Ghostland: an American history in haunted places

Introduction: Anatomy of a haunting (New York, NY)

The secret staircase (Salem, MA)

Shifting ground (St. Francisville, LA)

The endless house (San Jose, CA)

The rathole revelation (Georgetown, NY, and Bull Valley, IL)

The family that would not live (St. Louis, MO)

A devilish place (Richmond, VA)

Baby (Reno, NV)

Passing through (Los Angeles, CA)

Melancholy contemplation (Moundsville, WV)

The stain (Danvers, MA, and Athens, OH)

Awaiting the devil's coming (Charleston, SC, and Douglas County, KS)

Our illustrious dead (Shiloh, TN)

The wind through Cathedral Park (Portland, OR)

The wet grave (New Orleans, LA)

Among the ruins (Detroit, MI)

Hillsdale, USA

Epilogue: Ghosts of a new machine (Allendale, CA).