The Ghost Wore Black: Ghastly Tales from the Past General Index
GENERAL INDEX
10th Massachusetts Regiment, Co. B 191-2
Abarbanell, J.R. 66
Adams Mine, Minnesota 36
Adams Township, Wapello, Co., IA 98
Adipocere 19
Alabama State Fairgrounds 130
Albaugh, Elias V. 33
Albaugh, William 33
Albia, IA 213
Albuquerque, NM 157
Alien abductions 209
Allen, John 23
Alma, NE 213-6
America (steam packet) 17
Ansonia, CT 15
Apollyon 132
Archbald, PA 222
Archer, Burt 78
Archer, Dan 78
Archer, Frank 78
Archer, John 78
Archer, Joseph 78
Archer, Lute 78-9
Archer, Will 77
Ashley, PA 12
Atchison, KS 64
Augusta, GA 71
Baby ghost 204
Badenhop, William 79
Bailey, Albert J. 8
Bairdstown, OH 78-9
Baker, Jesse 78
Ballard, Marion C. 28
Ballard, Omie 28
Baltimore No. 2, PA 10, 11
Baltimore, MD 14, 15
Banshee 25-27, 37-40 209, 212, 225, 229-30
Barberton, OH 29
Barnett, Marie 195
Barnum, P.T. 105
Bartleson, Sam 14
Barton, Harry 111
Bates, Captain (Giant) 105
Battle of Winchester 72
Beavers, Officer 72-3
Beck, August 173-5
Belden, Mrs. 61-3
Belle Center, OH 100
Bellefonte, PA 228
Benshie 26
Benton Twp., IN 106
Benton, IN 106
Berger, Anna 176
Berger, Myra 175-6
Berkshire County, MA 184
Bertillonage 161
Bicycles 158-60
Bingham, Steve 190
Birds 33-4 199-201
Birmingham, AL 130
Bismark Café, Logansport, IN 144
Black cat 76, 81
Black Dog 105, 230
Black Fever 224
Black Virgin, Poland 229
Black, Harry 90
Blackinton, MA 187, 194
Blakesburg, IA 98
Blaul, Detective 174
Blood & Co 97-8
Blood 42-3, 51-2
Bloomdale, OH 78
Bloomsburg, PA 228
Blue Man (ghost) 137
Bond, Jesse 123
Borley Rectory 53
Boyer, Dennis 114
Boyle, Cornelius 10-14
Boyle, Jamesey 12, 13
Boyle, Johnnie 14
Boyle, Sarah Cullings 10-14
Bracken County, KY 121-24, 127-8, 131-4
Bradfield, Josiah 93-4
British Goblins, Wirt Sikes 40
Brooksville, KY 127
Brown, Bessie 22
Brown, Jim 54-5
Brown, Philip 115-6
Brown, Silas (pseud.) 128-9
Bryan, Pearl 161
Bryan, William Jennings 216
Buffalo Bayou, Houston, TX 211
Bullet-proof ghost 87-8, 91-2, 109-10, 118, 137, 139
Burk, William 73
Burke, Rev. Father 11
Burklin, Officer John 210
Burris, George 70-1
Buzzard 33
Calvary, GA 34
Calvert, Mrs. Richard 29
Cameron, OK 22
Campbell, Alexander 46
Carbon County, PA 46
Carbondale 222-5
Cardiff Giant 105
Carlisle, KY 124
Carlton, Nannie 61-3
Carnel, Joseph 118
Carrell, Reese 137-8
Carter’s Barber Shop, Logansport, IN 144
Cass County, IN 114
Catawba, OH 58
Centerville, MT 87, 214-6
Chapman, Harry 75
Chattanooga, TN 28
Chicago and Iowa Mine, Cedar, IA 213
Chicago, IL 30
Christy, Edward 119
Chupacabras 230
Church of the Sacred Heart, South Hanover, MA 205
Cincinnati, OH 132
Civil War 191-2
Claiborne, Alexander 92-3
Claiborne, Alice 92
Clark, Rev. J.E. 178
Clay, Mrs. Mollie 208
Clayton County, GA 73
Cleveland, OH 1
Clocks 61-3
Coal Brook Mine, Carbondale, PA 223-4
Coal patch towns 219
Coburn, Wallace 68
Cock Lane Ghost 209
Coffin 203
Cole, Policeman 84
Coleman, Loren 219
Colhane, Michael 86-7
Collier, Mrs. Eva 86
Columbia, PA 56
Commercial Club of Birmingham 130
Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur 95-6
Conatser, Robert L. 67
