Haunted Rhode Island: Roger Williams Grad Pens New Book About the State's Spookiest Places

NEWPORT, RI — Roger Williams University graduate Charles Harrington has taken Rhode Island's spookiest places and legends and put them on the map.

Literally.

His book, Guidebook to Haunted & Strange Places in Rhode Island and Surrounds, includes "detailed directions to the sites of the alleged hauntings."

The book features nine maps meant to enable active readers to walk or bike on a self-guided tour "of the strange and haunted" in Little Rhody.

"Tales of mythical monsters, ghosts, and spirits from a murder or two may greet you as you explore Prudence Island, Newport, Jamestown, and surrounding areas," says Tracee Groff, spokeswoman for the publisher. "Meet fabled half-deer, half-goat “doat,” a demonic dog that has been scaring visitors for centuries, and ghosts that may be slightly more welcoming. Find out whether The Newport Tower is the true location of the lost Viking city of Norumbega, and visit the strange locations made famous by Rhode Island’s favorite son of horror fiction: H. P. Lovecraft."

It also has 48 color photographs and arrives just in time for Halloween.