Several years ago, my husband, youngest son, and I took a trip to Maine. The trip itself was a continuing example of Murphy’s Law – and we finally arrived in Bar Harbor late at night. It was raining, of course, and as we drove over a bridge, I saw a man dressed in raingear standing…
Category: Freaky Friday
Kelli’s Stories
I really was going to pace these stories from my wonderful readers out a little. But they are SO GOOD, I have to share them with you. Once again, if you want to share an experience that happened to you, just send it to me at [email protected] If you would like it to remain anonymous,…
Haunted Restaurants
Last week, I decided to “scare” up a bunch of haunted hotels for your reading pleasure, so this week I thought it would be appropriate to tell you about some haunted restaurants. The first one is The Hope and Anchor Pub in Rockford, Illinois. I found out about it when I asked Kathi Kresol from…
The Empress Hotel
We’re heading into the end of March and pretty soon we’ll be moving into vacation time. Traveling down highways, stopping for the night in hotels and motels, or maybe even staying for an extended period of time in a hotel or motel to visit all the sights in a certain area. There is a fairly…
The Headless Nun
This week we celebrated International Women’s Day, so I really thought it would be nice to have a ghost story about a nice, strong, woman ghost. And, dum-da-da-dum, I found one! The woman was Sister Marie Inconnue and her story is set in the 1800s. Now, to tell you the truth, her last name is…
Eliza Battle
It’s March 1, 1858, and it’s a dark and stormy night. You are riding down the Tombigbee River in Alabama on a luxurious riverboat that has hosted dignitaries from all over the United States. She’s called the Eliza Battle and she is a side-wheeler steamboat, weighing in at a mere 315 tons. Now, you’re a…
The Pilchard Inn
This week I’ve been working on the second book in the Eochaidh series. As I was writing, I needed to do a little research on the Isle of Avalon. The Isle of Avalon is a tidal island that King Arthur supposedly went to after he was defeated. It also has ties to Excalibur and Morganna….
Dear Terri
Dear Terri, I’m about at my wit’s end, so I thought I would write to you for advice. I’m trying to move on with my life, but my ex-husband is sabotaging me at every turn. Let me give you some examples: I invited a new friend over for dinner. I made my famous pot roast,…
The Pharmacist
We’re in the midst of winter storm Mateo here in the Midwest, just after winter Storm Liam visited a few days ago. Liam dropped a couple of inches of snow, but Mateo is supposed to drop up to ten inches of snow on us. So, it’s a good day to stay inside and watch the…
Black Hope Cemetery
In the 1800s, the McKinney family owned a plantation in Texas which was in what is now known as the Houston suburb of Crosby. They also owned slaves who worked the plantation for them. When slavery ended in Texas, the McKinney family gave a portion of their land to their newly freed slaves to create…