Ghost Stories of Chester County and the Brandywine Valley

by Adams, Charles J., III

• ISBN13: 9781880683156
• ISBN10: 1880683156
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Exeter House Books

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(7)
The Ticking Tombstone	8	(5)
Boiled Flesh, Lost Bones, and the Ghost of ``Mad Anthony	13	(11)
The Guilty Ghost of Paoli	24	(4)
Octoraro Eddie	28	(3)
The Phantom Hitchhiker of the Pennsylvania Turnpike	31	(2)
``Sandy Flash,'' The Rogue of Doe Run	33	(3)
Letitia, the Ghost of the Kennett Square Inn	36	(4)
The Dorlan Devil	40	(3)
Captain Kidd's Treasure...In Chester County?	43	(8)
The Snowball-Throwing Ghost	51	(3)
Suzy, the Ghost of Eastern College	54	(6)
The Secrets of Seven Stars	60	(5)
The House on Hessian Hill	65	(6)
Free Love Valley, the Battle-Axes, and the Ghost of Hannah Shingle	71	(9)
Ghosts and Roses	80	(6)
Phantoms of French Creek	86	(7)
Prissy...and the Skeletons of the Blue Ball Tavern	93	(8)
The Devon Demon	101	(1)
University Ghosts	102	(5)
Conversation with a Spiritualist	107	(4)
Eeriness at the Eagle	111	(2)
The Ghostly Children of the Chadds Ford Inn	113	(4)
The Lady of the Library	117	(3)
Boos at B's	120	(2)
The Heiress and the Stable Boy	122	(4)
Beanie	126	(2)
The Case of the Disappearing B&B Guest	128	(4)
Chills at Chester Springs	132	(6)
The Singing Spirit of Hurricane Hill	138	(5)
The ``Black Arts'' and ``Imaginary Crimes''	143	(4)
A Fire House Exorcism	147	(3)
Spirits of the Horseshoe	150	(4)
Ghosts of Town and Country	154	(9)
Close Encounters of the Ghostly Kind	163	(16)
Hauntings at Hibernia	179	(5)
Beware the Mirror!	184