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Dead Woman’s Crossing It all started in the summer of 1905.  Katie DeWitt James was ready to start a new life.  She had just filed for a divorce from her then husband and had only 14 months earlier given birth to a new child.  As the day wore on she knew it was going to be an important time for her.  But as the day turned to night, tragedy struck.  When her daughter was taken to the police covered in blood, officers were horrified.  Luckily, they found that the baby was unharmed.  But where had the blood come from?  What started as a murder mystery ended with a ghost story in Custer City, Oklahoma.The baby was cared for by Katie’s family when it was finally reunited with them.  But it had been several weeks since the family had heard from her.  Her father, Henry called the sheriff fearing something had happened to his daughter.  Days later Katie’s body was discovered in Deer Creek   When her husband James was visited by police, he answered their questions, but later poisoned himself and died.  It seemed the mystery had been solved.But that wasn’t the final mystery in this case.  A pair of travelers passing through town would later happen upon the area and spot the ghost of a woman standing in the woods holding a baby.  As the travelers looked at the woman they at first took for a stranded motorist, she eventually vanished and removed any doubt from their minds that what they had just witnessed was something paranormal.  Reporting their incident, several locals in the area knowingly informed them that they had become the latest witnesses to the ghost of Katherine DeWitt James’ ghost.But there were other witnesses as well.  Witnesses passing through the area would report that strange eerie orbs of blue light would pass overhead and dance about in the trees, sometimes accompanied by a field of what the witnesses could only describe as “energy.”But perhaps the strangest part of the murder mystery is the fact that the witnesses would so commonly spot the ghost of a woman holding a baby.  Was there another baby involved in the area that could have also died?  Or was this simply a projection of Katherine’s thoughts onto the area?  Is it possible there was more than meets the eye here?  If ghosts are actual embodiments of spirits that pass on, then the woman should have appeared by herself without the baby.  Perhaps this is instead simply a photograph burned into the space she was occupying that could show witnesses what happened just prior to her death.

Dead Woman’s Crossing

It all started in the summer of 1905.  Katie DeWitt James was ready to start a new life.  She had just filed for a divorce from her then husband and had only 14 months earlier given birth to a new child.  As the day wore on she knew it was going to be an important time for her.  But as the day turned to night, tragedy struck.  When her daughter was taken to the police covered in blood, officers were horrified.  Luckily, they found that the baby was unharmed.  But where had the blood come from?  What started as a murder mystery ended with a ghost story in Custer City, Oklahoma.

The baby was cared for by Katie’s family when it was finally reunited with them.  But it had been several weeks since the family had heard from her.  Her father, Henry called the sheriff fearing something had happened to his daughter.  Days later Katie’s body was discovered in Deer Creek   When her husband James was visited by police, he answered their questions, but later poisoned himself and died.  It seemed the mystery had been solved.

But that wasn’t the final mystery in this case.  A pair of travelers passing through town would later happen upon the area and spot the ghost of a woman standing in the woods holding a baby.  As the travelers looked at the woman they at first took for a stranded motorist, she eventually vanished and removed any doubt from their minds that what they had just witnessed was something paranormal.  Reporting their incident, several locals in the area knowingly informed them that they had become the latest witnesses to the ghost of Katherine DeWitt James’ ghost.

But there were other witnesses as well.  Witnesses passing through the area would report that strange eerie orbs of blue light would pass overhead and dance about in the trees, sometimes accompanied by a field of what the witnesses could only describe as “energy.”

But perhaps the strangest part of the murder mystery is the fact that the witnesses would so commonly spot the ghost of a woman holding a baby.  Was there another baby involved in the area that could have also died?  Or was this simply a projection of Katherine’s thoughts onto the area?  Is it possible there was more than meets the eye here?  If ghosts are actual embodiments of spirits that pass on, then the woman should have appeared by herself without the baby.  Perhaps this is instead simply a photograph burned into the space she was occupying that could show witnesses what happened just prior to her death.

(Source: unexplainable.net)

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Resurrection Mary In 1934, sixteen-year-old Mary was a regular at the O’Henry Ballroom, which still stands today (although it is now the Willow-brook). She got into an argument with her boyfriend on the dance floor, and left the ballroom. She was walking home along Archer Avenue, and right about the time she was passing Resurrection Cemetery, a car swerved out of control, and struck and killed her. Her family was heartbroken and had her buried in the cemetery she lost her life in front of, still in her dancing gown and shoes. And that is how this story ends. Until five years later, at least…. It was now 1939, and Jerry Palus was yet another regular at the O’Henry. He spotted a beautiful blonde girl across the room, and asked her to dance. They danced the entire night, with the young lady barely uttering a word. He offered her a ride home when the night was through, and she accepted. When they were passing Resurrection Cemetery, she quickly told him to stop and let her out there, instead of taking her to the address she had given him. She disappeared at the gates. The next night, Jerry went to the address that was supposed to be her final destination. The woman said there was no girl that lived there, and he was mistaken. He spotted a picture on the mantlepiece of the young lady he had danced with the entire night. The woman explained that she was her daughter, and that she had been dead for five years. To this day, people see the girl walking along the road. They give her rides, only for her to disappear from the vehicle. Some say they have danced with her, others claim to have even kissed her. On one memorable event, in 1977, somebody even claims to have seen a girl behind the cemetery gate, grasping the bars in what can only be described as a death grip, and screaming in pure terror. The man who witnessed this traveled to a police station. When the authorities arrived, there was no sign of anybody. But the two metal bars she had appeared to be gripping were bent and twisted, with what seemed to be finger marks embedded in them. The bars were removed, and it was determined that such distortion could only be achieved through extreme heat and pressure. They eventually reformed and replaced the bars, but they consistently revert back to the charred and mangled state.

