A Ghost a Day Read online

  A

  ghost

  A Day

  365 TRUE TALES

  of the Spectral, Supernatural, and …

  Just Plain Scary!

  MAUREEN WOOD and RON KOLEK

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  A ghost a day / Maureen Wood and Ron Kolek.

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  1. Ghosts. I. Kolek, Ron. II. Title.

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  DEDICATION

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  Contents

  DEDICATION

  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  FOREWORD: Three Hundred and Sixty Five Ghosts

  INTRODUCTION

  JANUARY 1, 1745 THE BONES OF GENERAL “MAD ANTHONY” WAYNE

  JANUARY 2, 1815 THE KEEPER OF GIBRALTAR POINT LIGHTHOUSE

  JANUARY 3, 1870 THE BOUNCER OF THE BRIDGE CAFé

  JANUARY 4, 2010 THE “E STREET UNWELCOMER”

  JANUARY 5, 2005 DEADLY SKIES

  JANUARY 6, 2003 HAUNTED DERBY

  JANUARY 7, 1870 VIVIA THOMAS'S REVENGE

  JANUARY 8, 1851 THE BLOODY PIT

  JANUARY 9, 1979 THE RIDGES

  JANUARY 10, 2000 PHANTOM WARRIORS

  JANUARY 11, 2010 TAN HILL INN

  JANUARY 12, 2010 THE LOST MOTHER AT THE SKIRVIN HOTEL

  JANUARY 13, 2010 THE DEMON

  JANUARY 14, 1599 THE SCREAMING SKULL OF BURTON AGNES HALL

  JANUARY 15, 1847 THE BLACK DAHLIA AT THE BILTMORE HOTEL

  JANUARY 16, 1881 THE FRANKLIN CASTLE HORROR

  JANUARY 17, 1892 MERCY BROWN, THE RHODE ISLAND VAMPIRE

  JANUARY 18, 1532 ROMANIAN POLICE POINT FINGER AT GHOSTS

  JANUARY 19, 1875 THE FINAL DECISION

  JANUARY 20, 1921 THE GLENWOOD AMBUSH

  JANUARY 21, 2010 CHILDREN OF ST. MARK'S CEMETERY

  JANUARY 22, 1906 THE SS VALENCIA

  JANUARY 23, 1897 WITNESS FROM THE GRAVE

  JANUARY 24, 2005 SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON

  JANUARY 25, 1998 THE MACKENZIE POLTERGEIST

  JANUARY 26, 1923 THE FLYING DUTCHMAN

  JANUARY 27, 1918 LILLIAN COLLINS HOSPITAL

  JANUARY 28, 1772 THE WITCH OF ROSE HALL MANSION

  JANUARY 29, 1829 NIDDRY STREET VAULTS

  JANUARY 30, 2009 HOSPITAL SPECTER

  JANUARY 31, 1979 RESURRECTION MARY

  FEBRUARY 1, 1974 THIRTEEN LOST SOULS

  FEBRUARY 2, 2000 HAUNTED PAINTING

  FEBRUARY 3, 1953 YORK TREASURER'S HOUSE

  FEBRUARY 4, 1987 LIBERACE

  FEBRUARY 5, 1967 THE SPECTRAL USHER

  FEBRUARY 6, 1838 BOARS HEAD PUB

  FEBRUARY 7, 1862 THE LADY IN BLACK

  FEBRUARY 8, 1879 ALTOONA RAILROAD

  FEBRUARY 9, 2004 HAUNTED DYBBUK BOX

  FEBRUARY 10, 1973 THE MATERNITY WARD OF GRACE HOSPITAL

  FEBRUARY 11, 1979 THE SULTAN OF NEW ORLEANS

  FEBRUARY 12, 1965 HAMMOND CASTLE

  FEBRUARY 13, 1748 THE LADY LOVIBOND

  FEBRUARY 14, 1929 THE ST. VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE

