Michael J. Varhola is a freelance author, editor, and lecturer who specializes in nonfiction and travel-related subjects and runs game manufacturing company Skirmisher Publishing LLC. He has a lifelong interest in the paranormal and has conducted investigations worldwide, including sites throughout Europe and the United States. His other books include Ghosthunting Virginia, Everyday Life During the Civil War, Shipwrecks and Lost Treasures: Great Lakes, and Fire and Ice: The Korean War, 1950–1953. He studied in Denver and Paris before earning a degree in journalism from the University of Maryland, College Park. He currently resides in Spring Branch, Texas. Michael H. Varhola is a professional counterintelligence officer and a longtime resident of the state of Maryland. His lifelong dream has been to be a professional writer, and he plans to begin writing full-time after retiring in 2010. In the meantime, he has been contributing short pieces to his son’s books. These include chapters in Shipwrecks and Lost Treasures: Great Lakes and Ghosthunting Virginia, as well at this current work. In his spare time, he is also working on a novel, which is set in the Ottawa River Valley in 1634 during the fur wars.

Welcome to America’s Haunted Road Trip

Introduction

BALTIMORE CITY

Chapter 1: Ghost Ships of the Inner Harbor (Baltimore/Inner Harbor)

Chapter 2: Fells Point (Southeast Baltimore)

Chapter 3: Old Baltimore Shot Tower (Baltimore/Jonestown Neighborhood)

Chapter 4: Westminster Hall and Burying Ground (West Baltimore)

CENTRAL

Chapter 5: Druid Ridge Cemetery (Pikesville)

Chapter 6: Historic Ellicott City (Ellicott City)

Chapter 7: St. Mary’s College (Ilchester)

NATIONAL CAPITAL

Chapter 8: Beall-Dawson House (Rockville)

Chapter 9: Bladensburg Dueling Grounds (Colmar Manor)

Chapter 10: Exorcist House (Mount Rainier)

Chapter 11: Surratt House Museum (Clinton)

Chapter 12: Mount Airy Mansion (Upper Marlboro)

Chapter 13: St. Mary’s Cemetery (Rockville)

Chapter 14: University of Maryland (College Park)

Chapter 15: Waters House (Germantown)

EASTERN SHORE

Chapter 16: Ghosts of the Shore (Eastern Shore)

Chapter 17: Furnace Town (Snow Hill)

Chapter 18: Patty Cannon’s House (Finchville/Reliance)

Chapter 19: White Marsh Church (Talbot County)

SOUTHERN

Chapter 20: Ghosts of the South (Southern Maryland)

Chapter 21: Point Lookout (St. Mary’s County)

Chapter 22: Dr. Samuel A. Mudd House (Waldorf)

Chapter 23: The Passion of John Wilkes Booth (Southern Maryland)

WESTERN

Chapter 24: Antietam National Battlefield (Sharpsburg)

Chapter 25: Burkittsville (Frederick County)

Chapter 26: Church of Saint Patrick (Cumberland)

Chapter 27: City of Frederick (Frederick County)

Chapter 28: Gabriel’s Inn (Ijamsville)

Chapter 29: Monocacy National Battlefield (Frederick County)

Chapter 30: Schifferstadt (Frederick)

Additional Haunted Sites

Further Reading/Bibliography

Ghostly Resources

Visiting Haunted Sites

Acknowledgments

About the Authors