE GIRL DID NOT DIE IMMEDIATELY
BUT WAS HANGING ON THE BUMPER, KNOCKING ON THE SIDE OF THE CAR TRYING
TO GET THE DRIVER'S ATTENTION. NOW, THE LEGEND GOES, WHENEVER A
PERSON DRIVES DOWN THE STREET, IT IS SAID ONE CAN HEAR THE LITTLE
GIRL KNOCKING ON THE SIDE OF THE CAR WARNING PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN.
Where learned: SCHOOL
Keyword(s): AUTO ACCIDENT ; KNOCK-KNOCK STREET
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-00-1967
LEGEND
WHEN WALKING DOWN SACRED HEART SQUARE ON U OF DETROIT'S CAMPUS LATE
AT NIGHT, ONE CAN SEE THE ARMS OF THE STATUE AT ONE END OF THE SQUARE
MOVE UP AND DOWN AND THE HEAD MOVE BACK AND FORTH, AS IF IT
DISAPPROVES OF THE HAPPENINGS ON CAMPUS.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): IMAGE NIGHT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 12-06-1967
TALE
THERE ONCE WAS A LADY WHOSE HEAD WAS CUT OFF WHEN THE
DOORS OF AN ELEVATOR AT HUDSON'S (DOWNTOWN) CLOSED ON HER.
Submitter comment:
THIS TOOK PLACE IN THE 1940'S
INFORMANT WAS TOLD STORY BY HER SISTER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BEHEADING IN ELEVATOR
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 12-01-1967
MIRACLE OF ST. PAUL.
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH IN MALTA IS FREQUENTLY VISITED BY MANY TOURISTS.
THERE IS A WALL OF LIMESTONE WHERE THE TOURISTS CHIP OFF THE STONE.
IT ALWAYS REMAINS THE SAME AS A MIRACLE OF ST. PAUL.
Where learned: DETROIT ; GLENMORE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
TALL TALE
IT IS A FACT THAT WHENEVER YOU SEND YOUR DRAFT BOARD, THEY PUT IT
IN YOUR FILE, ONCE A GUY SENT A BRICK TO HIS DRAFT BOARD. THEY
COULD NOT FIT IT IN HIS FILE, SO THEY PUY
COULD NOT FIT IT IN HIS FILE, SO THEY PUT IT ON THE FLOOR WITH A
STRING AROUND IT AND THIS STRING WAS ALSO ATTACHED TO A SHEET OF
PAPER IN HIS FILE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-01-1970
UNCLE'S DEATH NOTICE
WHEN THE INFORMANT WAS A YOUNG BOY HIS UNCLE LIVED WITH HIM AND
HAD A FAVORITE ROCKER. THE UNCLE HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. ONE
NIGHT WHILE ASLEEP, A SQUEAKING OF A ROCKING CHAIR WOKE THE
INFORMANT. HE WENT DOWNSTAIRS TO SEE WHO WAS ROCKING. IT WAS NOT
ANYONE. THE CHAIR ROCKED ALONE. THE NEXT MORNING HE FOUND OUT THAT
HIS UNCLE DIED AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE ROCKER ROCKED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
HAUNTED HOUSE
GRANDPARENTS HAD A STORE IN DETROIT, WHICH THEY LIVED ON THE
SECOND STORY. THE AUNT WAS IN HER ROOM WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BED
SHE WAS SITTING ON BEGAN TO SHAKE. THIS EVENT WAS WITNESSED BY
OTHERS. A PRIEST WAS CALLED IN TO BLESS THE HOUSE, TO GET RID OF THE
SPIRIT.
Submitter comment:
WHILE SITTING AT THE UNION AT U. OF D. THE INFORMANT AN I EXCHANGED
SOME TALES OF THE BIZZARE.
EXORCISM
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
HAUNTED HOUSE
CHAIR ROCKING BY ITSELF.
Submitter comment:
ANOTHER AUNT HAD MOVED TO AN OLDER HOME ON DETROIT 'S EAST SIDE.
