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| Haunted Henry County: And Nearby Hoosier Haunts. Mysteries, Legends and Personal Accounts of the Paranormal |  | Author: Charlene Perry
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 152
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Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.6
ISBN: 1418485748
Dewey Decimal Number: 398.2
EAN: 9781418485740
ASIN: 1418485748
Publication Date: October 5, 2004
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Read about the Ghosts, Mysteries and Legends of Henry County and nearby counties, including: Delaware, Madison, Randolph, Rush, Hancock, Fayette, Grant, Boone and Wayne.Thirty-seven true ghost stories and mysteries including:Mysterious occurrences at the New Castle house once occupied by a long missing child.A mother telephones her son fifteen years after her death.The ghostly couple that haunted Mt.Lawn Mansion."Miss Emma", resident spirit at Camp Chesterfield.The still unsolved Henry County Murder of Miss F-32.Portrait of man dead fifteen years mysteriously appears on canvas while relatives watch.
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Haunted Henry County Sets Century-Old Mystery to Rest October 18, 2004
Lisa Martin (Dayton, Ohio)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Days before the Great Flood of 1913 ravaged the midwest, America was morbidly fascinated with the mysterious disapearance from New Castle, Indiana, of a 9-year-old towhead named Catherine Winters.
Theories abounded about what had happened to the little girl. Gypsies had carried Catherine away, some townsfolk claimed. A dark-coated stranger abducted her as she walked along Broad Street selling papers of needles, some suggested. Others speculated that Catherine had been trapped after falling into a nearby gravel pit, her body washed away in muddy floodwaters that crippled much of the midwest for weeks to come.
In her book, Haunted Henry County, lifelong New Castle resident Charlene Zornes Perry recounts detail by detail the true events of the last day Catherine was seen, setting to rest which of the theories were most plausible and why. Perry's work reflects more than two decades of intense research on the still-open case, which was eventually labeled a murder by New Castle authorities.
Simply by presenting the nearly century-old story in her own matter-of-fact and straightforward manner, Perry sets the record straight about strange, and perhaps more relevant, facts surrounding the girl's disappearance---in the end, considering a lesser-known theory, one only furtively whispered in hushed tones behind closed Henry County doors.
Perry utilizes this same carefully-researched sense of the telling detail to extract the most compelling truths surrounding more than 30 legends that grew from this central Indiana county that sits midway between Indianapolis and Richmond on Interstate 70, and the counties surrounding it.
The daughter of former Henry County Sheriff Charles Zornes (and born in the foreboding, Victorian Henry County jail long since lost to the wrecking ball,) Perry's feel for what makes a local mystery a legend is readily apparent. Combining this with her meticulous and factual research makes this little paperback a must-read for any Hoosier.
...and for anyone truly curious about what really happened to Catherine Winters.
The best book of the supernatural October 19, 2004
Christina (usa)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I think this book is the best! When I came across this book, I was shocked. I have always loved the unknown, and mysteries have been my fetish. I would have to say this book is a "got to read".
Christina-Tipp,Ohio
Fun, Fascinating Read! May 27, 2010
J. Studebaker (Bloomington, IN USA)
I found this short book a quick, enjoyable read! I am not from Henry County, but my significant other grew up in the area, so I am quite familiar with it. I think the previous complaint about punctuation and grammar mistakes is more of an issue with the copy editor than Ms. Perry's writing. This well researched book shows the surprisingly rich history of Henry County in the fun, spooky form of ghost stories. I look forward to reading her second volume!
 I grew up with these stories... October 14, 2005
Of Ghosts and Wizards (Indiana)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As far as Henry County (and all of central Indiana) ghost stories are concerned, this book is as comprehensive as I've ever seen. I was born and raised in Henry County, and still live here, and I have heard a lot of the stories going around. I've been to a lot of the sites mentioned. Ms. Perry did a wonderful job covering the history, both factual and reported. The grammatics and punctuation leave something to be desired, but it is nothing that hindered my enjoyment of these stories.
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