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The author of Eerie Florida shares more dark tales from across the Sunshine State in this illustrated guide to local legends and haunted sites.
Author Mark Muncy and photographer Kari Schultz have crisscrossed Florida from Key West to the Emerald Coast, hunting down stories of ghosts and reports of paranormal activity. Their previous books, Eerie Florida and Freaky Florida provided armchair explorer and amateur ghost hunters a literal roadmap to...
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Continuing the success of the nationally acclaimed Haunted America, Historic Haunted America is a further investigation into North American ghost legends. This chilling collection documents yesterday's and today's most terrifying hauntings in the United States and Canada in more than seventy-five shocking stories!
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True Ghost Facts And Hauntings Real Tales About Places And Things People have dreamed up dreadful myths about haunted places since the old times.Residents of haunted houses claim to have seen or heard spirits, as well as activities such as doors opening and closing on their own, voices whispering, and screams. According to popular belief, ghosts and other malevolent spirits live in "actual" haunted locations.Others are pleasant and others, not so...
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The definitive UFO hunter's bucket list of legendary and active UFO and alien hotspots in North America
The UFO Hotspot Compendium will take you on your own bucket list trip to 35 of the most remarkable UFO hotspots, places where aliens and cryptids are spotted, forbidden locations, as well as terrifying places only the brave dare to visit.
It shares details on the latest facts behind the legendary UFO cases: the when, where, story, investigations,...
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Just below the Antigonish-Guysborough County line, there is an overgrown spot, nearly impossible to find without a guide, where the cursed MacDonald farm once stood. Though no physical trace remains, the legend of the mysterious events that once took place lives on. In the newest addition to the Stories of our Past series, Monica Graham exposes the fascinating history behind the fire-spook of Caledonia Mills, Nova Scotia, and a true story that spread...
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In Lost Cosmonaut, travel writer and anti-tourist Daniel Kalder ventured into the most distant republics of the former Soviet Union. Now Kalder is back in Russia to explore some of its strangest communities and hidden places on a year-long odyssey from Moscow to the Arctic Circle.
The trek begins in the sewers of Moscow, where Kalder encounters a lost city inhabited by people known as "the Diggers." After exploring the depths of this underground...
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"What's the strangest thing you've ever seen or experienced?"
Gina and Scott Gaille have traveled to more than 100 countries, including many off-the-beaten-path places in Africa, South America, and Asia. Wherever they go, they ask this question. Everyone has a story, and some are truly extraordinary.
Strange Tales of World Travel recounts 50 of these Bizarre, Mysterious, Horrible, Hilarious encounters, including:
-Daring Diplomat, who ate the flesh...
10) Mystical Places
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Discover 25 mystical destinations from around the globe in this enchanting guide full of magic, folklore and exquisitely beautiful places.
Travel writer Sarah Baxter expertly curates the world's most wonder-filled sites where magic is made manifest. Discover the history and geography of each site and learn their most significant and spellbinding stories, with suggestions of features to look out for and information on ceremonies. Filled with beautifully...
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Fifteen feet high. Twenty-five hundred pounds. Grayish-white in color. This was the common description of Old Moxie, otherwise known as the Specter Moose of Lobster Lake, Maine. His antlers spread twelve-feet across and were spiked with over forty tines. His hoofprint measured ten-inches wide. He had a double mane that fell on each side of his neck, and the "bell" hanging under his chin was eighteen inches long.
"Hunter Shoots at Monster Whose Existence...
12) Haunted Flint
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Home to ancient burial grounds, unsolved murders, economic depression and a water crisis, Flint emits an unholy energy rife with ghostly encounters. Colonel Thomas Stockton's ever-vigilant ghost keeps a watchful eye over his family home at Spring Grove, where guests occasionally hear the thump of his heavy boots. Restless spirits long separated from their graves lurk among the ancient stones at Avondale Cemetery. Carriage maker W.A. Paterson's spirit...
13) Haunted Jerome
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Discover just how Jerome, Arizona, became known as "America's Largest Ghost Town"-and what spirits walk its historic streets.
Jerome was once home to the largest copper mine in Northern Arizona, built on the steep terrain of Cleopatra Hill. The small town, population fifteen thousand at its peak, was shockingly nefarious. Diversions for the hardworking miners came by way of saloons, gambling and ladies of the evening. Shootouts and murders, violent...
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A ghostly travel guide to the Great Lakes State.
Michigan has two beautiful peninsulas that are connected by stories, legends, and mysteries. This book is the perfect glove compartment companion for exploring those paranormal parts of the Mitten State, as most of these hotels, restaurants, theaters, lighthouses, and other places are open to the public.
This road trip to "the other side," filled with hauntings, ghost towns, and bizarre tales of murder...
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A pair of paranormal investigators share the supernatural stories surrounding the legendary California island prison.
Alcatraz is one of the most infamous prisons in the world. Evil spirits, unknown beasts, vicious murderers and an untold number of ghosts all are said to reside on this tiny island in San Francisco Bay. Rufus McCain, who died a brutal death at the hands of a fellow inmate, is said to roam the grounds, and the basement cells used for...
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Ghost Stories Collection: True Real Ghost TalesParanormal Spooky Ghost Short Stories of the Supernatural Unexplained Creepy Kind(2 manuscripts in 1) We all relish ghost stories don't we?Especially tales that are based on facts that are true and very real.At some point in our lives, most of us experience strange happenings that we cannot explain, or are they simply psychological tricks of the mind?For those who have not witnessed anything like this...
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North Carolina is considered one of the US headquarters for ghost lights-that is, for spooky and unexplained luminous phenomena. Nearly half of all reported ghost lights shine, blink, burn, dance, or float somewhere in the state. These ghost lights are well known in their localities. There are scary and fascinating stories associated with them, and they attract many visitors, each hoping to see a ball of fire floating over a cemetery or a jack-o'-lantern...
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Discover the weird sites and peculiar stories that lurk in the shadows of the Sunshine State in this guide for fans of all things freaky.
Millions of people flock to Florida for its beaches and tourist attractions. Most never learn about the strange locations just off the beaten path. In Freaky Florida, Mark Muncy and Kari Schultz share tales of Florida's myths, monsters, massacres and legends-and the hidden history behind them.
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In the controversial field of cryptozoology, plagued by long-lost accounts and internet fantasies, the essential core of usable information is largely maintained in books. Science writer and cryptozoology researcher Matt Bille offers 400 reviews of significant books in cryptozoology, supporting sciences like biology, and cryptozoological fiction. Matt's selections, based on 45 years of reading and writing on zoology and cryptozoology, favor reliable...
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With prehistoric monsters swimming in the water, skunk apes lurking in the swamps, strange invasive species taking over, and Spanish coins washing ashore, Florida is a state like no other.
In this installment of his Detours Into the Paranormalseries, author and adventurer Denver Michaels travels the Sunshine State in search of mysteries. He explores mound sites, the Green Swamp, visits a demon-possessed doll in Key West, and much more. From the stories...
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