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A Apartments. See hous- that gave proof of es and apartments their existence, 213–16 A12 highway (), 402 Apparition soldier, 542–44 haunted civic buildings A23 highway (England), 402 Archangel Michael, 273–75 and prisons, 476 A465 highway (England), 402 Archer Avenue (Chicago, Illi- Automobiles. See Haunted auto- Adams, Abigail, 288 nois), 400–401 mobiles Ahrimanes, 567–68 Arensburg Cemetery (Baltic), Autoscopic hallucination, 254–55 Aiello, Richard, 15–16, 16 (ill.), 353–55 Avebury, England, 321 173–74, 545–49 Avery, Gregory, 42 (ill.), 43–45, Airplanes. See Haunted air- haunted hotels, motels, 44 (ill.) planes and inns, 428 Alabama, haunted mansions and haunted restaurants, bars, plantations, 364–65 and theaters, 435–36 B Albany, New York, 508–9 haunted roads and high- Allensbach Institute, 143 ways, 408–9 Bachelor Bouley’s Hellhole, Almeida, Avelino de, 270 Arkansas 315–17 Almquist, Jan, 467 glowing lights and orbs, Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery Alstate (Apache chief), 54 56–57 (Chicago, Illinois), 356 (ill.) Amarillo, Texas, 440–41 haunted civic buildings Bailey, Brit, 53 Amersham, England, 442–43 and prisons, 468 Baltic, 353–55 Ames, Iowa, 409–10 Arkansas Highway 64, 405 Baltimore, Ohio, 71–74 Amherst, Nova Scotia, 98–105 Arthur, Desmond, 502–4 Banneaux, Belgium, 265 Amityville Horror, 32–37 , 252–53 Baptist, Fr. John, 427 Amityville, New York, 32–37 autoscopic hallucination, Barbanell, Maurice, 226, 227–29 Anastasi, John, 469 254–55 Bard, Thomas, 459 Andreu, Luis, 275 Beard, S. H., 253–54 Barking , 27–28 Andrews, Mrs., 358 (ill.) Powys, John Cowper, 254 Barrentine, Merry, 436–39 Angels, 141–43, 142 (ill.), 146, Vardogr, 255–58 Bars. See Haunted restaurants, 150, 153 Attacks. See Malicious attacks bars, and theaters Angleton, Texas, 53 Attic, 11–12 Bartholomew, Paul, 32 Animal sacrifice, 321–22 Atwater, P. M. H., 242 Barton, Brick, 504–5 Animals. See Haunted animals Auerbach, Lloyd, 489, 489 (ill.) Basildon, England, 351 Ann Arbor, Michigan, 122–27 Augusta, Georgia, 157–58 Battlefields. See Haunted battle- Anson, Jay, 36 Australia fields [601]

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Batts, Old Kate, 91–98 Brahm, Gerard Will de, 55 Callen, Glenn, 330 Bayside, New York, 265 Bransen, Colette and Jeff, Calvados Castle, 379–84 Beacham, Deanna, 407 161–63 Camera, 43–46 Beard, S. H., 253–54 Brookdale Lodge (Boulder Canada Beatles, 294–95 Creek, ), 427–28 haunted hotels, motels, Beattie, John, 239 (ill.) Brooklyn, New York, 441–42 and inns, 433 Beaudoin, Thomas, 142 Brown Lady of Raynham Hall, haunted mansions and Beauraing, Belgium, 265 388–90, 389 (ill.) plantations, 367–69 Beck, James, 103 Brown Mountain (North Caroli- haunted ships, 484, 486 Beck, Raymond, 466–67 na), 54–55 haunted trains, 500 Becker family, 321 Browne, Sylvia, 225 Capitani, Sr. Caterina, 259–61 Bed-lifting, 3 Brownie (dog), 306–9, 307 (ill.), Caritte, Dr., 100–102 Beelzebub, 119 308 (ill.), 309 (ill.) Carr, Jane, 2, 5 Belgium, religious apparations, Bruyere, Rev. Rosalyn, 291–93 Carroll, Stephen, 441–42 265 Buckland, Raymond, 16–18 Cars. See Haunted automobiles Bell, Archibald, 447 Buddhism, 141 Castles. See Haunted castles Bell family, 91–98 Buddhist temple (Taiwan), 133 Catawba tribe, 55 Bell Witch, 91–98 (ill.) Catchings, Bertie, 223 Bellamy, Rev. Arthur, 155 Budgen, Ed, Sr., 306 Cats, 309–11, 310 (ill.) Bellingham, Washington, Bull, Rev. Henry Dawson Ellis, Cemeteries. See Haunted ceme- 420–26, 425 (ill.) 341–42, 345–46 teries and burial grounds Bells, 23 Burial grounds. See Haunted Chaffin, James, 207–8 Benchley, Peter, 431 cemeteries and burial grounds Chamberlayne, Richard, 67–68 Benevolent ghost, 57–58 Burial rituals, 139 Chandeliers, 72 (ill.) Benio, Mike, 432 Busch, Most Rev. Joseph F., 122 Changler, Christopher, 507 Bernhardt, Clarisa, 237–40, 238 Buterbaugh, Colleen, 329–30, Channels, 221, 224–25 (ill.), 300–302 332–33 Chaplin, Joan, 297 Berry, Dale, 495 Butts, Robert, 224 Chapman, Peter, 350 Big Bay Point Lighthouse (Big Buxhoewden family, 353–55 Charles I, 391 Bay Point, Michigan), 493 Charles XII, 283–84 Birmingham, England, 317–18 Charlotte, North Carolina, “Black Abbot,” 352 (ill.) C 185–86 Black , 107 California Château de Versailles, 325 (ill.) Blake, William, 151 (ill.) ghosts that returned to bid Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Blanton, Dennis, 407 farewell, 158–59, 159–60 England, 352 (ill.) Blessed Mother. See Mother Mary ghosts that warned of Chequers pub (Amersham, Eng- Block, Carl, 230 approaching danger or land), 442 Blue Bell Hill, 402, 404 (ill.) death, 182–84 Cherokee tribe, 55 Bogl, Rev. Carl, 122 haunted battlefields, Chicago, Illinois, 400–401 Boleyn, Anne, 384–86 459–60 Chinati Mountain (Texas), Bolle, Sir John, 390 haunted churches, 346–48 53–54 Boot and Slipper (Amersham, haunted hotels, motels, Ching, violinist of Korea, England), 442 and inns, 416–20, 458–59 Boots, 23 427–28, 428–29 Chloe (slave), 374–77 Borley Rectory (England), haunted houses and apart- Christianity, 140 339–46, 340 (ill.), 343 (ill.), ments, 20–21 Churches. See Haunted church- 345 (ill.) haunted mansions and es , , 171 plantations, 369–74 Cimarron, New Mexico, 426–27 Bosworth Battlefield (England), haunted restaurants, bars, Civic buildings. See Haunted 403 (ill.) and theaters, 439–40 civic buildings and prisons Bottles, 72, 74–79 haunted stores and office Clark, Joseph James “Jocko,” Boulder Creek, California, buildings, 518–22 489 427–28 hooded figures, 533–34 Clarksville, , 91–98 Bowyer-Bowyer, Eldred, 156 , 68–70 Clensy, David, 397 Brackley, Chris, 337 (ill.) spirit parasites, 127–36 Clift, Montgomery, 419–20

