Salem's Ropes: Inspired by the True Story of the Haunted Ropes Mansion

Written by Joseph C. Gioconda

Narrated by Todd Creel and E.R. Zampetti

★ Respect history or be doomed to repeat it ★

Inspired by true historical events and figures, Salem’s Ropes is the story of America’s oldest and darkest secrets.

After a business trip to Boston, George Lawson announces to his family that he has purchased the Ropes Mansion in Salem Massachusetts; a historic mansion that is 300 years old. His wife and daughter are skeptical but acquiesce.

Over forty of the mansion’s owners have died unnaturally, were murdered, or committed suicide since 1720. Salem’s residents warn George about living in the Ropes, but he is convinced he can uncover the mystery.

The family is torn apart after George becomes increasingly obsessed with uncovering the dark history of Salem and their new home. He discovers mysterious objects and Masonic symbols carved onto the walls of their basement.

After a smoke alarm goes off in the middle of the night, firefighters discover smoldering embers behind a basement wall – along with strange human remains. Police are called and suspect that there is more to the story than George will admit. Like countless others in the Ropes house before, George and his family fight a descent into madness.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Author's Republic
• Release date: Sep 26, 2021
• ISBN: 9781667921464

Reviews for Salem's Ropes

[RichardKevinWilson · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

So, when this had popped up on my Goodreads page, I though I would look it up here because the subject and basis of the story really interested me.

Having never read this author before I quickly got into the characters of George, his wife Giselle and their young daughter Melissa and his obsession with the town of Salem and his not knowing why.

The story takes off and the ending was great with a twist thrown at me that I did not see coming. Now, this audiobook would have gotten a full 5 star review BUT the authors favorite words to USE over and over, and over and over again were: "he said" or "she said" and it just became so annoying with the two narrators and the way they would change their voices and whatnot, that it ruined the experience (one of which COULD have been an incredibly creepy tale of witches and voodoo) of this story of a 50 year old father and husband and the town of Salem Massachusetts and the history of witchcraft. I wished now that I would have read it instead of listened to it.

Would still recommend, but just wanted to let you know how badly it was narrated.
4 Stars

[Midnight So Dreary · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I wish I could give this a negative score. One is to much. This book is horrendous. I read The Pope's Butcher and enjoyed it. So I thought I'd try the same author. I have an hour and a half left, and I don't even care what happens. The plot is ridiculous, the characters are so unlikable. The wife is annoying, the husband and main character is an absolute clown. Both narrators are equally awful. There is literally nothing enjoyable about this book. I am tapping out DNF.