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the ogden standard (ogden city, utah) 1913-1920 — haunted house

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1913-12-06
Location: ogden, utah, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the ogden standard (ogden city, utah) 1913-1920 · 1913-12-06 · page 24
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1913-12-06 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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... were famous. TKIXS STORY OF HAUNTED HOUSE. But the story, which Is that "f tho haunted house as the McCamp- reports, but later, when several men of undoubted sobriety con tinued them they also gavo tho McCampbell homestead a wide berth after nightfall. "As the years ro!!.d on the homestead was deserted and the ghost forgotten, except by a few old residents. But at our coon boot one of the veterans told the story. Most of thoso present scoffed and some more venturesome ones whose identity I now char itably conceal, volunteered to spend a night In the house. A consultation was held and a committee appointed to tlnd tho Big Dipper. This was at ...

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