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Appleton Post-Crescent
Posted Dec. 12, 2004
Jim Lundstrom column: Book cites Fox Valley as a favorite haunt of supposed spirits
Just in time to raise your holiday spirits comes “The Wisconsin Road Guide to Haunted Locations.”
Wisconsin paranormal investigators Chad Lewis and Terry Fisk have compiled a compendium of allegedly haunted sites throughout the state.
The authors divided the state into nine haunted regions, including the Fox Valley, which, with 17 entries, would appear to be the most haunted area in Wisconsin.
“We do receive the greatest amount of haunted reports from the Fox Valley,” Lewis said.
He thinks there are several explanations for that, including that it is the most haunted place in the state and that people here are more comfortable recounting paranormal experiences.
“Whatever the reason, the Fox Valley area has so many reports that we had to save some cases for volume two because we were already overloaded with hauntings from that area,” he said.
The Fox Valley entries include these sites:
n The Appleton Curling Club, where members and employees have heard the unique footsteps of a dead member and smelled the distinctive tobacco of a pipe-smoking dead member.
n Hearthstone Mansion, where the ghost of former owner A.W. Priest supposedly still resides.
n The Zuelke Building in downtown Appleton, which is supposedly haunted by the ghost of piano-loving Irving Zuelke.
n The corner of Breed and State streets in Chilton, where an old woman is said to appear and disappear.
n Hilbert Road, Hilbert, where the ghost of a man missing half his face is supposed to walk at night, stopping people to ask if they have seen his daughter.
n Grand Opera House, Oshkosh, which is famously haunted by former stage manager Percy Keene.
n New Moon Cafe, Oshkosh, where ghosts from the Great Oshkosh Fire of 1875 are supposed to roam.
n Riverside Cemetery, Oshkosh, where a ghostly curly-haired child has been spotted.
“I think the authors stopped by, but I had no idea we were going to be in the book,” said Christine Cross, executive director of Hearthstone Museum.
Cross has served as executive director at the 122-year-old former residence since January.
“I’ve not experienced anything and I’ve not really talked to people who feel they have,” she said. “That’s not to say there haven’t been things here, I just really haven’t experienced anything.”
Shawn Reilly, Chilton’s community development director, said he passed the entry on Chilton’s supposed haunting around the office, and no one had ever heard of it.
That entry includes supposed sightings of an elderly woman, a large orb of light, and one account of a woman entering an altered state of consciousness at the site.
“If this will bring people to Chilton, maybe we can do something — a whole marketing campaign around this blue orb,” Reilly said. “Have everybody hang blue orbs outside their businesses.”
Reilly said it’s an honor to be included in the book.
“We’re trying everything we can to promote Chilton and tourism,” he said.
Jason Baer, co-owner with his brother, Aaron, of the New Moon Cafe in Oshkosh, said he was happy for the free advertising that comes of being included in the book, but he’s not aware of any weird happenings at his store.
“We’ve owned the shop for a little over a year now. It’s an old building. There really hasn’t been anything too weird,” he said.
He has heard stories about the sighting of a ghostly elderly woman in the shop. The bellboy story was a new one to him.
“I guess it’s all dependent on your disposition whether or not there are ghosts,” he said.
His verdict: “There really are no ghosts, I guess.”
But you can be the judge of that.
“The Wisconsin Road Guide to Haunted Locations” is available at several area bookstores, or can be ordered directly from the authors on the Web site www.unexplainedresearch.com.
Jim Lundstrom can be reached at 920-993-1000, ext. 374, or by e-mail at jlundstrom@ postcrescent.com
Appleton Post-Crescent
Posted Dec. 12, 2004
Jim Lundstrom column: Book cites Fox Valley as a favorite haunt of supposed spirits
Just in time to raise your holiday spirits comes “The Wisconsin Road Guide to Haunted Locations.”
Wisconsin paranormal investigators Chad Lewis and Terry Fisk have compiled a compendium of allegedly haunted sites throughout the state.
The authors divided the state into nine haunted regions, including the Fox Valley, which, with 17 entries, would appear to be the most haunted area in Wisconsin.
“We do receive the greatest amount of haunted reports from the Fox Valley,” Lewis said.
He thinks there are several explanations for that, including that it is the most haunted place in the state and that people here are more comfortable recounting paranormal experiences.
“Whatever the reason, the Fox Valley area has so many reports that we had to save some cases for volume two because we were already overloaded with hauntings from that area,” he said.
The Fox Valley entries include these sites:
n The Appleton Curling Club, where members and employees have heard the unique footsteps of a dead member and smelled the distinctive tobacco of a pipe-smoking dead member.
n Hearthstone Mansion, where the ghost of former owner A.W. Priest supposedly still resides.
n The Zuelke Building in downtown Appleton, which is supposedly haunted by the ghost of piano-loving Irving Zuelke.
n The corner of Breed and State streets in Chilton, where an old woman is said to appear and disappear.
n Hilbert Road, Hilbert, where the ghost of a man missing half his face is supposed to walk at night, stopping people to ask if they have seen his daughter.
n Grand Opera House, Oshkosh, which is famously haunted by former stage manager Percy Keene.
n New Moon Cafe, Oshkosh, where ghosts from the Great Oshkosh Fire of 1875 are supposed to roam.
n Riverside Cemetery, Oshkosh, where a ghostly curly-haired child has been spotted.
“I think the authors stopped by, but I had no idea we were going to be in the book,” said Christine Cross, executive director of Hearthstone Museum.
Cross has served as executive director at the 122-year-old former residence since January.
“I’ve not experienced anything and I’ve not really talked to people who feel they have,” she said. “That’s not to say there haven’t been things here, I just really haven’t experienced anything.”
Shawn Reilly, Chilton’s community development director, said he passed the entry on Chilton’s supposed haunting around the office, and no one had ever heard of it.
That entry includes supposed sightings of an elderly woman, a large orb of light, and one account of a woman entering an altered state of consciousness at the site.
“If this will bring people to Chilton, maybe we can do something — a whole marketing campaign around this blue orb,” Reilly said. “Have everybody hang blue orbs outside their businesses.”
Reilly said it’s an honor to be included in the book.
“We’re trying everything we can to promote Chilton and tourism,” he said.
Jason Baer, co-owner with his brother, Aaron, of the New Moon Cafe in Oshkosh, said he was happy for the free advertising that comes of being included in the book, but he’s not aware of any weird happenings at his store.
“We’ve owned the shop for a little over a year now. It’s an old building. There really hasn’t been anything too weird,” he said.
He has heard stories about the sighting of a ghostly elderly woman in the shop. The bellboy story was a new one to him.
“I guess it’s all dependent on your disposition whether or not there are ghosts,” he said.
His verdict: “There really are no ghosts, I guess.”
But you can be the judge of that.
“The Wisconsin Road Guide to Haunted Locations” is available at several area bookstores, or can be ordered directly from the authors on the Web site www.unexplainedresearch.com.
Jim Lundstrom can be reached at 920-993-1000, ext. 374, or by e-mail at jlundstrom@ postcrescent.com
