The World's Most Famous Ghosts Author:Daniel Cohen Do ghosts haunt the living? Could the White House be haunted? Several people in the White House have reported seeing the ghost of Abraham Lincoln. And once a seamstress, working in what had been Andrew Jackson's bedroom, heard ghostly laughter and felt a strange chill. — Does a phantom ship haunt the ocean? Many years ago a curse doomed a boat, t... more »he Flying Dutchman, to sail forever and bring misfortune to all who saw it. The phantom ship terrifies sailors who say it leads their boats onto dangerous rocks. In this book the author investigates many of these famous ghost stories from around the world. Some may be explained simply as scary tales, but for others there is a good deal of puzzling evidence. You can decide for yourself whether ghosts really do haunt the living.« less