Book Review: Haunted Bridges by Rich Newman

Book Review: Haunted Bridges by Rich Newman

Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd.

Everyone has heard a story about a haunted bridge in your hometown. A friend of a friend went over a bridge on a dark country road and encountered a ghost. This book chronicles over 300 bridges across the U.S.

It’s a non-fiction book so none of the stories are particularly scary. There are the classic tales of “Crybaby Bridge” and stories about a woman and the tragic death of her child. It seems like almost every state has a “Crybaby Bridge”.

I live in Dover, Delaware and this book listed three bridges that are semi-local to me. One of which is a road that I have traveled on before but never got to the bridge portion. Maybe a Halloween night drive is in my future. I’ll have to check it out and report back.

This is more of a reference type book so if you are looking for thrills and chills this is not the book for you. I did enjoy reading some of the more detailed stories and I will keep it around if my own writing goes into the ghost department and I need some inspiration. I wish the short stories accompanying each bridge were a little more detailed.

My only real complaint about this book is that the formatting (e-book) is not that great. Some of the chapters run together and section breaks as well. There is an index included so you can research specific states and that was helpful.

I received a copy of this book from Netgalley.com in exchange for my honest review.