Haunted Lighthouses: Phantom Keepers, Ghostly Shipwrecks, and Sinister Calls From the Deep

by Ray Jones

Overview

Lighthouses and ghosts are two popular passions. Melded together by master storyteller and lighthouse expert Ray Jones, these tales of spirited lights are guaranteed to grab the attention of all readers. As an added bonus, practical information is given for those who wish to visit the featured lighthouses for themselves . . . if they dare.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762766420
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	08/03/2010
Series:	Haunted
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	531 KB

About the Author

Ray Jones is the coauthor of fourteen best-selling books about lighthouses and several other books on Americana and American history. 

Table of Contents

Introduction vii

Part 1 East

Chapter 1 Ernie's Domain 2

Chapter 2 A Sea Captain and Two Frozen Lovers 10

Chapter 3 Hanged Patriot Walks the Hook 17

Chapter 4 Victims of the Man-Eating Hobomock 23

Chapter 5 Seguin Island Piano Plays On 30

Chapter 6 Beware All Men 35

Chapter 7 Lady of Matinicus Rock 39

Chapter 8 Ship of Fog, Faces of Stone 44

Chapter 9 Vanished Delaware Light Still Shines 48

Chapter 10 Hunting Ghosts at Race Rock 56

Part 2 South

Chapter 11 Theodosia and Virginia Visit a Circle of Stone 63

Chapter 12 Searching for Blackbeard's Head 79

Chapter 13 Maryland's Lighthouse Lady 85

Chapter 14 Phantoms of Bloody Marsh 91

Chapter 15 A Girl, a Kitten, and a Cigar 98

Chapter 16 Captain Johnson's Lantern 105

Chapter 17 Captain Appleby's Island 110

Chapter 18 Guardians of the Hurricane Coast 114

Chapter 19 1900 Hurricane Victims Still Cry for Help 120

Part 3 Great Lakes

Chapter 20 Ghost Light of Presque Isle 133

Chapter 21 Witch of November 141

Chapter 22 Lake Superior's Mighty Ghost Ship 147

Chapter 23 Greeted by the Manitou 158

Chapter 24 Light of Last Refuge 164

Part 4 West

Chapter 25 Terrible Tilly 171

Chapter 26 Sarah's Missing Stomach 180

Chapter 27 The Lady of Point Vicente 185

Chapter 28 A Sorrowful Mother 189

Appendix A Other Haunted Lighthouses 192

Appendix B Lighthouse Terms 211

Appendix C Visiting Haunted Lighthouses 230