Includes bibliographical references and index.

Peeka-boo -- Shadows on Third Avenue -- Heiny Hanson -- A final parting -- No escape -- Forget us not -- What Tunis Parkin saw -- The caretakers -- The legend of Ann Lake -- Frozen John -- The late Mrs. Randall -- Incident on highway 11 -- Mistress Molly-- Bullets can't kill them -- Night clerk -- Unfortunate Herman -- Something stirs -- The attic -- A cosmic resort -- Lost in time -- Dust to dust -- Phantoms of the Paramount -- Getting billed -- The lovelorn farmer -- The watchers -- Doorway to the other side -- The nanny -- Was it Mrs. Moriarity? -- Sally coffee -- Old Earl and the mad priest -- The boy in the red cap -- Appendix: Another fifteen frights -- Duluth : St. Louis County Heritage and Arts Center/Depot Museum -- Falcon Heights : Gibbs Museum of Pioneer and Dakotah Life -- Luverne : Palace Theatre -- Minneapolis : City Hall, Orpheum, First Avenue -- Moorhead : Minnesota State University -- Onamia : Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading Post -- Pipestone : Pipestone National Monument, Calumet Hotel -- Rochester : U.S. highways 14 and 52 interchange -- Roseau : Roseau Lakebed -- St. Cloud : St. Cloud State University -- St. Paul : Minnesota State Capitol -- Stillwater : Warden's House Museum.