Author Thea Lewis takes a revealing ride through the unique and colorful history of the Green Mountain State. Vermont is a picturesque landscape, but the idyllic setting hides a sometimes dark and desperate past. H.H. Holmes, America's first serial killer, may have been the University of Vermont's deadliest student. A Burlington resident made an empire partly by carrying contraband goods to and from Canada. The first United States president subject to a birther movement wasn't 44, but a much lower number. A Burlington schoolboy ran away with the circus and became an international sensation under the big top.
Author and historian Thea Lewis is a Vermont native and the creator of Queen City Ghostwalk, the walking tour chosen “Best Scary Stroll” by Yankee magazine. Known as Vermont’s Queen of Halloween, she’s been scaring up history since 2002 with her haunted tours, special events and books for adults and children. Thea’s other titles with The History Press include Haunted Burlington: Spirits of Vermont’s Queen City, Ghosts and Legends of Lake Champlain and Haunted Inns and Ghostly Getaways of Vermont.