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Dianna Stampfler September 27, 2022January 7, 2023 ghost stories, ghosts, haunted, history, lighthouses, michigan, paranormal, spirits, spooky

Read Up On Michigan’s Haunted Side!

The History Press (a division of Arcadia Publishing) has a longstanding history of producing titles that are “spirited” in nature

Dianna Stampfler - Michigan's Haunted Lighthouses

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Dianna Stampfler October 16, 2020January 26, 2022 ghost stories, great lakes, haunted, lighthouse, michigan, paranormal, spirits

Illuminating “Michigan’s Haunted Lighthouses” Just in Time for Halloween

Every fall, a growing interest in the paranormal means that people around Michigan (and beyond) begin talking about the state’s many spirited sites…most notably, it’s historic lighthouses. Of the more than 125 lighthouses in the state, 30 or so are also rumored to be haunted…and 13 of those are included in the pages of the best-selling book “Michigan’s Haunted Lighthouses” by Dianna Stampfler.

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Dianna Stampfler October 5, 2020January 4, 2021 ghost, ghost stories, ghost tours, haunted, henderson castle, holly hotel, paranormal, pure michigan, restaurant, the whitney

Haunted Haute Cuisine

By Dianna Stampfler Dozens of Michigan restaurants acknowledge being “haunted,” but only a handful celebrate their spirited side by hosting

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Dianna Stampfler June 20, 2019June 21, 2019 ghost stories, haunted, mackinac island, michigan history, mission point, paranormal, pure michigan, straits of mackinac, witch

Shedding Light on the Spirited Stories from Mackinac Island’s Mission Point

During our most recent trip to Mackinac Island, we had the honor of staying at the newly renovated Mission Point

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Dianna Stampfler April 24, 2019January 26, 2022 ghost stories, great lakes, haunted, history, lighthouse, michigan haunted lighthouses, paranormal, pure michigan, spirits, storytelling, upper peninsula

Storyteller, Historian & Author Dianna Stampfler to Present 6 Lighthouse Themed Programs throughout eastern Upper Peninsula this June

Michigan storyteller, historian and author Dianna Stampfler will be traveling around the eastern Upper Peninsula mid-June to share stories from many of the state’s historic lighthouses. Michigan is home to more lighthouses (and freshwater coastline) than any other state and during her six entertaining and educational presentations, Stampfler will delve into the keepers’ lives.

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Dianna Stampfler February 3, 2019 dianna stampfler, ghost stories, ghosts, great lakes, heritage, history, islands, lake huron, lake michigan, lake superior, lighthouse, maritime, michigan, national parks, nautical, paranormal, pure michigan, spirits, state parks, upper peninsula, west michigan tourist association

The History Press Contracts with Dianna Stampfler of Promote Michigan for “Michigan’s Haunted Lighthouses” Book

Michigan is home to more lighthouses than any other state and some 30 of those are rumored to be haunted

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Dianna Stampfler October 26, 2017 ghost stories, halloween, haunted, pure michigan

Digging Up Michigan’s Historic Ghost Stories

I’m intrigued by legends of historic sites that house such unsettled souls. I’ve researched, written and presented on “Michigan’s Ghostly Beacons” for nearly 20 years (and am actually working on a book on this topic). I’d say about two dozen of Michigan’s 120+ beacons have haunted stories attached to them. In anticipation of Halloween, I started digging around looking for other sites rumored to be haunted…here’s what I came up with!