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Mysteries of the Rose Hotel – Part 1 of 3
By Bruce Cline, director of the Little Egypt Ghost Society By far, our most interesting and productive paranormal investigations have taken place at the Rose Hotel. The Rose Hotel is located in...
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Mysteries of the Rose Hotel – Part 2 of 3
By Bruce Cline, director of the Little Egypt Ghost Society Rose Hotel, McFarlan Suite - Photo by Bruce Cline Oct 5, 2009 – I was standing in the center of the McFarlan Suite in total darkness and took...
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Mysteries of the Rose Hotel – Part 3 of 3
By Bruce Cline, director of the Little Egypt Ghost Society We set up motion detectors throughout the hotel. At approximately 3:00AM, the motion detector in the Charlotte Room went off repeatedly with...
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Rule #1: Never Go Alone
By Bruce Cline, director of the Little Egypt Ghost Society A totally unrelated image Once a month I travel to the Chicago area for the Army Reserve. I was looking for something interesting to do on my...
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History, Mystery, and Hauntings of Southern Illinois
Black Oak Media has recently announced the release of History, Mystery, and Hauntings of Southern Illinois by Bruce and Lisa Cline! Over the past year, Bruce Cline has been contributing articles on...
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Photos from the Rose Hotel Book Signing
This past Saturday, a crowd lined up outside the historic Rose Hotel in Elizabethtown to get their hands on the brand new book, History, Mystery, and Hauntings of Southern Illinois by Bruce and Lisa...
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Bruce & Lisa Cline Discuss Their New Book
Bruce and Lisa Cline are the authors of the new book, History, Mystery, and Hauntings of Southern Illinois, released July 15 by Black Oak Media. History, Mystery, and Hauntings of Southern Illinois...
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Mad Myrtle
By Bruce Cline, director of the Little Egypt Ghost Society The tragic Tri-State Tornado of 1925 was responsible for 695 deaths. Many children lost both of their parents. Myrtle was one of the...
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Six Terrifying Titles for Halloween
Check out the following books from Black Oak Media for all your scares this Halloween season! This House: The True Story of a Girl and a Ghost By Amelia Cotter “The house looked imposing and the eyes...
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Interview with Bruce Cline of the Little Egypt Ghost Society
Bruce Cline is a paranormal investigator and ghost historian. He received B.S. and B.A. Degrees from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. Bruce has had a long time fascination with...
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I was so scared that I pulled the covers over my head…
“My brother and I were spending the night at our grandparent’s house in Marion, Illinois. After a fun day of play in the garden and woodshed, we retired for the night. Of the three bedrooms in the...
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Sunset Haven Demolished!
Sunset Haven along a gravel driveway, c. 2008 Another landmark is destroyed as bulldozers level one of the few remaining almshouses in Illinois Carbondale, Illinois (mysteriousheartland.com) — Between...
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Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois
Read about this location and more in Legends and Lore of Illinois: The Definitive Collection Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois has had a long and colorful history. Its mascot, the...
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The Headless Black Shadow
From Even More History, Mystery, and Hauntings of Southern Illinois by Bruce Cline and Tracey Todd Bragg. Southern Illinois has had its share of witches. Some witches were good, some were bad, and...
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Mystery Booms of Southern Illinois
From Even More History, Mystery, and Hauntings of Southern Illinois by Bruce Cline and Tracey Todd Bragg. In March 2013, many residents of southern Illinois, particularly in the counties of Franklin,...
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Witchcraft in the Woods: History or Myth?
From Even More History, Mystery, and Hauntings of Southern Illinois by Bruce Cline and Tracey Todd Bragg. Rhoda Penn Calbreath was born on December 6, 1826, some 134 years after the Salem Witch Trials....
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Charlie Birger’s Gallows: Lost and Finally Found
From Even More History, Mystery, and Hauntings of Southern Illinois by Bruce Cline and Tracey Todd Bragg. On April 19, 1928, Charlie Birger was the last man to be publicly hanged in Illinois. His...
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Lying in State
From Even More History, Mystery, and Hauntings of Southern Illinois by Bruce Cline and Tracey Todd Bragg. I felt that familiar uneasiness in my stomach. The woman had just told me her father had laid...
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The Legend of Potts’ Inn
From Even More History, Mystery, and Hauntings of Southern Illinois by Bruce Cline and Tracey Todd Bragg. River Pirates, the Harpes, Mason and Bixby; these are the stories that come from this little...
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Conversation with a Ghost
From Even More History, Mystery, and Hauntings of Southern Illinois by Bruce Cline and Tracey Todd Bragg. My grandpa, Clyde Damron, was a fox hunter, as were many men in Hardin County in the mid-1900s....
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