Haunted Wisconsin
Grab a cozy blanket, light a few flickering candles, and enjoy the unnerving tales of Haunted Wisconsin. Gathered from personal interviews with credible eyewitnesses, on-site explorations, historical archives, newspaper reports, and other sources, these scores of reports date from Wisconsin’s early settlement days to recent inexplicable events.
    You’ll read about Wisconsin’s most famous haunted house, Summerwind; three Milwaukee men who encountered the beautiful ghost of National Avenue; a phantom basketball player; a spectral horse that signaled death in the pioneer era of the Wisconsin Dells; a poltergeist in St. Croix County who attracted a crowd of more than three hundred spectators; the Ridgeway Ghost who haunts the driftless valleys of southwestern Wisconsin; a swinging railroad lantern held by unseen hands; the Ghost Island of the Chippewa Flowage; and many others. Are ghosts real? That’s for you to decide!
    Now available in a Third Edition with updates and several new accounts, Haunted Wisconsin remains a favorite collection of unexplained midwestern tales, enjoyed by readers of all ages.

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Haunted Wisconsin
Grab a cozy blanket, light a few flickering candles, and enjoy the unnerving tales of Haunted Wisconsin. Gathered from personal interviews with credible eyewitnesses, on-site explorations, historical archives, newspaper reports, and other sources, these scores of reports date from Wisconsin’s early settlement days to recent inexplicable events.
    You’ll read about Wisconsin’s most famous haunted house, Summerwind; three Milwaukee men who encountered the beautiful ghost of National Avenue; a phantom basketball player; a spectral horse that signaled death in the pioneer era of the Wisconsin Dells; a poltergeist in St. Croix County who attracted a crowd of more than three hundred spectators; the Ridgeway Ghost who haunts the driftless valleys of southwestern Wisconsin; a swinging railroad lantern held by unseen hands; the Ghost Island of the Chippewa Flowage; and many others. Are ghosts real? That’s for you to decide!
    Now available in a Third Edition with updates and several new accounts, Haunted Wisconsin remains a favorite collection of unexplained midwestern tales, enjoyed by readers of all ages.

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Haunted Wisconsin

Haunted Wisconsin

by Michael Norman
Haunted Wisconsin

Haunted Wisconsin

by Michael Norman

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Overview

Grab a cozy blanket, light a few flickering candles, and enjoy the unnerving tales of Haunted Wisconsin. Gathered from personal interviews with credible eyewitnesses, on-site explorations, historical archives, newspaper reports, and other sources, these scores of reports date from Wisconsin’s early settlement days to recent inexplicable events.
    You’ll read about Wisconsin’s most famous haunted house, Summerwind; three Milwaukee men who encountered the beautiful ghost of National Avenue; a phantom basketball player; a spectral horse that signaled death in the pioneer era of the Wisconsin Dells; a poltergeist in St. Croix County who attracted a crowd of more than three hundred spectators; the Ridgeway Ghost who haunts the driftless valleys of southwestern Wisconsin; a swinging railroad lantern held by unseen hands; the Ghost Island of the Chippewa Flowage; and many others. Are ghosts real? That’s for you to decide!
    Now available in a Third Edition with updates and several new accounts, Haunted Wisconsin remains a favorite collection of unexplained midwestern tales, enjoyed by readers of all ages.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780299285944
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date: 10/15/2011
Edition description: 3, Revised
Pages: 272
Sales rank: 1,001,461
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Michael Norman coauthored the first edition of Haunted Wisconsin in 1980 with the late Beth Scott. They also coauthored Haunted Heartland, Haunted America, Historic Haunted America, and Haunted Heritage. His own books include Haunted Homeland and The Nearly Departed: Minnesota Ghost Stories and Legends. Norman is professor emeritus of journalism at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and a former newspaper and radio journalist.

Table of Contents

Preface 2011   

Part I: The Haunted North

Ghost Island   

The Lynch Affair   

Confirmation   

The Paulding Light Mystery   

Do Not Disturb   

A Flame in the Window   

Another Voice   

There Goes Mamie!   

Uncle Otto   

Don't Mess with Elmer   

A Dream So Real   

The Summoning   

House of Chimes   

The Girl in White   

The Burnings   

Spirits on the Land   

The Coulee Road Ghost   

A Quartet of Wisps   

The Pendant   

The Lady in Brown   

Psychic Sisters   

No Exit   

Summerwind   

The Phantom Congregation   

Henry's Room   

Part II: Southern Frights

Someone to Watch Over Me   

Mrs. Courtney's Return   

Voice on the Bridge   

He Comes By Night   

The Possession of Carl Seige   

Murder on the Boardwalk   

Footsteps in the Dark   

The Hille Curse   

Marie   

Muffled Screams   

Mrs. G's Giddings' Boardinghouse   

House of Evil   

Face on the Bedroom Curtain   

The Restless Servant Girl   

Terror in the Night   

The Legacy of Mary Buth Farm   

The Strange Case of Henry James Brophy   

The Music Box   

Ghostways   

Always Time for Ghosts   

Arthur, the Impudent Ghost   

Cassandra   

The Ridgeway Ghost   

Bibliography   

Index of Place Names   

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