Bøker av Sam Baltrusis

Nestled in the town square of Concord, Massachusetts, the windows of the Colonial Inn have gazed upon more than three centuries of bloodstained history. Known for its role in the American Revolution, the Inn was originally built as three separate buildings with the oldest section of the property dating back to 1716. A stone's throw from Old North Bridge, the Inn is notoriously haunted by the ghosts from its Revolutionary War past. Guests report phantom footsteps, disembodied voices, and spirited soldiers lurking in the shadows of the labyrinthine hallways and empty rooms of this infamous inn. Local author Sam Baltrusis has worked the graveyard shift at Concord's Colonial Inn trying to unravel the chilling mysteries and lingering legends associated with one of the country's oldest and most haunted hotels.

Twenty innocent men and women were accused and executed during the witchcraft hysteria of 1692. There's an aura of disaster embedded in the hard soil of early Puritan thought that's responsible for fueling these colonial-era crimes against humanity. Sam Baltrusis, author of Ghosts of Salem and a descendant of the witch-hanging Putnams and the accused hatchet-wielding Lizzie Borden, confronts the spirits still lingering in the shadows of his bloodstained family lineage and tries to make amends for the unspeakable sins committed by his distant relatives.

What scares you? For Sam Baltrusis, author of Ghosts of Salem and Related to Evil, fear has been his archenemy. He's afraid of clowns, dolls, disembodied voices, flying, and the dark-in fact, he has slept with the lights on for most of his life. As a psychic-medium featured on shows like A Haunting and The Curse of Lizzie Borden, Baltrusis has also been haunted-and hunted-by the things that go bump in the night. He has had several face-to-face encounters with a hat-wearing shadow entity with red glowing eyes that appears to stalk him in Salem, Massachusetts. In an attempt to confront his demons and ultimately break out of his self-made prison, Baltrusis visits some of America's most terrifying places and discovers that the monsters lurking in the shadows are also fueled by fear.

The American Revolution is stained with blood and its ghosts are still lurking in the shadows seeking postmortem revenge. Come explore the haunts associated with the colonial rebels' fight for independence, from an aura of disaster lingering from the "shot heard round the world" in Concord, Massachusetts, to the battle cries of our forefathers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Using a paranormal lens, Baltrusis breathes new life into the ghosts of the American Revolution that include both unknown patriots and familiar names.

Does a murder psychically imprint itself on a blood-stained crime scene? Sam Baltrusis revisits the haunts associated with the most horrific homicides in Massachusetts, including the Lady of the Dunes mystery in Provincetown to the Lizzie Borden case in Fall River. Using a paranormal lens, Baltrusis delves into the ghastly tales of murder and madness to uncover the truth behind some of the Bay State's most bone-chilling crimes.

Sam Baltrusis, author of Wicked Salem: Exploring Lingering Lore and Legends, revisits the haunts associated with America's most beloved writers of ghost stories, including Edgar Allan Poe's enduring legacy in New York City to Nathaniel Hawthorne's indelible imprint at the House of the Seven Gables in Salem, Massachusetts.

It's no surprise that the historic Massachusetts seaport's history is checkered with violence and heinous crimes. Originally called Naumkeag, Salem means "peace." However, as its historical legacy dictates, the city was anything but peaceful during the late seventeenth century. Did the reputed Boston Strangler, Albert DeSalvo, strike in Salem? Evidence supports the possibility of a copy-cat murder. From the recently pinpointed gallows where innocents were hanged for witchcraft to the murder house on Essex Street where Capt. Joseph White was bludgeoned to death and then stabbed thirteen times in the heart, Sam Baltrusis explores the ghost lore and the people behind the tragic events that turned the "Witch City" into a hot spot that has become synonymous with witches, rakes, and rogues.