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A Ghost in My Suitcase
A Guide to Haunted Travel in America

by Mitchel Whitington


Table of Contents

A Ghost in My Suitcase - ix
The Foundry Phantoms
     Sloss Furnace—Birmingham, Alabama. - 1
Ghosts of the Gold Rush
     The Golden North Hotel—Skagway, Alaska - 6
Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage
     The Bird Cage Theatre—Tombstone, Arizona - 11
The Spirit of Michael
     The Crescent Hotel—Eureka Springs, Arkansas - 17
The Obsession of Sarah Winchester
     TheWinchester Mystery House—San Jose, California - 23
The House That F.O. Built
     The Stanley Hotel—Estes Park, Colorado - 29
The Bride on the Stairs
     The Lighthouse Inn—New London, Connecticut - 35
The Phantom Prisoners of Pea Patch Island
     Fort Delaware—Delaware City, Delaware. - 39
The Heartbroken Bride
     Casa de la Paz B&B—St. Augustine, Florida - 44
A Tragedy in the Family
     Forsyth Park Inn—Savannah, Georgia - 48
The Return of the Queen
     State Capitol—Honolulu, Hawaii - 54
Maggie, the Mining Town Spirit
     Historic Jameson Restaurant and Inn—Wallace, Idaho - 58
Bangers, Kidney Pie, and a Ghost or Two
     The Red Lion Pub—Chicago, Illinois - 62
An Online Ghost
     Willard Library—Evansville, Indiana - 67
A Houseful of Ghosts
     The Mason House Inn—Bentonsport, Iowa. - 71
The Cornerstone Ghosts
     The Eldridge Hotel—Lawrence, Kansas - 76
The Little Girl and the Mischievous Man
     Gratz Park Inn—Lexington, Kentucky - 81
A Fiendish Doctor and His Restless Victims
     The LaLaurie Mansion—New Orleans, Louisiana - 85
The Gourmet Ghosts
     The Kennebunk Inn—Kennebunk, Maine - 91
Oyster Shooters and a Pesky Poltergeist
     Middleton Tavern—Annapolis, Maryland - 95
Lizzie Borden Took an Axe...
     The Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast—Fall River, Massachusetts. - 99
The Lightkeeper’s Ghost
     Old Presque Isle Lighthouse—Presque Isle, Michigan - 104
A Penny-Wise Ghost
     Thayer’s Historic Bed ’n Breakfast—Annandale, Minnesota - 108
A Vacation from Ghost Hunting
     Cedar Grove Inn—Vicksburg, Mississippi - 114
The Beer Baron’s Ghost
     Lemp Mansion—St. Louis, Missouri. - 119
The Temperance Ghost
     Chico Hot Springs Lodge & Ranch, Montana - 124
The Speakeasy Spirits
     The Argo Hotel—Crofton, Nebraska. - 129
What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas
     Luxor Hotel and Casino—Las Vegas, Nevada - 134
Spirits of the New England Shakers
     The Shaker Inn—Enfield, New Hampshire - 138
A Series of Strange Occurrences
     Jimmy’s Haunt—Morristown, New Jersey. - 142
A New Mexico Dynasty
     Luna Mansion—Los Lunas, New Mexico - 148
The Speakeasy Spirits
     Chumley’s—New York, New York - 153
The Lights on Brown Mountain
     Morganton, North Carolina - 158
A Monster of a Ghost
     Liberty Memorial Building—Bismarck, North Dakota. - 163
Major Buxton… The Man, The Cat
     The Buxton Inn—Granville, Ohio - 167
The Playful Spirit of Little Augusta
     The Stone Lion Inn—Guthrie, Oklahoma - 171
Shanghaied!
     The Shanghai Tunnels—Portland, Oregon. - 175
The Spirits of Devil’s Den
     Gettysburg, Pennsylvania - 181
The Textile Baron’s Ghost
     Brookside Manor—Wakefield, Rhode Island. - 187
The Little Girl Ghost
     The Rutledge Victorian Guest House—Charleston, South Carolina - 190
The Ghost of the Gunman
     Bullock Hotel—Deadwood, South Dakota - 193
The Gorilla Pants Ghost
     Falcon Manor—McMinnville, Tennessee - 197
The Most Haunted Place in the Lone Star State
     The Grove—Jefferson, Texas - 201
But Who the Heck Is Ben Lomond?
     Ben Lomond Historic Suite Hotel—Ogden, Utah - 207
The Love-Spurned Lady
     Emily’s Bridge—Stowe, Vermont - 211
The Woman in the Window
     Gadsby’s Tavern—Alexandria, Virginia - 215
A Place of Healing
     Rosario Resort—Eastsound,Washington - 219
The Ghost that Convicted Her Husband
     West Virginia State Penitentiary—Moundsville,West Virginia - 223
The Sports Fan Spirit
     The Pfister Hotel—Milwaukee,Wisconsin - 230
The Female Spirit in Our Room
     The Irma Hotel—Cody,Wyoming - 234
A Few Words in Closing - 241