The ghost wore black
Subtitle: ghastly tales from the past
By: selected and edited by Chris Woodyard
Series: The Ghosts of the past series; Ghosts of the past series
Publisher: Kestrel Publications
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Dayton, OH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780988192515
Subjects: Ghosts; American Ghost stories; Haunted houses
Description: "A compilation of 19th- and early 20th-century newspaper and journal articles on ghosts and hauntings from around the United States with commentary and annotations." --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 233) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The ghost who wanted her hand back : the demanding dead; title: Death angels and banshees : tokens of death; title: A bowl of bloody water : traces of terror; title: The hoodoo hat and other horrors : cats, hats, and hangmen's ropes; title: The men in black : unearthly entities; title: Killed by a specter : Jacks and giants; title: The devil went down to Kentucky : fiery phantom devils; title: A face blue and terrible : ghostly window peepers; title: The spook on a bicycle : spirits of road and trail; title: A vat of acid : homicidal hauntings; title: The wild man of Stamford : forgotten fortean mysteries; title: Daughters of darkness : the women in black.