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Clouds, 146 Dallas, Texas, 493–95 Dobban, Mr. and Mrs. Alex, Colburn, Nettie, 286 Daminas, Don Alejandro, 274 367–68 Cold spots, 29, 30 Dancing ghost, 6–11 Doctors, 143–44 Collier, Bill, 468 Dancing sun, 269–70 Doerfel, Herr, 65 Collins, Charles, 403–4 D’Angelo, Joseph, 442 Dogs, 304 (ill.), 305–9, 313 Colorado, glowing lights and Danza’s Restaurant (Brooklyn, (ill.), 315–19, 318 (ill.) orbs, 56 New York), 441–42 Domke family, 149–50 Davie County, North Carolina, Dorcester, South Yorkshire, Eng- haunted churches, 351–53 207–8 land, 335–39 haunted hotels, motels, Deathbeds and funerals Dorrington Hotel (Dorrington, and inns, 431 angel appears with parents, California), 427 haunted ships, 486 153 Dorrington, Rebecca, 427 Connolly, Viki, 469 angel severs cord, 153 Dovi, Chris, 406 Conrad, Barry, 542–44 angel takes mother and Downey, Charles, 152 Constable, Trevor James, daughter after auto acci- Downing, Bob, 55 567–68 dent, 150 Dreiser, Theodore, 254 Contactees, 557–60 angel taps at window, 150 Drury (soldier), 469, 471–74 Cook, Florence, 235 (ill.) angelic comforter, 153 Dryden, Daisy, 193–96 Coolidge, Grace, 288 angels vs. spirits, 141–43 Duncan, Helen, 226 (ill.) Cooper, Millard, 468 clouds, 146 Dwyer, Moses, 447–48 Cooper, Montague, 517 (ill.) couple’s death, two days Corbett, Tom, 366 apart, 146 Cornet, Captain, 64–65 doctors and nurses, regard- E Coronado, Francisco Vasquez de, ing, 143–44 Earling, Iowa, 116–21 324 dream of sister’s death, 152 East African lion country, Corregidor (Philippines), female spirit comes for lit- 456–57 451–52 tle girl, 147–48 Ebenezer, New York, 321–22 Corwin, Jonathan, 81 friend’s soul leaves during Ebon, Martin, 231 Costello, Angelo N., 152 funeral, 150, 152 , 226, 227 (ill.), 232 Courtland, Alabama, 364–65 grandfather accompanies (ill.) Cox, Esther, 98–105 granddaughter and great- Edge Hill (England), 449–51, Cox, Jane, 98–99, 101–2, 104 granddaughter to “other 450 (ill.), 451 (ill.) Cox, William, 100 side,” 148 Edison, Thomas, 320 Crawford, Christina, 291–92, kiss of stranger foreshad- Edmunds, Mr. and Mrs. Charles, 292 (ill.) ows death of infant, 368 Crawford, Joan, 289–93, 290 149–50 Edward, John, 225 (ill.) oval light over dying hus- Edward, Prince, 484 Crawl space, 23–24 band, 146–47 Egypt, religious apparations, Crenshaw, James, 319 Palmer, W. Bennett, 265, 275–77 Crete, 452–53 research of, 145–46 Eisenhower, Dwight D., 395 Cromarty, Barbara and Jim, 37 Wills-Brandon, Carla, Elephant and Castle (Amer- Crookall, Robert, 242, 247–48 research of, 139–41 sham, England), 442 Cross, Patrick, 537–42, 541 (ill.) Debat-Ponsan, E., 262 (ill.) Elizabeth I, 386–87, 391 Crowe, Richard, 400–401 Debatt, Michael, 442 Elizabeth II, 390, 392 (ill.) Crown Hotel (Amersham, Eng- Defeo, Ronald, 33, 37 Elliott, Rev. Maurice and Irene land), 442 Delaware, haunted civic build- H., 153 Crystal goblet, 169 (ill.), 169–71 ings and prisons, 467–68 Embarrass, Minnesota, 509 Culzean Castle, 395 . See Spirit parasites Emminger family, 127–36 Cumnor Place (England), 391 D’Esperance, Mme., 236 (ill.) England Currie, Ian, 171 Detroit, Michigan, 171 ghosts that returned to bid Devil, 67–68 farewell, 168 Diego, Juan, 264 haunted airplanes, 502–4 D Dieppe, France, 449 haunted animals, 317–18 Daemon, 221 Direct-voice communication, haunted automobiles, Dahl, Sam, 329–30, 332–33 227 505–7

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haunted battlefields, Florida, haunted restaurants, haunted civic buildings 449–51, 453–56, 457–58 bars, and theaters, 441 and prisons, 476–78 haunted castles, 386–95, “Flying Dutchman,” 485 (ill.) religious apparations, 263 395–98 Flying saucers, 557–60 (ill.) haunted churches, 335–39, Fodor, Nandor, 71, 73–74, 94, , 348–49 348–49, 351 320 Ghostly encounters of famous haunted civic buildings Foiled burglary, 186–88 men and women. See also and prisons, 469, 471–74 Foiled rape, 188–90 Ghostly royalty haunted mansions and Footsteps, 53 Adams, Abigail, 288 plantations, 365–66, Ford, Arthur Augustus, 222, Beatles, 294–95 366–67 229–33, 233–34 Bernhardt, Clarisa, haunted restaurants, bars, Formigao, Manuel Nunes, 268–69 300–302 and theaters, 442–43 Fort, Charles Hoy, 55 Coolidge, Grace, 288 haunted roads and high- Fountain Valley, California, Crawford, Joan, 289–93 ways, 401–4 533–34 Harris, Richard, 293–94 haunted ships, 483–84 Fowler family, 64 (ill.) Hoover, Herbert, 288 haunted stores and office Foyster family, 342–44, 345 Jackson, Andrew, 288 buildings, 515–18 France Lincoln, Abraham, 286–88 poltergeists, 70–71 haunted battlefields, 449 Madison, Dolly, 288 restored scenes of the past, haunted castles, 379–84 Margulies, Julianna, 298 321 religious apparations, 264 Marie Antoinette, 281 Epstein, Brian, 294–95 Frank, John, 368 McClellan, George B., 285 Erie, Pennsylvania, 210–11 Freeland, Stacie, 85–90, 86 (ill.) Medici, Catherine de, 281 Eslinger, Elizabeth, 477–80 Fremont, California, 127–36 Monroe, Marilyn, 298–300 ESP, 224–25 French, Emily S., 210–11 Napoleon, 282–83 Estevez, Cardinal Jorge Medina, Frey, Deon, 223 Pleasance, Donald, 296–97 118 (ill.) Fugate, Larry, 468 Reagan, Ronald and Mau- Eurydice (ship), 483–84 Funerals. See Deathbeds and reen, 288 Evans, Richard, 243–44 funerals Reeves, George, 298 Exline, Larry and Juliette, 160 Fung, Paul, 350–51 Roosevelt, Franklin and , 36, 71, 116–22, 118 Furu Deoji Maharaj (Malajpur, Eleanor, 288 (ill.), 125 (ill.) India), 125 (ill.) Roosevelt, Theodore, 288 Explosives reserves dumps, 453 Stone, Sharon, 297–98 Streisand, Barbra, 295–96 G Superman, 298 F Gambill, Terry, 13 (ill.) Truman, Harry, 288 Garabandal, Spain, 265 Valentino, Rudolph, Faber, Frederick William, 214 Gaspe Bay, Canada, 484, 486 288–89 Fallen angels, 567–68 Gathings Federal Building and Washington, George, Famous men and women. See U.S. Courthouse (Jonesboro, 284–86 Ghostly encounters of famous Arkansas), 468 West, Mae, 300–302 men and women; Ghostly roy- Gauntlett, Elizabeth, 192 Ghostly royalty. See also Ghostly alty Geddes, Sir Auckland, 248–50 encounters of famous men and Fanged monster, 105–7 Geller, Corinne, 406 women Fatima, Portugal, 264, 265–73, General Wayne Inn (Merion, Boleyn, Anne, 384–86 267 (ill.) Pennsylvania), 431–33 Brown Lady of Raynham Faucets, 15, 28 George III, 392 Hall, 388–90, 389 (ill.) Fellows, Irene, 68–70 George V, 386–87 Charles I, 391 Findlay, Arthur, 211, 213 Georgia, ghosts that returned to Charles XII, 283–84 Findlay, John, 211, 213 bid farewell, 157–58 Elizabeth I, 386–87, 391 Fires, 70, 102, 180–82, 184–86 German skeleton soldier, George III, 392 Flagstaff, Arizona, 428 453–56 Gray Lady of Hackwood, Flamingo Hilton (Las Vegas, Germany 391 Nevada), 415–16 ghosts that returned to bid Green Lady of Louth, 390 Flies, 34 farewell, 165–67 Henry IV, 281