  FEBRUARY 15, 1814 OCEAN-BORN MARY

  FEBRUARY 16, 1945 THE CORROSION HANGAR BAY

  FEBRUARY 17, 1974 HEADLESS CATHERINE

  FEBRUARY 18, 1374 THE TOOLMAKER OF TOMASSKA STREET

  FEBRUARY 19, 2000 JACOB FUNERAL HOME

  FEBRUARY 20, 1922 ISLE OF THE DEAD

  FEBRUARY 21, 1704 THE EUNICE WILLIAMS COVERED BRIDGE

  FEBRUARY 22, 1884 BOOT HILL GRAVEYARD

  FEBRUARY 23, 1836 THE SIX MONKS AT THE ALAMO

  FEBRUARY 24, 1555 SMITHILLS HALL

  FEBRUARY 25, 1912 LA BOHEME BED AND BREAKFAST

  FEBRUARY 26, 1965 THE HOLLYWOOD WAX MUSEUM

  FEBRUARY 27, 2008 KUALA KANGSAR PERAK

  FEBRUARY 28, 2007 SKIDAWAY ISLAND

  MARCH 1, 1867 MUSHROOM TUNNEL

  MARCH 2, 2007 GHOSTS OF MADRID

  MARCH 3, 1888 STAGE FRIGHT

  MARCH 4, 1829 THE HERMITAGE

  MARCH 5, 1741 THE COUNTRY TAVERN

  MARCH 6, 2009 FOB SALERNO

  MARCH 7, 1867 PHANTOM MONK

  MARCH 8, 1713 THE BARNSTABLE HOUSE

  MARCH 9, 2009 SPIRIT SAVES DAUGHTER

  MARCH 10, 1850 GOODY BASSETT AND PHELPS MANOR

  MARCH 11, 1953 THE HAUNTED HOCKEY HALL OF FAME

  MARCH 12, 1832 THE HISTORIC RICHMOND BRIDGE

  MARCH 13, 2008 YORK STREET JAIL

  MARCH 14, 1984 THE GHOSTLY NEIGHBOR

  MARCH 15, 1999 HELLO KITTY

  MARCH 16, 2009 THE BUS PASSENGER

  MARCH 17, 1078 THE OLD FERRY BOAT INN

  MARCH 18, 1996 THE OZONE DISCO CLUB

  MARCH 19, 2009 THE SKULL POINT BATS

  MARCH 20, 1393 CHARLES BRIDGE

  MARCH 21, 1897 BOBBY MACKEY'S MUSIC WORLD

  MARCH 22, 1882 AMTRAK HAUNTING

  MARCH 23, 1828 THE OCTAGON HOUSE

  MARCH 24, 1878 HMS EURYDICE

  MARCH 25, 1645 DUDLEYTOWN

  MARCH 26, 2009 GREY'S ANATOMY

  MARCH 27, 1943 ARCHERFIELD AIRPORT

  MARCH 28, 1584 IVAN THE TERRIBLE

  MARCH 29, 2002 THE SEVENTH GATE TO HELL

  MARCH 30, 1826 THE DUEL

  MARCH 31, 1993 BRANDON LEE

  APRIL 1, 1748 THE WITCH OF ST JOHN'S

  APRIL 2, 1851 EXECUTION ROCKS LIGHT HOUSE

  APRIL 3, 2008 THE HAMPTOM LILLIBRIDGE HOUSE

  APRIL 4, 2009 THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT

  APRIL 5, 1765 THE MASON CHRONOMETER

  APRIL 6, 1626 THE GHOST CHICKEN

  APRIL 7, 1775 THE CONCORD COLONIAL INN

  APRIL 8, 2005 THE REALTOR

  APRIL 9, 1949 THE WITCH OF THE WOOKEY CAVES

  APRIL 10, 1324 THE SKELETONS OF PRAGUE

  APRIL 11, 1735 THE DOLPHIN HOTEL

  APRIL 12, 1800 THE GREEN LADY

  APRIL 13, 1699 THE POTSFORD GIBBET

  APRIL 14, 1912 TITANIC EXHIBIT

  APRIL 15, 1865 L
INCOLN

  APRIL 16, 1851 MINOT'S LEDGE LIGHTHOUSE

  APRIL 17, 1865 MARY SURRATT

  APRIL 18, 1910 McPIKE MANSION

  APRIL 19, 1602 BRIDGE OF SIGHS

  APRIL 20, 1827 CASA DE ESTUDILLO

  APRIL 21, 1910 MARK TWAIN'S MUSEUM

  APRIL 22, 2005 GHOST BROTHER INTERVENES

  APRIL 23, 1729 THE FATAL JUDGMENT

  APRIL 24, 1907 LADY ELLIOT ISLAND

