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by Chris Flook (Author)
From Muncie's past come weird tales of supernatural encounters, creepy ghostlights, haunted houses, and eerie hoaxes.
In the years before the Civil War, wraiths routinely harassed travelers on turnpikes southeast of the city. A poltergeist once terrorized a family farm in northeast Center Township in 1890. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, ghosts appeared frequently at local businesses, theaters, office buildings, factories, and turnpikes.
Delaware County historian Chris Flook delves deep into local historical archives to reveal dozens of uncanny encounters, ghostly pranks, and strange paranormal phenomena of the Magic City.
Author Biography
Chris Flook is a public historian from Muncie and has authored three previous books about local history: Indianapolis Graverobbing, Native Americans of East-Central Indiana and Lost Towns of Delaware County. In 2016, he coauthored and edited Beech Grove Cemetery Comes to Life. Flook also writes the "ByGone Muncie History" column for the Star Press. In addition to volunteering at the Delaware County Historical Society, Flook works professionally as a motion graphics designer, photographer and documentary filmmaker. He teaches motion design at Ball State University.