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Henry VIII, 386 farewell through music on Glowing entities. See Glowing Howard, Katharine, 386 radio, 172–73 lights and orbs little gray man of Sweden, father invades daughter’s Glowing lights and orbs, 42 283–84 body, 175–76 (ill.), 46 (ill.), 57 (ill.) little red ghost of France, father’s last message, Bailey, Brit, 53 281–83 159–60 benevolent, 57–58 Louis XVI, 281 grandma “sees” birth of Brown Mountain, 54–55 Louis XVIII, 283 grandchild, 163, 165 Chinati Mountain, 53–54 Marie Antoinette, 281 grandpa rubs grandchild’s jack-o’-lantern, 58–60 Medici, Catherine de, 281 cheek, 168–69 midwestern mansion, Napoleon, 282–83 hard-working neighbor 48–53 Robsart, Amy, 391 says goodbye, 173–74 Mitchell, Neville, 45–46 Seymour, Jane, 386 husband killed in automo- overview, 41–42 bile accident, 160 Townshend, Dorothy Wal- photographs of, 43–46 pole, 388–90 lovers in Germany, 165–67 Silver Cliff, 56 man walking girl to school, Wilhelmina (queen), 288 in space, 41–42 168 Ghosts from outer space Spooksville Triangle, mother’s kiss from beyond fallen angels, 566–68 56–57 grave, 160–61 flying saucers, 557–60 Steiger, Brad, 46–47, phone out of order, 156–57 Iowa farm family, 560–62 48–53 pilot keeps promise, 156 types of, 42–43 tormented minister, serviceman says goodbye, 563–66 Glynn, John, 75 (ill.) 171 UFO contactees, 557–60 Godfather’s Pizza (Ogden, Vietnam veteran’s death, Utah), 436–39, 438 (ill.) Ghosts that came back to life. 161–63 Gonzalez, Conchita, 273 See Near-death experiences white form strikes doctor, Gonzalez, Jacinta, 273 Ghosts that gave proof of their 157–58 Gonzalez, Maria Cruz, 273 existence, 209 (ill.), 212 (ill.) Ghosts that warned of approach- Good, Sarah, 80 existence of second will, ing danger or death Gotschall, Norman and Mari- 207–8 deceased husband warns lyn, 493 grandad says goodbye, wife of house fire, Gotti, John “Teflon Don,” 442 208–10 180–82 Grand Theater (Wausau, Wis- last photograph of son, ghost prevents attack by consin), 444–46, 445 (ill.) 204–7 would-be rapist, 188–89 Grant, Ulysses S., 287 mysterious visit from spirit ghostly neighbor warns of Gravano, Salvatore “Sammy the of priest, 213–16 apartment fire, 184–86 Bull,” 441–42 red-headed man in pantry, husband’s spirit watches 216–17 over family, 186–88 Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada, scratch on sister’s cheek, Nazi torpedo, 179–80 433 203 spirit of mom waves chil- Graveyards, 44 (ill.) spirit of military man dren away from danger, “Gray Ghost,” 488 remembers forgotten 182–84 Gray Lady of Hackwood, 391 kindness, 211, 213 Gill, Sharon A., 522–28, 523 Great Britain. See England unpaid debt, 210–11 (ill.) Green, Kelly, 419 (ill.), 419–20 Ghosts that returned to bid Gillis, Michele Newbern, 441 Green Lady of Louth, 390 farewell Giraud, Maximin, 264 (ill.) Greenwich, New York, 350–51 brother asks sister for for- Girshkov, Dmitri, 324 Gregorius, Bishop, 276 giveness, 171–72 Glamis Castle, 393–95, 394 Gregson, W. H., 344–45 cleansing ritual, 177 (ill.) Guadalupe, Mexico, 264 contacts between living Glamis, Lord, 393 Guart, Al, 441 and newly dead, 158–67 Glanvil, Rev. Joseph, 472, 474 Guldenstubbe, Baron de, crystal goblet, 169–71 Glasgow, , 211, 213 354–55 experiences of member of Glattke, Arthur, 481 Gunfighters, 426–27 Alcoholics Anonymous, Glendale, California, 158–59 Gurkha Havildar, 461–62 176–77 Glenn, John, 41 Gurney, Edmund, 253–54

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H East African lion country, Mission San Antonio de 456–57 Padua (California), Hackwood Hall (England), 391 Edge Hill (England), 346–48 Hahn, August, 62–66 449–51, 450 (ill.), 451 old church in Hartford, Hall, Leonard, 323–24 (ill.) Connecticut, 351–53 Halle, Edward, 407 geological makeup of Eng- St. Pauls’ Episcopal Recto- Hallucinations, 114–15 land, 457–58 ry (Greenwich, New Hampton Court Palace, 386, Gurkha Havildar, 461–62 York), 350–51 387 (ill.) Kentucky, 447–49 Hanner, E., 147–48 Haunted civic buildings and Korean violinist, 458–59 prisons Harden, Tomas, 212 (ill.) Phantom Hun, 453–56 Harrington, Delaware, Harrington, Delaware, 467–68 Port Hueneme Naval Base 467–68 Harris, Rev. William R., family, (California), 459–60 350–51 Hatboro, Pennsylvania, Scotland, 447 469 Harris, Richard, 293–94, 294 Haunted castles. See also Haunt- Jonesboro, Arkansas, 468 (ill.) ed houses and apartments; Madison, Wisconsin, Hartford, Connecticut, 351–53 Haunted mansions and planta- 463–66 Hastings, Arthur, 520–21 tions Hatboro, Pennsylvania, 469 Calvados Castle, 379–84 Pentridge Prison (Victoria, Australia), 476 Hathorne, John, 81 Culzean Castle, 395 Haunted airplanes Cumnor Place, 391 Raleigh, North Carolina, Barton, Brick, 504–5 Glamis Castle, 393–95, 466–67, 467 (ill.) pilot clears reputation, 394 (ill.) Shawshank Prison (Mans- 502–4 Hackwood Hall, 391 field, Ohio), 480 (ill.), Haunted animals Hampton Court Palace, 480–82, 481 (ill.) cats, 309–11 386, 