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Haunted Places In America by Charles A. Coulombe

Many public places around the United States have their quota of haunts, and so must share them with their public. In Haunted Places In America, Charles A. Coulombe describes some fifty places accessible to the public, which are reputed to be haunted. The hotels, historic homes, restaurants, and outside locales are each covered with concise descriptions, and illustrated with photographs. Whether you are planning a spine-tingling trip, or just psyching yourself up for Halloween, Coulombe's haunted itinerary makes for an armchair journey worth taking. Featured sites range from McCandless Hall in Huntsville, Alabama, and The Golden North Hotel in Skagway, Alaska, to Fairlawn Mansion in Superior, Wisconsin, and the Shoshone Bar in Lovell, Wyoming.

Mysterious Illinois by Troy Taylor

For nearly two decades, Troy Taylor has been delving into Illinois' most haunted places but in this book, he takes a journey down a darker road and takes readers on a search for the strange, terrifying and bizarre in this mysterious region. Journey back in time to the lost era of ancient Illinois and then go on a hunt for Illinois' chilling creatures, including some of the strangest beasts to ever walk on four feet –-- or two! Finally, take the plunge into the depths of the unexplained --- including accounts, stories, eyewitness reports and in-depth research that has never appeared in print before!

More Strange Highways by Jerry Coleman

The sequel to the bestselling book on America's most mysterious creatures, unknown places and strange tales. Take another trip into the darkest corners of the unknown with Jerry Coleman as he returns to the back roads of America in search of more of the strangest cases in paranormal and Cryptozoological history!

Ghosts Among Us by Leslie Rule

Whether you are a believer or a skeptic, the stories of the supernatural in Ghosts Among Us: True Stories of Spirit Encounters will keep you riveted. Macabre and fascinating, Leslie Rule's latest book offers true-life haunting accounts of eerie visitations and paranormal experiences along with artistically shot black-and-white photographs of haunted sites. The personal firsthand reports and chilling full-length stories explore mysterious events across the country -- from Nantucket Island to San Antonio to Hollywood -- events that the reader will find hard to pass off as mere coincidences.

Haunted Heritage by Michael Norman and Beth Scott

The authors have compiled an astounding collection of American ghost stories. Based on interviews with eyewitnesses, unearthed ancient archives, overheard tales, and actual paranormal visitations and explorations. From the "Haunts of Ivy," a survey of university ghosts, to an overview of spectral lights, from revolutionary spirits in New England to beyond the grave occurrences in the Badlands, Haunted Heritage is the ghost story collection for all of North America. New - Hardback.

Sightings Sightings -- By Susan Michaels

For the first time in print, Sightings explores a bizarre haunting in which a family is tormented by the vengeful ghost of a little girl. A terrifying story of a UFO sighting, missing time, and alien abduction, as vividly recalled by twin brothers. Documents controversial cases of spontaneous human combustion. Packed with never-before-published photographs, Sightings confronts the uncanny and proves once again that truth is stranger than fiction. Paperback- 269 pages.

20th Century Ghost Stories by Peter Haining

This outstanding collection of literary ghost stories includes 30 of the best examples of the genre, featuring contributions from Jack London, Agatha Christie, John Steinbeck, Muriel Spark, Daphne du Maurier, William Trevor, Mary Higgins Clark, and others.

Down in the Darkness by Troy Taylor

Join Troy Taylor as he takes the reader deep into the earth for a chilling journey into the haunted past of mysterious tunnels, spirited mines and mining camps and ghost-infested caves. These dark tales travel to the darkest corners of America and include both famous and little-known locations -- as well as ghostly spots that have never appeared in print before!

Beyond The Grave by Troy Taylor

Discover the compelling history of the American Graveyard and the hauntings that have plagued our burial grounds for centuries! Uncover the ghostly tales of the world’s most ancient graveyards; explore the dark side of death with a look at premature burial, desecration, vampires and more; thrill to the tales of haunted grave markers, bleeding tombs and statues of doom; and travel to the most haunted burial grounds in America.

Field Guide to Haunted Graveyards, by Troy Taylor

The Essential How-To Guide for finding, researching and investigating haunted graveyards -- including detailed research information and a state-by-state guide to ghostly spots! The book includes a detailed look at the American cemetery, as well as American burial customs and traditions and a how to conduct paranormal investigations in graveyards.

The Haunting of America by Troy Taylor

Join author Troy Taylor in a search for America's most haunted places and for the strangest historical ghost stories ever told! Travel to New England in search of Dudleytown, roam the haunted battlefield at Gettysburg, hunt for ghosts at historic Mammoth Cave, wander the Winchester Mansion, get lost at Bachelor's Grove... and that's only the beginning!

Small town Ghosts by Barbara Huyser

With more than 25 years of experience with ghosts and hauntings, the author delves into the reality of the spirit world and unveils both new ideas and reliable of methods of investigation, research and even ghostly communication. Each chapter of the book promises to astonish the reader with not only relevant theories about paranormal investigation but case studies and reports that detail methods of research, techniques of cameras and photography, step-by-step ways to gather reliable evidence and much more.

Strange Mysteries From Around the World, by Seymour Simon

Answers questions that science can't. How do people walk barefoot over hot coals? Why do fish and frogs sometimes rain down from the sky? Why have millions of people heard sudden booms that left no trace of a bang? These are a few of the puzzles the award-winning author explores in this newly revised edition of his popular introduction to unsolved mysteries. A Scholastic, Inc. book for young readers.

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