Spectral visions, footsteps in the attic, thumps in the night. Who hasn’t witnessed or heard such things and not thought of ghosts? Join your guide, author Jack Powell, on a wild ride from Pensacola to Jacksonville and down to Key West, touring Florida’s places and history through some of its best ghost stories. Powell has woven together a creepy collection of tales. Explore the darker side of the Sunshine State.

• Who are the spectral Confederate soldiers still on guard at Apalachicola’s Magnolia Hall?

• What horrible fate awaited the pirate’s lover in Pensacola?

• Care to check out the last crop Edgar Watson planted on his farm in the Everglades?

• When will the ghost leave baby Carly’s room?

• How can preschool children describe Grampa’s clothing when he’s been dead so many years?

• Is it possible for a home security system to detect a ghost? Ask the new owners of a house in Pensacola.

You never know who (or what) you are going to meet around the next bend, or when you turn the next page. So, wait until dark, snuggle into a comfy chair, turn down the lights, and settle in for a good read. But, remember, if you feel a shiver down your spine or a chill on the back of your neck . . . you might not want to turn around to see what’s there.