AN AUTHENTICATED GHOST STORY
THE GHOST WITH THE BRIGHT RED SCAR by mimi illenberger-mapa A story caught my interest when I chanced upon my late mother’s ( 1918-2013) old scrap book, already frayed and yellowed with time. She had scribbled a footnote below the clipping and although most of what she had written was now indecipherable because of age, one thing was clear: This case had been authenticated by the American Society for Psychical Research in 1887… From the clipping, judge for yourself why the veracity of this supernatural encounter was accepted world wide : The young salesman was thrilled to see his sister, even though she had been dead for nine years. He was sitting at the table in his hotel in St. Joseph, Missouri, filling out the order forms from his morning’s work. Bright sunlight shone through the window and the young salesman was in a very happy mood. It had been a good day and he was thinking about how pleased his boss would be when the home office received his list of new cust