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A ghostly walk through Cape May

Text by Craig McManus | Published October 15th, 2012 in Ghostly Tales of Cape Island

Craig shares a do-it-yourself version of his walking ghost tour.
For Ghosts, Halloween is Just a Nightmare

Text by Craig McManus | Published October 1st, 2011 in Ghostly Tales of Cape Island • Ghosts and Spirits

For ghosts, Halloween isn’t just a bad dream, it’s a nightmare. Americans seem to be obsessed with ghosts and hauntings, especially this time of the year. We talk about them. We write about them. We chase them with meters and equipment, probing and prodding, searching all of their safe hiding places until we find them. [...]
Ghosts Still Touring Cape May

Text by Susan Tischler | Published September 28th, 2011 in Ghostly Tales of Cape Island • Happenings

The Ghosts of the Lighthouse Trolley Tour continues this weekend. Board a MAC trolley and dare to take an evening tour down the ghostly path that leads to the Cape May Lighthouse. You’ll hear and experience Craig McManus’ paranormal findings during your journey. Once you reach your destination, you’ll feel the presence of the spirits [...]
The Ghosts of Higbee Beach

Text by Craig McManus | Published September 1st, 2011 in Ghostly Tales of Cape Island • Ghosts and Spirits

The fall is when we start thinking about back to school, back to work after vacations, and the changing seasons and upcoming holidays. Those of us who love the paranormal also start thinking about ghosts and hauntings. However, Halloween is not the exclusive haunting season for ghosts. Ghosts exist right along with the living year [...]
The Ghosts of the Hotel Macomber

Text by Craig McManus | Published August 1st, 2011 in Ghostly Tales of Cape Island

Conveniently located, reasonably priced rooms, a great restaurant, ghosts. What more could one ask for in Cape May?
The Ghosts of the Linda Lee

Text by Craig McManus | Published July 1st, 2011 in Ghostly Tales of Cape Island

Columbia Avenue or Jackson Street? There is always some debate as to which street is more haunted.
The Ghost of the Peter Shields Inn

Text by Craig McManus | Published June 1st, 2011 in Ghostly Tales of Cape Island

The paint was fresh, the wallpaper glimmering, and the venerable old restaurant was once again open for business, now sporting its dressy new attire. Renovations will typically stir a ghost or two.
The Ghosts of John McConnell House

Text by Craig McManus | Published May 1st, 2011 in Ghostly Tales of Cape Island

Walking down Jackson Street off season, in the evening, is sometimes like walking through a graveyard at night. Many of the buildings sit silent and dark, being closed for the season. Should you happen to glance up at some of the darkened windows in the upper floors of these old seaside sentinels, you may just catch a quick glimpse of something looking back at you.
The Ghost of Joseph Gregory

Text by Craig McManus | Published April 1st, 2011 in Ghostly Tales of Cape Island • Ghosts and Spirits

I was dreaming about the beach or something to do with Cape May when the dream segued to an exterior view of a house, an old house. A teenage boy was looking up at the roof and, in the dream, I was watching.
Room with a BOO

Text by Craig McManus | Published March 2nd, 2011 in Ghostly Tales of Cape Island

The kindly grandmother, children and grandchildren in tow, moved from room to room admiring and reminiscing about the old days at her historic house in West Cape May. She had owned the property years earlier, about three owners back, and had stopped by on a chance visit to meet the new owner. They were in [...]
Furry Phantoms of Cape May

Text by Craig McManus | Published February 3rd, 2011 in Ghostly Tales of Cape Island • Ghosts and Spirits

I was thinking about good old Punxsutawney Phil. He did not see his shadow, so we may actually live to see spring. Old Punx got me thinking about ghosts of animals. I have had more than one run in with a furry ghost, and quite a few of those encounters were right here in Cape May.
The Ghosts of the John F. Craig House

Text by Craig McManus | Published January 4th, 2011 in Ghostly Tales of Cape Island

The Craig House, like so many other homes in Cape May, is haunted. While the former owners may be dead, it does not stop them from having a good time―and that is exactly what they do.
The Ghostly Christmas Shoppe

Text by Craig McManus | Published December 1st, 2010 in Ghostly Tales of Cape Island • Ghosts and Spirits • The Holidays

The Victorians loved a good ghost story at Christmas time! Join Craig McManus as he explores Winterwood Christmas Shoppe and tells us about its resident ghost, Hester.
The Emlen Physick Estate – A Ghostly Family Affair

Text by Craig McManus | Published November 1st, 2010 in Ghostly Tales of Cape Island • Ghosts and Spirits

While we, the living, may only think about ghosts and hauntings in October, the fact is that ghosts are with us all year long. Ghosts tend to haunt where they lived, not where they died. Most of the ghosts I encounter along my paranormal pursuits are still residing in their original homes. Some of those [...]
Ghosts of the Washington Street Mall

Text by Craig McManus | Published October 1st, 2010 in Cape May • Ghostly Tales of Cape Island • Ghosts and Spirits

Hello Everyone! I’m Craig McManus, Cape May’s resident expert on ghosts and hauntings, bringing you a brand new column about paranormal happenings on Cape Island (Cape May), here at CapeMay.com! When I was first coming to Cape May in the early 1970s, the pedestrian mall on Washington Street was a showy new attraction dubbed “Victorian [...]