387 (ill.) Tedworth army drummer, dogs, 305–9, 315–19 Thorp Hall, 390 469, 471–74 pets in heaven, 303–5 Tower of , 384–86, Weinsberg prison (Ger- weasels, 311–15 385 (ill.) many), 476–80 Haunted apartments. See Haunt- Tutbury Castle, 395–98, of Shepton ed houses and apartments 396 (ill.), 397 (ill.) Mallet (England), 474 Haunted automobiles, 506 (ill.), Windsor Castle, 391–92 Haunted guitar, 537–42, 541 507 (ill.), 511 (ill.) Haunted cemeteries and burial (ill.) disappearing elderly cou- grounds, 356 (ill.), 358 (ill.) Haunted highways. See Haunted ple, 507–8 Apache head seeks rest of roads and highways disappearing hay wagon, body, 357–59 Haunted hotels, motels, and 509 Arensburg Cemetery inns ghostly 1941 Chevrolet, (Baltic), 353–55 Bellingham, Washington, 508–9 deceased husband oversees 420–26, 425 (ill.) ghostly replay of accident digging of wife’s grave, Brookdale Lodge (Boulder from five months earlier, 355–57 Creek, California), 505–7 Haunted churches, 337 (ill.), 427–28 gravel-crunching phantom 338 (ill.), 347 (ill.), 349 (ill.), car, 509 352 (ill.) Crown Hotel (Amersham, phantom car visits midwest Borley Rectory (England), England), 442 farm, 509–12 339–46, 340 (ill.), 343 Dorrington Hotel (Dor- Haunted bars. See Haunted (ill.), 345 (ill.) rington, California), 427 restaurants, bars, and theaters Epworth Rectory (Dorch- Flamingo Hilton (Las Haunted battlefields ester, South Yorkshire, Vegas, Nevada), 415–16 Corregidor (Philippines), England), 335–39 General Wayne Inn (Meri- 451–52 Holy Cross Church (Basil- on, Pennsylvania), Crete, 452–53 don, England), 351 431–33 decapitated French general home for dispossessed spir- Horton Grand Hotel (San in Vietnam, 460–61 its (London, England), Diego, California), Dieppe, France, 449 348–49 428–29

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Hotel del Coronado (San Senate, Richard, 18–21 McDonald’s (Yuma, Ari- Diego, California), 429, Wagner, Stephen, 21–23 zona), 435–36 430 (ill.) Willington Mill, 1–6 Sandy’s Restaurant (Ven- Hotel Monte Vista Haunted lakes. See Haunted seas tura, California), 439–40 (Flagstaff, Arizona), 428 and lakes Tolbooth Theatre (Stir- Hotel Roosevelt (Holly- Haunted mansions and planta- ling, Scotland), 443–44 wood, California), tions. See also Haunted castles; vanishing restaurant 416–20, 417 (ill.), 418 Haunted houses and apart- (Amarillo, Texas), (ill.) ments 440–41 Kennebunk Inn (Kenneb- Longleat (England), Haunted roads and highways, unkport, Maine), 431 366–67 405 (ill.), 411 (ill.) King’s Tavern (Natchez, Mackenzie, William Lyon, A12 (England), 402 Mississippi), 431 367–69 A23 (England), 402 MisFitz Inn (Southbury, Mannington Hall, 361–62 A465 (England), 402 Connecticut), 431 Myrtles (St. Francisville, Arkansas Highway 64, 405 Mission San Antonio de ), 374–77 Blue Bell Hill, 402, 404 Padua (California), 427 (ill.) Octagon (Washington, Nantucket Island, Massa- D.C.), 362–64, 363 (ill.) England, 401–4 chusetts, 430–31 Interstate 80 (Iowa), Rocky Hill Castle (Court- Old Stagecoach Inn 409–10 land, Alabama), 364–65 (Waterbury, ), phantom hitchhikers, Sandringham (England), 429 399–401 365–66 St. James Hotel (Cimar- phantom Sioux warrior Whaley House (San ron, New Mexico), who raced trains, 407–8 Diego, California), 426–27 Pocahontas Parkway toll 369–74, 370 (ill.), 371 San Carlos Hotel plaza (Virginia), 405–7 (ill.), 373 (ill.) (Phoenix, Arizona), 428 “Resurrection Mary” Haunted office buildings. See Tuddenham Road Inn (Chicago, Illinois), Haunted stores and office (Ipswich, Suffolk, Eng- 400–401 buildings land), 443 Route 66 (Arizona), 408–9 Haunted houses and apartments, Haunted plantations. See Salisbury (England), 3 (ill.), 33 (ill.). See also Haunted mansions and planta- 403–4 Haunted castles; Haunted tions Stowe, Vermont, 404–5 mansions and plantations Haunted prisons. See Haunted woman hanging on Iowa Amityville Horror, 32–37 civic buildings and prisons bridge, 410–13 barking ghost, 27–28 Haunted restaurants, bars, and Haunted seas and lakes crawl space, 23–24 theaters Big Bay Point Lighthouse dancing ghost of Orens- Boot and Slipper (Amer- (Big Bay Point, Michi- burg, Russia, 6–11 sham, England), 442 gan), 493 face on tintype, 15–16 Chequers pub (Amersham, deceased fishing partner, footsteps in attic, 11–12 England), 442 496–97 hugging ghost, 22–23 Danza’s Restaurant disappearing lake resort, investigations, 37–40 (Brooklyn, New York), 495–96 lively ghosts in Wisconsin, 441–42 White Rock Lake (Dallas, 28–32 Elephant and Castle Texas), 493–95, 495 (ill.) lumberjacks’ bunkhouse, (Amersham, England), Yaquina Bay Lighthouse 23 442 (Newport, Oregon), 492 mobile home, 12–14 Godfather’s Pizza (Ogden, Haunted ships New England, 16–18 Utah), 436–39, 438 (ill.) British gunboat in Canada, odors, 24–27 Grand Theater (Wausau, 484, 486 Oxnard, California, 20–21 Wisconsin), 444–46, 445 Eurydice, 483–84 peeking ghost, 21–22 (ill.) Kiribati fishermen, 490, ridding of ghosts, 24–27 Homestead Restaurant 492 Riverhead, New York, (Jacksonville, Florida), Palatine, 486–87 14–15 441 Queen Mary, 487–88

