The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

When I was about 6 years old I first heard the story about the
haunted house on Outer Dr. Friends of the family lived there,
the Graybruck's. They lived there for several years before I
heard about the haunting, during which time no fewer than
three bizarre incidents happened. One night Mrs. Graybruck had
dinner set out. She went upstairs to get her son and his two
friends. When she came downstairs about two minutes later
there was nothing left of her dinner except dirty dishes.
Another time the son and a friend were in the basement. Each
time they would approach the stairs the lights would go out.
All the lights were controlled from the basement. Finally, the
son heard from an old man across the street that there was a
tunnel that connected his house to the Graybruck's that was
made by bootleggers during prohibition and that his house was
haunted too. The son took the old man's story to heart. One
weekend he invited his friends over to look for the tunnel
entrance. They didn't find the tunnel, but they did find three
rooms that weren't listed on the floor plans of the house.
They were sealed by a brick wall which the son knocked a
hole through. As they were exploring the rooms things began to
fly through the air striking and injuring some of the kids.
None of them were seriously hurt, just a few stitches here and
there. Several years later the son took a jackhammer to the
basement floor and found the tunnel.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT