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Summary: Bumpy New England Nights.
Review: Robert Ellis Cahill would seem to be the perfect person to write a book about New England's ghosts. As all good ghost aficionados know, Giles Corey placed a curse on Salem and it's sheriff as he was crushed to death during the witch hysteria in 1692. It is also well known that since that time every sheriff of Essex County Massachusetts has either died of or had to retire early due to a heart condition or a blood disease and it just so happens that Cahill was once the sheriff of Essex County. Like his predecessors he had to take an early retirement because of a rare blood disease, a stroke, and a heart attack. So it isn't a surprise that this man seems to know his ghosts.Cahill travels around with his photographer friend Brian the Monk searching for ghosts. Brian has taken some really eerie photographs that are in themselves worth the price of the book. The stories to be found include an almost Bell Witch like entity in New Brunswick, a haunted restaurant in Kittery, Maine, a rather evil entity on Baker's Island, and the well known haunting at John Stone's Inn. Of course there are also some Salem tales, that being the author's hometown. Robert Cahill I think missed his true calling while he was in politics for he is an excellent author. His writing style is wonderful and he weaves his stories in a highly believable manner. There are both humor and chills to be found in this book and it is hard to put it down once you start. I really wish I had known about this book before I toured New England a few years ago because I had to drive right by a place or two that Cahill investigated. The only drawback is that the book is too short. Hopefully there are other books by this author that I haven't found yet. I am certainly going to be on the lookout.
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