Haunted Virginia Beach (Haunted America)

We went to VA and traveled on Witch Duck Rd frequently. I looked into the history of the name and found this book. Super on some other stories from VA’s early history.

I like the book, grew up in Norfolk, VA but have been to VA Beach several times, now I need to go to some of these places.

This book was very interesting. I was on the edge on my seat for each story! I highly recommend this book!

This book is AWESOME also.

I was looking for ghost stories in Virginia Beach and this book provided excellent information. It was well-written and a pleasant read.

I have to say that this is an interesting book, particularly if you are familiar with Virginia Beach. When I was younger, I used to deliver pizza to the Mayflower apartments and wondered about its history. It is a creepy place and seems strangely constructed. It's hard to find information on haunting activity on such a place or other places around Virginia Beach, but the author seems to have done a lot of research that provides information I have been looking for for a while as a resident of Virginia Beach. I really enjoy his professional style, in which he presents the evidence without cheap over-dramatizations or exaggeration. If you're looking for a bloody thriller full of gore and exaggeration to produce excitement, I suggest you purchase a fictional horror story. This book is more for serious ghost hunters who want the facts and history.

That pretty much describes this book. The not-very-scary stories are a mixture of 1st and 2ndhand stories that never pack any kind of punch. The whole book has a very desultory, almost bored tone. But I wouldn't have rated it so low had not the first chapter been on that most over-used staple of mediocre ghost books, Blackbeard, who relationship to "Haunted Virginia Beach" is non-existent. The Witch story was even more ludicrous and written as if it were 100% TRUE. A few as-told-to original ghost tales do not a ghost book make. Another thing. I don't know what printing process was used for this book, but it literally stank. Sorry! I don't like rating a book so harshly but as a VA resident who has been to VA Beach, I was very disappointed in this book.

This book could have been so much more. The stories read fast and ended abruptly. I felt rushed by short stories that had neither suspense or fright. I can't in conscience recommend this title.