"Onthe banks of the Potomac River, Georgetown has had three centuries toaccumulate ghoulish tales and venerable apparitions to haunt its cobbledstreets and mansions. In this historic Washington, D.C., neighborhood, the eerie moans of three sistersherald every death on the river, and on R Street, President Lincoln is rumoredto have witnessed the paranormal at a se;ance. Along the towpath of the C&OCanal, a phantom police officer still walks his lonely beat, and on moonlitnights, he is joined by a razor-wielding ghoul. From the spirit of a seacaptain who lingers in the Old Stone House to the strange ambiance of the Exorcist Steps, author and guide Tim Krepp takes readers on a chilling journeythrough the ghostly lore of Georgetown"-- "This book relates the frightening tales of legends and haunts of the Georgetown, D.C., area"--