Spirits do return

"Spirits Do Return" by Ida Belle White is an early 20th-century novel that looks into themes of innocence, justice, and the supernatural. The story focuses on a man wrongly accused of murder who finds himself in prison. As he deals with the harsh realities of prison, he grows sure that the victim's ghost will come back to show the truth, making a connection between the spiritual realm and human suffering. We first meet the convict when he gets pulled into a scary event after hearing a woman screaming in a nearby house. Though he wants to help, he gets caught up in the aftermath of a murder committed by someone else, which leads to him being locked up for a crime he didn't commit. The beginning shows his emotional pain and his strong desire to prove he is innocent, so he starts praying for divine help, believing that the real killer will be revealed through supernatural events.