Download or read book Witches and Ghosts, Pirates and Thieves, Murder and Mayhem written by John P. Hunter and published by Colonial Williamsburg. This book was released on 2007-10-15 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on Colonial Williamsburg's popular evening programs, Cry Witch; and Legends, Myths, Mysteries, and Ghosts, here are scary stories from the eighteenth century. Here are the stories of a farmer whose hitchhiker turns out to be a deadly spirit; of a young woman buried alive; of a finger detached from its body but still able to point to that person s murderer; of a man and woman whose love outlasted their lives, of a groom whose brides never survived the wedding night; of a ship and its crew forever frozen in an icy hell. Here are the stories that amused and frightened Virginians more than two hundred years ago. Read them if you dare!