Congregational Church, Killingworth, CT 166
Connelly, Officer 153
Cook, Ben 185, 189
Cooper, John 71
Cork-Lane, PA 222
Corpse wax 19
Cottingley Fairies 96
Courtright, Harry 90
Creary, John 115
Cremation 21
Curdy, Mrs. William 118
Curdy, William 118
Cutler, Dr. 112-4
Danbury, CT 29
Danforth, Mrs. Ella 86
Danville, VA 60
Dash, Mike 83 125
Davis, Harry 78
Davis, J.F. 37
Day, E.B. 99-100
Death Angel 31-2
Death Knock 25
Delaware and Hudson Canal Co. 220, 223-4
Delphi, IN 181
Denton, Clyde 196
Deshler, OH 78
Detroit, MI 158
Devereux, Paul, 40
Devil 121-134
Dillsboro, IN 17
Dodge, John H. 34
Dole, Martha W. 123
Dole, Mrs. William 123
Doles-Cook Brigade 72
Donohue, Rev. Charles F. 205-7
Dooly County, GA 71
Dorfeuille’s Hell 133
Dorfeuille’s Western Museum 132-3
Downer’s Grove, IL 89
Dracula, Bram Stoker 228
Druse, Roxalana 162-4
Druse, William 162-3
Dublin, IN 19
Dwarf 91-4, 100
Eager Hattie A. 30-1
Edwards, Marshal 74-5
Edwards, Wilbur 159-60
Elizabeth NJ 117
Elkhart County, IN 106
Elks Club, Newark, NJ 71
Ellenwood, GA 72
Ellis, Bill 228
Elwood, IN 116
Elyria, OH 85
Embarras River 77
Emerson, Ralph Waldo 201
Emigrant wagon 151-5
Emmanuel Church Cemetery, Killingworth, CT 167
Erie Railroad Company 223
Erie, PA 56
Erinyes 209
Etzler, Mrs. 33
Evansville, IN 26
Eveleth, MN 36
Everett, Edward 74
Evil Eye 65
Faces in the glass 146-8
Factoryville, PA 84-5 225-6
Fairies 95-6
Feast, George 27
Feast, Thomas 25-7
Finley, John G. 123
Fisher, Simon 21
Flatbush Insane Asylum, Long Island 208
Flower, George 76
Flying saucer flaps 209
Fodor, Nandor 205
Fogel, Clarence 138-9
Fort Belknap Indiana Reservation 68
Fortean Times 125
Fostoria, OH 78
Fourth Georgia, Company H 72
Fourth Georgia, Company I 72
Freedmen’s Bureau 121, 123, 131
French, John W. 106
Freyer, William 47-8
Frogge, S.M. 202-3
Frogtown, PA 222
Fuqua, Adam 123
Gainesville, TX 195-7
Gallows Hill, West Chester, PA 170
Garden City Cyclers 158
Garland, Charles 199-201
Garland, Vina 199-201
Gates, Frank 163
Geary, Mrs. Mary 207
Gehrke, Mrs. John 85-6
Ghost map 195-7
Giaconia, Mary 56-7
Giascutus (monster) 124
Glasgow, MT 67
Gnome 100
Goat Man, Pope Lick 133-4
Gorman, Robert 204
Gourley, Dr. 89-90
Grand Traverse, MI 1
Gray, Officer 153
Great Black Swamp, OH 81
Green, George 8
Green, Mrs. Josepha H. 2-8
Griffin, George 211
Griffiths, Frances 96
Grissby, Frank 214
Gwrach-y-Rhibyn (Welsh banshee) 225
Gwyllion (Welsh ghost) 151
Haas, Gusted 173-4
Haase, Capt. 60
Haase, Charles 60
Hagger, Cyrus 115
Halcolm, Charles 60-1
Halcolm, Maud 60
Hammersmith Ghost 209, 212
Hancock County, KY 79
Hancock, Mrs. Elinor 196
Hangman’s rope 72-3
Harding, Warren G. 195
Harpling, Mrs. 176
Harryhausen, Ray 130
Hartung, Dr. Edward 56
Hawesville, KY 79
Hawthorne School, Mattoon, IL 219
Hayden, Mrs. William (Ellen) 1-8
Hayden, William 2-8
Hayne, William 99
Hazelton, PA 224, 228-9
Headless ghost 111
Hearse vision 35
Helena, MT 68
Higgins, Ichabod 167
Higgins, Jane 167
Higgins, Martha 167
Higgins, Mrs. Sarah 165-8
Higgins, Samuel 167
Higgins, Sarah (child) 167
Higgins, Temperance 167
Higgins, William 167
Hillsboro, IN 111
Hoale, William 187
Hoben, James 205-6
