156 pgs. b&w illus. 2005. Upper elementary, middle school.

Turn on the lights and make sure your front door is locked as you read about the eerie Fire Ship of New Bern, which appears every year on the anniversary of its tragic end, in "Ship of Fire"; otherworldly phenomena such as "Colonel Buck’s Curse" and "Mysterious Pactolus Light"; the ghosts of Confederate soldiers who lingered in the "Haunted Hospital" long after their tragic deaths; and the dreaded Boo Hag, an evil spirit who uses witchcraft to work her mischief, and may suffocate her victims by sitting on their chests.

Curriculum Applications: 4th & 8th Grade Social Studies and Language Arts

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