Stuff You Missed in History Class11 Okt 2023

Six Impossible Episodes: Ghost Stories

October seemed like a good time for an installment of Six Impossible Episodes all about ghosts and hauntings. A lot of these are very well-known in the places where they originated, but maybe not outside of those places.

Research:

Campbelltown Visitor Information Centre. “Frederick Fisher and the Legend of Fisher’s Ghost.” https://indd.adobe.com/view/8e2d788d-56b7-43a7-bf4b-a5c3620ee345
Dictionary of Sydney staff writer, Fishers Ghost Creek, Dictionary of Sydney, 2008, http://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/fishers_ghost_creek, viewed 04 Oct 2023
TBS News. “The ghost of little girls in Japanese schools.” https://www.tbsnews.net/splash/ghost-little-girls-japanese-schools-58747
Learn Japanese. “Hanako-San is Creepy, What's the Story?” https://www.jappleng.com/education/course/study/4/japanese-culture/lesson/320/japanese-legend-hanako-san-toire
Kishikawa, Molly. “The Real-Life Legend of Toilet-Bound Hanako (and Other Toilet Ghosts).” CBR. 9/27/2021. https://www.cbr.com/toilet-bound-hanako-japanese-toilet-ghosts/
Galvan, Jojo. “Resurrection Mary, The Hitchhiking Ghost of Archer Avenue.” Chicago History Museum. http://www.chicagohistory.org/resurrection-mary/
Windy City Ghosts. “The Legend of Resurrection Mary.” https://windycityghosts.com/the-legend-of-resurrection-mary/
Cosgrove, John, director. “Unsolved Mysteries.” Season 6, Episode 15. 1994.
Bielski, Ursula. “Resurrection Mary: the Queen of Chicago's Haunted Archer Avenue.” American Ghost Walks. https://www.americanghostwalks.com/articles/1-resurrection-mary-the-queen-of-chicago-s-haunted
Larnach Castle and Gardens. “1871 - 1898 "The Larnach Years".” https://www.larnachcastle.co.nz/Visitor-Information-for-Larnach-Castle/Visit-Larnach-Castle/Early-History
Neubauer, Ian. “Haunted Castle High on a Hill.” Stuff. 10/7/2014. https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/destinations/nz/61737273/haunted-castle-high-on-a-hill
Smith, Charmin. “Laying Larnach to rest.” Otago Daily Times. 7/8/2009. https://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/magazine/laying-larnach-rest
Little House of Horrors. “Larnach Castle.” https://thelittlehouseofhorrors.com/larnach-castle/
R. J. Sinclair. 'Larnach, William James Mudie', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2l2/larnach-william-james-mudie (accessed 5 October 2023)
Steelman, Ben. “Do People Still See the Maco Light?” Star News Online. 10/31/2021. https://www.starnewsonline.com/story/news/2021/10/31/maco-light-brunswick-has-been-seen-since-1880-s/8539263002/
Port City Paranormal. “The Maco Light.”
Barnes, Jay. “Brunswick County’s Maco Light Has Haunted Generations.” Our State. 9/29/2012. https://www.ourstate.com/maco-light/
Fonvielle, Chris E. Jr. “In Search of the Maco Light.” Salt Magazine. https://www.saltmagazinenc.com/in-search-of-the-maco-light/
Dugan, Nick. “Haunted Tri-Cities: Tales from Kingsport’s Rotherwood Mansion.” WJHL. 10/29/2021. https://www.wjhl.com/haunted-tri-cities/haunted-tri-cities-tales-from-kingsports-rotherwood-mansion/
Justus, Anthony. “Rotherwood: House of Hell.” The Haunted Spots Blog. https://hauntedspotslibrary.wordpress.com/2016/03/02/rotherwood-house-of-hell/
Leonard, Austin. “The Legends of Rotherwood Mansion.” The Kayseean. 3/11/2021. https://thekayseean.com/life-and-culture/the-legends-of-rotherwood-mansion/
Sergent, Joanna. “Rotherwood Mansion: Weird Appalachia Cases.” 12/26/2022. http://kytnliving.com/rotherwood-mansion-weird-appalachia-cases/
Ross, Frederick Augustus and Charles Coffin Ross. “The Story of Rotherwood from the Autobiography of Rev. Frederick A. Ross.” 1923. Bean, Warters & Company. https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=YOwTAAAAYAAJ&rdid=book-YOwTAAAAYAAJ&rdot=1
Garden Study Club of Tennessee. “History of Homes and Gardens in Tennessee.” 1936. Parthenon Press.

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