Spooky Trails and Tall Tales Connecticut: Hiking the State's Legends, Hauntings, and History

Join folklorist and professor Stephen Olbrys Gencarella for a dive into his new book, Spooky Trails and Tall Tales Connecticut, which is a guide to hiking places in the state associated with folklore!

Connecticut—a New England state with a proud history and vibrant culture. But there is more to this place than white church steeples and town greens. In the forests and meadows surrounding these quaint, colonial towns lurk spine-chilling ghosts protecting Captain Kidd’s treasure, the abode of the Devil himself, and shadowy creatures such as the Glawackus, all awaiting the next hiker to stumble down the trail.

For years, the stories of these mysterious beings and places existed only in whispers and campfire tales, but now for the first time these legends have been collected and retold in one volume: Spooky Trails and Tall Tales Connecticut. Alongside each of these captivating tales is the necessary route and trailhead information brave readers will need to go beyond their town lines and test their nerve.

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