Haunted box inspires book

In a secret, “safe and dark place,” said Jason Haxton, who stores a small wooden box that contains something that has received worldwide attention. It’s not an expensive stone, a rare baseball card or a one-of-a-kind antique. It’s a dibbuk, a Jewish soul.

Jason Haxton

Haxton, Museum of Osteopathic Medicine(SM) director at A.T. Still University, bought the dibbuk box from a former Truman State University student about eight years ago after learning about its haunted reputation. After years of research, he wrote a book chronicling the mysterious box and helped create a movie due out in theaters early next year.

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