Haunted Utah: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Beehive State

by Andy Weeks

Overview

Includes

The Phantom Hitchhiker of American Fork

Ogden's elegant haunted hotel

Activity at Salt Lake City's This Is the Place Heritage Park

Ghost children at Mercur Cemetery

The White Lady of Spring Canyon

Bizarre creatures, including Sasquatch, Utah Lake's Black-Eyed Monster, and the Moon Lake Monster

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811700528
Publisher:	Stackpole Books
Publication date:	07/01/2012
Series:	Haunted Series
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.02(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Andy Weeks is a journalist who has worked for the Salt Lake Tribune, the Magna Times, and Twin Falls Times-News. He has written articles for Fangoria, Dead Lines, and Utah Spirit Magazine. He lives in Twin Falls, Idaho.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Northern Utah 7

Monsters in Bear Lake 7

Little Girl Lost 9

Haunts at an Old Indian School 10

Ghost Children at Crybaby Bridge 12

Ogden's Elegant Haunted Hotel 13

The Phantom Train of Dove Creek 16

Sasquatch Sightings 18

The Farmington Phantom 20

Ghost Car at Viewmont High 21

The Ghosts of Union Station 23

One of Utah's Most Haunted Buildings 24

Kay's Cross 27

The Boy Spirit of Steed Pond 28

Salt Lake Valley 31

Haunted Heritage 31

Violent Phantoms? 36

The Enigma of Lilly E. Gray 37

Emo's Grave 38

Earthbound Angels: The Three Nephites 39

Noises in the Attic 41

George, the Friendly Ghost 45

The Old Mill 46

The Legend of John Baptiste 47

Haunted Magna 49

Restaurant Ghosts 52

The Spirits of Trolley Square 53

The Ghost Woman of the Rio Grande 54

Gravity Hill 55

Talking Tree Cemetery 56

The Ghosts of Copperton 56

Utah Valley and Beyond 61

The Phantom Hitchhiker of American Fork 61

The Heart of Timpanogos 63

Strange Lights over Utah County 65

Hiking with Ghosts? 65

Utah Lake's Black-Eyed Monster 67

Bridal Veil Falls 68

A Former Haunt in Lehi 69

The Weeping Lady of Spanish Fork 70

The White Lady of Spring Canyon 71

Military Ghosts at Camp Floyd 72

The Ghosts of Santaquin 75

Northeastern Utah 77

The Ghostly Miners of Park City 77

Mystery of the Skinwalker 79

Little Vicki 80

The Moon Lake Monster 82

Clinking Glasses, Dark Shades, and a Ghost Named Mary 84

Curse of the Lost Rhoads Mine 86

Tooele Valley 89

The Walking Dead 89

The Ghost Children at Mercur Cemetery 91

Haunts at the Ophir Mines 93

Old Tooele Hospital 94

The New Area 51? 95

Southern Utah 97

UFO over Grover 97

The Ancient Spirits of Newspaper Rock 99

The Lonely Spirits of Grafton 99

The Devil's Highway 101

Visions of the Dead 102

Malevolence at Frisco 104

The Haunting of Lake Powell 106

Mourning at Mountain Meadows 107

Bibliography 113

Acknowledgments 117

About the Author 119