Article: Spirits examined in detailed ghost stories; NONFICTION: A generous collection of ghostly tales, many of which will be unfamiliar to devotees of regional hauntings.(VARIETY)

Byline: JACK EL

Special to the Star-Tribune

My wife and I used to own a haunted house in Minneapolis. We never saw anything unusual while living there, but every few years, some past resident would stop by to tell stories. One elderly man said the house presented the most startling experiences of his life, including knockings on the walls, falling paintings and disembodied voices from the dead. Another former owner hosted a ghost who hid items and played pranks. What do we make of tales like these? In "The Nearly Departed: Minnesota Ghost Stories and Legends," Michael Norman rounds up lots of Minnesota ghost stories told as true, many of which will be ...

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