Tread carefully. This collection of true stories about people, places, and events that unfolded on and around Old Orchard Street in Westchester County, New York's North White Plains, holds secrets that may unsettle and shock. While rich in local offbeat history, this nonfiction book also unveils various tragedies, disturbing deaths, horrific crimes, forgotten incidents of the Revolutionary War, and terrifying tales.

Our eerie expedition will unfold geographically and cover multiple locations along and beyond the 2.5-mile stretch of Old Orchard Street, some of which runs nearly parallel to the infamous Buckout Road, with nothing but dense woods separating them. Embark on a journey through twenty easy-to-read chapters that uncover and explore the forgotten and often horrifying history of Old Orchard Street and the surrounding neighborhood.

This journey takes you on a spooky and captivating geographic adventure that covers about four miles in North White Plains, NY. Various stops include the site of a gangster shootout at an old local speakeasy, the old stone quarry, Westminster Ridge, Rocky Ledge, Mount Misery, and the headquarters of General George Washington.

Along the way, you'll encounter a cast of unique and fascinating local historical figures, including a mysterious hermit, a professional wrestling pioneer, a bootlegging boss, a notorious outlaw, and a legendary hairy, scary, gorilla-like monster that lived near Cranberry Lake. If you're easily frightened, you may want to stop now. Otherwise, be prepared to discover North White Plains, New York's horrific and petrifying past.

Beware. The pages of Eric Pleska's latest book about an isolated road hidden in the woods of suburban New York City may contain disturbing and frightening content. Please proceed with caution.

Now camouflaged amongst modern million-dollar mansions, the shocking history of this infamous street that connects West Harrison to White Plains is eerie and littered with scary urban legends, some centuries old. There are spooky tales of grave robbing, war battles, lost treasure, and horrible crimes, including multiple documented brutal murders. There are even stories about ghost sightings, Native American curses, witch executions, and cannibal albinos.

The road's diverse range of eclectic residents has ranged from iconic hermit The Leatherman to America's first horror movie star, John Barrymore, and multiple alleged ghoulish specters, including a vengeful British Revolutionary War captain and the ghost of Mary Buckhout.

The unassuming roughly 1.5-mile-long-backwoods road was the site of a slave rebellion that led to the largest population of formerly enslaved people in the entire state. It's also where several noteworthy Revolutionary War incidents occurred, including the nearby beheading of a Hessian soldier, which inspired the creation of America's first ghostly phantom, The Headless Horseman.

If you are easily scared, you should turn back now otherwise, prepare to discover why Buckout Road has earned the title of America's scariest street.