Jeffery W. McKelroy

American Ghost

True Ghost Stories From Around the Country

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  • Janesville, Wisconsin

    by Jeffery W. McKelroy The city of Janesville, Wisconsin sits on what was originally the home of many different Native American tribes, primarily the Ho-Chunk and Pottawatomie. There is evidence that there was a massacre of Native Americans by federal troops during the Black Hawk wars, along a stream that is in what is now…

  • The Myrtles

    A Shrouded Apparition The Myrtles Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana is known as one of America’s most haunted houses. It was built in 1796. There were several deaths due to disease and one confirmed murder on the property but there are also numerous stories of deaths and murders that never actually happened. Although many of…

  • Madrid, New Mexico

    by Jeffery W. McKelroy Heading west on I-40, leaving Ft. Sill, 8 hours on the road leads to Madrid, New Mexico, situated on the northeast side of the Sandia Mountains. With only four hundred residents the town is classified as a ghost town. Although it does not look like this town is destined to die…

  • Fort Sill, Oklahoma

    by Jeffery W. McKelroy In the winter of 1869, Major General Philip H. Sheridan of the United States Army was leading a campaign as part of the Indian War to put a stop to raids by hostile tribes coming from inside Indian Territory. The hostiles were raiding border settlements in Kansas and Texas, stealing cattle,…

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American Ghost is an online magazine featuring curated stories about real people and their experiences with the paranormal. We would love to hear from you. Email us at jeffery.mckelroy@gmail.com

Jeffery W. McKelroy