Author and Haunted DeLand tour guide Dusty Smith recounts a century of ghostly history in the bustling historic community of DeLand, the Athens of Florida. Specters include those of Jeannette Barnhill, whose ghost drove her real estate mogul widower mad by standing behind him to keep a constant watch on his accounting books, and of the guest killed in the 1917 Putnam Hotel fire who leaves the smell of burnt wood and flesh in the air. Forlorn lovers Ruby and Joshua, a freed slave and a plantation foreman, and Suzanna Brown, who jumped to her death with unrequited love for a Stetson professor, a... Read More
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Author and Haunted DeLand tour guide Dusty Smith recounts a century of ghostly history in the bustling historic community of DeLand, the Athens of Florida. Specters include those of Jeannette Barnhill, whose ghost drove her real estate mogul widower mad by standing behind him to keep a constant watch on his accounting books, and of the guest killed in the 1917 Putnam Hotel fire who leaves the smell of burnt wood and flesh in the air. Forlorn lovers Ruby and Joshua, a freed slave and a plantation foreman, and Suzanna Brown, who jumped to her death with unrequited love for a Stetson professor, a... Read More
Author and Haunted DeLand tour guide Dusty Smith recounts a century of ghostly history in the bustling historic community of DeLand, the Athens of Florida. Specters include those of Jeannette Barnhill, whose ghost drove her real estate mogul widower mad by standing behind him to keep a constant watch on his accounting books, and of the guest killed in the 1917 Putnam Hotel fire who leaves the smell of burnt wood and flesh in the air. Forlorn lovers Ruby and Joshua, a freed slave and a plantation foreman, and Suzanna Brown, who jumped to her death with unrequited love for a Stetson professor, are included, as well as the ghostly horse-drawn hearse that has been seen parked alongside what was once the Old Casket Company. From steamboat captains to Spiritualist camp residents, DeLand's ghosts are sure to delight visitors and residents alike in this stirring account of the area's historic haunts.
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Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Series: Haunted America
Publication Date: 29th August 2008
State: Florida
Illustration Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781596295261
Format: Paperback
BISACs: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Supernatural PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
Author Bio
Dusty Smith is known throughout the southeastern paranormal community as "The Ghost Lady," a nickname acquired by being certified as both a ghost hunter and a paranormal investigator. She is the president and founder of The Daytona Beach Paranormal Research Group, Inc. and its sister organization, The International Association of Cemetery Preservationists, Inc. Additionally she is the owner and chief operator of Haunts of the World's Most Famous Beach Ghost Tours and co-host of Paranormal Talk Radio. Her literary works include Dread & the Dead Filled the Dunnam House and numerous articles penned as a staff writer for Epitaphs Magazine.
Author and Haunted DeLand tour guide Dusty Smith recounts a century of ghostly history in the bustling historic community of DeLand, the Athens of Florida. Specters include those of Jeannette Barnhill, whose ghost drove her real estate mogul widower mad by standing behind him to keep a constant watch on his accounting books, and of the guest killed in the 1917 Putnam Hotel fire who leaves the smell of burnt wood and flesh in the air. Forlorn lovers Ruby and Joshua, a freed slave and a plantation foreman, and Suzanna Brown, who jumped to her death with unrequited love for a Stetson professor, are included, as well as the ghostly horse-drawn hearse that has been seen parked alongside what was once the Old Casket Company. From steamboat captains to Spiritualist camp residents, DeLand's ghosts are sure to delight visitors and residents alike in this stirring account of the area's historic haunts.
Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Series: Haunted America
Publication Date: 29th August 2008
State: Florida
Illustrations Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781596295261
Format: Paperback
BISACs: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Supernatural PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
Dusty Smith is known throughout the southeastern paranormal community as "The Ghost Lady," a nickname acquired by being certified as both a ghost hunter and a paranormal investigator. She is the president and founder of The Daytona Beach Paranormal Research Group, Inc. and its sister organization, The International Association of Cemetery Preservationists, Inc. Additionally she is the owner and chief operator of Haunts of the World's Most Famous Beach Ghost Tours and co-host of Paranormal Talk Radio. Her literary works include Dread & the Dead Filled the Dunnam House and numerous articles penned as a staff writer for Epitaphs Magazine.
