Haunted Colleges & Universities of Massachusetts

Haunted America

by Renee Mallett

Among the throngs of students attending colleges and universities across the state of Massachusetts linger the apparitions of those who met their untimely ends on campus grounds. In 1953, Eugene O'Neill, an Irish American playwright, died in room 401 of the Sheraton Hotel--today a Boston University dormitory. Named Writer's Corridor in O'Neill's honor, the fourth floor draws students in search of creative inspiration and a sighting of the ghostly writer. A grief-stricken widow roams the halls of Winthrop Hall at Endicott College in her pink wedding gown. She threw herself from her widow's walk after receiving news of her husband's death at sea and is known to students today as the pink lady." Author Renee Mallett offers these and other eerie stories from dozens of colleges and universities throughout the Bay State."

Genres: Ghosts, Nonfiction

146 pages, Hardcover

First published August 19, 2013

Reviews

[Kat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting Book

Cool stories and interesting history. The stories are of people I never would have ever heard of if I hadn’t read the book

[David Dull · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have mixed feelings on this book. Some of the stories are good...and some are not. Also, I find with books like this they run out of content and stretch to fill space with tales from the town but not the school. Not a bad read but I do feel conflicted.

[Lauren · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cheesy, but goose bump inducing. Some interesting little bits of MA history.

[Britt · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've read a couple books in this series and none of them are that great. They are ghost books so I'm not expecting that much other than light, fictional entertainment. Mostly a bunch of hogwash stories passed on thru the years. Many of them sound like pranks by students based on urban legends--only a handful have some research backing the history (newspaper articles to support a death on campus, etc.). I just like getting some bits of New England history in a different way.

[Teresa Coville · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good read, interesting tales and history of mass. Colleges

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Better than I expected. Well researched, with clear designations between legend and historical fact in each of the stories. But at the same time really fun to read.