From a murdered wife who haunts a New Hampshire tavern to a Rhode Island vampire, this book is full of amazing eyewitness accounts and community folklore about the restless spirits and strange occurrences that are part of the rich history of New England.

Ghost Stories of New England

Literature & Fiction

Smitten, Susan

Genre Fiction

Ghost House Books

Explore the fascinating and often inexplicable tales of strange ghostly events in this Pacific Ocean state. At the Oregon Vortex in Gold Hill, gravity and light are distorted in one of the world's most bizarre paranormal anomalies. A phantom stagecoach is seen rolling up to the site of the Galesville Hotel in Douglas County, a structure that burned to the ground in 1931. A lighthouse keeper at the breathtaking Tillamook Lighthouse is reported to have watched in dismay as a phantom schooner foundered on the rocks--then vanished. From coastal Cannon Beach and Newport to Salem, Bend, La Grande, and many places in between, these stories of hair-raising folklore are sure to delight.

Ghost Stories of Oregon

Ghost House

In the mysterious shadows of the Appalachian Mountains, ghosts linger long after their bodies have been put to rest. This old, eroded mountain chain stretches from northern Alabama in the south all the way to Maine in the northeast. Veteran ghost stories writer Susan Smitten has written a spine-tingling collection of tales to thrill and entertain: -- In Tryon, North Carolina, a woman's great-grandmother continues to watch over her family from beyond the grave -- East Tennessee State University has been called the most haunted campus in the southern United States -- The old lunatic asylum in Weston, West Virginia, is a ghost hunter's paradise -- The first owner of the 1927 Lake Lure Inn and Spa in North Carolina is not the only ghost that haunts it -- Old habits die hard--or don't die at all--for the founder of the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia -- The Greystone Inn on Lake Toxaway, North Carolina, is haunted by the woman who once called it home -- A murdered woman's spirit roams the hills surrounding Logan, West Virginia, searching for justice -- Paranormal encounters are common in Tennessee's Appalachian Caverns -- Barley's Taproom in Asheville, North Carolina, has both liquid spirits and ethereal spirits … and more.

Ghost Stories of the Appalachians

Contemporary

It's not true that dead men tell no tales. You can hear their haunting stories on the fog-shrouded banks of Newfoundland, in the aging brick manses of Upper and Lower Canada, on the wind-beaten flatlands of the prairies and among the misty mountains of the far west. This entertaining collection features tales of ghosts and other unexplained phenomena that have found their way into Canadian folklore.

Canadian Ghost Stories: Volume II

Politics & Social Sciences

Thay, Edrick

Jarvis, Dale

Social Sciences

Do guardian angels watch over us? Do they intervene when we are in danger or inspire us to connect with our loved ones? Susan Smitten explores these questions in this new collection of incredible stories, based on testimonials from eyewitnesses. Learn about incredible coincidences that defy reason and protective spirits in everyday life. An inexplicable presence saves a young woman from three potentially fatal car accidents, solidifying her faith in angels. When her daughter draws a picture of the imaginary friend, a mother realizes that her three year old has befriended an angel. Near the end of his famous trip around the world, Captain Joshua Slocum is forced to rely on a seafaring angel. A skeptic changes his mind when a mysterious white dog saves him from being attacked by strangers, then vanishes before his eyes. Overcoming his personal demons, the spirit of a dead ten-year-old boy helps a man to accept his own mortality. A devoted and dynamic father, recently deceased, senses his wife's grief and visits his family on Christmas Eve. Lost in Mexico, a couple receives guidance from a mysterious stranger, who leads them to the border then promptly disappears.

Guardian Angels: True Stories of Guidance and Protection (Ghost Stories)

Religion & Spirituality

New Age & Spirituality

Ghosts, it seems, are everywhere, even in corners of the world where you'd least expect them. In this fascinating new collection, ghost story expert Susan Smitten leaves no stone unturned in her quest for proof of hauntings. Smitten has interviewed eyewitnesses in such diverse places as Ireland, Japan, South Africa and Germany, discovering that while geography and history may vary greatly, ghostly motives for returning after death are remarkably consistent.

Ghosts of the World: True Stories of Ghostly Hauntings (Ghost Stories)

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Ghost Stories of New England

Ghost Stories of Oregon

Ghost Stories of the Appalachians

Canadian Ghost Stories: Volume II

Guardian Angels: True Stories of Guidance and Protection (Ghost Stories)

Ghosts of the World: True Stories of Ghostly Hauntings (Ghost Stories)

Ghost Stories of the Appalachians