Pictorial Journey of
the Haunted Eastern Shore
Lecture, slide show and in-class discussion on sites
located on the Delmarva Peninsula said
to be haunted or associated with paranormal activity
or tales of the dead.
Mindie Burgoyne, author of
Haunted Eastern
Shore: Ghostly Tales from East of the Chesapeake
will gives two-hour presentation - complete
with slides show of Delmarva sites associated with
paranormal activity. She shares information on
approximately 20 sites - some well known such as Big
Lizz or Patty Cannon, and some not so well known.
Lecture can be customized to a specific region if
desired.
Burgoyne presents a photographic
journey showing images of the site - some historic
and some present day - while she offers narration
about the site's history, the haunted story
associated with it, and what people are saying today
about the site or area. This is a fascinating
historical account about the haunted Eastern Shore.
Burgoyne also shares her own strange experiences and
unexplained events that occurred while she was
researching haunted tales.
SOME SITES INCLUDED IN THE
PRESENTATION:
CECIL COUNTY
Holly Hall, Mitchell House, Old Bohemia
KENT COUNTY, MD
Kitty Knight House, Cosden Murder Farm site,
St. Paul's Cemetery near Rock Hall (grave of
Talullah Bankhead), - Kent County Courthouse
QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY
Kent Manor Inn, Bloomingdale
TALBOT COUNTY
The Avalon Theater, Perry Hall, Hope House,
Unionville Cemetery, Tidewater Inn,
Hanging Tree,
Whitemarsh Cemetery, the Wilderness, Lost City
of Dover, Hole in the Wall
DORCHESTER COUNTY
Richardson Maritime Museum,
Shoal Creek Manor,
Skinner House, LaCompte House, Christ Church,
Bucktown Store, Suicide Bridge, Patty Cannon
Properties,
Greenbrier
Swamp (Bigg Lizz), Old Salty's, Tales from Down
Below
CAROLINE COUNTY
Caroline Jail (ghost of Wish Sheppard),
Bachelor's Point,
Willson's Chance, Denton Cemetery,
Athol
WICOMICO COUNTY
Ghost Light Road, Pemberton Hall
WORCESTER COUNTY
Snow Hill Inn, Pocomoke Forest, Cellar House,
Furnacetown
SOMERSET COUNTY
Ananias Crockett's House, Holland's Island,
Corbin Library, Capt. Leonard Tawes' House, Samuel
Tull House, East Creek Bridge, McCready Hospital,
Luke's Grave, Vance Miles House.
CUSTOMIZED LECTURES: Mindie Burgoyne
can create customized lectures for specific regions,
counties, towns, etc.
THE AUTHOR - TOUR GUIDE
Mindie Burgoyne has been researching Eastern
Shore haunted sites for the last 10 years. Her
initial research was done at the Nabb Research
Center, scanning thousands of pages in the Folklore
Collection. She supplemented that research
with photographs, documents and newspapers obtained
from every county library system on the Shore.
She also conducted over 100 interviews of living
people regarding the tales linked to various sites.
Mindie has been able to attract
over 6000 fans to her
Haunted Eastern Shore Facebook Page. She
attributes the interest in the ghost tours and the
unexpected success of the book (first printing sold
out in five weeks) to her ability to build up the
fan base through social media. She sees the spin-off
successes, like the ghost tours as a result of
enthusiastic fans being able to interact with each
other on a topic they’re crazy about. “Fans have
been organizing their own tours to the sites
mentioned in the book, and I’ve had several requests
to guide ghost tours, and the first tour we did in
Crisfield was so successful, we've added Dorchester,
then Caroline and now we're working with Chesapeake
College to cover the Upper Shore counties."
NOTE - BOOKS WILL BE FOR SALE: Copies of
Haunted Eastern
Shore: Ghostly Tales from East of the Chesapeake
will be available for sale at the presentation prior
to and after the presentation. Copies are $17.99 + MD tax = $19.06. Mindie Burgoyne will
be happy to sign copies.
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