Haunted Baltimore: Prowling for Phantasms in Fell's Point and Beyond
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Later, he recounts the story to the woman who sold him the house. She replies, "That must be mom. She once fell from that stool and broke her arm. She must have wanted to prevent the same thing from happening to you."
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Maryland has a lot of ghostly activity, also related, Free and Cheap Lodging in Hawaii? , Scotland Travel Guide says Beverly Litsinger, co-founder of the Maryland Ghost and Spirit Association, an organization that researches and investigates ghostly paranormal phenomena throughout Maryland, "most likely because it has a lot of history."
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