Take a ghostly tour of New York's Hudson Valley and learn about its history, legends, and resident spirits. Meet the ghost of servant girl Anna Dorthea Swarts who was savagely dragged to her death by an enraged master. Visit historic Hugenot Street, one of the oldest and continuously inhabited streets in America, where every house is haunted--from a vicious "Axe Man" to a headless woman who wanders the streets. Read the elegy of Maria Deyo, who calmly murdered her three children and killed herself. Learn basic ghost hunting skills and visit the "guaranteed" haunted places for yourself! Marianna Boncek is an English teacher, astrologer, and sense medium. When she is not teaching Shakespeare, reading the stars, or talking to dead people, she is off looking for another mystery to solve. She lives in the Catskill Mountains of New York on the road to the lost town of Bittersweet.