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USS Hornet, 488–89 Homestead Restaurant (Jack- India, haunted battlefields, Haunted stores and office build- sonville, Florida), 441 461–62 ings, 517 (ill.) Hooded figures Indiana, ghosts that gave proof arts and craft store, “Angel of Life,” 531–32 of their existence, 208–10 522–28, 523 (ill.), 527 blackness inside the hood, Indianapolis, Indiana, 208–10 (ill.) 533–34 Inns. See Haunted hotels, “Lady Martha,” 513–15 malicious attack, 107–8 motels, and inns noisy ghost in army surplus mother’s life prolonged, Inspirational messages store, 515–18 532–33 beyond fourth dimension, at court prayer, 536–37 199 reporter’s office, 518–22 Steiger, Brad, 529–31 heaven as summation of Haunted theaters. See Haunted strange encounters, perfect harmony and restaurants, bars, and theaters 534–36 love, 196 Haunted trains Hoover, Herbert, 288 hell and belief constructs, burned-out lightbulbs at Hopkins, Thurston, 556 196–97 Pennsylvania train sta- Horton Grand Hotel (San humans as ghosts freed of tion, 502 Diego, California), 428–29 physical limitations, decapitated engineer in Hotel del Coronado (, 201–2 Saskatchewan, 500 California), 429, 430 (ill.) living beings as “spooks,” Newfoundland and Hotel Monte Vista (Flagstaff, 198–99 Labrador, 500 Arizona), 428 medical diagnosis from phantom Sioux warrior, Hotel Roosevelt (Hollywood, next world, 200–201 407–8 California), 416–20, 417 (ill.), meeting friends and rela- phantom train in Texas, 418 (ill.) tives upon death, 198 500 Hotels. See Haunted hotels, no pain in next world, 199 Pittsfield, Massachusetts, motels, and inns not being aware of transi- 499 Houdini, Harry, 233 (ill.), tion of physical death, Hazelwood, Jim, 518–22 233–34 197–98 Healy, Tony, 358 (ill.) Houses. See Haunted houses and paradise, 197 Heathcote, Emma, 143 apartments realms of spiritual expres- Hedrick James, 148 Howard, Harriet, 395 sion, 200 Hehir, Lady, 304 (ill.) Howard, Katharine, 386 spirit duplicates, 198 Hell, 196 Hubbell, Walter, 103–4 spirit entities in lower Hendricks, Richard D., 463–66 Hugging ghost, 22–23 vibrations, 199–200 Henrico County, Virginia, 405–7 Hughes, Irene, 49 (ill.) strange spirit at sickbed, Henry IV, 281 glowing lights and orbs, 191–93 Henry VIII, 386 48–52 , 200 Herrmann family, 74–79 haunted houses and apart- thought forms, 201 Heyd, Justice, 478 ments, 28–32 visit to “other side,” Hickory, North Carolina, 54 haunted roads and high- 193–96 Highways. See Haunted roads ways, 410–13 watching over loved ones and highways , 223–24 on Earth, 201 Hinduism, 140–41 restored scenes of the past, wonder of afterlife, 197 Hinton, James, 460 332–33 Interstate 80 (Iowa), 409–10 Hitchhikers, 399–401 Hughes, James, 76 Iowa Hohenbaden, Germany, 263 (ill.) Hughes, Marty, 350 ghosts from outer space, Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, Prince Hyslop, James H., 195–96 560–62 Friedrich, 62, 66 glowing lights and orbs, Hollidge, Alfred, 310 (ill.) 46–47, 58–60 Hollow Road (Stowe, Vermont), I haunted roads and high- 404–5 Illinois ways, 409–10, 410–13 Hollywood, California, 416–20 haunted automobiles, spirit parasites, 116–21 Holmes, M. Jean, 303 509–12 Ipswich, Suffolk, England, 443 Holy Cross Church (Basildon, haunted roads and high- Iran, ghosts that returned to bid England), 351 ways, 400–401 farewell, 168–69

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Irving, James T., 311 Kessinger, Cathy, 492 Lissner, Ivar, 220–21 Islam, 140 Kilborn, William, 369 Little gray man of Sweden, King, Katie, 235 (ill.) 283–84 King, William Lyon Mackenzie, Little red ghost of France, J 367 281–83 King’s Tavern (Natchez, Missis- Litvinov, Fr., 324 Jack-o’-lantern, 58–60 sippi), 431 Lodge, Oliver, 204–7 Jackson, Andrew, 96–97, 288 Kiribati fishermen, 490, 492 Loftus, Colonel, 390 Jackson, Margaret, 371 (ill.) Klemme, H. L., 330, 332 Loller Building (Hatboro, Penn- Jackson, Michigan, 157 Kluski, Franek, 231 (ill.) sylvania), 469 Jackson, Owen J., 466 Knight, Dotty, 301 Lombard, Carole, 416 Jacksonville, Florida, 441 Knight, J. Z., 225 Long Island, New York, 74–79 Jarvis, Dale, 500 Knight, Ted, 301–2 Longleat (England), 366–67 Jeanette, Laura, 57–58 Koenig, Verne, 435–36 Lord, Rev. K. F., 349 (ill.) Jellyfish sensation, 246 Kolb, Janice Gray, 303 Jensen, Wiers, 255–58 Los Angeles, California, 159–60 Korea, haunted battlefields, Louis XVI, 281 Jessopp, Augustus, 361–62 458–59 Jesus, 261–63, 262 (ill.) Louis XVIII, 283 Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth, 242 Louisiana, haunted mansions Joad, C. E. M., 344 Kumsong, Korea, 458–59 Jobson family, 191–93 and plantations, 374–77 Johansen, Kathy, 441 Lourdes, France, 264 Lumberjacks’ bunkhouse, 23 John XXIII (pope), 259–61, 260 L (ill.) Lussier, Emile, 500 John Paul II (pope), 272–73 La Salette, France, 264, 264 Lutz, George and Kathy, 32–37 Johnson, Barton, 432 (ill.) Johnson, George Lindsay, 196 La Vey, Anton, 299–300 Johnson, James, 92 Labrador, Queensland, Aus- M tralia, 213–16 Johnson, Maybelle, 184–86 Macer-Story, Eugenia, 540–41 Jones family, 71–74 Lacson, Arsenio, 106–7 “Lady Martha,” 513–15 Mackenzie, William Lyon, Jonesboro, Arkansas, 468 367–69 Jonsson, Olof, 222 Lakes. See Haunted seas and lakes Macklin, John, 324 Joseph, Frank, 24–27 Macri, Steve, 441 Jourdain, Eleanor, 324–29 Lakhovsky, Georges, 458 Lancashire, England, 515–18 Madison, Dolly, 288 Judaism, 140 Madison, James, 364 Judas Iscariot, 119 Lara, Mariana, 105–7 Larry (ghost), 70–71 Madison, Wisconsin, 463–66 Las Vegas, Nevada, 415–16 Madonna. See Mother Mary Latta, Laura Starr, 405 Madsen, Russell, 315–17 K “Lazaris,” 225 Maine, haunted hotels, motels, Kaczmarek, Dale, 37–40 Le Borg, Reginald, 159–60 and inns, 431 Kansas, near-death experiences, Lee, Robert E., 286 Mair, Alan, 443 245–47 Lehman, Ken, 160–61 Malicious attacks Kaplan, Stephen and Roxanne, Leo, Paul, 469 Amherst, Nova Scotia, 36 Levitation, 31, 34 98–105 Kapsner, Rev. Celestine, 122 Lewis, Mercy, 80 baby saved, friends tor- Kase, S. P., 286 Ligeti, Karoly, 271 (ill.), 272 mented, 108–9 Kashmir, India, 461–62 (ill.) Batts, Old Kate, 91–98 Kayser, D. P., 150 Lights. See Glowing lights and Bell Witch, 91–98 Keefer, Margaret, 297 orbs fanged monster, 105–7 Kennebunk Inn (Kenneb- Lincoln, Abraham, 286–88, 287 hooded figure, 107–8 unkport, Maine), 431 (ill.) Manila, Philippines, 105–7 Kentucky, haunted battlefields, Lincoln, Mary Todd, 286 Mann, Patricia, 244 447–49 Lincoln, Nebraska, 329–30, Mann, Thomas, 2 Kern, Karl, 62–66 332–33 Manning, Bessy, 227–28 Kerner, Andreas Justinus, 66 Lincoln, Tad, 287 (ill.) Mannington Hall, 361–62 Kerner, Henry, 476–78 Linstrom, Karen, 476 Mansfield, Ohio, 480–82

