• Full story of historic witch hunts
• Guide to haunted inns and historic houses
• Curses, spells, and bewitchments
• Accounts of magic, spell-casting, and witchlore
• Ghost and burial superstitions
• Profiles of publicly accessible places that have reports of haunting activity

Rosemary Ellen Guiley lives in Connecticut and is one of the leading experts on the paranormal, with more than 50 published books on the subject, including The Encyclopedia of Ghosts & Spirits (978-0-8160-6737-4) and The Encyclopedia of Witches, Witchcraft, & Wicca (978-0-8160-7104-3). She has worked full time in the paranormal since 1983, researching, investigating, writing, and presenting at conferences and seminars. She has been featured on the History Channel, A&E, SyFy, Discovery, Animal Planet, and Travel Channel.