"Asone of the nation’s oldest cities, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has a tumultuoushistory filled with Revolutionary War beginnings, religious persecution andcenturies of debate among Ivy League intelligentsia. It should come as nosurprise that the city is also home to spirits that are entangled with the pastand now inhabit the dormitories, local watering holes and even militarystructures of the present. Discover the apparitions that frighten freshmen inHarvard’s Weld Hall, the Revolutionary War ghosts that haunt the estates ofTory Row and the flapper who is said to roam the seats of Somerville Theatre. Usingcareful research and firsthand accounts, author Sam Baltrusis delves intoghastly tales of murder, crime and the bizarre happenings in theearly days of Cambridgeto uncover the truth behind some of the city’s most historic haunts"--