Marimen, who wrote the popular Haunted Indiana, now visits the Graves of Academe. College students have always had an affinity for campus legends, but Marimen gives enough independent witnesses to make you wonder how legendary these urban legends really are. Old school spirits often fall into predictable patterns: the coed who leaped to her death from the clock tower of the Administration Building; the frat pledge who died during hazing. Marimen, bless his researcher’s heart, has given us more varied and substantive stories. My favorites were the story of the phantom cadet at West Point, which included insider details of a Navy "debunking" of the ghost; and "The Curse of Rafinesque" from the aptly named Transylvania in Louisville. I’ve been there; it’s a very peculiar place.

Chillingly atmospheric and packed with historical facts and details about a dozen haunted colleges and universities, School Spirits will have you pulling an all-nighter. A+!