This is a story I found in a book that was given to my grandmother by grandfather in 1965. The story is called Buried in crystal and it is about the haunting of California Street in San Francisco. According to this story, there was once a young heiress named Flora Sommerton who was wild and headstrong. Her parents planned her marriage to a man she didn't favor. They planned on announcing at her engagement party. Her mother had ordered an elaborate gown that dripped with crystals for the occasion.
Flora had no intention of marrying and she ran away. She took some money with her and all her jewelry. She also took the crystal gown. In her letter, she told her parents that she would never marry and that she planned on making her living as a singer. Unfortunately, as with many such youthful dreams, this proved to be unrealistic. Flora's parents looked for her tirelessly for many years and every once in a while they would catch a trace of her. They found an opera house where she worked cleaning. They found a boarding house where she stayed. Time passed and Flora's father died never knowing where she was. Flora's mother grew old and died as well.
In 1926, Flora was found and the missing person case was finally closed. A woman calling herself Mrs. Butler and working as a housekeeper died alone in her room. The woman's body was in a most elaborate crystal gown designed by a Paris dressmaker. The dress served as evidence of her true identity as it was a one of kind. According to legend, The ghost of Flora Summerton still wanders California Street trying to find her way home. She walks the street at night in her crystal gown forever regretting her decision to leave her home.
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