Every place has a dark side, but New England's seems a few shades darker than most. This region is full of the grim, the gruesome, and the ghastly . and all of it is worth visiting, for the traveler who dares. The New England Grimpendium catalogs hundreds of macabre sites, attractions, and artifacts, all drawn from the firsthand experiences of J. W. Ocker, who covered 7,000 miles of New England roadways venturing to these eerie locations. From a visit to the private collection of a demonologist to a midnight jaunt in an insane asylum cemetery to an overnight stay at a murder scene, Ocker leaves no gravestone unturned in his quest to chronicle the dark heart of New England. This morbid travelogue includes locations connected to legendary personalities of the macabre, infamous crimes and tragedies, horror movies, and classic New England monsters, as well as notable cemeteries, tombs, and other memento mori.

So if your nightmares are a bit undernourished or your day trips a bit too sunny, The New England Grimpendium is the guide for you. Book jacket.