By Georgia E. Frye / staff writer
The Meridian Star
MERIDIAN ? Alan Brown, English professor and author of numerous books on Southern ghost lore, will hold two book signings this weekend before leading a ghost tour in downtown Livingston, Ala. on Monday.
Brown, a professor at the University of West Alabama in Livingston, will read excerpts from his new book, ?Ghost Hunters of the South,? beginning at 10 a.m. today at the Meridian/Lauderdale County Public Library. The reading will last about 30 minutes and Brown will sign copies of his book at the library until noon.
Copies of the book will be available for $20.
Brown also will sign copies of his book from 1 p.m.-3 p.m. at Books-A-Million on Sunday.
?In the book, I interviewed 44 directors of ghost hunting groups from 12 Southern states,? Brown said. ?I tried to show their philosophy, how they got started, who becomes ghost hunters, and I ended each with stories of their weird experiences.?
On Monday, Brown will host a guided ghost tour in downtown Livingston. The tour is set to begin at 9 p.m. and will be open to the public.
The University of West Alabama is sponsoring the tour.
Following the tour, Orbservations, a ghost hunting group from Meridian, will conduct a private supernatural investigation at the college?s Julia Tutwiler Library. The library is reportedly haunted.
Local Radio personalities Scottie Ray Boyd and Debbie Alexander, from Clear Channel station Q101, and Lee Taylor from sister station Q95, will spend the night in the Tutwiler Library and plan to broadcast live Halloween morning.
Contest winners from each station will also join the ghost hunters, and a live Web cam will be set up to record any supernatural activity outside of the building.
The free ghost tour will begin at the Bored Well in downtown Livingston at 9 p.m., and stops on the one-mile tour will include several homes and campus buildings that are rumored to be haunted.
?UWA employees and students report seeing spirits in old-fashioned clothing in both Webb Hall, a former girls? dormitory that now houses University administration, and Brock Hall, home to the nursing program,? Brown said.
The Tutwiler Library is where members of the paranormal investigation organization Orbservations will focus their investigation. The library is said to be haunted by the ghost of Miss Lucile Foust, an old maid who was principal of the University?s lab school in the 1930s. Her portrait now hangs on the second floor of the building.
?It is going to be an exciting night,? Brown said. ?I am anxious to see what Orbservations discovers in the library, and after hearing all of the ghost stories, I hope that I can experience something firsthand.?
Want To Know More?
For more information about the walking ghost tour of Livingston, Ala. or the Tutwiler Library investigation, contact Alan Brown at (205) 652-3521 or at abrown@uwa.edu.
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