Thirteen-year old Dodie and her new stepsister Anne gradually become friends as they investigate sounds of footsteps which may be those of two sisters drowned in a nearby marsh nearly forty years earlier.
Profiles some of the most haunted locations in the United States, describing the ghostly beings many have encountered in homes, graveyards, and forests.
Discusses the appeal of the vampire, looks at the vampire in European, American, and world culture, and examines the appearance of vampires in film, television, literature, and folklore.