The Intoxicated Ghost

A young woman tries to outsmart a ghost to save her family from financial ruin. The Intoxicated Ghost is a short classic paranormal story by Arlo Bates. He was an American author, educator, and newspaperman. He lived from December 16, 1850 – August 25, 1918. He was born at East Machias, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1876. In 1880 Bates became the editor of the Boston Sunday Courier (1880–1893) and afterward became a professor of English at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1900. The Intoxicated ghost is one of his best stories.