Table of Contents
Acknowledgements 7
Introduction 9
1 Ghosts in the Hills
Wizard's Glen 11
The Hoosac Tunnel 15
The Old Coot of Mount Greylock 18
The Forbidden Lovers of Pontoosuc Lake 21
The Spirit Voices of Bash Bish Falls 23
An Eerie Feeling in the Bones of Becket 27
The Phantom Train of Pittsfield 29
The Spirit Soldier of Fort Massachusetts 31
The Ghostly Guardians of General Washington 32
The Undead Hessian of Egremont 34
2 Ghosts in the Houses
The Mount 38
Ventfort Hall 43
Houghton Mansion 47
Bucksteep Manor 51
The Thaddeus Clapp House 53
Searles Castle 55
Ghost Houses 57
Shadow Brook 58
The Antlers 59
The Mallery Homestead 61
Ashintully 63
3 Ghosts at the Inns
The Ghostly Guest in 301: The Red Lion Inn 66
The Knox Trail Inn 68
The New Boston Inn 71
Whistler's Inn 74
4 Ghosts in the Graveyards
Native American Burial Grounds 77
The Graves of Early Settlers 79
The Sedgwick Pie: Stockbridge Cemetery 80
The Berkshire Body Snatchers 81
The Church-on-the-Hill Cemetery 83
Little Girl Lost: The West Branch Road Cemetery 84
5 The Ghostly Muse and Spiritual Spirits
Highwood's Ghost at Tanglewood 87
A Ghost of a Story at the Colonial Theatre 91
Thp Spirit Gifts of the Shakers 91
Afterword 97
Bibliography 99
Index 123
About the Author 128
