Lady of the Lake: Mabel Smith Douglass

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Lady of the Lake: Mabel Smith Douglass





Many people have reported seeing a ghostly figure of a woman hovering near Pulpit Rock on Lake Placid.  But who is the woman behind the legend?  We discuss the interesting and tragic life of Mabel Smith Douglass.  **Warning.  Discussion about suicide**.


   

Location

Lake Placid, NY

Sources for the show:

“Adirondack Hauntings - The Spirits of the Mountains.” Adirondacks, USA, 23 Sept. 2019, www.adirondacksusa.com/story/2017/adirondack-hauntings-mountain-spirits.

“Anna Mabel Smith Douglass (1874-1933) - Find A...” Find a Grave, www.findagrave.com/memorial/16461307/anna-mabel-douglass.

The Disappearing Dean and the Lady in the Lake, www.hiddennj.com/2013/06/the-disappearing-dean-and-lady-in-lake.html.

“The Lady in the Lake: One of the Adirondacks' Most Compelling Mysteries.” Adirondack.net, 1 Oct. 2020, www.adirondack.net/history/lady-in-the-lake/.

“Mabel Smith Douglass.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 31 Oct. 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabel_Smith_Douglass.

“Mabel Smith Douglass - William P Bartett” Rutgers Daily Targum,  September 21, 1973 http://www.williampbarrett.com/MabelSmithDouglassColumn.pdf.

“Mabel Smith Douglass: Conservative Feminist - Amanda Winter, Douglass College '03.” Rutgers University Libraries, www.libraries.rutgers.edu/scua/douglass_scholars/article2.

“The Lady in the Lake.” The Lady in the Lake | News, Sports, Jobs - Adirondack Daily Enterprise, www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/opinion/columns/you-know-what-local-history-by-howard-riley/2020/10/the-lady-in-the-lake/.

Music:

Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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