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  The Legend of Pemberton Hall

  Michael Kleen

  A thorough investigation of the history of Pemberton Hall Ghost, citing multiple sources. Traces the history of the real Mary Hawkins and discusses the birth of the legend in 1976 and the growth of the story through 2014.

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  Coles County Poor Farm (Ashmore Estates)

  Historic Illinois

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  Discovering the haunts of Ashmore Estates (from 'Hotspots')

  Hotspots

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  Pemberton's haunted attic no longer open

  Daily Eastern News

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  Ghost of Mary Hawkins (from 'Haunted Illinois')

  Haunted Illinois

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  The Presence of Pemberton Hall (from 'Ghost Stories of Illinois')

  Jo-Anne Christensen

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  A Ghost's Story

  Daily Eastern News

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  Pemberton Hall's ghost - urban legend?

  Daily Eastern News

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  A Matron's Story (Dept. of Journalism student paper)

  Kelli Quinn

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  Hunter of Midwest Hauntings

  Times-Courier

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  What was that noise?

  Times-Courier

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  Eastern has entry in ghoulish new book; Excerpt describes Pem ghost

  Daily Eastern News

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  The Music Room (from 'Haunted America')

  Haunted America

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  A legend exhumed

  Daily Eastern News - The Verge

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  Eastern Folklore

  Old Mainline (EIU)

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  I ain't afraid of no ghost

  Decatur Herald & Review

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  They believe…was Mary dorm's late night visitor?

  Decatur Herald & Review

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  Ghosts in Pem: True or Not

  Karen Knupp

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  Myth of Pem ghost based on live coed

  Karen Knupp

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  New book is trip through America's haunted houses

  Times-Courier

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  Remember Mary? Here's the story behind EIU's Pem Hall ghosts

  Times-Courier

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  Excerpt from The Warbler, 1919

  Eastern Illinois University

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  Mary E. Hawkins obituary

  Charleston Daily Courier