Greg Caggiano is an award-winning historian, lecturer, author, and filmmaker. Reach out below to discuss bookings for speaking engagements, community events, book fairs, and more.
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Greg has spoken to groups of all ages at various locations including colleges, libraries, museums, historic sites, community and senior centers, a military base, and even a bar/speakeasy. He has served on the Board of Directors at two museums: the Proprietary House in Perth Amboy, and the Atlantic Highlands Historical Society, housed at the Strauss Mansion Museum. Greg holds two bachelors degrees in History and Education from New Jersey City University, with active New Jersey State teaching certifications in both fields. Greg is a firm believer in volunteering and giving back to the community, and has helped foundations fundraise tens of thousands of dollars for historic preservation.
Recently, Greg has seen substantial growth in his online social media channel, Ghosts on the Coast. Initially founded as a paranormal investigating group by Greg and lifelong friend Brett Bodner in 2015, GOTC has grown into a team of historic researchers and investigators who have hosted multiple successful fundraisers at museums and historic sites, with a strong focus on highlighting NJ history. Ghosts on the Coast has over 65,000 followers on social media, viewed by two million people every month, and enjoyed by believers and skeptics alike. To learn more, check out their Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, or TikTok.
Topics
Greg Caggiano is known for his energetic and passionate speaking style, and has a penchant for making people laugh. Whether in-person or through Zoom, a lecture by Greg is sure to have your members asking for more!
Greg speaks on a wide variety of topics within New Jersey, American, and world history, as well as lighter subjects such as the histories of liquor and food. As an avid paranormal investigator and researcher, Greg also lectures on numerous topics relating to the supernatural, including common paranormal investigating techniques and methods, ghost stories of famous historic sites, and folklore, legends, and occult topics. Greg and his team Ghosts on the Coast are available for hands-on workshops, full paranormal investigations of your location, and fundraising assistance for non-profits and museums.
Below is a list of some topics Greg can be booked for. They range from 60 to 120 minutes. Some can be custom-made to fit whatever structure or time-frame you require. Don't see a topic that interests you? Just ask! Greg loves to research new material and may be able to put something together for your organization.
Please note that due to Greg's lectures about paranormal and "creepy" subjects, October is usually very busy. Please consider booking fall dates as early as possible.
Monmouth County & Jersey Shore
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NEW: Jersey Shore Summer Scares: Shark Attacks, Shipwrecks & Skirmishes (60 mins)
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NEW: Murdered in Monmouth County (60 mins)
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NEW: Old Cemeteries of Eastern Monmouth County (60 mins)
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Mobsters and Mayhem: Prohibition on the Jersey Shore (60, 90, and 120 min. versions)
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The Haunted History of New Jersey (60 and 90 min. versions)
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The Haunted History of Monmouth County (60 mins)
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Colonel Tye and the Black Loyalist Movement (45 mins)
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Slavery in Monmouth County (60 mins)
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A Virtual Tour of the Strauss Mansion Museum (90 mins)
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Robert Mantell: The Most Famous Person You've Never Heard Of (90 mins)
Culinary History
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Botanicals and Booze: Herbs and Plants in Liquor Production (60 mins)
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The History of Liquor (60 and 90 min. versions)
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The History of Food: From Apples to Ziti (90 mins)
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The History of Food: What the Presidents Ate (60 mins)
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The History of Food: An Army Marches on Its Stomach (60 mins)
American & World History
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NEW: Gettysburg: From the Aftermath to the Address (90 mins)
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NEW: A Victorian Christmas: Ghosts, Goblins, and Gumdrops
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Booth, Lincoln, and the Shot that Changed America (90 mins)
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The Titanic (90 mins)
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Ernest Shackleton and the Age of Antarctic Exploration (90 mins)
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Mary Todd Lincoln: Her Life, Times, and Tragedies (60 mins)
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How Did they Die? Famous Deaths of Famous People (60 and 90 min. versions)
Multi-Session Power Courses
Total hours can be broken into as many sessions as desired
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A Journey Through the American Civil War (6 hours)
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Reconstructing Reconstruction (4 hours)
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The History of Food: Famous Feasts (4.5 hours)
Paranormal, Occult, & Creepy
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NEW: Lizzie Borden Took an Axe (60 mins)
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The Haunted History of New Jersey (60 and 90 min. versions)
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The Haunted History of Monmouth County (60 min)
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Book Talk: Researching Myths and Legends (90 mins)
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Ghost Hunting 101 (60 and 90 minute versions)
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Hands-On Paranormal Workshop (90 and 120 min. versions)
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Vampires: History, Myth, and Film (90 mins)
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The History of Witchcraft (60 mins)
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The Devil: A Biography (90 mins)
Writing
Greg's first non-fiction publication, Investigating the Strauss Mansion, was published in 2014 by the Atlantic Highlands Historical Society, and can be found for sale in the Strauss Mansion gift shop. His second, Legends and Hauntings of the Jersey Bayshore, was published in 2024 by Fonthill Media, and can be found at most major retailers.
His research and interviews have also been published in journalistic articles such as the New York Daily News, New York Times, Texas Monthly, Lancaster New Era, Asbury Park Press, NJ.Com, and Today.
Greg's other writings can be found in multiple issues of Weird N.J. and Garden State Legacy.
Historian and paranormal investigator Greg Caggiano explores the rich history and ghostly legends of New Jersey's Bayshore.
There is perhaps no area of New Jersey richer in history than the northern section of the famed Jersey Shore, known as the “Bayshore.” Stretching from the Perth Amboy area at the lower section of the Raritan River to Sandy Hook, the coastline has been witness to Lenape Indians, early European explorers, pirates, American Revolutionary War battles and skirmishes, a World War II coastal defense system established to protect New York City, notorious Prohibition-era mobsters and rum-runners, and numerous murders, some of which are unsolved to this day. This has led to not only three centuries of history but endless myths and legends, and rumors of ghostly encounters and hauntings.
Historian and paranormal investigator, Greg Caggiano, has worked at two museums within the Bayshore, both of which were haunted. In this book, he delves into some of New Jersey’s most famous stories and expertly weaves historical documentation with his own paranormal research and personal experiences. Both history lovers and paranormal enthusiasts will be captivated by stories about popular sites such as the Spy House and Strauss Mansion to lesser-known points of interest. You may never view going “Down the Shore” the same way again.