Winner of a 2011 Lowell Thomas Award from the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation.
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Max Weinstein, Fangoria.com
"I've read a dozen books about New England ghosties and weirdnesses, and this one is my favorite. It's also one of the few that actually came up with stuff I didn't already know about."
Rick Broussard, Executive Editor, New Hampshire Magazine
Every place in the U.S. has its dark side, but New England’s often seems a few shades darker than most. The region is full of the grim, the gruesome, and the ghastly…and all of it worth visiting for the traveler who dares. The New England Grimpendium: A Guide to Macabre and Ghastly Sites (Countryman Press, a division of W.W. Norton, New York) catalogs hundreds of macabre sites, attractions, and artifacts, all drawn from the firsthand experiences of J. W. Ocker, who covered 7,000 miles of New England roadway in venturing to these eerie locations.
From a visit to the private collection of a demonologist to a midnight jaunt at an insane asylum cemetery to an overnight stay at a murder scene, Ocker leaves no gravestone unturned in his quest to chronicle the dark heart of New England. This morbid travelogue includes locations connected to legendary personalities of the macabre, infamous crimes and tragedies, horror movies, and classic New England monsters, as well as notable cemeteries, tombs, and other memento mori. So if you find your nightmares a bit undernourished or your day trips a bit too sunny, The New England Grimpendium is the guide for you.
Available now at Amazon.com or your favorite book retailer, as well as on Kindle, Nook, and at iTunes, with full-color pictures.
From a visit to the private collection of a demonologist to a midnight jaunt at an insane asylum cemetery to an overnight stay at a murder scene, Ocker leaves no gravestone unturned in his quest to chronicle the dark heart of New England. This morbid travelogue includes locations connected to legendary personalities of the macabre, infamous crimes and tragedies, horror movies, and classic New England monsters, as well as notable cemeteries, tombs, and other memento mori. So if you find your nightmares a bit undernourished or your day trips a bit too sunny, The New England Grimpendium is the guide for you.
Available now at Amazon.com or your favorite book retailer, as well as on Kindle, Nook, and at iTunes, with full-color pictures.
Stephen King Movie Filming Sites
Padihershef, Mummy of MGH
Green Mount Cemetery
John Zaffis Museum of the Paranormal
International Cryptozoology Museum
Edward Gorey House
The Nature Museum at Grafton
Dungeon Rock
Center Church Crypt
Panarchy Tomb Room
Skull Cliff
Jack Kevorkian Paintings
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