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Join us as we welcome local author Sam Baltrusis who will read from his new boo, Ghosts of Cambridge: Haunts of Harvard Square and Beyond.

As one of the nation's oldest cities, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has a
tumultuous history filled with Revolutionary War beginnings, religious
persecutions and centuries of debate between Ivy League intelligentsia. 
It should come as no surprise that the city is also home to spirits
that are entangled with the past and now inhabit the dormitories, local
watering holes and even military structures of the present.  Discover
the apparitions that frighten freshmen in Harvard's Weld Hall, the
Revolutionary War ghosts that haunt the estates of Tory Row and the
flapper who is said to roam the seats of Somerville Theatre.  Using
careful research and firsthand accounts, author Sam Baltrusis delves
into ghastly tales of murder, crime and the bizarre happenings in the
early days of Cambridge to uncover the truth behind some of the city's
most historic haunts.

Journalist Sam Baltrusis, author of Ghosts of Boston: Haunts of the Hub, freelances for various publications including Boston Spirit magazine and is the managing editor of Scout Magazines in Somerville and Cambridge.  He has been featured as Boston's paranormal expert on the Biography Channel's Haunted Encounters and Paranormal State’s Ryan Buell's Paranormal Insider Radio.  As a side gig, he moonlights as a tour guide and produces Harvard Square's Cambridge Haunts ghost tour,
highlighting the city's historical haunts.  He's also a sought-after
lecturer who speaks at dozens of paranormal-related events scattered
throughout New England.  In the past, he's worked for VH1, MTV.com, Newsweek, WHDH.com, ABC Radio and as a regional stringer for The New York Times


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