Haunted Massachusetts: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Bay State

Stackpole Books, Inc. – August 10, 2005

"Good, old-fashioned ghost stories told with historical accuracy and respect, proving the truth is far more frightening than fiction."

John Stimpson, writer/director of The Legend of Lucy Keyes

From the back cover:

Massachusetts is home to many strange and ghostly stories handed down for generations, from vengeful witches and tragic ghosts to UFOs and monsters.

This book tells the best stories of the state by region, featuring:

Western Massachusetts:

The Bloody Pit

The Legend of Bash-Bish Falls

The Phantom Canoe of Pontoosuc Lake

Bigfoot in Berkshire County

The Phantom Express

Haunted Houghton Mansion

Eunice William's Restless Spirit

The Face on the Mountain

Central Massachusetts:

The Legend of Lucy Keyes

Spider Gates

The Strange Mr. Snow

The Q-Files of Quabbin Reservoir

New England's Day of Darkness

The Andreasson Alien Encounter

The Possession of Maurice Theriault

The Ghost Mill

Apple-Loving Alien Craft

The New England Airship Invasion of 1909

North Shore:

Mammy Red of Marblehead

Witches, and Warlocks, and Devils…Oh My!

The Curse of the Charles Haskell

Hawthorne Hotel

The League of Specters

The Shrieking Englishwoman

The Gloucester Sea Serpent

Castle of the Damned

Swallow Cave

The Stephen Daniels House

The House of the Seven Gables

The Joshua Ward House

Dogtown: The Lost Village

Rockport's Witch Wesson

Dungeon Rock

The Gentle Son

Greater Boston:

UFOs North of Boston

The Colonial Inn

The Stormbreeder

Boston Light and the Ghost Walk

The Dover Demon

The Omni Parker House

Charlesgate Hall

North America's First UFO

Central Burying Ground

Resurrection

Stone's Public House

The Old Powder House

Blessed Mother Apparition

Southern Massachusetts:

The Bridgewater Triangle

The Rock of Ages

Phantom Fires at Anawan Rock

Shad Factory Mill Ruins

Haunted Hornbine School

The Red-Headed Hitchhiker

Rehoboth Village cemetery

Lizzie Borden House

Cape Cod and the Islands:

The Barnstable House

The Old Yarmouth Inn

Screeching Hannah Schreecham

Jumping Black Flash

The Orleans Inn

The Hyena Hunt

No Little Green Men

UFO Sightings of the Rich and Famous

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