Ghosts of Boston Town

Ranging from the 18th century to the present and from Beacon Hill to windswept Cape Ann, Holly Nadler's well-researched collection of true ghost stories from Boston and its environs offers a varied sampling of supernatural phenomena. Many of these tales offer a satisfying dose of ghoulish and frightening details; others are colored with poignancy or even humor, for these are stories of the living as well as the dead.