City of Crisfield
Ghost Tour
Visit historic, haunted sites in
Crisfield, Maryland
February 21, 2010
(presentation and bus tour)
Cost - $15
per person - Advanced Registration Required
Downloadable
Registration Form
 The
small waterfront town of Crisfield, Maryland
will be the site of Mindie Burgoyne’s first haunted
tour. Burgoyne’s successful book,
Haunted Eastern
Shore drew so much interest from ghost
hunters and ghost-story lovers that she has agreed
–at the request of her readers - to do a ghost tour.
She chose a location out of her book - the town
closest to where she lives - Crisfield. This tour
will feature the two Crisfield sites mentioned in
Haunted Eastern
Shore – the Ananias Crocket House and the
Ira Todd House - as well as McCready Hospital, the
Corbin Library and several private homes in the
Crisfield area. Additionally, the tour will offer
personal testimony from a Crisfield home owner who
experienced paranormal activity in her
hundred-year-old home.
The tour begins with guests meeting at the
Crisfield City Hall where Mindie Burgoyne will give
a short presentation about sites on the tour. “I
like to include more history than spookiness or
sensationalism” Burgoyne states. “I’d rather give
the historic background on the site itself, then
offer a little bit about the legends and haunted
tales associated it. And then add, if possible, what
people say today about the site being haunted or
being host to unexplained events.” After the
presentation, guests will board the bus and drive to
each of the haunted sites where Burgoyne will offer
commentary. Guests will not leave the bus or tour
sites on foot, and will return to the Visitors
Center by 4:30 pm.
Mindie Burgoyne has been able to attract over
3000 fans to her
Facebook Fan Page for Haunted Eastern Shore. She
attributes the interest in the ghost tours and the
unexpected success of the book (first printing sold
out in five weeks) to her ability to build up the
fan base through social media. She sees the spin-off
successes, like the ghost tours as a result of
enthusiastic fans being able to interact with each
other on a topic they’re crazy about. “Fans have
been organizing their own tours to the sites
mentioned in the book, and I’ve had several requests
to guide a ghost tour, so the Crisfield tour is the
test. If this one is successful, we’ll do more” says
Burgoyne. Towns she’s considering for future ghost
tours are Ocean City, Cambridge, Salisbury, Snow
Hill and possibly Quantico
The Crisfield tour is being co-sponsored by the
Crisfield Heritage Foundation and The Crisfield Area
Chamber of Commerce. Cost per person is $15 and
advanced registration is required. Seating is
limited to forty people, and nearly half the spots
are already sold.
A downloadable
registration form
CRISFIELD GHOST TOUR ITINERARY:
1:30 Meet at Crisfield City Hall – 319 West Main
Street, Crisfield, MD
1:40 Presentation by Mindie Burgoyne on haunted
sites in Crisfield
3:00 Bus leaves for tour of the Town of Crisfield
and a scenic review of the haunted sites
4:30 Bus returns to the City Hall in Crisfield
NOTE: Copies of
Haunted Eastern
Shore: Ghostly Tales from East of the Chesapeake
will be available for sale at the Tawes Library
presentation and at the Cove Restaurant dinner
event. $17.99 + tax = $19.06. Mindie Burgoyne will
be happy to sign copies.
Refunds will given only if tour is
cancelled.
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