LAura Hladik - Ghosthunting New York City

D O YOU BELIEVE IN GHOSTS ?

If you are like 52 percent of Americans (according to a recent Harris Poll), you do believe that ghosts walk among us. Perhaps you have heard your name called in a dark and empty house. It could be that you have awoken to the sound of footsteps outside your bedroom door, only to find no one there. It is possible that you saw your grandmother sitting in her favorite rocker chair, the same grandmother who had passed away several years earlier. Maybe you took a photo of a crumbling, deserted farmhouse and later discovered strange mists and orbs in the photo, anomalies that were not visible to your naked eye.

If you have experienced similar paranormal events, then you know that ghosts exist. Even if you have not yet experienced these things, you are curious about the paranormal world, the spirit realmif you werent, you would not now be reading this Preface to the latest book in the Americas Haunted Road Trip series from Clerisy Press.

Over the last several years, I have investigated haunted locations across the country. With each new site, I find myself becoming more fascinated with ghosts. What are they? How do they manifest themselves? Why are they here? These are just a few of the questions I have been asking. No doubt, you have been asking the same questions.

The books in the Americas Haunted Road Trip series can help you find the answers to your questions about ghosts. Weve gathered together some of Americas top ghost writers (no pun intended) and researchers and asked them to write about their states favorite haunts. Each location they write about is open to the public, so you can visit them for yourself and try out your ghosthunting skills. In addition to telling you about their often hair-raising adventures, the writers have included maps and travel directions so that you can take your own haunted road trip.

People may think that New York City is all glittering lights, tall buildings, and nasty cab drivers, but LAura Hladiks Ghosthunting New York City proves that the fascinating metropolis is also home to shadowy entities that are seen only for an instant before they disappear into the rush of humanity that is New York City. This book is a spine-tingling trip through the citys various boroughs with stops at taverns and bars, theaters and parks, churches, historic sites, and cemeteries, all of them haunted. Ride shotgun with LAura Hladik as she seeks out soldier ghosts at Fort Wadsworth and the spirits of poor, sick immigrants who died at Ellis Island while seeking new lives in America. Travel with her to the White Horse Tavern, where the ghost of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas may buy you a drink, or sit for a spell in the Old Bermuda Inn and watch for the ghostly Martha to greet you from the staircase. And who is the rude spirit that calls out to visitors at the Morris-Jumel House in Manhattan, warning them to leave at once? Hang on tight; Ghosthunting New York City is a scary ride.

But once youve finished reading this book, dont unbuckle your seatbelt. There are still forty-nine states left for your haunted road trip! See you on the road!

John Kachuba

Editor, Americas Haunted Road Trip