Explore the fascinating and often inexplicable tales of strange ghostly events in this western state. From coastal Cannon Beach and Newport to Salem, Bend and La Grande and many places in between, these stories of fright-filled folklore are sure to delight.

One of the oldest and most populated states in the Union has plenty of haunted history to capture the imagination. Some of the stories in this collection:

Isolated and infamous, the Goodleburg Cemetary in Wales, NY, has many a ghost story tied to it, including tales of ferocious hellhounds that roam the cementary after dark;

A synagogue in Williamsville is haunted by unspeakable terrors that have sent ghost hunters fleeing in fear;

Famous West Point has a number of ghosts that still muster at the military academy, including a 19th-century soldier wielding a musket.

In this fascinating new collection, Sue Smitten leaves no stone unturned in her global search for spirits. Her interviews with eyewitnesses in places such as Ireland, Japan, South Africa and Germany show that geography and history vary greatly, but ghost motives for returning after death are remakably consistent.