Table of Contents
Introduction xi
Eastern Shore
The Pit of Ashley Manor 3
Buggy Ghost 12
Holly Hall Hitchhiker 14
Deadly Black Cat 17
Wish Sheppard 19
Early-Morning Visitor 23
Lady at the Woodpile 25
Hessians' Hole 26
Pig Woman 28
Samson Hat 30
Unquiet Grave 32
Cellar House 33
Road Roamer 35
Headless Horse 37
Suicide Bridge 40
Restless Jailbirds 42
Plain Dealing 43
Kent Manor Inn 45
Bigg Lizz 46
Aunt Molly 51
Smith Island Specters 54
Hexed Coffin Handle 58
Chesapeake Island Tales 59
Proof of a Ghost 62
Headless Farmer 63
Keeper's Death Prayer 65
Central Maryland
Assassin's Birthplace 71
Legends of the Rocks 75
La Cle D'or Guesthouse 77
Currier House 83
Spencer-Silver Mansion 88
Impulsive Lightkeeper and a Strange Sailor 94
Baltimore County Ghosts 97
Todd's Inheritance 100
Old Fort Garrison 104
Hampton Mansion 105
Black Aggie 108
Belmont Ghost 113
Lilburn and Mt. Ida 115
Creepy Courthouse 117
Annie of PFI 118
Hell House 120
Montgomery's Mysterious Mansions 122
Haunted Bridge 130
Tommyknocker 132
Annapolis and Baltimore: Annapolis
Brice House 139
Hammond-Harwood House 144
Main Street Spirits 146
Table for Five? 149
St. John's 'Whistler' 150
Joe Morgue 155
Baltimore
Fort McHenry 159
Sentry Sighting 163
Gallows Ghost 165
Sequin 167
Haunted Chair 170
Piano Man 174
Poe Toaster 176
Secretive Spirits of Fell's Point 180
Baltimore's Ghost Ship 184
Southern Maryland
Glen Burnie Tales 189
Mount Airy Mansion 190
Juda of Salubria 193
Haunted Hospital? 194
Governor's Bridge 197
Faceless Lady 200
America's Lost President 201
Silver Buckle 204
Weeping Widow 205
Devil's Card Game 206
Cemetery Voices 209
Surratt House Spirits 210
Mysterious (University of) Maryland 214
Calvert's Mysterious Mansions 220
Drum Point Lighthouse 224
Haunted Barn and Church Ghost 225
Captain Macgregor 227
Devil's Woodyard 229
Nancy 230
Scent from the Past 231
Midnight Emergency 233
Charles's Haunted Homes 234
Blue Dog Ghost 239
Rose Hill 240
Jenifer Portraits 242
The Chamber 243
Solemn Promise 245
Deadly Civil War Prison 248
Point Lookout Lighthouse 255
Bothersome Brick 261
While on Guard Duty 262
Bloody Bladensburg 263
Western Maryland
Creepy Carroll County 271
Headless Tom 272
Opera House Ghost 274
Black Mattie 276
Starners Dam Bridge 278
Peddler Jack's Dog 279
Spirited Frederick 281
Veiled Lady 285
School Spirits 286
Wise's Well 289
Spook Hill 291
Phantom Flutist 292
Flag Folklore 294
South Mountain Spirits 299
Snarly Yow 300
Haunted Farmhouse 303
Antietam Battlefield 305
Pry House 309
Devil's Banquet 311
Dan's Rock 316
Braddock's Lost Gold 318
Deadly Apple 322
Lovers' Leap 324
Big Bill 326
Dog's Best Friend 329
Deep Creek Tragedy 331
Along the Mason-Dixon Line
Haunted Neighborhood 337
Fire Phantom 342
Ticking Tomb 345
Late- Night Initiation 352
Blacksmith's Revenge 353
Dancing Ghosts 357
Patty Cannon 360
Night Visitor 367
Cold House 369
Old Blackie 375
Red Rose Inn 379
Sudden Death 380
Headless Horseman 383
The Walker 387
Knocking at the Door 393
Selected Bibliography 401
Acknowledgements 415
About the Author 417
