Santa Fe Ghosts: Mystery, History, Truth

by Susan Blumenthal

Find out what pounded up a flight of stairs in a cloud of stench, freezing house plants along its path, and terrifying the resident caretaker of a landmark house on Grant Avenue. Learn why a lost soul at La Residencia spent years communicating its distress until one man understood what it wanted. Encounter strange events at the The Loretto Chapel and its enigma staircase. Dine at the Pink Adobe with a ghost who occasionally serves lemon wedges and levitates tables. Hear police dogs howling as one specific hearse passes with a body that was removed after the bloody Santa Fe prison riot of 1971. Eyewitness accounts intertwine history, spanning from the earliest settlements through contemporary times, with mystery and ghostly events taking place in one of the oldest and most haunted cities in America.

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Roberta Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought this book because I'll be traveling through Santa Fe and I like ghost stories. My favorite tale is the author's personal story in the introduction. I thought the book was well researched and I'm glad I bought it. While I found myself wanting more from some of the stories, I think true ghost stories are often like that because you can be left with speculation and no concrete explanation.