THIS TIME A GHOST OR SPIRIT WOULD OCCUPY A CERTAIN ROCKING CHAIR
WHICH WOULD ROCK BY ITSELF, THERE WOULD BE NO DOORS OR WINDOWS TO
CAUSE THE CHAIR TO ROCK. AGAIN A PREIST WAS CALLED TO BLESS THE
HOUSE TO GET RID OF THE SPIRIT.
EXORCISM
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-00-0019
TALE
THERE IS A STORY OF A WOMAN WHO OPENED A CAN OF TOMATO SOUP AND
POURED IT INTO A POT. BUT ALONG WITH THE SOUP CAME A WHOLE MOUSE.
SINCE THEN THE WOMAN HAS TO TAKE PILLS IN ORDER TO EAT ANY FOOD.
Submitter comment: COOKING AND CANNING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed PROSE NARRATIVE -- Animal PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
TALE
WE HAVE THIS ROAD CALLED BURNS ROAD AND THE DEVIL LIVES ON BURNS
ROAD. IT WAS A FAVORITE FOR PEOPLE TO GO PARKING UNTIL ONE NIGHT
THIS COUPLE PARKED THERE. THEIR CAR RAN OUT OF GAS OR THAY HAD
TROUBLE AND THE BOY SAID HE WOULD GO GET HELP AND SAID, "YOU STAY
HERE AND LOCK THE DOORS." THE BOY WAS GONE A LONG TIME AND THE GIRL
BEGAN TO HEAR ALL THIS RUSTLING AND STUFF BEHIND HER. SHE DIDN'T
LOOK BACK BUT STAYED IN THE CAR AND FELL ASLEEP. SHE HEARD SOME
SCRATCHING BEHIND HER AND JUST FREAKED OUT OR SOMETHING. THE POLICE
WOKE HER UP AND TOLD HER TO GET OUT OF THE CAR AND NOT TO LOOK BEHIND
HER. BUT SHE DID AND SAW THE BODY OF HER BOYFRIEND. HE WAS TRYING
TO CLAW AT THE CAR AND HIS WHOLE BODY WAS MANGLED. SO PEOPLE SAY THE
DEVIL LIVES ON BURNS ROAD. OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HEARD STRANGE NOISES
AND HAVE SEEN HIS GHOST UP THERE IN THE EVENINGS.
Submitter comment:
BURNS ROAD IS IN OR NEAR AVON, OHIO. JOFRAN HEARD THIS STORY AS
A CHILD FROM HER SISTERS OR HER FRIENDS. SHE BELIEVED IT AT FIRST
BUT CONSIDERS IT A STORY NOW. THE ROAD ITSELF IS SPOOKY AND GIVES
ONE AN EERIE FEELING ACCORDING TO JOFRAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: CA00001968
TALE
OUT IN VERMILLION, OHIO THERE USED TO BE AN OLD REFORMATORY SCHOOL
AND ONE NIGHT IT BURNED DOWN. THEY SAY IF YOU GO OUT AT MIDNIGHT
YOU CAN HEAR THE SCREAMS OF THE CHILDREN BURNING AND SEE THEIR
GHOSTS.
Submitter comment:
JOFRAN HEARD THIS FROM SOME PEOPLE SHE WORKED WITH. SHE DOESN'T
BELIEVE IT BUT PEOPLE SAY IT IS TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
TALE
IN SANTA CLARA AN OLD JESUIT HAD CLIMBED UP INTO THE BELL TOWER OF
THE JESUIT RESIDENCE. HE FELL DOWN AND BROKE HIS HIP OR SOMETHING
AND DIED. NOW IT'S BELIEVED THAT HE COMES BACK AND WALKS THE HALLS
AT NIGHT. YOU CAN HEAR THE BELL RINGING AT ODD TIMES.
