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Ghosts and legends of Michigan's west coast

Call Numbers

  • H 133.1 H225 (CEN)
  • 133.1 H225 (MBL, WSQ)

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Publication Information

Charleston, SC : Haunted America/History Press, 2009.

Physical Description

125 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Contents

  • Introduction
  • The ghost of the Grand Theater, Grand Haven
  • The legend of the Melon Heads, Holland
  • The shoe tree legend, Kalkaska
  • Haunted Lake Forest Cemetery, Grand Haven
  • Haunted Nunica Cemetery, Nunica
  • The ghosts of Bower's Harbor Inn, Old Mission Peninsula
  • The ghost lovers of Castle Park, Holland
  • Grand traverse lighthouse, Northport
  • The legend of dogman, Northwest Michigan
  • The old Traverse City State Hospital, Traverse City
  • The ghost of Charles Hackley, Muskegon
  • The Felt Mansion, Saugatuck
  • The lost souls of the Alpena, Lake Michigan
  • The strange tales of the Beaver Islands
  • The ghosts of the Ironsides, Lake Michigan
  • Legends and ghosts of Mouth Cemetery, Montague
  • The missing bodies of the cursed Chicora, Lake Michigan
  • A possession in Muskegon County
  • The murder and ghost of Kate Koopman, Grand Haven.

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