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Stackpole Haunted Series
Haunted Vermont
A collection of frightening stories from the Green Mountain state, including the Barre Vampire, the Thetford Horror, the spirit of Robert Lincoln, the ghostly sentries of Bennington Monument, and many others.
- GenresNonfictionHorror
128 pages, Paperback
First published June 11, 2007
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September 12, 2012
Yet another in my autumn reading trend of history that is haunted. There is something about this season that makes me want to read about ghosts and things that go bump in the night. But not so much horror stories, as the ghost stories of real places. Regardless of truth, I think reading about places that have a spooky tale attached to them is the perfect way to spend my fall reading time.
My unrelenting homesickness for the true New England/Rhode Island falls, Halloweens, Sukkots and Thanksgivings that I grew up with continues unabated. So perhaps it's not so unusual that I chose the New England state of Vermont as my latest haunted history read. I've been to all the New England states several times, they're small, so if you come from there, you end up visiting them all repeatedly.
This was a thin and entertaining read. My only issue is that Mr. Stansfield has a bit of a tendency in this book to focus more on the history of the players involved than in the ghost story itself. That aside however, this was just what I was looking for, though I do wish it had been longer. Although maybe right now, no volume of "true" ghost stories would be long enough for me.
My unrelenting homesickness for the true New England/Rhode Island falls, Halloweens, Sukkots and Thanksgivings that I grew up with continues unabated. So perhaps it's not so unusual that I chose the New England state of Vermont as my latest haunted history read. I've been to all the New England states several times, they're small, so if you come from there, you end up visiting them all repeatedly.
This was a thin and entertaining read. My only issue is that Mr. Stansfield has a bit of a tendency in this book to focus more on the history of the players involved than in the ghost story itself. That aside however, this was just what I was looking for, though I do wish it had been longer. Although maybe right now, no volume of "true" ghost stories would be long enough for me.
October 29, 2020
Great Historic Folklore Ghosties
I Loved reading about the many different areas of Vermont, with it's feelings of eerie spookiness and oral histories. Read it!
I Loved reading about the many different areas of Vermont, with it's feelings of eerie spookiness and oral histories. Read it!
December 30, 2020
Light and smile-giving folk lore in a simplistic and facile nature. Author has created a serial system by regional/state basis in a Woweee travelogue manner. Appropriate to give to those recent relocated.
September 6, 2025
Going to make you want to check out some of the places (if you dare) of ghosts and strange phenomena of the Green Mountain State.
November 12, 2008
Vermont seems to have many tales of ghostly encounters, including, The ghost skier of Vermont, Captain Morey's phantom steamboat, the Barre vampire, the ghostly sentries of Bennington Monument and the Thetford Horror. The author, Charles Stansfield is a professor of Geography at Rowan Univrsity and has witten other books of the hauntings of Maine, New Jersey and the Jersey Shore.
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