Resurrection Mary

In 1934, sixteen-year-old Mary was a regular at the O’Henry Ballroom, which still stands today (although it is now the Willow-brook). She got into an argument with her boyfriend on the dance floor, and left the ballroom. She was walking home along Archer Avenue, and right about the time she was passing Resurrection Cemetery, a car swerved out of control, and struck and killed her. Her family was heartbroken and had her buried in the cemetery she lost her life in front of, still in her dancing gown and shoes. And that is how this story ends. Until five years later, at least….

It was now 1939, and Jerry Palus was yet another regular at the O’Henry. He spotted a beautiful blonde girl across the room, and asked her to dance. They danced the entire night, with the young lady barely uttering a word. He offered her a ride home when the night was through, and she accepted. When they were passing Resurrection Cemetery, she quickly told him to stop and let her out there, instead of taking her to the address she had given him. She disappeared at the gates.

The next night, Jerry went to the address that was supposed to be her final destination. The woman said there was no girl that lived there, and he was mistaken. He spotted a picture on the mantlepiece of the young lady he had danced with the entire night. The woman explained that she was her daughter, and that she had been dead for five years.

To this day, people see the girl walking along the road. They give her rides, only for her to disappear from the vehicle. Some say they have danced with her, others claim to have even kissed her. On one memorable event, in 1977, somebody even claims to have seen a girl behind the cemetery gate, grasping the bars in what can only be described as a death grip, and screaming in pure terror. The man who witnessed this traveled to a police station. When the authorities arrived, there was no sign of anybody. But the two metal bars she had appeared to be gripping were bent and twisted, with what seemed to be finger marks embedded in them. The bars were removed, and it was determined that such distortion could only be achieved through extreme heat and pressure. They eventually reformed and replaced the bars, but they consistently revert back to the charred and mangled state.

(Source: watchmojo.com)

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The Ghosts of St. Augustine Lighthouse The lighthouse and surrounding buildings have a long history of supposed paranormal activity. Allegedly, visitors and workers have seen moving shadows, heard voices and unexplained sounds, and seen ghostly figures. Reportedly, the figures of two girls have been spotted on the lighthouse catwalk.  Three young girls did die during the construction of the lighthouse. Two were the daughters of the superintendent of construction of the tower - Hezekiah Pittee. Since the construction was taking so long, Pittee moved his family down from Maine. They lived in a house on-site. There was also a rail car that went from the light station to the ocean. The workers used this to bring the supplies from the beach to the work site. The children, Pittee had five, used to ride on it for fun. On July 10, 1873, while playing on the rail car, five children fell into the water. Workers were able to save two, a boy and a girl. Two of Pittee’s daughters, Mary (15) and Eliza (13), and a young black girl, either a servant or the daughter of a worker, drowned. Other reports are of a woman seen on the lighthouse stairway or walking in the yard outside the buildings.  Some believe this is the wife of Head Keeper Rantia who died here on Sept. 21, 1894 under unknown circumstances. Also spotted is the figure of a man who roams the basement. The male figure is said to possibly be that of Civil War hero and former lighthouse keeper William A. Harn who died of tuberculosis on April 1, 1889 .

The Ghosts of St. Augustine Lighthouse

The lighthouse and surrounding buildings have a long history of supposed paranormal activity. Allegedly, visitors and workers have seen moving shadows, heard voices and unexplained sounds, and seen ghostly figures.

Reportedly, the figures of two girls have been spotted on the lighthouse catwalk.  Three young girls did die during the construction of the lighthouse. Two were the daughters of the superintendent of construction of the tower - Hezekiah Pittee.

Since the construction was taking so long, Pittee moved his family down from Maine. They lived in a house on-site. There was also a rail car that went from the light station to the ocean. The workers used this to bring the supplies from the beach to the work site. The children, Pittee had five, used to ride on it for fun. On July 10, 1873, while playing on the rail car, five children fell into the water. Workers were able to save two, a boy and a girl. Two of Pittee’s daughters, Mary (15) and Eliza (13), and a young black girl, either a servant or the daughter of a worker, drowned.

Other reports are of a woman seen on the lighthouse stairway or walking in the yard outside the buildings.  Some believe this is the wife of Head Keeper Rantia who died here on Sept. 21, 1894 under unknown circumstances.

Also spotted is the figure of a man who roams the basement. The male figure is said to possibly be that of Civil War hero and former lighthouse keeper William A. Harn who died of tuberculosis on April 1, 1889 .

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