Central Lake
Murphy's Lamplight Inn,
2535 N Main St:
The Lamplights Inn has been a landmark in
Central Lake since 1924. It was built in the very early 1900s.
Beginning in
the early `50s, the successive owners have had persistent reports of ghosts.
A man and woman dressed in late `20s early `30s garb have been seen many
times over the years, not only by the owners` families, but also by employees
and customers alike.
The descriptions are eerily similar. A customer recently reported the man and woman ghosts dancing together in the bar area with a little girl ghost looking on. These ghosts also window peep (on the second floor).
They certainly appear to be fun loving. Local legend also says the daughter of a former hotel manager, was preparing to elope with her fiancée, and tripped on her gown while descending a ladder. She fell to her death and returns to walk the hallway upstairs in her wedding gown.
Research has proven Mrs. Gill who, with her husband, was the first manager of the hotel, returned and lived out her remaining years at the hotel. She died in the early `50s in one of the upstairs bedrooms. Many people have reported seeing her standing in the upstairs window looking onto the village.
In 1979 Ted Strzempek bought the lamplight he said he was in the upstairs hallway painting when a women in a white dress ran by him and through all the boxes he had stacked by the wall. She ran into a bedroom and he followed her only to find an empty room. The Murphy's now own the lamplight and if you ask them if the lamplight is haunted they will not deny it.
Kewadin
Oasis Red Bull Tavern,
7204 Cairn Highway:
This bar was built in 1932 . It is
said that a man hung himself in the basement. At night you can hear phantom foot
steps, see objects moving, and sense sudden feelings of discomfort.
One example would be on an 80
degree night, you might get a brief ice cold draft across your neck.
Lights and televisions have been reported to go on and off as well.