Michigan

Detroit

Kennette Boarding House

One of Detroit's oldest ghost stories revolves around a rude and bitter woman named Marie Louise Kennette. To make a little extra money, the
miserly spinster decided to take on a boarder. She could not have chosen anyone more opposite of her own ways. Clarissa Jordan was a pious,
churchgoing woman who firmly believed in the existence of ghosts. Clarissa spent many years trying to reform Marie, but it was not until she
died that her efforts paid off. A glowing ball of light appeared to Marie one night and changed before he eyes into the from of Clarissa Jordan. By
the time Marie died in 1868, she was a transformed woman. She became a firm believer in the afterlife, and a lot nicer to her amazed neighbors.

Nain Rouge

Detroit's infamous Nain Rouge, or Red Dwarf, has been reported in the city for over two centuries. the phantom dwarf was first seen in the mid
1700's by Cadillac, the founder of Detroit. Nain Rouge was next reported in 1763 on the banks of the Detroit River. Many resident reported the
Red Dwarf running through the streets in 1805 and just outside the city in 1813. The grinning ghoul was seen by several residents in 1967. In
march 1976, two Detroit Edison linemen chased the dwarf but were unable to catch him. It is said that each time Nain Rouge makes an
appearance in the city, some calamity befalls the residents. So far, that has proved true Detroit has been attacked by the Indians, endured
catastrophic fires, and sufferers other disasters after the appearance of Nain Rouge.

Grand Rapids

Michigan Bell Telephone Company

This modern technical center is haunted by the ghosts of Warren and Virginia Randall, whose house once stood on the property. The young
couple moved into the house in 1907. They seemed happy until Warren lost a leg in an accident at work on the Grand Rapids and Indiana
Railroad. Fitted with an artificial leg, he became depressed and insanely jealous of Virginia. During one of their many arguments, Warren took
off his leg and beat his wife to death. Then he opened the gas jets and slashed his throat. It was two weeks before police found their horribly
decomposed bodies. The house quickly gained a reputation for being haunted, and nobody would live in it because of the couples ghosts. It was
finally torn down in the 1920's, when the telephone company built a brick office on the site. The Randalls' ghosts have been blamed for strange
phone calls made late at night to Michigan Bell customers, as well as numerous unexplainable events in the building.

Lake Odessa

Old Shopwell House

In 1903, Daniel and Cora Shopwell built a house on the foundation of another home that had burned down years before. They soon realized the
site was haunted. Loud noises from the back of the house would wake them in the middle of the night, and the sound of a large, invisible object
rolling across the porch could also be heard. The oven door would unlatch and them slam shut, and once a living room chair levitated with
Daniel sitting in it. The Shopwells sold their home within a year of moving in. The next owners, Gottlieb and Anna Kussmans, had more
patience with the ghosts. even their young daughter Hattie learned to accept the strange footsteps and odd noises. Once, Gottlieb had a
seizure while sleeping. Anna was awakened by the ghost of a gray man hovering next to the bed. She tried to awaken her husband and quickly
realized something was wrong. Had she not summoned a doctor, her husband would have died. The Kussman's lived in the house until 1946
and often gave interviews about their haunted house. Investigators discovered that at the turn of the century, a real estate agent with a large
amount of cash was murdered in the original house, which was burned to the ground to hide the body.

Hauck, Dennis. Haunted Places: Ghost abodes, sacred sites, UFO landings, and other supernatural locations. New York: Penguin Book, 1994.