City Ghosts: True Tales of Hauntings in America's Cities

by Mary Beth Sammons, Robert Edwards

From Chicago to San Francisco, Boston to Seattle, every city in America has more than its fair share of ghostly inhabitants. The authors introduce these phantasmic urban figures, with a chilling collection about historic and modern day ghosts who continue to haunt the buildings, streets, parks, and harbors throughout the cities of America. It’s a travel guide of sorts, with a description of the place, history, and spectral appearances, along with information on ghost tours, people who have glimpsed these ghosts, and more. The very colorful reporting explains how these visitors from beyond have shaped America’s cities and how, even today, they continue to have a profound influence on both the tourist trade and lore.

Genres: Paranormal, Ghosts

247 pages, Paperback

First published May 11, 2006

Reviews

[Courtney Elizabeth · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ugh...it was almost painful to get through this one.

This book comes across as more of a giant commercial for local city ghost tours than anything remotely entertaining or educational. There is nothing new or exciting, no new stories or legends or anecdotal evidence...just the same old regurgitated stories that your most basic research will uncover. In fact, the hundreds of web resources listed in the back confirmed my original thoughts, which is that this poorly-written book was mostly put together based on internet accounts, with very little personal investigations or effort.

Now, most of this I could excuse, if there was even the slightest hint of passion behind it, but it was entirely devoid of such a thing. The amount of grammatical and formatting errors was abusrd for a published piece of work, with the mistakes often making it clear that information was just cut and pasted from other resources.

Seriously...don't waste your time.

[Michele · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good general overview of hunted sites across the country.

[Katie · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is awful. The editing is literally nonexistent, and there aren't even full stories included. It reads like multiple people wrote the book together, but no one bothered to check what the others wrote. I don't recommend this to anyone, except English teachers looking to teach grammar from this. This book is a literal what not to do guide.

[Susan Jo Grassi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love true ghost stories and I love to travel so this coast to coast list of haunted places in America's cities to check out is right up my alley.