num_pages: 120
description: This collection of short and chilling ghost stories was originally published in 1913 and is loosely organized into four categories: The Ways of Ghosts, including "An Arrest," in which a murderer is escorted back to jail by the prison guard he murdered to escape; Soldier Folk including "A Man with Two Lives," in which a man dead and buried returns to claim his belongings, Some Haunted Houses, including "The Other Lodgers," in which a man checks into what he believes is a hotel only to discover it is an abandoned hospital, and Mysterious Disappearances, including "The Difficulty of Crossing a Field," in which a man disappears in full view of witnesses while crossing a field.
language: English
title: Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories
titlecomplete: Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Classics, Gothic, Paranormal, Ghost Stories, Ghosts, American, Horror, Short Stories
ratings_count: 657
publisher: Indypublish.Com