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Mansions. See Haunted man- televised séance, 229–33 Monroe, Marilyn, 298–300, sions and plantations Medjugorje, Yugoslavia, 265, 416–19, 418 (ill.) Margulies, Julianna, 298 265 (ill.) Montana, haunted automobiles, Marie Antoinette, 281, 324–29, Merion, Pennsylvania, 431–33 509 327 (ill.) Merkabah, 42 Moody, Raymond, 242 Marryat, Frederick, 390 Merseyside, England, 347 (ill.) Moore, Bernice, 156–57 Martin, Fr. Malachi, 36 Mexico, religious apparations, Moorhead, Lee, 14–15 Marto, Francisco, 266, 268, 264 Morgan, Kate, 429 270–72 Meyers, Arlene O., 57 Morice, M. J., 380 Marto, Jacinta, 266, 268, Michael, George, 42 Morrison, James, 464 270–72 Michigan Moss, John and Teeta, 376 Massachusetts deathbeds and funerals, Motels. See Haunted hotels, ghosts that returned to bid 147–48 motels, and inns Mother Mary, 263–77, 263 (ill.), farewell, 171 ghosts that returned to bid 264 (ill.), 265 (ill.), 267 (ill.), haunted hotels, motels, farewell, 156–57, 171 271 (ill.), 272 (ill.), 277 (ill.) and inns, 430–31 haunted seas and lakes, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, 410–13 haunted trains, 499 493 Moyse, Felicia, 433 Massachusetts Bay Colony, pol- spirit parasites, 122–27 Muldoon, Sylvan J., 253 tergeists during Salem witch Mikaie, Tabwai, 490, 492 hysteria, 79–81 Mungle, Ernest, 468 Miles, Frank, 96 Materialization, 226–27 Munson, Mordello, 53 Millikan, Robert, 458 Mathieu, Melanie, 264 (ill.) Murphy, Gardner, 330, 332 Mills, Clara, 330, 332–33 Matilda, Sara, 374–75, 377 Muse, Walt, 492 Milner, Edward, 503, 504 Maxwell, Greg Sheldon, 164 Myers, Frederic W. H., 155, 204, Miners, 56 (ill.) 252 Mayer, Madam, 478–79 Minnesota Myrtles Plantation (St. Francis- Mayerling, Louis, 345–46 ghosts that warned of ville, Louisiana), 374–77 approaching danger or Mazon, Maria Dolores, 273–75 death, 180–82 McCleary, Winifred, 369 haunted automobiles, 509 McClellan, George B., 285 N MisFitz Inn (Southbury, Con- McDonald’s (Yuma, Arizona), Nagerle, Lieutenant, 64–65 necticut), 431 435–36 Nantucket Island, Massachu- Mission San Antonio de Padua McIntosh, Lisa, 542–44, 543 setts, 430–31 (California), 346–48, 427 (ill.), 544 (ill.) Napoleon, 62, 282 (ill.), 282–83 Mississippi McKinnon, Donald, 230 Natchez, Mississippi, 431 haunted hotels, motels, McLeod, Fr. William, 76 National Maritime Museum and inns, 431 McNeal, Bob, 100–101 (Greenwich, England), 17 haunted roads and high- “McPherson,” 225 (ill.) ways, 411 (ill.) McQuiston, Charles R., 34 Native American spirits, 54, 55 Missouri Medici, Catherine de, 281 Native American tribal burial ghosts that gave proof of Mediums, 219–27 ground, 24 their existence, 203–4 Mediumship Nazi torpedo, 179–80 Bernhardt, Clarisa, 237–40 glowing lights and orbs, Near-death experiences channels, 224–25 56–57, 57 (ill.) automobile accident, ESP, 224–25 haunted animals, 315–17 243–44 Houdini, Harry, 233–34 near-death experiences, clothed vs. naked, 246–47 materialization, 226–27 243–44 disbeliever’s experience, materialization of Rosalie, Mitchell, Edgar, 222 247–48 234–35, 237 Mitchell, Neville, 45–46, 46 Kansas doctor, 245–47 mediums, 219–27 (ill.) out-of-body projections, message to mother from Moberly, Anne, 324–29 241–43 beyond grave, 227–29 Mobile home, 12–14 physician’s experience, shamans, 219–21 Mompesson, John, 469, 471–74 248–50 spirit contact, 219–21 Monkey, 5 spirit gives mother feeding spirit guides, 221–24 Monks, 346–48 baby a rest, 244–45

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Steiger, Brad, 250–52 malicious attacks, 108–9 Orford, Lord, 361–62 visit by injured mother, Notzing, Baron A. von Osburne, Sarah, 80 244 Schrenck, 226 Osis, Karlis, 144, 231, 242 Nebraska Nova Scotia, malicious attacks, Osment, Haley Joel, 205 (ill.) deathbeds and funerals, 98–105 board, 113 (ill.) 149–50 Nurse, Rebecca, 81 Our Lady of Fatima. See Fatima, restored scenes of the past, Nurses, 143–44 Portugal 329–30, 332–33 Nursing, 91–92 Outer space. See Ghosts from Nevada, haunted hotels, motels, outer space and inns, 415–16 Out-of-body projections, 241–43 New England, haunted houses O Oxnard, California, 20–21 Ozarks, 323–24 and apartments, 16–18 Oakes, Gary, 369 Oakland, California, 68–70, deathbeds and funerals, 518–22 148 Octagon (Washington, D.C.), P poltergeists, 67–68 362–64, 363 (ill.) Page, Donald, 348–49 New Haven, Connecticut, 486 Odors, 24 Palatine (ship), 486–87 New Mexico Oester, Dave R., 522–28, 523 Palmer, Rev. B. W., 277–78 haunted cemeteries and (ill.) Palmer, Rev. J., 276 burial grounds, 357–59 Office buildings. See Haunted Palmer, W. Bennett, 145–47 haunted hotels, motels, stores and office buildings Paradise, 197 and inns, 426–27 Ogden, Utah, 23–24, 436–39 , 114 New York Ogilvies, 393 Parasites. See Spirit parasites haunted automobiles, Ohio Paris, France, 264 508–9 ghosts that returned to bid Parker, Walter E., Sr., 209–10 haunted churches, 350–51 farewell, 169–71 Parris family, 79–80 haunted houses and apart- haunted civic buildings Pascarella, Mary, 34–36 ments, 14–15, 32–37 and prisons, 480–82 Peacock, R. I., 315 haunted restaurants, bars, poltergeists, 71–74 Pearce-Higgins, John D., 348–49 and theaters, 441–42 Ohio State Reformatory, 480 Pearson, Dan, 429 poltergeists, 74–79, 85–90 (ill.), 480–82, 481 (ill.) Pecorara, Fr. Ralph, 33 religious apparations, 265 Ohio University, 143 Peeking ghost, 21–22 restored scenes of the past, Oklahoma, glowing lights and Pendragon, John, 453, 457–58 321–22 orbs, 56–57 Pennsylvania New Zealand, spirits masquerad- “Old Jeffery” (ghost), 338–39 ghosts that gave proof of ing as humans, 551–53 Old Stagecoach Inn (Waterbury, their existence, 210–11 Newby, North Yorkshire, Eng- Vermont), 429 haunted civic