Flight 853 - Paperback

by Phil Stephens (Author)

On a quiet September day in 1969, the skies over Indiana turned into a nightmare.

A single-engine Piper Cherokee collided with the tail of Allegheny Flight 853, a DC-9 carrying dozens of passengers. Within moments, both planes plummeted into a soybean field from 2,500 feet. All eighty-four lives were lost.The tragedy overwhelmed local towns. Morgues would fill beyond capacity, forcing officials to convert a local building into a temporary resting place for the dead. But death was not the end of the story.That same crash site - scarred by fire, grief, and sudden loss-had since earned a chilling reputation as one of Indiana's most haunted places. Whispers of apparitions, unexplained sounds, and restless spirits echo through the area, suggesting that some of those who perished that day never truly left.This book doesn't just recount the crash-it explores the lingering presence of the souls bound to that area, uncovering the eerie and paranormal aftermath of one of the darkest days in U.S. aviation history.