Jeepers Creepers

by Colombo, John Robert

• ISBN13: 9781554889761
• ISBN10: 1554889766
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-09-27
• Publisher: Dundurn Pr Ltd

Summary

Here are 50 scary, hair-raising, and frightening stories of the supernatural and the paranormal. These are first-person narratives that are unexplained and possibly inexplicable. All of them have been reported to John Robert Colombo, Canada's Master Gatherer of the Arcane, by men and women from various parts of the country, and they're published here in the words of the informants themselves, the witnesses to these wonders.Here you will have the opportunity to read about:#xB7;The woman from Hamilton, Ontario, who holds nightly conversations with the spirit of her long-dead husband.#xB7;The family of five that moves from house to house in Saskatoon and is followed by a "familiar family spirit."#xB7;The young girl who lives with her family in Richmond, British Columbia, and talks with "white things" that come when they will and leave when she wills them to leave.#xB7;The members of a family who live in an old farmhouse outside Ottawa who independently report poltergeist-like activities.

Author Biography

John Robert Colombo, the Toronto-based author and anthologist, has been collecting accounts of supernatural and paranormal experiences as reported by Canadians for more than twenty years. Dubbed Canada's Mr. Mystery, he has previously published The Big Book of Canadian Ghost Stories, The Big Book of Canadian Hauntings, and Strange but True, among dozens of other books.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 7
Acknowledgements	p. 23
This Happened to Me This Week	p. 25
My Other Ghostly Experience	p. 29
Someone Gasping for Air	p. 34
My Story and Its Aftermath	p. 37
"I'm All Right, Joanne!"	p. 42
Two Interesting Stories	p. 44
Strange Goings-On	p. 50
I Just Want^to Tell Someone	p. 55
I Have a strange Ability	p. 58
Street Lamp Interference	p. 64
Third Man Factor	p. 69
Several of My Experiences	p. 72
Various Incidents	p. 77
Eerie Tales	p. 83
You Never Felt Lonely	p. 87
Joanna I Think Her Name Is	p. 92
Ghost StoryofDr. Lionel Macklin	p. 96
The Haunting of Taber Hill Park	p. 108
I Started to Have Strange-Experiences	p. 112
Now I Know I'm Not Crazy	p. 116
Shadow Persons	p. 121
Spirits Will Never Harm You	p. 130
Growing up with the Supernatural	p. 136
I Awoke to Find Myself Alone	p. 150
Prophetic Dream	p. 161
I Am Not Prone to Hallucinations	p. 164
The Town's Name is Atikokan	p. 176
The Feeling of Being Watched	p. 179
Experiment with a Ouija Board	p. 184
My Experiences in the Haunted House	p. 187
I Told Them Her Name Was Ena	p. 193
I Was Absolutely Stunned	p. 197
Two Precognitive Dreams?	p. 201SOI
In the Dimness Was a Little Girl	p. 208
Two Angels Watching over Me	p. 211
A Note from, the Author	p. 213
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