The Ghosts of Dent’s Palace in Maryland
By Melissa Berry on October 1, 2020
Melissa Davenport Berry searches old newspapers and digs into historical records to learn about the ghosts haunting Dent’s Palace in Maryland... (Read More)
Tag: Ghosts
It’s Haunted! The Ghosts at the Porter-Phelps-Huntington Mansion?
By Melissa Berry on May 1, 2020
Melissa Davenport Berry tells the story of the gentle ghosts that seem to haunt the Porter-Phelps-Huntington house in Hadley, Massachusetts... (Read More)
Writer Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Real-Life ‘Ghost Story’
By Melissa Berry on October 31, 2019
In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry tells an eerie tale about Nathaniel Hawthorne and a troubled spirit that came to him in a seance... (Read More)
True Ghost Stories from America’s Most Haunted Old Cemeteries?
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on October 30, 2015
In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to uncover eerie stories of ghostly sightings at some of America’s oldest cemeteries... (Read More)
Ghost Stories & Séances: History and True Life Paranormal Events
By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on March 12, 2015
Introduction: Mary Harrell-Sesniak is a genealogist, author and editor with a strong technology background. In this blog article, Mary searches old newspapers for stories about ghosts, séances and psychics – and tells two related stories from her own family’s history. Starting in the Victorian Era, séances, psychics and spiritualists seemed to be everywhere, as... (Read More)
Halloween Treat: Stories about Ghosts & Haunted Houses
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on October 31, 2014
Introduction: Gena Philibert-Ortega is a genealogist and author of the book “From the Family Kitchen.” In this blog article—posted last year for Halloween and, due to its popularity, reposted now—Gena writes about some of the ghost stories she found in old newspapers, stories spooky enough to raise the hair on the back of your... (Read More)
Researching Old Ghost Stories & Haunted Houses in Newspapers
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on October 30, 2013
In this article, just in time for Halloween, Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about some haunted houses and ghost stories she found in old newspapers... (Read More)