buildings land, 349 (ill.) Olivier, Edith, 321 and prisons, 469 Newfoundland and Labrador, Omaha, Nebraska, 149–50 haunted hotels, motels, 500 O’Rahilly, Tony, 331 (ill.) and inns, 431–33 Newgate Prison, 475 (ill.) Orbs. See Glowing lights and haunted trains, 502 Newport, Oregon, 492 orbs Pentecostal Christian, 124, 126 “Nightwalker of Nago,” 400 Oregon Pentridge Prison (Victoria, Aus- “Noisy ghost,” 61 ghosts that returned to bid tralia), 476 Norris, Sara, 244–45 farewell, 163, 165 Perkins, Silas, 431 North Carolina ghosts that warned of Perrone, Angela, 442 ghosts that gave proof of approaching danger or Peterson, Ralph, 503 their existence, 207–8 death, 182–84 Petit Trianon, 324–29 ghosts that warned of haunted automobiles, Phantom hitchhikers, 399–401 approaching danger or 507–8 Philbin, Regis, 373 death, 185–86 haunted ships, 492 Philippines, malicious attacks, glowing lights and orbs, haunted stores and office 105–7 54–55 buildings, 522–28 Phillips, Thomas, 500 haunted civic buildings hooded figures, 533 Phips, William, 81 and prisons, 466–67 Orensburg, Russia, 6–11 Phoenix, Arizona, 428

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Photographs, 43–46 Pryor, William, 493 “Resurrection Mary” (Chicago, Pierce- roadster, 408–9 Pursel, Jach, 225 Illinois), 400–401 Pike, Bishop James, 229–33 Putnam, Ann, 79, 80 Rhine, J. B., 225, 232 Pike, Diane Kennedy, 232–33 Rhode Island, haunted ships, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 499 486–87 Planes. See Haunted airplanes Q Richet, Charles, 226 Plantations. See Haunted man- Riesinger, Fr. Theophilus, Quantrell, Jim, 297 sions and plantations 116–22 Quapaw, Oklahoma, 57 Pleasance, Donald, 296–97 Rife, Stella (Libby), 156–57 Queen Mary (ship), 487–88 Pocahontas Parkway toll plaza Riggs family, 150 Queensland, Australia, 358 (ill.) (Virginia), 405–7 Ring, Kenneth, 242 Quirk, John, 499 Podolsky, Edward, 255 Riverhead, New York, 14–15 Poe, Edgar Allan, 432 Roads. See Haunted roads and Poltergeist (movie), 77 (ill.) highways Poltergeists, 64 (ill.), 69 (ill.), R Roberts, Estelle, 227–29 72 (ill.), 75 (ill.), 77 (ill.), 83 Railroad Stories (magazine), 501 Roberts, Jane, 224 (ill.) (ill.) Robinson, Yankee Jim, 372, 374 court reporter’s office Raleigh, North Carolina, Robsart, Amy, 391 trashed, 518–22 466–67, 467 (ill.) Rocks, 247 Larry (ghost), 70–71 “Ramtha,” 225 Rocky Hill Castle (Courtland, messy Baltimore guest, Randall, Edward C., 210–11 Alabama), 364–65 71–74 Ray, Brenda, 396 (ill.) Roosevelt, Franklin and Eleanor, overview, 61 Raymond, Mississippi, 411 (ill.) 288 popping bottles on Long Raynes, Dr., 245 Roosevelt, Theodore, 288 Island, 74–79 Reading, 227 Rosalie, 234–35, 237 pounding on walls, 81–84 Reading, June, 370, 373 (ill.) Route 66 (Arizona), 408–9 Salem Witch hysteria, Reagan, Maureen, 288 Royalty. See Ghostly royalty 79–81 Reagan, Ronald, 288 Ruehl, Florence, 158–59 stones, 68–70 Redding family, 147–48 Russell, Janet, 540 stone-throwing devil of Reed, David, 142 Russia, haunted houses and New Hampshire, 67–68 Reeves, George, 298 apartments, 6–11 throwing ghost of Slawen- Religious apparations Ryerson, Kevin, 225 sik Castle, 62–66 Jesus, 261–63 weekend encounter, 85–90 John XXIII (pope), 259–61 Pope John XXIII, 259–61, 260 manners of manifestation, S (ill.) 277–79 Pope John Paul II, 272–73 Mother Mary, 263–77 Sadie the Lady, 431 “Popper,” 76–79 Remington, Frederic, 408 St. Botolph’s Church, 337 (ill.), Popping bottles, 72, 74–79 Restaurants. See Haunted restau- 338 (ill.) Port Hueneme Naval Base (Cal- rants, bars, and theaters St. Francisville, Louisiana, ifornia), 459–60 Restored scenes of the past 374–77 Portland, Oregon, 508–8 animal sacrifice, 321–22 St. James Hotel (Cimarron, New Portugal, religious apparations, conquistador campers in Mexico), 426–27 264, 265–73 the Ozarks, 323–24 St. Joseph, Missouri, 203–4 Possession, 112, 136–38 defunct diner and street, St. Louis, Missouri, 243–44 Pounding on walls, 81–84 322–23 St. Louis, Saskatchewan, Cana- Powys, John Cowper, 254 Petit Trianon, 324–29 da, 500 Prakash, Lance Naik Ram, 461 Siberian groom’s wedding St. Paul’s Episcopal Rectory Preteroti, Steve and Rochelle, 153 day, 324 (Greenwich, New York), Price, Harry, 234–35, 237, street fight, 322 350–51 242–43, 313–15, 339–42 theories of, 319–20 Salem witch hysteria, 79–81, 80 Primiano, Leonard, 142 village fair in Avebury, (ill.) Prisons. See Haunted civic England, 321 Salisbury, England, 403–4 buildings and prisons Wesleyan University, San Carlos Hotel (Phoenix, Ari- Proctor family, 1–6 329–30, 332–33 zona), 428

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San Diego, California, 269–74, Shawshank Prison (Mansfield, Spirits masquerading as humans 428–29 Ohio), 480 (ill.), 480–82, 481 harassed for twenty years, San Sebastian de Garabandal, (ill.) 551–53 Spain, 273–75 Shchapoff family, 6–11 imposter poses as woman’s Sanderson, Ivan T., 68–70 Sheldon, Susanna, 79, 80 boyfriend, 549–51 Sandringham (England), Shellenberg, Lisa, 148 “related” college students, 365–66 Shepton Mallet (Somerset, Eng- 553–56 Sandy’s Restaurant (Ventura, land), 474 tobacco shop customers, California), 439–40 Shinabery, Michael, 536–37 545–49 Sansevero, Prince Raimundo de Ships. See Haunted ships Spokane, Oregon, 163, 165 Sangro de, 220 (ill.) Short, Norma, 468 “Spooks,” 198–99 Santos, Lucia dos, 266, 268–70, Shira, Indra, 390 Spooksville Triangle, 56–67 272–73 Shustoff, Dr., 10 Spraggett, Allen, 229–33 Sargent, Margaret, 157–58 Sibolski, Francis J., 322 SS Watertown (ship), 491 (ill.) Satan, 118–21 Siegel, Benjamin “Bugsy,” Stapleton, Anita, 213–16 Saunders, Eric, 211, 213 415–16, 416 (ill.) Saunders, Rev. Thomas, 364–65 Sileo, Guy, 433 Steiger, Brad ghosts that returned to bid Scapoose, Oregon, 522–28, 527 Silver Cliff (Colorado), 56 farewell, 158–59, (ill.) Simbia, 