Hoben, Mrs. A.E. 206
Hoodoo 65-81
Hoodoo ring 68, 69-71
Hope, William 59
Hopewell Church, MO 115
Houston and Texas Central machine shops 211
Houston, TX 210
Hudson, James 8
Hughes, Edward 228
Humphrey, William A. 67, 69
Hutchinson, John 80
Hyde Park, Scranton, PA 221
Hydesville Rappings 9
Industry Bar (CA) 88
Inman, Thomas 102
Jack the Hugger 212, 228
Jack the Ink-Splasher 212
Jack the Kisser 212
Jack the Ripper 209
Jack the Slasher 212
Jackson, MS 149
Jackson, Scott 161
James, M.R. 116
Jansen, Oscar 94-5
Jaquith, L. 188
Jaramillo, Don Pedro 217-8
Jenkins, Ned 73
Jermyn, PA 224
Johnson, Ed 193
Jones, John 50
Jones, John P. 128
Jones, William 50
Joost, D. 80
Josephs, Mrs. Carl 118
Kansas City, MO 47
Karney, Night Policeman 89
Kearny St., San Francisco, CA 41
Keel, John 83, 98
Kennedy, Lee 119
Kennedy, Mrs. Thomas 226-7
Kentucky 121
Killingworth, CT 165-8
Kings County Insane Asylum, Flatbush, Long Island 207-8
Kingston, PA 222
Kirkman, Jerry 74
Kissing Bug 209
Knocker (mine spirit) 36 225
Kobolds 36
Kodak 59-61
Koki, Walter 36
Kokomo, IN 74
Kratz, Marshal 78-9
La Llorona 211
Lackawanna Iron and Coal Co. 220
Lackawanna Valley, PA 221
Laden, Mrs. 176
Lafayette, IN 84
Lake, J. 202-3
Lakeland Insane Asylum, Lakeland, KY 31-2
Lakeland, KY 31
Lakin, Mrs. Margaret 75
Lancaster City, PA 204
Lang, Andrew 75
Langdon, Lucius 128
Laperle, Ambrose 9-10
Laverty, Aquilla 140-143
Laverty, Cecil Frederick 143
Laverty, Elizabeth 143
Laverty, Erminnie 143
Laverty, George 143
Laverty, Irene 143
Laverty, Kit Carson 143
Lawrence County, IN 77
Lawrenceburg, IN 119
Lee, C.W. 29
Lenexa, KS 48
Lettick, Peter 80
Lewis, Evan 112-4
Lewis, John 112-4
Linna, Rjalmar 36-7
Littlefield, Ephraim 165
Loerzel, Robert 177
Logan County, OH 100
Lombroso, Cesare 161
Lon, Frank 80
Los Olmos, The Healer of 218
Louisville, KY 133
Luetgert, Adolph 173-6
Luetgert, Louisa 173-6
Luzerne County, PA 224
Macon, GA 103
Mad dog 202-3
Mad Gasser of Mattoon 219
Maganzo, Septi 94
Magic lantern slides 132, 134
Man in Black 89, 98
Mankato, MN 139
Manley, Thomas 14
Mann, Lillian 143
Maple Grove, WI 126
Martin, A.M. 74
Martin, John 109
Martin, William 28
Maryland 57
Marysville, CA 88
Mattoon, IL 219
Mauch Chunk, PA 46
Maumee River, OH 81
Mayfield, PA 224
McIntosh, John 145
McMurray, Hunter 78
McNulty, Owen 94-5
Mechanicsburg, OH 58
Meharry, David 178
Melrose, Ferdinand 54-5
Men in Black 83, 97-8, 102
Mexico, MO 115
Miles, Mrs. 2, 3
Miller, Hannah “Black Hannah” 170
Mirror 66-8
Mississippi 91
Missouri River 67
Mollie Maguires 46-7, 229
Monongahela, PA 16
Montana 66
Montgomery St., San Francisco, CA 42
Moon, Milton 108-10
Moore, Robert 30
Moretti, Giuseppe 130
Morey, Justus 79
Morgantown, PA 204
Morton, Dr. John 1-8
Moseley, Capt. Warren 71-2
Motchman, Adam 225-6
Mothman Prophecies, The 83
Motter, Emanuel 79, 81
Motter, Joseph 79-81
Motter, Walter 80
Mound Builders 105
Mount Penn Gravity Railroad 35-6
Moving pictures 146
Mt. Carmel, PA 228
Mumler, William 59
Munroe, Francis Marion 206
Murphy, Jack 86-7
Museum of Poor Souls in Purgatory, Rome, Italy 56-7
Mystery hum 197-8
Nanticocke, PA 222
Napoleon, OH 79
