I blame the editor in me for getting distracted by errors (should be "Mackinac Island" not "Mackinaw" - pages 32-34 and "sight" not "site" - page 92). Unfortunately this, along with a bit of dry repitiveness, detracted from my overall enjoyment of the book... I'm still reminded of books like Weird Michigan. Probably a good read for aspiring ghost hunters on MI's western side though! ( )

Greetings from the "ghost story junkie". This small book appealed to all my ghost story hunger like good Kentucky bourbon would appeal to an alcoholic. They were also appealing because most of the places represented here are within a couple of hours of my home. In their senior year of high school my son and two of his his friends made a trip to Klakaska to see the "shoe tree"....a story inspire perhaps by the "Walled Lake Child Killer"...a memorial to all the youngsters that he was suppose to have killed. No one even knows if he really existed or was he just a local legend that grew over the years. They were disappointed as it was just a tree full of shoes but the story worked up a good case of goose-bumps so it wasn't exactly a wasted trip:) I have seen the "Grand Theater" in Grand Haven which was an investigation effort by TV's "Ghost Hunters" Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson. Many people have reported hearing footsteps that have no visible source...and no one wishes to go to the basement alone...day or night. With 4 of the 5 Great Lakes making their homes in Michigan there are numerous "haunted" lighthouses and mysterious ghostly freighters sailing to their doom over and over. It doesn't matter if you are a believer or a non-believer. If you enjoy being just slightly scared or if you go for the "whole nine yards" these recounts will do just fine for you. Oh...be sure to leave the light on. ( )