by Colin Dickey
First published 2016
Ghostland follows Colin Dickey as he travels the United States, exploring the stories behind some of the country's most notorious haunted sites. From a house in Wisconsin said to be cursed by a vengeful Native American tribe to a Civil War hospital turned museum in Virginia, Dickey uncovers the hidden histories that cling to these places. Along the way, he grapples with his own skepticism, asking what it means to believe in the supernatural in modern America. As Dickey digs deeper, he discovers that the ghosts of the past are very much alive, shaping the present in ways both bizarre and unsettling.
Genres: history, american, ghosts, non-fiction, paranormal, 21st-century
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, thought-provoking
Tropes: investigative-journalism, skepticism
Setting: United States, Virginia, Wisconsin
Period: Civil War
320 pages · Hardcover · Viking