456–57 171–72, 176 Schramm, William P., 456–57 Sitwell, Sacheverell, 74, 92 Schwartz, Gary, 225 Sixth Sense (movie), 205 (ill.) ghosts that warned of approaching danger or Scofield, Levi T., 480 Skiddy, Kansas, 245–47 death, 186–88 Scotland Slatzer, Bob, 298–300 ghosts that gave proof of Slawensik Castle (Upper Sile- glowing lights and orbs, their existence, 211, 213 sia), 62–66 46–47, 48–53 haunted battlefields, Sloan, John C., 211, 213 haunted hotels, motels, 447–49 Smith, Dusty, 306–9 and inns, 419 (ill.), haunted castles, 395 Smith, Rev. Guy E., 339–42 420–26, 425 (ill.) haunted restaurants, bars, Snoopy (dog), 305–6 haunted houses and apart- and theaters, 443–44 Sofa, 127–26 ments, 28–32 Scripps Howard News Service, Somerset, England, 474 hooded figures, 529–31 143 Somes, Daniel E., 287 near-death experiences, Séances, 220 (ill.), 221, 223, Soto, Hernando de, 324 250–52 226 (ill.), 228 (ill.), 229–33, Soubirous, Bernadette, 264 Steiger, Fr. Joseph, 116–21 231 (ill.), 235 (ill.), 239 (ill.) Southbury, Connecticut, 431 Steiger, Sherry Hansen, 369, Seas. See Haunted seas and lakes Space, glowing particles in, 373–74, 417, 419 (ill.), Second-hand sofa, 127–36 41–42 420–26, 425 (ill.) Sefton Church (Merseyside, Spain, religious apparations, Stigmata, 106 England), 347 (ill.) 265, 273–75 Stingley, Douglas, 532–33 Seicho-no-le, 141 Spearman, Mrs., 156 Stirling, Scotland, 443–44 Senate, Debbie Christenson, Speidel, Richard, 223 Stone, Sharon, 297 (ill.), 19–21 Spencer, Frank, 518 297–98 Senate, Richard, 19 (ill.) Spencer, Margaret, 429 Stones, 67–70 haunted battlefields, Spherical Energy Life Form Stone-throwing devil, 67–68 459–60 (SELF), 46 Stores. See Haunted stores and haunted churches, 347 Spirit contact, 219–21 office buildings haunted houses and apart- Spirit duplicates, 198 Stowe, Vermont, 404–5 ments, 18–21 Spirit guides, 221–24 Streisand, Barbra, 295–96, 296 haunted restaurants, bars, Spirit parasites (ill.) and theaters, 439–40 dealing with, 136–38 “Sensitives,” 219 exorcism, 116–22 Stringer family, 70–71 Seymour, Jane, 386 hierarchy of, 112–16 Strong, Moses, 464–65 Shadow beings, 122–27 introduction, 111–12 Sun boats, 42 Shamans, 219–21 second-hand sofa, 127–36 Superman, 298 Sharp, A. M., 515–18 shadow beings, 122–27 Swedenborg, Emanuel, 112–15

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T U Washington (state), haunted hotels, motels, and inns, Taff, Barry, 543 UFO contactees, 557–60 420–26 Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, 502 . See England; Waterbury, Vermont, 429 Tamayo, Ernestine, 146–47 Scotland Watson, Gladys, 208–10 Tan Son Nhut airfield (Viet- Upper Silesia, 62–66 Watts, C. V., 340–42 nam), 460–61 USS Hornet (ship), 488–89 Wausau Paranormal Research Taxil, Leo, 83 (ill.) Utah Society, 444–46 Taylor, John, 364 haunted houses and apart- Wausau, Wisconsin, 444–46 Tebeitabu, Arenta, 490, 492 ments, 23–24 Wayne, Anthony, 432 Tedworth army drummer, 469, haunted restaurants, bars, Wayward ghosts, 348–49 471–74 and theaters, 436–39 Webb, Jim, 433 Teed family, 99–104 Utah Paranormal Exploration Webster, Ken, 212 (ill.) Teicher, Avery, 409 and Research (UPER), 436–39 Tekamangu, Nweiti, 490, 492 Weinsberg prison (Germany), Telepathy, 200 476–80 Wellsburg, Iowa, 58–60 Tennessee V electric chair, 470 (ill.) Wem Town Hall (England), 331 malicious attacks, 91–98 Valentino, Rudolph, 288–89, (ill.) Texas 289 (ill.) Wescott, Roger W., 560 glowing lights and orbs, Valpy, Michael, 142 Wesley, Samuel, 335–39 53, 53–54 Van Dusen, Wilson, 112–16 West, Mae, 300–302, 301 (ill.) haunted restaurants, bars, Van Praagh, James, 225 Weymouth, Viscount, 366 and theaters, 440–41 Vanvorhees, Major, 286–87 Whaley House (San Diego, Cal- haunted seas and lakes, Vardogr, 255–58 ifornia), 369–74, 370 (ill.), 493–95 Ventura, California, 439–40 371 (ill.), 373 (ill.) haunted trains, 500 Verity, L. S., 253–54 Whaley, Thomas and Anna, Theaters. See Haunted restau- Vermont 372–74 rants, bars, and theaters haunted hotels, motels, White, John W., 103 Thomas, Ann Rainey, 53 and inns, 429 White Rock Lake (Dallas, Thomas, Lars, 475 (ill.) haunted roads and high- Texas), 493–95, 494 (ill.) Thorp Hall (England), 390 ways, 404–5 Whittier, John Greenleaf, 486 Throwing ghost, 62–66 Vernon, Edward, 443 Wice, Aubrey, 368–69 Tigge, Raymond, 150 Vicar of Hoxley, 337–38 Wigginton, Barry, 474 Tintype, 15–16, 16 (ill.) Victoria, Australia, 476 Wigglesworth, James, 443 Tituba (slave), 79–80 Vietnam, haunted battlefields, Wilford, Urban, 481 Tolbert, Frank X., 494 460–61 Wilhelmina (queen), 288 Tolbooth Theatre (Stirling, Villanueva, Clarita, 105–7 Wilks, Matthew, 297 Scotland), 443–44 Virgin Mary. See Mother Mary Willey, Aaron, 487 Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Virginia, haunted roads and Willington Mill, 1–6 367–69 highways, 405–7 Will-o’-the-wisp, 59 (ill.), 60 Tower of London, 384–86, 385 Vista, New York, 85–90 Wills-Brandon, Carla, 139–41 (ill.) Volgenau, Gerry, 482 Wilson, Eric, 309–11 Townsend, Sam P., 466 Wilson, Patty Ann, 467 Townshend, Dorothy Walpole, Wiltse, Dr., 245 388–90 Windsor Castle, 391–92 Townshend, Lord Charles, 388 W Winter, William, 376 Tozzi, Joseph, 76, 78 Wagner, Stephen, 21–23 Wisconsin Trains. See Haunted trains Walcott, Mary, 79, 80 haunted civic buildings Truman, Harry, 288 Walpurgis Night, 395 and prisons, 463–66 Tuddenham Road Inn (Ipswich, Walton, George, 67–68 haunted houses and apart- Suffolk, England), 443 Warren, Ed and Lorraine, 34, 35 ments, 24–27, 28–32 “Tulip Staircase Ghost,” 17 (ill.) (ill.), 36 haunted restaurants, bars, Tutbury Castle, 395–98, 396 Washington, D.C., 362–64 and theaters, 444–46 (ill.), 397 (ill.) Washington, George, 284–86, Wiseman, Richard, 444 Twilight communication, 227 285 (ill.) Witchcraft, 79–81

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