Bestselling author and ghost historian MJ Wayland explores America's haunted heritage. As well as visiting some of the most famous ghost cases of the time, the author also uncovers ghost stories that have never seen print in over a hundred and fifty years!


From the downright chilling, to scary and the weird, this collection of REAL ghost stories is ideal for a Halloween thrill or an insight into a unique haunted history.


The real life ghost cases include:

Faces in the Windows

The Haunted Bedstead

The Ghost Clock of Boston

Poor Bessie Brown

The Jonah

Three Stories of Hauntings

Good News for Ghosts

Des Moines's Plague of Ghosts

Shooting a Ghost

A Live Spook

The Return of Dr. Jewel

Forbes Manor

Ghosts in the Capitol

Jonelle Lambkin Rings the Bell

Mrs. Warfield’s Haunted House

Mumler's Spirit Photography

Scared to Death by a Ghost

The Bones of Timothy Felt

A Ghost Hunt of Louisville

The Ghost of Henry Smith

Giant Ghost of Benton

A Real life Daphne and Velma – Sixty Years Before!

The Haunted Chamber

Investigation of a haunted church

The Haunting of Clara Robertson

Hoffman Family Poltergeist

Indiana Ghost Frenzy

The Tipton Ghost

An Indianapolis Haunted House

Piano-Maker’s Ghost

The Restless Spirit of Flatbush

Return of the Union Officer

In Search of a Spectral Calf

Unseen Terror of Dubuque

The White Mountain Ghost of Lizzie Bourne

A Séance Too Far

Benjamin Stiver’s Ghost Attack!

The Big Joke

Death by Ghost

A Civil War Ghost Story

AND MORE!