The New England Grimpendium

An insider’s guide to wicked, weird, and wonderful New England.

A rich compendium of macabre and historic New England happenings, this travelogue features firsthand accounts of almost 200 sites throughout New England. This region is full of the macabre, the grim, and the ghastly—and all of it is worth visiting, for the traveler who dares! Author J. W. Ocker supplements directions and site information with entertaining personal anecdotes.


Topics include:

Legends and personalities of the macabre
Infamous crimes and killers
Dreadful tragedies
Horror movie locales
Notable cemeteries and gravestones
Intriguing memento mori
Classic monsters