Contains 51 supposedly true, classic American ghost stories from newspapers, journals, and magazines.

Aeneas and Dido / a tale from the ancient Greek underworld -- The Ghost of Temessa / a ghost story from ancient Greece -- Haunted House / from ancient Greece, a tale of the first haunted house -- O-Sono's Ghost / a sad ghost story from Japan -- Blackfoot Ghosts / a ghost story from the Great Plains of North America -- The Ghost of Okiku / a ghost tale of revenge from Japan -- Ghost Ship / a ghostly story from the seas off the coast of England -- Headless Horsemen / a classic ghost story from North America -- Banshee / a scary story from Ireland -- A Ghostly Warning / an Irish ghost story with a twist.

Fifty-nine British and American stories whose authors include Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, E. Nesbit, and Washington Irving. This is a companion volume to The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories (1990).