Folklore, spookiness. Happy Halloween
Sources;
https://www.electriccanadian.com/history/novascotia/folklore/chapter13.htm
https://greatamherstmystery.com/story-of-the-great-amherst-mystery/
https://nimbus.ca/store/haunted-girl.html
https://ns-ghost-stories.wixsite.com/folklore-and-legends/amp/esther-cox-and-the-great-amherst-mystery
https://www.amherst.ca/esther-fest.html
http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/cox_esther_14E.html
https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file/the-real-story-of-esther-cox-and-the-great-amherst-mystery/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Franklin_Prince
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