Haunted Houses: Chilling Tales From 26 American Homes

Ghostwriters Nancy Roberts and Taryn Plumb spin fascinating tales about 26 haunted houses all over America. Based on stories told by first-hand witnesses, these stories of ghostly goings-on will keep you on the edge of your seat—and possibly up all night! Read about San Diego’s Whaley House, whose former residents maintain an active presence, as does Yankee Jim, a hanging victim over whose gallows the house was built. Learn about the house in Massachusetts that once belonged to eccentric millionaire and brilliant inventor John Hammond, Jr.—whose practice in spiritualism, say some, continues long after his death. And relive the terrifying battle that claimed the lives of 1,700 Confederate soldiers whose battlefield became their final resting place on Tennessee’s Carnton Plantation.

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Ghostwriter Nancy Roberts spins fascinating tales about 24 haunted houses all over America. Based on interviews with regular people who have experienced actual ghostly goings-on, these stories will make you sleep with the lights on. Around the campfire or in the safety of your own home, read about the Lizzie Borden House in Fall River, Massachusetts, where the gruesome murders of Andrew and Abbey Borden were committed by their daughter Lizzie...or were they? Or the Red Brook Inn in Old Mystic, Connecticut, where a jealous widow's spirit gets her 'sweet' revenge on her husband's seventy-fifth birthday! Or the Winchester Mansion in San Jose, California, where a spooked wealthy widow had secret rooms and passageways built in the mansion to keep the bad spirits away.

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