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Great Lakes Ghosts

There are many intriguing spots around the Great Lakes with reports of unexplained sights and sounds. Read about hauntings in lighthouses, old inns, restaurants, theaters, and private homes. Some are in the well-populated metro Detroit area, and others are in remote towns you might not notice if you don't zoom in on a map. Grab a cup of cider and warm up by the fire with one of these chilling Michigan ghost stories.

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  • Ghost Hunting Michigan

    Your Travel Guide to 30 Haunted Places

    Pattskyn, Helen
    Whether you love to travel, are fascinated by the paranormal, or both, get ready to tour Michigan in a totally new way! Ghost Hunting Michigan guides you to 23 fascinating and historic places, including hotels, restaurants, theaters, and more. Every…
    Book, 2025Pgw 2025
  • More Haunted Michigan

    New Encounters With Ghosts of the Great Lakes State

    Hunter, Gerald S
    Antique ghosts from Jackson, theatrical ghosts from Dowagiac, a growling ghost from Mackinac Island, and even a feline ghost from Otsego. There are ghosts who hang out in mirrors, a territorial creature that curses a Christmas tree farm, an angelic…
    Book, 2003Chicago, IL : Lake Claremont Press, 2003 — 133.109 HUN
  • Join author and Promote Michigan founder Dianna Stampfler as she recounts the tales from Michigan's ghostly beacons.
    Book, 2019Charleston, SC : Haunted America, A Division of The History Press, 2019 — 133.122 STA
  • Your road guide for finding haunted banks, bars, bed and breakfasts, bridges, cabins, camps, cemeteries, forts, hotels, lighthouses, mansions, Masonic temples, motels, museums, orphanages, parks, plains, restaurants, roads, souvenir gift shops,…
    Book, 2013[Eau Claire, Wisconsin] : Unexplained Research LLC, 2013 — 917.74 LEW
  • Get a glimpse of Blanche, a ghost that still haunts Kellogg Park, see spirits who roam the land where a mental hospital stood, and a ghost who refuses to punch out permanently. Meet a winged creature, fairies in the cemetery, and demons who throw…
    Book, 2010Atglen, PA : Schiffer Pub., 2010 — 133.109 ROB
  • Take a virtual journey into the unknown through an interactive book and online experience. Become part of the ghost hunt with select groups of Michigan paranormal investigative teams. Read the stories, review the evidence, and decide for yourself.
    Book, 2008Holt, Mich. : Thunder Bay Press, c2008 — 917.74 TED
  • Haunted Travels of Michigan

    History, Mystery & Hauntings. Volume II

    Tedsen, Kathleen R
    In this second book in the series, the authors have traveled across Michigan conducting paranormal investigations to identify the truth behind urban legends, ghost stories and suspect hauntings. Their travels have taken them from urban settings to…
    Book, 2010Holt, Mich. : Thunder Bay Press, c2010 — 917.74 TED
  • Follow Tedsen and Rydel on their travels as they explore all possibilities in their search for Michigan's most haunted. As with all Haunted Travels books, each story is linked to their website's Secret Room. Read the story. See and hear the…
    Book, 2013Holt, Michigan : Thunder Bay Press, [2013] — 917.74 TED
  • Myths and Mysteries of Michigan

    True Stories of the Unsolved and Unexplained

    Barber, Sally
    This selection of 12 stories from Michigan's past explores some of the Great Lakes State's most compelling mysteries and debunks some of its most famous myths.
    Book, 2012Guilford, Conn. : Globe Pequot Press, c2012 — 977.4 BAR
  • Michigan's Most Haunted

    a Ghostly Guide to the Great Lakes State

    Lyons, Sandy Arno
    Have you ever wanted to stay at a haunted hotel and know the story behind the haunting? Now you can! "Michigan's Most Haunted" is a guidebook that details eight Michigan properties that are open for business. Each property features about five recent…
    Book, 2007United States : SkateRight Publishing, c2007 — 133.109 LYO
  • Michigan is among the most haunted states in America, and this collection of stories presents the creepiest, most surprising of them all. Horror fans and history buffs will delight in 27 chilling tales about haunted locations.
    Book, 2022Cambridge, Minnesota : Adventure Publications, 2022 — 398.209 JAC
  • Michigan Haunts

    Public Places, Eerie Spaces

    Milan, Jon,
    Michigan has two beautiful peninsulas that are connected by stories, legends and mysteries. This book is the perfect glove compartment companion for exploring those paranormal parts of the Mitten State, as most of these hotels, restaurants,…
    Book, 2019Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2019] — 133.109 MIL
  • Pulled right from history, these ghostly tales will change the way you see Michigan's coast, and have you sleeping with the light on.
    Book, 2021Charleston, SC : Arcadia Children's Books, 2021 — J133.12 TEL
  • This chronicle of ghastly frights from the Motor City is not for the faint of heart. Founded on the legend of the Nain Rouge, Detroit has haunted hotspots aplenty, each with its own blood-curdling tale. Music from pianos that play by themselves and…
    Book, 2022Charleston, SC : Haunted America, a division of The History Press, 2022 — 977.434 BEA
  • Spooky Michigan

    Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore

    Schlosser, S. E,
    Pull up a chair or gather around the campfire and get ready for 25 creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in Michigan.
    Book, 2017Guilford, Connecticut : Globe Pequot, [2017] — 398.209 SCH
  • Journey across Michigan, rich in history, to read over 40 tales of the strange, the unusual, and the haunted of centuries past. Discover the spectral cries of the lost souls under a bridge, spirits who haunt a Westland school, the beloved Civil War…
    Book, 2012Atglen, PA : Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2012 — 133.1 ROB
  • Michigan Myths & Legends

    the True Stories Behind History's Mysteries

    Barber, Sally (Journalist),
    Contains fourteen tales of ghosts, disappearances, mysteries and more from Michigan.
    Book, 2020Guilford, Connecticut : Globe Pequot Press, [2020] — 977.4 BAR
  • Compilation of spooky and ghostly sightings right here in Canton, Michigan.
    Book, 2004Canton, MI : Canton Historical Society, c2004 — REF 977.433 PAR