Haunted Henry County: And Nearby Hoosier Haunts. Mysteries, Legends and Personal Accounts of the Paranormal

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Summary: Haunted Henry County Sets Century-Old Mystery to Rest
Review: Days before the Great Flood of 1913 ravaged the midwest, America was morbidly fascinated with the mysterious disapearance from New Castle, Indiana, of a 9-year-old towhead named Catherine Winters.
Theories abounded about what had happened to the little girl. Gypsies had carried Catherine away, some townsfolk claimed. A dark-coated stranger abducted her as she walked along Broad Street selling papers of needles, some suggested. Others speculated that Catherine had been trapped after falling into a nearby gravel pit, her body washed away in muddy floodwaters that crippled much of the midwest for weeks to come.
In her book, Haunted Henry County, lifelong New Castle resident Charlene Zornes Perry recounts detail by detail the true events of the last day Catherine was seen, setting to rest which of the theories were most plausible and why. Perry's work reflects more than two decades of intense research on the still-open case, which was eventually labeled a murder by New Castle authorities.
Simply by presenting the nearly century-old story in her own matter-of-fact and straightforward manner, Perry sets the record straight about strange, and perhaps more relevant, facts surrounding the girl's disappearance---in the end, considering a lesser-known theory, one only furtively whispered in hushed tones behind closed Henry County doors.
Perry utilizes this same carefully-researched sense of the telling detail to extract the most compelling truths surrounding more than 30 legends that grew from this central Indiana county that sits midway between Indianapolis and Richmond on Interstate 70, and the counties surrounding it.
The daughter of former Henry County Sheriff Charles Zornes (and born in the foreboding, Victorian Henry County jail long since lost to the wrecking ball,) Perry's feel for what makes a local mystery a legend is readily apparent. Combining this with her meticulous and factual research makes this little paperback a must-read for any Hoosier.
...and for anyone truly curious about what really happened to Catherine Winters.



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Summary: The best book of the supernatural
Review: I think this book is the best! When I came across this book, I was shocked. I have always loved the unknown, and mysteries have been my fetish. I would have to say this book is a "got to read".

Christina-Tipp,Ohio