11 Nov 05 - ghost news

News reports of genuine ghosts and hauntings are resuming, after weeks of Halloween-related stories and press releases for "haunted houses" of the commercial kind. Nevertheless, if you're looking for local haunted sites, media reports at Halloween are a useful resource. Here are some of them:

3 Nov 05: Visitors hear stories of hauntings across South Dakota - The Capital Journal, Pierre, SD

Ken Stewart, with the state historical society archives, reports on project to document South Dakota's hauntings.

2 Nov: Author keeps making room for 'ghosts' - Inside Bay Area, CA

Owner of Spellbinding Books bookstore on Encinal Avenue in Alameda talks about ghosts in her building and other nearby locations.

1 Nov: Ghosts roam after Halloween - OSU Lantern, Columbus, OH

OSU's Pomerene Hall is one of the most haunted college buildings in Ohio.

31 Oct: Got a ghost? Who you gonna call? - Lowell Sun Online, Lowell, MA

Dracut-based team of ghost hunters talks about cases, and New England Ghost Project.

31 Oct: Haunted Utah: The Best of Salt Lake City's Stories - Salt Lake Tribune, UT

Descriptions of ghosts at Salt Lake City's most popular haunts.

31 Oct: Concord hauntings - Independent Tribune, Concord, NC

Carolyn Carpenter, Cabarrus County Chairwoman, reports on most popular ghost stories in Concord, NC area.

31 Oct: Plotting the region's haunted hotspots - icHuddersfield, UK

Author Andy Owens talks about his encounters with ghosts in Yorkshire and vicinity.

31 Oct: Houses that go bump in the night - Telegraph.co.uk

Realtors and builders talk about real--and imagined--haunted houses.

31 Oct: Campus, Durham ghost legends liven local lore - Chronicle Online, Duke University, Durham, NC

Fact and fiction related to Duke's hauntings and ghosts of nearby Durham.

31 Oct: Campus group investigates local cultural hauntings - Ball State Daily News, Muncie, IN

Anthropological study of ghost stories back to Native American legends.

31 Oct: The many ghosts of Rockland County - Journal News, Rockland, NY

Reports of regional ghosts, including some famous cases.

31 Oct: Real Haunted School in Charlottesville? - WCAV/Newsplex, Charlottesville, VA

Faculty members at Tandem Friends School offer stories about their ghosts.

31 Oct: Mansion needs no tricks to offer scare - Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY

Annual "haunted house" attraction at historic Culbertson Mansion in downtown New Albany also reports genuine hauntings.

27 Oct: Ghosts in the coulees? - West Salem Coulee News, WI

Ghost stories support Mark Twain's assertion that Wisconsin is the most haunted state.