Native American game hoop 68-9
Naugatuck Division 75
Nenana, Alaska 155
New Orleans, LA 212
New Rochelle, NY 111
New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad 75
Newark, NJ 70
Newman, Mrs. Nancy 79
Nicholas County, KY 124
Niley, Dan 89
North Adams, MA 184-194
North Baltimore, OH 77-8
North Haven, CT 94
North Pownal, VT 189
Nun 53-5
O’Brien, Anna “The Irish Giantess” 105
O’Connell, Margaret 205-6
O’Hanlon, Dr. 208
Oden (thief) 124-5, 131
Oden, James H. 124
Oden, W.M. 124-5
Oden, William C. 124
Ohio River 17, 18
Old Hag 49
Opals 69-70
Orwell, VT 33
Otte, Fred 80
Owl 33-4, 75
Paijmans, Theo 125
Paoli, PA 204
Parke County, IN 140, 142
Parker, Ellie 204
Parkman, Dr. George 164-5
Parkman-Webster murder 161, 164-5
Partisco, Lorenzo 94
Partridge 199-201
Paterson, NJ 70
Paw Paw, MI 33
Peg Alley’s Point, MD 177
Pennsylvania 219-29
Pennsylvania 49
Peoria, IL 50
Perry County, OH 91
Peters, S.J. 204
Pettit, Margaret 29
Pettit, Oliver B. 29
Pettit, Mrs. W. Fred 178-180
Pettit, W. Fred 178-80
Peyton/Payton, Joseph 128
Phantasma (San Antonio ghost) 218-9
Phantom Airships 209
Phantom funeral 34-5, 40
Phillips, William H. 184
Phillipsburg, NJ 11
Pilgrim’s Progress panorama 132, 134
Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan 131, 134
Pine Brook, Scranton, PA 220
Pine Orchard District, Killingworth, CT 166
Pins in coffin 16
Pithoud, William 111
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad 76
Pittston, PA 222
Plymouth, PA 222, 224
Poe, Edgar Allan 9
Poltergeist 205-6
Pope Lick Railroad Trestle, KY 133
Potmeyer 144-5
Powers, Hiram 132-3
Prairie schooner 151-5
Prentiss, Mr. 58
Price, Harry 59
Primitive Baptist Church, Piedmont, GA 35
Prince William County, VA 128
Purgatory 56-7
Quinebaug River 95
Quinn, Detective 174
Reading, PA 36
Red Bank, PA 38
Red Hills, IN 111
Reichardt, Herman 144-5
Reincarnation 198-201
Rennie, George 75
Rettew, Conductor 35-6
Reyes, Romaldo 217-8
Rhodda, Ed 80
Richardson, William 202
Richfield Center, OH 81
Richmond, TX 151
Rickenberg, George 80
Ridgeway, WI 112
Riley, Mrs. John 226-7
Rindesbacker, Mrs. Charles 139-40
Rio Grande Valley 157
Road ghosts 149-60
Roaring Brook, Scranton, PA 220
Robb, George 33
Rochelle, IL 30
Rochester Rappings 209
Rohrs, Fred 80
Rohrs, H.R. 80
Roll, Dr. William 205
San Antonio, TX 96, 217-8
San Domingo Pueblo, NM 157
San Jose, CA 159-60
San Pedro, San Antonio, TX 218
Sand Ridge, IN 76
Sandias 155-6
Satanic Ritual Abuse 209
Schauab, Mr and Mrs. 38
Schuettler, Capt. 174
Schuman, Reed 144
Scotton, Rhoda 19, 20
Scranton, PA 34 220, 224-6
Scratching Fanny 209
Seacrist, Thomas A. 74
Sebastopol, PA 222
Seifert, John 173-4
Servisco, Pasco 94
Shallenberger, Congressman 214-6
Shape-shifters 90
Shawnee Indians 197-8
Shawnee Methodist Church, IN 178
Shawnee Mound, IN 178
Shegan, William 193-4
Sherman, Henry 33
Shields Brothers, The 105
Shields, Frederick 132
Shroud 15, 16
Siger, Mr. 129
Simmons, John 193-4
Sister of Charity 53-5
Slade, Paul 167
Smead, Henry K. 8
Smith, Dexter 187
Smith, Mrs. Silas 70-1
Smith, Sallie/Sarah 19
Snake 181-3
Snydertown, PA 135
Soule, Jonathan C. 128
South Canadian River, OK 197
