Perhaps Belfast’s ghosts are in its gardens?

Though it abounds with history, one thing Belfast seems to lack — unlike many small Maine towns — is a good, hair-raising ghost story, the kind of legendary sighting passed down through generations. At midnight, white-gowned specters choose to waft elsewhere, not on the Harbor Walk. Apparitions apparently eschew the upper windows of the Opera House on moonlit nights. Grove Cemetery is a sea of remarkable calm in the mists billowing in off the bay. Anecdotal tales of phantom, old-house bumps and creaks are no doubt shared among friends, but the hardcore legends — the kind that end up in books – seem sparse.

Taking this paucity into account, at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 21 in the Abbott Room of Belfast Free Library, the Belfast Garden Club will host Belfast Historical Society President Megan Pi