Ghosts of Boston Town,9780892725359

Ghosts of Boston Town

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ISBN13: 9780892725359
ISBN10: 0892725354
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-01-01
Publisher(s): Down East Books
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Summary

Ranging from the 18th century to the present and from Beacon Hill to windswept Cape Ann, Holly Nadler's collection of true ghost stories from Boston and its environs offers a varied sampling of supernatural phenomena. Many of these tales offer a satisfying dose of ghoulish and frightening details; others are colored with a certain poignancy or even humor.

It should come as no surprise that such an historic city has its share of restless spirits. Some of Boston's grandest old buildings and most famous figures have had connections to the supernatural; so have countless ordinary people and otherwise unremarkable dwellings. Holly Nadler has uncovered and retold their stories for our (just a bit uneasy) enjoyment. Ghosts of Boston Town promises to be as perennially popular as our previous collections of true ghost tales.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 9(2)
Introduction 11(4)
I. In-Town Ghosts 15(32)
The Tainted Honeymoon
17(8)
The Imaginary Friend
25(6)
The Hampshire Street Horror
31(7)
Holy Water for an Unholy Being
38(9)
II. Literary & Historic Ghosts 47(28)
The Real Cask of Amontillado
49(6)
Fort Warren's Lady in Black
55(8)
Peter Rugg Rides Again
63(6)
The Ghost of Edith Wharton
69(6)
III. Boston's Ghostly Phenomena 75(20)
Boston's Weird Science
77(8)
Goodbyes from the Back of Beyond
85(4)
The Wail of the Banshee
89(6)
IV. Haunted Landmarks 95(34)
Who Walks Charlesgate Hall's Halls?
97(10)
What Nathaniel Hawthorne Saw
107(5)
Bodies, Bodies Everywhere
112(4)
The Sentry at the Huntington Theatre
116(6)
America's Oldest Haunted Hotel
122(7)
V. Haunted Outer 'Hoods 129(28)
House of Nightmares
131(6)
Better than Embalming
137(4)
The Ghost Who Lived in a Trailer
141(4)
L'eau de Death
145(6)
Engaged to a Ghost
151(6)
VI. Haunted Environs 157(19)
The Village of the Lost Witches
155(9)
Newburyport's Haunted Schoolhouse
164(4)
A Buddy to Bartenders
168(3)
Salem's Sad Legacy
171(5)
About the Author 176

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