Source Recommendations

Check out some of the sites that the Ghastly Historian has used to search for primary sources in his research, as well as some secondary sources he has in his collection (that may be used in his upcoming book). If you have any recommendations, feel free to contact the Ghastly Historian!

Primary Sources:

-click on name to go to each respective site–

Secondary Sources:

  • Katharine M. Abbott – Old Paths and Legends of the New England Border 
  • Paul Barber – Vampires, Burial, and Death: Folklore and Reality
  • Sherene Baugher and Richard F. Veit – The Archaeology of American Cemeteries and Gravemarkers
  • Michael E. Bell – Food for the Dead: On the Trail of New England’s Vampires
  • Michael E. Bell – Vampire’s Grasp: The Hidden History of Consumption in New England
  • Mary Bolté – Haunted New England: A Devilish View of the Yankee Past
  • Leo Bonfanti – Strange Beliefs, Customs & Superstitions of New England
  • B.A. Botkin – A Treasury of New England Folklore: Stories, Ballads, and Traditions of Yankee Folk
  • Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum – Salem-Village Witchcraft: A Documentary Record of Local Conflict in Colonial New England
  • Ann Braude – Radical Spirits: Spiritualism and Women’s Rights in Nineteenth-Century America
  • Robert Ellis Cahill – New England’s Witches and Wizards
  • Joseph A. Citro – Passing Strange: True Tales of New England Hauntings and Horrors
  • Elaine Forman Crane – Killed Strangely: The Death of Rebecca Cornell
  • Mary Caroline Crawford – Social Life in old New England
  • Thomas D’Agostino and Arlene Nicholson – Legends, Lore and Secrets of New England
  • Samuel Adams Drake – New England Legends and Folk-Lore
  • John George Hohman – Pow-Wows or Long Lost Friend
  • Howard Kerr and Charles L. Crow – The Occult in America: New Historical Perspectives
  • Diane Ross McCain – New England Myths & Legends: The True Stories Behind History’s Mysteries
  • Raymond T. McNally – A Clutch of Vampires
  • Raymond T. McNally and Radu Florescu – In Search of Dracula: The History of Dracula and Vampires
  • Peter Muise – Witches and Warlocks of Massachusetts: Legends, Victims, and Sinister Spellcasters
  • Frank Oppel – Tales of Old New England
  • David E. Philips – Legendary Connecticut: Traditional Tales from the Nutmeg State
  • Lisa Rogak – Stones and Bones of New England
  • S.E. Schlosser – Spooky New England: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore
  • Austin N. Stevens – Mysterious New England
  • Lynette Strangstad – A Graveyard Preservation Primer, 2nd Edition

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