Haunted Delaware

Stackpole Haunted Series

by Patricia A. Martinelli

Tales of unexplained phenomena in Delaware, including the evil murderess Patty Cannon, the judge who was buried twice, the vengeful phantom dog of Frederica, the wizard of Belltown who sold his soul to the Devil, the Girl of the Dunes waiting on her lost love, and many more. Includes information on ghost tours in the region.

Genres: Paranormal, History, Ghosts, Nonfiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2006

Reviews

[Beverly Duffy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love hearing the history of Delaware. All the haunting s were from the past. Really curious if there is any sightings in the present. This was a quick and fun book.

[Briar Campbell · Rating 3 out of 5]

The author laid out this book in a creative way (by century/historical era rather than by county or area of the state), and many of the entries are concise but still fascinating. It brings up a lot of names and places that beg for further reading.
There is a clunker of an error in the middle of the book (The Jungle was written by Upton Sinclair, not Sinclair Lewis), and the fact that that error made it past both the writer and the editor make me wonder a little if anything else is incorrect, though it helps that some Delawareans speak favorably about the subjects in the book.

[Katelyn Cortez · Rating 3 out of 5]

I give this book 3 and a half stars. It was an interesting read and I enjoyed learning more about Delawares history. I love reading about supposed true stories of ghosts and hauntings and this gave me all that. I just wish it had more detail on some of the stories.

[Kathryn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sometimes the best way to learn the history of a place is through ghost stories.

[Doris Stewart · Rating 3 out of 5]

𝑫𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝑯𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔....

I definitely enjoyed the book and the stories back in the older days about the haunting in Delaware. I've always been into the paranormal. Reading a book about paranormal in the state I live in is what interested me in the first place. There were some boring stories but a ton of good ones. I can't wait to read Maryland next!

[Lori · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is marketed as one of those "true paranormal" books but it's actually surprisingly loaded with history and includes unusual folklore as well. I learned about Delaware pirates; Mary Ann Shadd, an abolition activist who was the second African-American woman to earn a law degree (her ghost allegedly wanders low-income neighborhoods in Wilmington); the Moors of Cheswold; Arden, America's only radical Utopian enclave to last longer than a century; and how the small town of Leipsic preserved customs (such as funeral invitations) that have long disappeared elsewhere. Fun little book.

[Diane Dunham · Rating 4 out of 5]

Easy, fun book to read wether you believe in ghosts or not. Sometimes I think I do, other times I'm not sure.