South McAlester, OK 197
South Side School, Mattoon, IL 219
Spaulding, William 98-100
Spirit photographs 59-61
Spiritualism 2, 3, 4, 9, 30-1, 41-2
Spook Bees 197-8
Spring-heeled Jack 83, 103, 105, 106, 118, 125, 209, 212
Spruce Street, Elyria, OH 85
Squires, Lucy 123
Squires, Minerva 123
Squires, Nathaniel G. 123
Squires, Sarah D. 123
St. Francis of Assisi 56
St. Joseph’s Hospital, Newark, NJ 70
St. Louis World’s Fair of 1904 130
St. Paul, MN 34
St. Regis Hotel, NY 66
Stamford Wild man 184
Stamford, MA 184-193
Stephens, H.R. 67, 69
Sterett, Capt. John 79
Stigmata 56
Stockton, IL 139-40
Stony Hill Road, Paterson, NJ 70
Storer, Johnson 216
Strafford, NH 199
Streetcar 54, 158
Sunderland, La Roy 31
Swan, Anna 105
Talbot, MD 57
Talbottom, William 103
Tar and feathering 119
Taylor, James, notary public 8
Taylorsville, OH 102
Telegraph Hill, CA 41-3
Terre Haute, IN 37
Texas Giants, The 105
Thirteen Club 66
Thomas, Henry W. 72
Thompson, “Long Henry” 67, 69
Thurber, Col. Dan 154
Tijeras Canyon, NM 155-7
Tippecanoe County, IN 178
Tipton, IN 216
Tiskavilla 120
Topher, Joseph 119
Torrey, Rev. Mr. 188-9, 192
Tosh, Agatha 174
Trolley 34, 54, 158
Trollope, Mrs Frances 133
Turks Head Tavern, PA 168, 170
Turks Head, PA 168
Tuskawilla 120
Typesetting 49-50
Tyrone, PA 227
Umstott, Jabez 116-7
Underground Railroad 131
Union Cemetery, Killingworth, CT 167
Union Church, Killingworth, CT 166
Uniontown, WV 28
United States (steam packet) 17
Upper New Rochelle, NY 110
Vajen, Carl 80
Valley County, MT 67
Vampire 227-8
Van Meter Monster 88
Van Meter, KS 88
Vermont 184
Verne, Jules 103
Vice, A.J. 197
Vice, Mrs. Nathaniel 195-7
Vice, Nathaniel 195-7
Vice, Robert 197
Vigo County, IN 142
Virginia 44-6
Virginia 72
Vulcan (statue of god) 130
Wabash Railroad 84
Wabash, IN 114
Walling, Alonzo 161
Walls, Elizabeth 172
Walls, Samuel 172
Walsh, Tom 86-7
Wapello County, IA 98
Warren, NY 162
Warsaw, KY 17
Washington Borough, PA 56
Washington St., Houston, TX 211
Water Mill, Long Island 34
Waterville, NH 95
Wayne County, PA 224
Waynesburg, PA 204
Webster, Dr. John White 164-5
Webster, MA 10
Weinhardt, Detective 84
Weir, Allen 228-9
Wellman, J.W. 99
Welsh ghosts 151
Welsh Mountain, PA 204
Wendigo 105
West Chester, PA 170
West Pittston, PA 222
West Virginia 59
Weston, Mark 181-3
Wetherald, Editor 214-5
Wheat & Hancher, Wheeling, WV 61
Wheat, A. Allen 60-1
Wheeling, WV 203-4
Wheeling, WV 59
Whipple, George E. 75
White, Robert Mitchell 116
Whitehead, Mrs. Elma 178-80
Wilbor, Curtis 185
Wild Man of Stamford 184
Wiley Schultz 216
Wilhelm, Robert 180
Wilkes-Barre, PA 13
Wilkes-Barre, PA 222
Willard, Sam 80
Willard, Stephen B. 185
Williams College 188
Williams, Dr. J.N. 2-4
Williams, Loren G. 199
Williams, William 172-3
Williamstown, MA 193-4
Willow Creek, KY 127
Wizard of Sa-Id-Nas 157
Wolfe, James S. 128
Woman in Black 37, 41-3, 207-30
Wood River, Alaska 155
Woods of Witches, Ohio 80
Woodsboro, MD 33
Woodville, TX 51
Workman, Daniel 188-9, 192
Wright, Elsie 96
Wyoming Valley, PA 221
Yellow Fever epidemic, New Orleans 212
Young Avenue, Houston, TX 210-11
Zahller Place, OH 100
Zanesville, OH 101