Review: Georgia, You Surprise Me
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 5, 2013
Haunted Georgia: Ghost Stories and Paranormal Activity from the State of Georgia was a fun read. Filled with ghost stories, legends, and fun facts about various sites in Georgia, this book works as a practical guide for visiting Georgia's famous areas as well as a key to the folklore of the state. I found myself laughing at some stories (all these women throwing themselves off balconies because of unfaithful husbands...honestly?) and truly horrified at others (a church full of dead people?!). As a current resident of Georgia, I found this book to be both entertaining as well as informative, teaching me things about Savannah and Athens and Atlanta that I never knew. I even recognized some of the areas depicted. Giving addresses and counties so that ghost hunters can find every area easily, this book shows you were all the good haunts are. There are more, as the book suggests, but this gives you just enough of a taste so as not to scare you away from Georgia, but to keep looking over your shoulder a little more often.