Do you know the ghost stories that have taken place in our own hometown? Have you taken the ghost tour in Annapolis? Or Chesapeake ghost tours in Ocean City? Sometimes, knowing that these things have happened in your own backyard make it even more real and scary. Well I can bring the horror right to your house, are you ready for it?
The Ghostly Tale of Ellicott City by Deborah Morgenthal: Stay alert! Ghosts lurk around every corner. Even the most unexpected places might be haunted by wandering phantoms.
Did you know that at the city’s Welcome Center, you might be greeted by spirits? Or that high on a hill above the city, a ghost girl haunts the grounds of a former boarding school? Can you believe that one of the city’s auto repair shops is inhabited by ghosts?
Pulled right from history, these ghostly tales will change the way you see Ellicott City and have you sleeping with the light on!
The Ghostly Tales of Ellicott Cityis adapted from Haunted Ellicott City by Shelley Davies Wygant.
Haunted Annapolis: Ghosts of the Capital City by Michael Carter: Beneath the statehouse dome and from the banks of the Severn River, the ghosts of Annapolis rise to roam the red-bricked streets of the old city. The capital of Maryland since 1694, the city hosts the restless dead who never left the narrow alleys, taverns and homes where they met their ends. Come dine with Mary Reynolds at the tavern she's been keeping since the 1760s, stand vigil at the sarcophagus of Admiral John Paul Jones and search for the figure of Thomas Dance, who plummeted from the heights of the statehouse dome in 1793. From headless men and ghostly soldiers to unlucky bootleggers and ominous gravediggers, Annapolis Ghost Tour founder Mike Carter and tour guide Julia Dray narrate the eerie tales of these and other supernatural residents of Annapolis.
Haunted Eastern Shore: Ghostly Tales from East of the Chesapeake by Mindie Burgoyne: They walk beside the murky waters of the Chesapeake Bay, linger among the fetid swamps and roam the manor halls. These are the tormented souls who refuse to leave the sites of their demise. From pitiless smugglers to reluctant brides, the ghostly figures of the Eastern Shore are at once terrifying and tragic. Mindie Burgoyne takes readers on a spine-tingling journey as she recounts the grisly events at the Cosden Murder Farm and the infamous legend of Patty Cannon. Tread the foggy lanes of Kent Manor Inn and linger among Revolutionary War dead to discover the otherworldly occupants of Maryland's most haunted shore. Read Less
Big Book of Maryland Ghost Stories by Ed Okonowicz: A collection of more than 140 chillers from the Old Line state, including Ghosts of executed Hessians in Cecil County, Hauntings at Fort McHenry, Tragic specters at the Antietam Battlefield, Tortured souls of war prisoners of war at Point Lookout, Spirits of notorious residents John Wilkes Booth and Edgar Allen Poe