The Ghosts of Pickering Trail

by Will Hunt

When Frank Milliken died in his home, his wife Janet and their two children couldn’t bear to live among reminders of him. They left their home in California and moved to Pennsylvania to start over in new surroundings. The house they bought, an airy colonial on a quiet street, seemed idyllic. But once they moved in, things started to go wrong. Odd sounds, strange sensations, whispers from the neighbors; the Millikens began to suspect that their ghosts had followed them across the country. When they discovered that their house had a dark history, they went to court to battle the sellers, and found themselves entangled in a drawn-out legal battle. At its core lay an issue more suited to priests than to lawyers: how to define our relationship to the dead. “The Ghosts of Pickering Trail” is an intimate chronicle of the Millikens’ harrowing attempt to escape the memories of a home, and how we put a price on death and loss. Writers Will Hunt and Matt Wolfe offer a gripping portrait of a family ravaged by grief and driven to the edge by experiences that defy explanation.

Genres: Nonfiction

53 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 11, 2015

Reviews

[Heather]

Interesting article on whether a horrible event in a house needs to be disclosed to buyers.

[Stephanie Wright]

Think again

The story was a little short but it fascinated me. I also looked up online to verify that it was all legit. It was down to the appraiser of this haunted house even appraised Nicole Brown's apt where she was supposedly murdered by OJ Simpson's.....crazy