  APRIL 25, 1578 DRAGSHOLM SLOT

  APRIL 26, 2006 BARNLEY PUB

  APRIL 27, 1976 THE HAUNTED HOUSE OF ROSALYNN CARTER

  APRIL 28, 1945 HOTEL BURCHIANTI

  APRIL 29, 1865 LINCOLN SPECIAL

  APRIL 30, 1945 ADOLF HITLER

  MAY 1, 1791 CROW ROCK

  MAY 2, 1946 ALCATRAZ

  MAY 3, 1810 ST. SIMONS LIGHTHOUSE

  MAY 4, 1471 THE CHARGING HORSEMAN

  MAY 5, 1937 BANTA INN

  MAY 6, 2006 DEAD AGAINST TOLL ROADS

  MAY 7, 1663 THEATRE ROYAL

  MAY 8, 1815 THE WOODBURN MANSION

  MAY 9, 1131 TINTERN ABBEY

  MAY 10, 94 B.C. HISTORY'S FIRST GHOST HUNTER

  MAY 11, 1833 THE WALLET MAN

  MAY 12, 2009 PFISTER HOTEL

  MAY 13, 1878 HOSPITAL HORRORS

  MAY 14, 1810 FARNSWORTH HOUSE

  MAY 15, 2009 PARANORMAL PAWS

  MAY 16, 1916 THE WUNSCHE BROS. HOTEL AND SALOON

  MAY 17, 1970 BERNARDSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY

  MAY 18, 1613 THE HAUNTED CROSSROADS

  MAY 19, 1536 TOWER OF LONDON

  MAY 20, 1927 THE DELTA KING

  MAY 21, 1935 HULL HOUSE

  MAY 22, 1123 ST. BART'S HOSPITAL

  MAY 23, 1253 HOUSKA CASTLE

  MAY 24, 2007 GADSDEN HIGH SCHOOL

  MAY 25, 1904 THE WITCH'S GRAVE

  MAY 26, 2008 GHOST PHOTOGRAPH VERIFIED

  MAY 27, 1933 THE HEARTLAND GHOST

  MAY 28, 1922 THE MOSS BEACH DISTILLERY

  MAY 29, 1546 CARDINAL BEATON

  MAY 30, 1894 HECETA HEAD LIGHTHOUSE

  MAY 31, 1912 ST. JAMES THEATRE

  JUNE 1, 1735 FALL HILL

  JUNE 2, 1863 RUEBEN'S GRAVE

  JUNE 3, 1981 VIKING LONGSHIPS

  JUNE 4, 1896 BRIGGS LAWRENCE COUNTY LIBRARY

  JUNE 5, 1692 LYCEUM RESTAURANT

  JUNE 6, 1879 THE PROSTITUTE THAT LOST HER HEAD

  JUNE 7, 1873 ST. AUGUSTINE LIGHTHOUSE

  JUNE 8, 1693 BOSTON COMMON

  JUNE 9, 1912 THE VILLISCA AX MURDERS

  JUNE 10, 1915 JULIAN GOLD RUSH HOTEL

  JUNE 11, 1201 SILENT POOL

  JUNE 12, 1731 DEVIL STONE INN

  JUNE 13, 1776 THE WOMAN IN SCARLET

  JUNE 14, 1954 TUG HILL ANNIE PUT TO REST

  JUNE 15, 2008 OLD ELLERBE ROAD SCHOOL

  JUNE 16, 1881 MARIE LAVEAUS

  JUNE 17, 1959 SUPERMAN RETURNS

  JUNE 18, 2001 RAMOJI FILM CITY

  JUNE 19, 1864 VILLAGE INN

  JUNE 20, 1893 LIZZIE BORDEN HOUSE

  JUNE 21, 1300 THE OSTRICH INN

  JUNE 22, 1893 MESSENGER GHOST

  JUNE 23, 1882 THE GHOST OF THE LOS TIRADITOS

  JUNE 24, 1974 ROBERT THE DOLL

  JUNE 25, 2007 KELLS IRISH PUB

  JUNE 26, 1970 USS HORNET

  JUNE 27, 1864 GHOST RIDER

  JUNE 28, 1914 THE AUTOMOBILE THAT STARTED WORLD WAR I

  JUNE 29, 1869 THE MURDER OF LOUISA FOX

  JUNE 30, 1900 MOUNT WASHINGTON

  JULY 1, 1863 THE PHANTOM SURGERY

  JULY 2, 1895 CAPTAIN JOSHUA SLOCUM

  JULY 3, 1971 THE GHOST OF JIM MORRISON

  JULY 4, 1809 FORT CONSTITUTION

  JULY 5, 1677 THE DEMON HOUNDS

  JULY 6, 1685 SEDG EMOOR BATTLEFIELD

  JULY 7, 1898 THOMAS PLATER

