Haunted Summerwind


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The true story of the Lamont Mansion, which was meant to host a president—but instead become a home to the paranormal . . . includes photos! Buried deep in the Wisconsin Northwoods, the ruined splendor of the mansion known as Summerwind bares the bones of its legendary past. Robert Patterson Lamont purchased the property in 1916 as a country retreat where he could entertain such guests as President Warren G. Harding. Unfortunately, the house played host to visitors of an entirely different sort, and Lamont reportedly fled the property after discharging a pistol at a ghoul in the basement pantry. Raymond Bober abandoned his attempt to convert the house into a hotel in the 1970s, describing rooms that changed size and the mysterious presence of an eighteenth-century explorer in his famous book The Carver Effect. Join Devon Bell for a glimpse through the shattered windows of the most specter-laden spot in the Badger State.




Haunted Wisconsin


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Retold from personal interviews, newspapers, archives, and other sources, stories of ghosts, apparitions and othe supernatural occurences ranging from historical tales embedded in 19th century superstition to contemporary accounts of strange occurences in modern-day homes. This revised edition includes new stories and revisions to some of the tales original to the first edition. In addition, a few stories have been dropped for various reasons.




The Perfect Medium


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In the early days of photography, many believed and hoped that the camera would prove more efficient than the human eye in capturing the unseen. Spiritualists and animists of the nineteenth century seized on the new technology as a method of substantiating the existence of supernatural beings and happenings. This fascinating book assembles more than 250 photographic images from the Victorian era to the 1960s, each purporting to document an occult phenomenon: levitations, apparitions, transfigurations, ectoplasms, spectres, ghosts, and auras. Drawn from the archives of European and American occult societies and private and public collections, the photographs in many cases have never before been published. The Perfect Medium studies these rare and remarkable photographs through cultural, historical, and artistic lenses. More than mere curiosities, the images on film are important records of the cultural forces and technical methods that brought about their production. They document in unexpected ways a period when developing photographic technology merged with a popular obsession with the occult to create a new genre of haunting experimental photographs.




Ghostly Adventures


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There are certain towns that we all associate with ghost stories and sightings. But creepy encounters happen everyday all throughout this country-in towns that you may never have heard of, to normal people, just like you! With Ghostly Adventures, you can travel to these terrifying towns and share in the scare. Let ghost guru, Christopher Balzano, be your guide through the jaw-dropping true tales that happen all around the U.S., in places like: the Boston hotel where old Mr. Parker returns to check on his guests the lost village of Dudleytown, Connecticut, where all residents vanished without a trace the Summerwind Mansion in northeast Wisconsin, whose secret compartment housed a man's corpse for years Terrifying true tales and frightening facts come together to create hours of eerie entertainment that you can read on your own or out loud with friends. With Ghostly Adventures, you can stop just wondering about ghosts and get to know them yourself! Christopher Balzano: is a teacher and folklorist. He has been investigating the unknown for twelve years and is currently running the Massachusetts Paranormal Crossroads website. His writing has appeared in The Haunted Times, Mystery Magazine, as well as Unexplained Paranormal Magazine. His investigations have been covered by The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, The Standard Times, and Worchester Magazine. Balzano lives in Boston, MA.




The Carver Effect


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Haunted Chippewa Valley


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Take a spine-chilling trip to Wisconsin and discover a world of ghosts and paranormal activity . . . photos included! The Chippewa Valley is nestled snugly in a vast tract of Wisconsin farmland that offered early settlers a secure place to settle into the American dream. But the valley also harbors a strange and sometimes confusing past. From the boisterous activity of the lumber boom to the lingering stillness of the Eau Claire Asylum, this northwestern corner of the Badger State is filled with tragic stories and tall tales. Cast off with the ghost ferries of Caryville or stand vigil in the small, secluded cemetery where the spirits of children come out to play, in this journey into the eerie history of the Chippewa Valley.




Haunted Wisconsin


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There is absolutely no better guide for haunted Wisconsin. Linda S. Godfrey. With her smooth journalistic style and her keen sense of what makes a good ghost story, she has the ability to send chills up and down your spine --Brad Steiger, author of Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places Wisconsin's leading authority on the paranormal presents strange stories from around the state, from witches in the Wisconsin Dells to spirits in the State Capitol. Readers will encounter Kenosha's Headless Nun, the Man Bat of Lacrosse, Rocky the Rock Lake Monster, and John Dillinger's phantom. They will explore Aztalan's ancient mounds, the ghostly bars and taverns of Madison and Milwaukee, and the creepy town of Caryville, one of the most haunted places in America.




Sisyphusina


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Poetry. Women's Studies. Art. Music. SISYPHUSINA is a cross-genre collection of prose, poetry, visual art, and improvisatory music, centered on female aging. Faced with linguistic and literary traditions that lack rich vocabularies to describe female aging, Shira Dentz uses the hybrid form as an attempt to suture new language that reflects internal and physical processes that constitute a shifting identity. By deviating from formal classical construction, and using the recurring image of a rose, SISYPHUSINA circles around conventions of beauty, questioning traditional aesthetic values of continuity, coherence, and symmetry. Some of the book's images are drawn from separate multimedia collaborations between the author and composer Pauline Oliveros, artist Kathy High, and artist Kathline Carr. A musical composition improvised by Pauline Oliveros, based on one of her text scores, titled "Aging Music," is the book's coda, and readers can listen to it online by scanning a QR code inside the book. The interweaving of these collaborations with the author's voice and voices from other sources imbue this book with a porous texture, and reimagines the boundary of the book as a membrane.




Wisconsin's Most Haunted


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Wisconsin's Most Haunted is based off of some of the most haunted places in Wisconsin and tells stories of the location. It covers the history about the haunted location and takes you inside with a professional paranormal team the Fox Valley Ghost Hunters and you will listen to first hand accounts from the investigators some of which were scratched and touched by things unseen in the dark. Some of the stories deal with ghost hunters on a certain location where they were possessed or taken over by something very dark. One story of the founder of the team talks about his girlfriend who passed away at a young age due to cancer but the investigator still communicates with her on another dimension. All the stories and investigations take place in Wisconsin and give bios of the team and show what equipment they use on the investigation as well. This book covers some very well know spots like Summerwind in Land O'Lakes, Wisconsin and the Berlin Tannery as well as a haunted schoolhouse in Wisconsin Rapids. This book was also written by Enid Cleaves a well known Author from Northern Wisconsin who has sold many other books about Gangsters in Northern Wisconsin as well as some cookbooks.




Summerwind Place


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In the state of Wisconsin (USA) there are plenty of stories about ghosts. goblins and hauntings, gangsters and strange deaths all surrounding the historical activities of the famous Maribel Caves Hotel. But.......does anyone know what really happened at Summerwind Place? The suspicious circumstances of a long, forgotten, turn of the century, murder of young socialite, Jaycee Van D'hydro at her majestic home in the American mid-western, hamlet of Crystalpeaks brings Jessica Hopper, a university teaching aid and local history researcher to the scene of the dilapidated mansion where human remains have just been uncovered during the excavation site of the haunted mansion. Teaming up with Mitchell Sagan, and with the guidance of her older brother Lucas, Jessica embarks on an adventure to uncover the hidden secrets surrounding Summerwind Place. Her amateur sleuthing skills and determination finally lead her to the truth as she uncovers a horrible tragedy that has been kept secret and hidden through the passage of time. A gripping tale of old secrets and surreptitiously, pitiless events are woven together in this intense, haunting mystery novel. Nancee Schensema took advantage of the 2020 lockdowns to develop and complete her third novel - Summerwind Place. A vivid and emotional read for young and old alike.