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As the days get shorter, the nights get cooler and October winds make gradually barren tree limbs rattle and scrape, you know Halloween is just around the corner. Halloween. Even the word can send a delicious chill up the spine. It's a time for pumpkin carving, candy shopping, costume planning -- and ghost story telling. The Mississippi Gulf Coast has its share of ghost stories, from one end of the state to the other. From now until Oct. 31, the Sun Herald will tell some of those tales in the Your Life section. Today's story takes place at the Old Brick House on Back Bay in Biloxi. It sits on property once owned by Jean Baptiste Carquotte, who received a land grant from the Spanish government in 1784, and is one of the oldest homes remaining in Biloxi. Although Hurricane Katrina severely damaged the historic home, it has been carefully restored. It might still be the home of a fellow who just can't leave the place. Local lore says the figure of a man, dressed in the late 19th-century clothes of a gentleman, can be seen smoking a pipe on the front porch, staring out toward Back Bay, enjoying the view. Then he knocks the pipe clear and walks back inside through the unopened front door.
"Haunted Mississippi Gulf Coast" by Bud Steed relates the story of the Old Brick House ghost who, Steed says, occasionally has been seen in the yard and seems to appear just about anytime he pleases.Related Articles:
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