Scott Thorne has a PhD in business administration, but if you were to spend your Friday and Saturday nights in October with him, you would think his doctorate was in the paranormal.
“I’ve had an interest in ghosts for a number of years,” Thorne said.
It’s not just an interest of his, but of the many people that join him on his Haunted Carbondale walking tour, where Thorne shows off many places around Carbondale that are rumored to be haunted.
“Especially this time of the year we get a lot more interest, people showing up wanting to have a walking tour,” Thorne said. “But you have to be interested in them, and if you get an interest in them, then you hear the stories.”
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