Haunted Cape Cod & the Islands [Anglais] [Broché]

Jasper's book has the power to make even the most skeptical among us vulnerable to visits by uninvited guests!

Crammed with some 42 spine-tingling stories of paranormal activities on the Cape and Islands, this book will put you in touch with things you won't soon forget... even though you may want to! Stories are based on testimony by Cape Codders and Islanders who have sworn that what they say is true, and all have passed the investigative tests of supernatural sleuth, Mark Jasper. The book is filled with chills for the whole family!

In our many years of book publishing on Cape Cod & the Islands, we have never seen a local book "touch a nerve" quite the way this one has! If we hadn't seen it with our own eyes, we wouldn't believe it. In fact, some have even speculated that there is something "otherworldly" about the way these books just fly off the shelves of local stores - from the national bookstore chains to the tiniest gift shops - they are vanishing before people's eyes.

Mark Jasper is also the author of Haunted Inns of New England. Widely acknowleded as the foremost expert on Cape & Island huantings, Mark has appeared in two nationally-televised investigative shows on the subject, for both the Travel Channel and the Home & Garden Channel. He has been studying paranormal activities in New England since 1996. He lives in Sandwich on Cape Cod with his wife and daughter.

"Yes, we definitely have a ghost!" declared Ryan Griffin, ownder of the beautifully restored Dillingham House Bed and Breakfast. I have included this written report that I uncovered in the Sandwich Archives. It was written by a Sandwich police officer, James Foley, in 1979:

The Ghost House

Due to the increase of suspicious things that have been happening at the Dillingham House on Main St., this white paper report has been done. For those of you that do not know it, this particular house is presently lived in but is usually vacant by the owners during the week. It has been reported that a particular spirit inhabits the place.

It is hoped that this white paper report will put these suspicions to rest. The following is a list of the things that will help dispel these "rumors."

First of all, the house has a perimeter alarm and a motion detector alarm installed by Associated Alarms. As of late the motion detector has been activated by unknown factors in the house. The perimeter alarm has remained intact. On one occasion the motion detector was turned off and it still rang. Mysterious lights have been reported in the upstairs bedrooms described as flashlights. Upon arrival of the cruisers, the house has been in darkness. The alarm company has readjusted the alarm to minimum and still something inside the house has activated it. Within the last couple of days, the alarm company and one of our officers, after unlocking the back door, couldn’t open it for a few minutes. A little later it opened with little effort. Last night one of our officers found the back door unlocked. The alarm did not activate. This officer then turned on the kitchen light and tired to turn on lights in the rest of the house, but failed. When he exited the house to get his flashlight, he returned to find that someone, or something, had turned the kitchen light off and turned the one in the living room on. Since this is the last reported case of mysterious happenings, we feel that there is no truth to the rumor that the house is haunted. Some of the things can be explained, but as of this writing, we have not been able to find anyone to explain them.

It has been noted that over the years there has been increased activity at the house during the month of October particularly when it gets close to All Soul’s Day or commonly called Halloween. It is highly recommended that any officer entering this house act according to his or her feelings. In other words, if you feel like running, please do so. Screaming will also be allowed. It is requested however that upon exiting the house you at least slow down long enough to open the door and not go through it. Of course to cover all bases, a follow up report will follow this report with instructions as to what to do if you indeed encounter a spirit, spook, ghost or whatever. For now, rest easy.