Ghosts Near the Water

This book focuses on ghost stories based on interviews with residents of Mid-Atlantic watertowns—such as Cape May, Lewes, Chincoteague, Salem, New Hope and Rehoboth Beach. Read about the headless phantom on Smith Island in the Chesapeake Bay and learn about ghosts featured on the evening Lantern Tours at the old Civil War prison at Fort Delaware on Pea Patch Island. Discover details on the submerged city of Conowingo, the Weather Witch that protects a sunken treasure ship, the Unknown Sailors' Cemetery under the Lewes Ferry Terminal parking lot and the mass graves of Confederate prisoners at Fort Mott National Cemetery. . . and more.

"...when the lights go down, just remember, watch out for what is—or isn't—behind you!”
— Delaware River and Bay Authority Traveler

"Hidden slaves left to die in a secret passage, a Lewes parking lot built over a graveyard..."
— Dover Post [Dover, Del.]

"Okonowicz's new book is much different than the others in that it highlights only 'coast ghosts'..."
— Beachcomber [Ocean City, Md.]