Haunted Cape Cod & the Islands

by Mark Jasper

Featuring nearly 50 paranormal events throughout the region, this book has the power to make even the most skeptical among us vulnerable to visits by uninvited guests. Best read by a crackling fire in a house that creaks on a howling snowy night, this collection explores Cape Cod and the Islands that were thought to no longer exist.

Genres: Paranormal, Ghost Stories, Ghosts

163 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Mark Jasper is the author of many books in the Good Night Our World series, The Cape Cod Christmas Cookbook, Haunted Cape Cod & the Islands, and Haunted Inns of New England. He lives in Sandwich, MA.

Reviews

[Shar · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jasper takes the reader through a haunted tour of the Cape and the surrounding islands with a number of locally-sourced stories, most of which are anonymous, about the area. He divides his time between the history of the places, including their purchase histories, and the ghostly encounters themselves. Many of the tales have similar threads and may have benefited from a different organization of the tales, from the geographical one that was chosen. The best tales really were the ones where there was some background on the ghostly figures.

[Elizabeth Kennedy · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit better than most of these types of "Tourist Trap pick up" books. You can see that the book was researched for historical context. There are spelling errors, and once the writer actually used " dark and stormy night", but the situations were interesting and some were a bit chilling. Overall, fun to read.

[Sheila · Rating 4 out of 5]

Who doesn't love a local, friendly ghost story? Mark has a way of getting the locals to open up to him and tell the stories that would rather keep to themselves. Sit back and enjoy Mark's charming retelling of these tales.

[Shelby · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thank you for the gift, Estelle! Now I have a list of places to go when I go to the cape!

[Lee L. · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you are interested in Cape Cod and enjoy curling up at night with a good ghost story or two, this book is for you. This type of book, which uses mostly contemporary first-hand accounts, is a welcome change from those that rely so heavily upon rehashed tales from the distant past. The stories are presented plainly, with a lack of embellishment that will make even the staunchest detractor wonder what may be possible. These fascinating tales will send chills down your spine!

A word to the wise for those that have already read Mark Jasper's previous book, Haunted Inns of New England: some of the Cape Cod stories are recycled here, but understandably were just too good to leave out of a book exclusively about the Cape. A few tales are known legends, but the majority are new and, I believe, never before on record.

While the locations of most private residences are not included, for obvious reasons, many of the stories are about real places of business that have allowed the author to include their name, town, and telephone number. All in all, this is an easy, enjoyable read.

While reading this one, be sure to leave an extra light on to chase the shadows away!

[Jadewik · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is an entertaining collection of hauntings and ghost stories from Cape Cod. It includes photographs of most of the locations associated with the hauntings. Though the book doesn't give extensive historical details, it does provide a concise summary... and relays the stories as told by persons living on the cape who were interviewed by the author. It's a great book to pick up if you have a few minutes here-and-there to read one little ghost story.

The author's writing style was entertaining and not dry-- he knows how to weave a good yarn, for sure!

If you like ghost stories, this book is worth picking up.

[W.B. Alexander · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book! Helped me a lot in the creation of my own ghost book!

[Ken · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thoroughly enjoyable romp through the haunted inns & houses of the Cape. Gives me all sorts of ideas about where to stay!

[Kerri O'Donnell · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great collection of old fashioned ghost stories and some of the history of Cape Cod. It inspired me to want to visit some of these old inns.