Founded in 1859, Jonesboro is the fifth largest city in Arkansas and the seat of Craighead County. As the ecomic center for Northeast Arkansas, Jonesboro has a rich and colorful history that includes ghosts and hauntings of many varieties. From the tumult of the Civil War and reconstruction to the founding of Arkansas State University in 1909 and the town's rapid growth beginning in the early 1940s, Haunted Jonesboro will recount the tales of ghosts that have haunted Jonesboro for decades.