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the golden age (atlanta, ga.) 1906-1920 — haunted house

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1913-05-29
Location: atlanta, georgia, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the golden age (atlanta, ga.) 1906-1920 · 1913-05-29 · page 11
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1913-05-29 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “haunted house”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.

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... they would go to the haunted house and investigate.” This no one seemed willing to do. Finally, he proposed for “the entire crowd to go.” After much argument and persua sion, all consented to go. With blanched cheeks and faltering steps they started. Pausing every now and then to look about, almost sure Mr. Ghost and his army would pounce upon them from some direc tion. When within a, short distance of the haunted house the coffin was slowly raised at the same time the dumb bull sounded some blood-curdling yells. This proved too much for the crowd. Boys and girls ran pell mell in every direction. The small stumps in the new road stood ...

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