The Nearly Departed

by Norman, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780873517171
• ISBN10: 0873517172
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-09-01
• Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Pr

Summary

Phantoms of the Paramount, Shadows on Third Avenue, The Legend of Ann Lake, The Boy in the Red Cap. Veteran ghost hunter Michael Norman has uncovered almost three dozen stories of legitimate Minnesota eeriness to thrill readers.

Author Biography

Michael Norman is a retired associate professor of journalism and mass communications at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. He has assembled and co-written five collections of American ghost stories, including Haunted Wisconsin, Haunted Heartland, Haunted America, and Historic Haunted America.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Peek-a-Boo	p. 3
Shadows on Third Avenue	p. 17
Heiny Hanson	p. 24
A Final Parting	p. 33
No Escape	p. 37
Forget Us Not	p. 44
What Tunis Parkin Saw	p. 52
The Lydia Mystery	p. 57
The Caretakers	p. 70
The Legend of Ann Lake	p. 78
Frozen John	p. 85
The Late Mrs. Randall	p. 90
Incident on Highway 11	p. 94
Mistress Molly	p. 98
Bullets Can't Kill Them	p. 108
Night Clerk	p. 118
Unfortunate Herman	p. 132
Something Stirs	p. 136
The Lutefisk Ghost	p. 143
A Cosmic Resort	p. 150
Lost in Time	p. 164
Dust to Dust	p. 171
Phantoms of the Paramount	p. 175
Getting Billed	p. 183
The Lovelorn Farmer	p. 191
The Watchers	p. 200
Doorway to the Other Side	p. 214
The Nanny	p. 224
Was It Mrs. Moriarity?	p. 231
Sally Coffee	p. 234
Old Earl	p. 239
The Mad Priest	p. 249
The Boy in the Red Cap	p. 256
Appendix: Another Fifteen Frights	p. 271
Acknowledgments	p. 283
Selected Bibliography	p. 285
Index to Place Names	p. 288
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