Prairie Spirits: Ghost Stories & Hauntings at the Red Brick School and Oppertshauser House in Stony Plain, Alberta

by Alexis Marie Chute

The Stony Plain Red Brick School and Oppertshauser House are active haunts in Alberta, Canada. Prairie Spirits presents firsthand accounts and interviews from staff and visitors who have encountered the spooky personality of the buildings, from orbs to apparitions, rearranged furniture, unexplainable music, energetic hot spots, and more. Meet the ghosts, discover tools to communicate with the supernatural, and dig into paranormal investigations.

This is a bone-chilling listen for anyone interested in the rich local history and hauntings in Stony Plain.

Alexis Marie Chute is an award-winning, best-selling, Alberta-based author.

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Published April 19, 2022

About the author

Alexis Marie Chute is an award-winning artist, author, photographer, art curator, and filmmaker. She has received over 40 noteworthy distinctions for her visual and literary work.

Her award-winning fantasy series The 8th Island Trilogy includes, Above the Star, Below the Moon, and Inside the Sun. The series has been described as “A WRINKLE IN TIME meets THE PRINCESS BRIDE” by The Perpetual You magazine, and “Fast and bizarre… never a dull moment” by Forward Reviews. The 8th Island Trilogy “weaves STAR WARS-like characters with a WONDER-like message to form an enrapturing read for blooklovers of all ages” – US Review of Books.

Her bestselling memoir, Expecting Sunshine: A Journey of Grief, Healing and Pregnancy After Loss, was a top Kirkus title of 2017, and was accompanied by the feature documentary of the same name which has screened internationally.

Alexis Marie Chute received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art and Design from the University of Alberta, Canada, and studied at Media Design school in Auckland, New Zealand. She graduated valedictorian with her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA, USA.

Chute is a highly regarded public speaker. She has presented on art, writing, bereavement, and the healing capacities of creativity around the world. Contact the Author/Artist for bookings info@alexismariechute.com

When not in her art/photo studio or at her computer, Chute loves to spend quality time with her family, read fiction and non-fiction, watch reality TV, paddleboard, and canoe. She is not a winter person but lives in frosty Edmonton, Alberta, Canada with her husband and their three living children.

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Reviews

[Motherbooker · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was lucky enough to be sent a copy of Alexis Marie Chute’s latest book. I have been a fan of Alexis since I read the first book in her YA trilogy Above the Star. She is a magnificent writer and artist, so I’d have been up for reading anything. As soon as she offered ghost stories, I knew that I had to say yes. It arrived last weekend and I was so excited to get started. It looked super spooky.

The book discusses the history of the Stone Plain Red Brick School and Oppertshauser House in Alberta, Canada. Both are known for ghostly goings-on. In the book, Alexis presents firsthand accounts and interviews with staff and visitors who think they experienced something otherworldly. The book also features plenty of photographs that recreate these possible encounters with the spirit world.

I have to say that this was a really interesting book. The way that Alexis approached this was very logical and it reads like a piece of investigative journalism. She goes in with an open mind but looks at things from a logical point of view. She isn’t quick to dismiss anything though. It’s an approach that gives you more of an insight into this world. It’s a very different read than my usual thing but I really enjoyed reading the first-hand accounts. It’s not an area that I know much about, so it was good to find out more.

Did it leave me with a belief in ghostly encounters? Probably not but it was definitely interesting to see the other side. Especially presented in such a scientific way that is very respectful to everyone involved. Plus, I absolutely loved the spooky photos. It gave the whole book a new level.

[Tina · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was excited to read this book because I live in the area. I’m very aware of energy and I often feel weird energy especially going to Stony Plain. So I was looking forward to this read.
First, you can only get this on the Kobo. I suggest doing the audiobook. Maybe that is better? On my app I had a lot of pages with garbled text that I could not read at all. Then pages would jump back instead of going ahead. It was annoying

The writing is poor. The stories are fun to hear retold, but the author really could have put more effort into the writing and research. It’s a lot of heresay stories repeating. I definitely think more research would pull up a much better account of who the ghosts actually are. I believe there is a lot more going on than locals wish to tell as far as history goes. People creeped out in the children’s room, the doll the 3year old child would not touch, and the MAYBE suicide in the closet…there’s definitely some more stuff there that needs to be researched better. Someone knows more. Stony Plain seems quaint and quiet, but once you have lived in the area, you get a sense of some really creepy stuff that is going on both in Spruce Grove and Stony Plain. It’s not a good vibe.

Overall I wish this book had done justice to the places, unfortunately it just seems like someone trying to write a quick book and make a quick buck?

Try the audiobook. Perhaps it is better.

[Rebecca Hill · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting stories, many I had not heard of before.

[Lori S. · Rating 4 out of 5]

A short history about to two haunted places in Alberta. It's a pleasant listen on a Sunday afternoon getting Hallowe'en up.