Browsed by
Tag: Ghost

The Philanthropic Ghost of Centralia Washington

The Philanthropic Ghost of Centralia Washington

From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: The random news for this installment was discovered in The Daily Hub (Centralia, Wash.), February 26, 1916. The following ghost story was top of the fold front page news:               CENTRALIA HAS VERY GENUINE HA’NTED HOUSE Ghostly Manifestations Defy Solution In Spite of Family’s Best Efforts– Spirit Is Apparently Friendly  Centralia has a haunted house.  This piece of news…

Read More Read More

Face to Face with a Ghost in Centralia

Face to Face with a Ghost in Centralia

From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: This week’s newspaper on microfilm picked at random is the Centralia Daily Chronicle for Feb. 9, 1909. The reporter who covered this ghost story must have been something of a Wise Guy. Dealy McCracken, the main subject of this piece, was born De Laparis McCracken in North Carolina in 1838. He served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and at some point was…

Read More Read More