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geography so that we can assemble a I’d hold my hand up, to the side of my
final report. Then we determine what face, so I could make it through without
options are acceptable to the person looking into the mirror. The room was
involved. always cold, no matter what time of

year you’d go in.
Some of those might include whether
they stay in or sell their house. They My mother told me the story of how

might want to cleanse the dwelling or Antoine LeBlanc, the farmhand, lured
banish the spirit. Some might choose to the Sayres to the barn and then
coexist. We present them with all the bludgeoned them with a shovel. The

options so they can make an informed killer came into the house and realized
decision. that Phoebe was asleep in the bedroom.
He killed her to keep her quiet and then
Bruce: What is your background?
made off with a sack full of the
L’Aura: I have no formal training in valuables he could find.

parapsychology.
A posse was issued and they captured
Bruce: What got you interested in LeBlanc and brought him back to
investigating ghost stories? Morristown for trial. He was found

guilty and hanged on the green in
L’Aura: My interest began as a child.
Morristown. Afterwards, to defray the
My mother worked in a restaurant that
cost of the posse and trial, his body was
was thought to be haunted. When the
sent to a tanner to be skinned and
restaurant was closed, her boss allowed
tanned. Three wallets were made from
her to bring me to work. She told me
the skin and auctioned off to offset the
stories about strange occurrences
costs. My great-grandmother ended up
involving Phoebe, the servant girl when
with one of the wallets. When she died
it was the Sayre Farm. My mother’s
she bequeathed it to my grandmother.
office was on the second floor and to get
Gram didn’t want it, so she donated it to
to the bathroom, you had to go through
the Morris Museum.
the private dining room, which was

Phoebe’s bedroom.

Waitresses had reported seeing her
reflection in the mirror in her room.

Whenever I had to go through the room