This book was fun, but had some shortcomings. I enjoyed some of the semi-snarky humor which cropped up from time to time, and the efforts to debunk at least a few of the legends where the historical record clearly showed that the back story related to the haunting was bogus.

There were a few clear historical errors, the most glaring of which was the claim that Paul Revere visited Philadelphia's City Tavern the night of his famous ride -- in Boston. (Sorry, Paul didn't have a plane to jet between colonial cities.)

Oordt seems fascinated by cemeteries, especially those which were moved or not moved but built over. The final section dealt with those "former cemeteries" and was interesting to a point, but the long list of summaries began to get tedious.

An editor's hand was needed, at least for the e-book edition. There were a lot of wordsthat were runtogether, if you see what I mean.

All in all, a fun look at the city's spooky lore, if you're willing to take it with a grain of salt. ( )