Halloween Season Reads!

Posted by Tony on 18th Oct 2019

It's Spooky Season!

Did you know Western New York is a Haunted destination known throughout the world? Check out some of the incredible books perfect for the season!

HAUNTED BUFFALO: GHOSTS IN THE QUEEN CITY

Embark upon the haunted adventure of a lifetime using this comprehensive guide to some of Buffalo’s spookiest sites.

SHADOWS OF THE WESTERN DOOR

Prepare for a journey... through fact, fiction and outright puzzle down the dark lanes of upstate New York legacy.

THE PARANORMAL ALMANAC

Ghosts, gremlins, goblins and glowing-eyed fiends. This handbook of paranormal incidents and critters, from the archives of Western New York’s supernatural historian Mason Winfield is a first-of-a-kind collection of “ghostly lists.”

VILLAGE GHOSTS OF WESTERN NEW YORK

The definitive study of Western New York's ghosts in the words of “supernatural historian” Mason Winfield. Guided by the insights of parapsychology and folklore and filtered through Mason's years of experience, Village Ghosts is a tribute to the hidden spiritual history of Western New York.

BUFFALO BIZARRE

There are unusual facts about milestones in Buffalo history, including the Blizzard of '77 and the Pan-American Exposition, along with offbeat nuggets about some less momentous events.

GHOSTS OF 1812

In Western New York, you're never far from a battlefield... Thousands "walk, work and live today above exact spots at which, in a different age, somebody killed, and somebody else died." Forgotten burials, bloody ambushes and tomahawk fights on Main Street... No wonder we have ghosts.

LEGENDS, LORE AND SECRETS OF WESTERN NEW YORK

Like the region's first inhabitants, the "Cat People," who made clothing from the mountain lions and panthers that they hunted, Western New Yorkers still savor the tradition of storytelling.

GANGSTERS & ORGANIZED CRIME IN BUFFALO

Stories abound about legendary New York City gangsters like "Lucky" Luciano, but Buffalo has housed its fair share of thugs and mobsters too. While many were nothing more than common criminals or bank robbers, a powerful crime family headed by local boss Stefano Magaddino emerged in the 1920s.

THEY CALL ME KORNEY

The man behind the successful company The Mob Tours now captures one of the Queen City's most blood-soaked crime tales: the bloody reign of John "Korney" Kwiatkowski, which ended with one of his friends in the electric chair.

HAUNTED PLACES IN WESTERN NEW YORK: SUPERNATURAL TOUR GUIDE

Mason Winfield takes you on a haunted history tour of Western New York's mansions, inns, churches, battlefields and more. Make a vision quest of your own to ancient holy places and stand in the energy sites.