On the cool night of November 1, 2003, we turned our mental clocks back a day and let author Bill Meehan take us on a two-hour bus tour of our neighboring town of Haddonfield in which he regaled us with stories of the ghosts that inhabit that historic borough.

The tour began, in actuality, not in Haddonfield but rather in Haddon Heights. Atop Hinchman's Hill on First Avenue, Bill told us the story of how an Indian brave was killed there centuries ago and that his "sweetheart" died of a broken heart. The ghost of the lovelorn woman inhabited the hill for centuries, though there have been no recent reports of her appearance.

From there, Bill took us through the shadowy streets of Haddonfield and continued relaying folklore old and new. From the centuries-old haunting at The Three Sisters on Kings Highway to a mischievous 1960s spirit to a Bill's tales thrilled and frightened our (rather well-packed) busload.

By the time we had returned to our point of departure, the Haddon Heights Library, we had heard over a dozen stories of bad luck houses, accidental deaths, and lonely ghosts, all of which served to underscore this: in an area as storied as ours, history has unusual ways of making itself known to the people of the present.

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In 2000, at the suggestion of his wife Kathy, Bill Meehan and their daughter began researching the archives of the Haddonfield Historical Society. Their goal: to find tales of local hauntings so they could take the guests of their Halloween party on a tour of those places. In 2002, Bill took the tours public, and as a result, Haddonfield residents often approach him with stories of more recent hauntings. These accounts, both historic and recent, appear in his book Haunted Haddonfield, published in 2002 and available from the Historical Society of Haddonfield.

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