This book by local authors, Thomas D'Agostino and Arlene Nicholson tells stories about the strangest characters and stories that graced the New England area throughout time.
New England boasts some of the strangest characters and stories that ever graced a region. From ghosts blasting a marriage to a clairvoyant who raised the dead, mysterious happenings abound. There is the simple grave of the mysterious and anonymous "XYZ" and the extravagant monument built for a pauper. One man may have actually found the elixir for immortality, while another woman left her whole fortune to a spirit she met via a Ouija board. Stories of the Melon Heads, the Leather Man and the Old Coot of Mount Greylock have fascinated New Englanders for years. Join Tom D'Agostino and Arlene Nicholson as they unveil the mysteries and oddities of this unique region.