Wyoming
The Green Lady Who Keeps Watch at Old Bedlam — Fort Laramie, WY
The wind had a way of arriving in Fort Laramie before anything else. Before the sun cleared the cottonwoods, before the first…
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Louisiana
The Well-Widow of T’Frere’s House — Lafayette, LA
By daylight, T’Frere’s House looked harmless enough. It sat a little back from Verot School Road, where the traffic sighed past in…
Texas
Footsteps After Lockup at the Old Lavaca County Jail — Hallettsville, TX
By daylight, the old Lavaca County Jail in Hallettsville looks almost respectable. That is the first trick it plays. It sits there…
Connecticut
Chains Beneath the Copper Hill — East Granby, CT
People in East Granby learn early not to laugh at the hill. Not at the hill itself, you understand. In daylight it…
Tennessee
The General Who Never Left the Garden — Greeneville, TN
There are houses that stand, and there are houses that wait. The Dickson-Williams Mansion in Greeneville, Tennessee, is one of the latter.…
Iowa
The Bride Who Still Waits on Stony Hollow Road — Burlington, IA
There are roads that carry traffic, and there are roads that carry memory. Stony Hollow Road, on the wooded edge of Burlington,…
Montana
The Bell That Rings for No Guest — Terry, MT
There are towns that sleep when the sun goes down, and then there are towns that only pretend to. Terry, Montana, lies…
Florida
Perfume and Footsteps in Cedar Key’s Old Island Hotel — Cedar Key, FL
On quiet nights in Cedar Key, the town seemed to fold itself up like a damp paper map. The tourists went first,…
Iowa
Whispers in the Wards of Malvern Manor — Malvern, IA
By day, Malvern Manor looked tired rather than haunted. That was the first thing Daniel Voss noticed when he pulled up along…
Tennessee
The Lady in White Along the Holston — Kingsport, TN
On the quiet edge of Kingsport, where the Holston River bends like a dark arm around the low ground, Rotherwood Mansion stands…
Idaho
Footsteps in the Empty Halls of Albion Normal School — Albion, ID
By daylight, the old Albion State Normal School looked like something that had been left behind by mistake. Not abandoned, exactly. Albion…
Arkansas
The Actor Who Never Left the Footlights — Van Buren, AR
By day, the old King Opera House in Van Buren looked almost respectable. That was the trick of sunlight. It smoothed the…