FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Howard Cohen (513) 861-4045 hcohen@emmis.com   HAUNTED HOOSIER TRAILS A GUIDE TO INDIANA’S FAMOUS FOLKLORE SPOOKY SITES By Wanda Lou Willis   Nothing is more spooky than the mysteries that happen right in your own backyard.  HAUNTED HOOSIER TRAILS ($15.95, Guild Press/ Emmis Books) is a collection of spooky tales and real-life horror stories that doubles as a Halloween travel guide.  Readers can use original maps, photos and illustrations and take their families on autumn tours through the beautiful Indiana countryside to haunted hotels and houses, deserted bridges, eerie lakes and other sites of hauntings and tragedies.    The carefully researched and truly scary tales by one of Indiana’s most respected folklorist’s will chill and thrill even the most skeptical reader.  HAUNTED HOOSIER TRAILS is a frighteningly good read.   Wanda Lou Willis is a folklore historian who specializes in Hoosier folktales and historic research.  She is a feature writer for the Indianapolis Star’s “Seniority Counts” section and regularly appears on Fox 59 Early Morning show.  She has taught folklore for many years at IUPUI and is a popular presenter at schools, universities, libraries and historical societies.  She is a fifth generation Hoosier and lives in Indianapolis, Indiana.     HAUNTED HOOSIER TRAILS  By Wanda Lou Willis Guild Press/Emmis Books ● October 2003 ● $15.95 Paperback ● 180 pages ● ISBN 1-57860-115-0   Emmis Books, a division of Emmis Communications, aims to become the premier publisher in the Midwest.  Founded in 2003 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   MORE HAUNTED HOOSIER TRAILS FOLKLORE FROM INDIANA’S SPOOKIEST PLACES By Wanda Lou Willis   What’s spookier than HAUNTED HOOSIER TRAILS?  MORE HAUNTED HOOSIER TRAILS (Emmis Books, $14.99, September)!  Beloved Indiana folklorist Wanda Lou Willis returns with an all-new collection of hair-raising tales of the spooky cemeteries, lonely roads and haunted homes all over Indiana.  Local history buffs will relish the informative county histories that begin each chapter, while thrill-and-chill-seekers will eagerly search out these frightening locales.    In MORE HAUNTED HOOSIER TRAILS, readers can:  Park their cars along Moody Road in Jasper County to find the tell-tale lantern light of a remorseful young man who accidentally decapitated his brother. Step inside Hannah House in Indianapolis, where they may encounter the ghosts of escaped slaves on the Underground Railroad who perished in a tragic fire. Get a lesson in fear at Indiana University in Bloomington, long believed to be among the most haunted campuses in the country. Learn about strange happenings and restless spirits in cities, towns and counties all across the state.   The carefully researched and truly scary tales by one of Indiana’s most respected folklorists will enthrall even the most skeptical reader.  MORE HAUNTED HOOSIER TRAILS is a terrifyingly good read.   Wanda Lou Willis is a folklore historian who specializes in Hoosier folktales and historic research.  She is the author of Haunted Hoosier Trails, a former features writer for the Indianapolis Star’s “Seniority Counts” section and regularly appears on Fox 59’s Early Morning show.  She has taught folklore for many years at IUPUI and is a popular presenter at schools, universities, libraries and historical societies.  Wanda, a fifth generation Hoosier, lives in Indianapolis, Indiana.     MORE HAUNTED HOOSIER TRAILS  By Wanda Lou Willis Emmis Books ● September 2004 ● $14.99 Paperback ● 208 pages ● ISBN 1-57860-182-7   Emmis Books, a division of Emmis Communications, aims to become the premier publisher in the Midwest.  Founded in 2003 in Cincinnati, Ohio.   For cover scans, review copy requests, or to interview Wanda Lou Willis, contact: Howard Cohen at (513) 861-4045 x14 or hcohen@emmis.com