  JULY 8, 1758 MAJOR DUNCAN CAMPBELL

  JULY 9, 1935 THE VOGUE THEATRE

  JULY 10, 2009 GHOST THROWS TEENAGER OUT OF HOUSE

  JULY 11, 1023 LOKRUM ISLAND

  JULY 12, 1807 THE GHOST BRIDE

  JULY 13, 2004 THE GHOSTLY FACES

  JULY 14, 2008 THE GAS STATION SPECTER

  JULY 15, 2009 MICHAEL JACKSON'S GHOST APPEARS ON CNN

  JULY 16, 1865 JUMEL MANSION

  JULY 17, 2002 THE JUNKYARD GHOST

  JULY 18, 2004 DALE EARNHARDT SR.'S GHOST SAVES SON

  JULY 19, 1463 THE HAUNTED BED

  JULY 20, 1878 PORTSMOUTH LIGHTHOUSE

  JULY 21, 2006 HAUNTED HOUSE FOR SALE

  JULY 22, 1929 BARON CASTLE

  JULY 23, 1938 GRIDLEY TUNNEL

  JULY 24, 1915 OPRAH'S STUDIO

  JULY 25, 1920 KIMBALL CASTLE

  JULY 26, 1978 CHEZ BRIANN

  JULY 27, 1689 KILLIECRANKIE PASS

  JULY 28, 1900 BORLEY RECTORY

  JULY 29, 1993 DEVIL'S HOPYARD

  JULY 30, 1927 HOTEL BEN LOMOND

  JULY 31, 1614 THE BLOOD COUNTESS

  AUGUST 1, 2008 ASHEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

  AUGUST 2, 1100 KING WILLIAM II

  AUGUST 3, 1343 THE LIONESS OF BRITTANY

  AUGUST 4, 1577 BLACK SHUCK

  AUGUST 5, 1962 HOLLYWOOD'S ROOSEVELT HOTEL

  AUGUST 6, 1801 THE BANSHEE

  AUGUST 7, 1631 ANNE WALKER

  AUGUST 8, 1797 THE VEILED LADY

  AUGUST 9, 1812 THE CHASE VAULT

  AUGUST 10, 1901 PALACE OF VERSAILLES

  AUGUST 11, 1914 HOUGHTON MANSION

  AUGUST 12, 1886 FAYETTE COUNTY COURTHOUSE

  AUGUST 13, 1831 THE MANSION OF TORTURE

  AUGUST 14, 1938 BEGGING FOR MERCY

  AUGUST 15, 1693 DOG TOWN

  AUGUST 16, 1977 THE KING

  AUGUST 17, 1855 WICKEN FEN

  AUGUST 18, 2009 BROOKDALE LODGE

  AUGUST 19, 1998 THE DOPPELGANGER

  AUGUST 20, 1877 SHANGHAI TUNNELS

  AUGUST 21, 1948 GOODLEBERG CEMETERY

  AUGUST 22, 1857 THE WHALEY HOUSE

  AUGUST 23, 1976 BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL

  AUGUST 24, A.D. 79 POMPEII

  AUGUST 25, 1862 LEMP MANSION RESTAURANT AND INN

  AUGUST 26, 2009 THE VENETIAN THEATRE

  AUGUST 27, 1963 SHEPPTON MINE DISASTER

  AUGUST 28, 1837 LIBERTY HALL MUSEUM

  AUGUST 29, 1989 U.S. COURTHOUSE

  AUGUST 30, 1986 THE HAUNTING OF JACK AND JANET SMURL

  AUGUST 31, 1888 JACK THE RIPPER'S FIRST VICTIM

  SEPTEMBER 1, 1990 THE WHITE LADY

  SEPTEMBER 2, 1895 BELCOURT CASTLE

  SEPTEMBER 3, 1777 COOCHES BRIDGE

  SEPTEMBER 4, 1840 OLD PRESQUE ISLE LIGHTHOUSE

  SEPTEMBER 5, 1922 THE WINCHESTER HOUSE

  SEPTEMBER 6, 1978 THE HAUNTED MIRROR

  SEPTEMBER 7, 1989 THE DECAPITATED GHOST

  SEPTEMBER 8, 1565 OUR LADY OF LECHE CHURCH

  SEPTEMBER 9, 1983 THE ROCK-THROWING POLTERGEIST

  SEPTEMBER 10, 1641 THE SCREAMING SKULL OF WARDLEY HALL

  SEPTEMBER 11, 1903 TROY HILL FIREHOUSE

  SEPTEMBER 12, 1878 CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE