"Historic Haunts of Savannah" by Michael Harris and Linda Sickler

While we were in Savannah, I picked up "Historic Haunts of Savannah" by Michael Harris and Linda Sickler.  The book was readily available at several souvenir shops in town.  Also, if you are on the Old Towne Trolley Tour, they give you lots of coupons, including one for 25% off an item at one of their gift shops.  I used that coupon to make this purchase.

And....  it ended up being a good buy.  I hesitated though, as some of these ghost books can be hit or miss, and I really didn't need another ghost book on Savannah.

Harris and Sickler have done something a bit unique here though.  In this book, they take seven commonly told stories around town (on the many ghost walks) and discussed them at length.  They get a ton of extra credit for researching the HISTORIC accuracy of these ghost legends.

Did a giant terrorize Savannah, killing children in past centuries?  What dueling ghosts are forever tied to the Moon River Brewing Company?  In what square was a woman hanged and what do we really know of the events leading to it?  What happened to town founder's James Oglethorpe's remains in the early 1900s and why were they dug up? 

These, and other well known tales are covered thoroughly in this easy to read volume.