Submitter comment:
DON HEARD THIS FROM SEVERAL PEOPLE AROUND THE UNIVERSITY OF SANTA
CLARA. HE RECALLED HEARING OTHER TALES CONNECTED WITH BELL TOWERS AT
OTHER JESUIT UNIVERSITIES BUT COULDN'T REMEMBER SPECIFIC DETAILS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1973
TALE
IN DETROIT AROUND THE EARLY FIFTIES THERE WAS A TALE ABOUT
A YOUNG GIRL WHO WAS HIT AND KILLED BY A CAR ON ONE OF THE SIDE
STREETS. WHEN YOU DROVE OVER THE SPOT WHERE SHE WAS KILLED
THERE WOULD BE A RAPPING SOUND ON THE SIDE PANELS OF YOUR CAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): KNOCK-KNOCK STREET
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
THERE WAS A BELIEF IN NEW ORLEANS THAT YEARS AGO, JEAN LA FITTE,
A PIRATE, HAD CHESTS OF MONEY BURIED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY
AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. USUALLY PEOPLE GOT KNOWLEDGE THAT THE CHEST
WAS ON THEIR PROPERTY IN A DREAM. THESE PEOPLE WOULD THEN HIRE
DIGGERS TO COME AND SEARCH FOR THE TREASURE ON THEIR PROPERTY.
THESE DIGGERS WOULD DISCUSS THEIR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE GHOSTS
OF MEN WHO WERE KILLED AND THEIR BODIES BURIED WITH THE TREASURE
TO PROTECT IT. ON OCCASIONS, THEY WOULD TALK WITH THE GHOST AND
CALL THEM BY NAME. THEY SWORE THAT THE GHOSTS TALKED WITH THEM.
THE OBJECT OF THE DIGGERS WAS TO GET THE GHOST TO RELEASE THE
TREASURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
LEGEND OF THE FORTRESS
IT IS SAID THAT IN THE COLONIAL TIMES THERE WAS A SOLDIER OVERLOOKING
THE COAST FROM A LOOKOUT TOWER IN THE SPANISH FORTRESS OF EL MORRO.
THIS PARTICULAR SOLDIER WAS DRINKING AND GAMBLING AND SOLD HIS SOUL
TO THE DEVIL IF HE WOULD WIN THE BET. HE LOST AND SUDDENLY
DISAPPEARED LEAVING NO TRACE. UNTIL TODAY IT IS SAID THAT THE DEVIL
TOOK HIM AWAY.
Where learned: PUERTO RICO ; SAN JUAN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
TALE OF THE CHRIST OF HEALTH CHAPEL IN OLD SAN JUAN.
IN THE COLONIAL TIMES THERE WAS CELEBRATED AN ANNUAL HORSERACE THAT
WENT ALL OVER THE OLD CITY. ONE OF THE HORSES GOT OUT OF CONTROL AND
STARTED RUNNING SO FAST THAT THE JOCKEY WAS SURELY GOING TO GET
KILLED. AT THAT MOMENT A WOMAN CRIED - OH CHRIST OF HEALTH, PLEASE
STOP THAT HORSE. - THE HORSE STOPPED INSTANTLY AND THE RIDER WAS
SAVED. IN THAT SAME SPOT WAS BUILT THE CHAPEL OF THE CHRIST OF HEALTH
HONORING THE MIRACLE.
Where learned: PUERTO RICO ; SAN JUAN
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
THE $200 CORVET.
AS THE STORY GOES, THERE IS A CORVET FOR SALE FOR ONLY $200
THAT A MAN DIED IN, AND WAS NOT FOUND FOR TWO WEEKS. AFTER THE
BODY WAS REMOVED, THE SMELL COULD NOT BE REMOVED FROM THE CAR NO
MATTER WHAT WAS DONE TO THE CAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): DEATH CAR ; DECAYED SMELL.
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 04-26-1972
THE DRESS.
A GIRL, PRESUMABLY A RELATIVE OF A FRIEND OR CLASSMATE, BOUGHT A
DRESS FOR A HIGH SCHOOL PROM. WHILE WEARING THE DRESS, SHE BECAME
VIOLENTLY ILL AND DIED LATER AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL. UPON INVESTIGATION
IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE DRESS HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED
FROM THE STORE AND RETURNED. THE FIRST " OWNER " WAS A GIRL OF
THE SAME AGE WHO WORE THE DRESS TO BE LAID OUT BEFORE HER FUNERAL
IT WAS THE EMBALMING FLUID WHICH CAUSED THE SECOND OWNER'S DEATH.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
Keyword(s): FATAL DRESS. ; THE POISONED DRESS. TY Z551 IN BAUGHMAN
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: CA00001965