Here are twenty-five tales about strange happenings, creepy places, and engaging specters across the Old North State. Six are new for this 2nd edition. Stealthy and forlorn, cunning and mysterious, the ghosts of North Carolina's past linger among the living in this thrilling collection of ghost tales. Introduction 9(3) Legend of the Gimghoul Castle Chapel Hill 12(6) Mystery of the Brown Mountain Lights Linville 18(6) Lydia, the Vanishing Lady Jamestown 24(4) Too Many Ghosts New Bern 28(5) Hermit of Fort Fisher Fort Fisher 33(6) The Family That Didn't Exist Cedar Mountain 39(4) Hauntings at the Burgwin-Wright House Wilmington 43(3) Eerie Happenings at the Old Salem Tavern Winston-Salem 46(4) Wrath of Old Squire Benson/Four Oaks 50(3) Thalian Hall Specters Wilmington 53(5) Professor Williams, I presume? Chapel Hill 58(3) Pink Lady at Grove Park Inn Asheville 61(6) Even Ghosts Like a Good Game of Pool Asheville 67(3) Unstaged Productions at Aycock Auditorium Greensboro 70(4) Hanging at Helen's Bridge Asheville 74(5) The Corpse in Chambers Hall Charlotte 79(11) Tragedy Aboard the Queen of Sounds Outer Banks 90(3) The Unknown Soldier and the Confederate Spy Morehead City 93(7) Ghost Ship of Diamond Shoals Outer Banks 100(7) Gentle Spirit Dillsboro 107(3) Pot of Gold Elk Park 110(4) The Shadow Man Big Lick 114(3) Blackbeard's Tale Pamlico Sound 117(6) Strange Happenings 123(12) How to Conduct a Ghost Hunt 135(7) Resources 142(2) Appendix 144(2) Photo and Illustration Credits 146(1) Index 147