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Historian and paranormal investigator Greg Caggiano explores the rich history and ghostly legends of New Jersey's Bayshore.There is perhaps no area of New Jersey richer in history than the northern section of the famed Jersey Shore, known as the "Bayshore." Stretching from the Perth Amboy area at the lower section of the Raritan River to Sandy Hook, the coastline has been witness to Lenape Indians, early European explorers, pirates, American Revolutionary War battles and skirmishes, a World War II coastal defense system established to protect New York City, notorious Prohibition-era mobsters and rum-runners, and numerous murders, some of which are unsolved to this day. This has led to not only three centuries of history but endless myths and legends, and rumors of ghostly encounters and hauntings.
Historian and paranormal investigator, Greg Caggiano, has worked at two museums within the Bayshore, both of which were haunted. In this book, he delves into some of New Jersey's most famous stories and expertly weaves historical documentation with his own paranormal research and personal experiences. Both history lovers and paranormal enthusiasts will be captivated by stories about popular sites such as the Spy House and Strauss Mansion to lesser-known points of interest. You may never view going "Down the Shore" the same way again.
About the author
Greg Caggiano is an award-winning historian and lecturer who has spent most of his life in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Since 2014, he has been an instructor for Brookdale Community College's Lifelong Learning department and speaks at libraries and organizations across the state on a variety of American and world history subjects. He has served on the boards of two museums, both of which were haunted. He takes a "Haunted History" approach to writing as he feels that paranormal investigating is an important window into studying the past. For that reason, even skeptics have enjoyed Greg's presentation of paranormal evidence and investigations into established myths and legends.
