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Books > Mind, Body & Spirit > Unexplained phenomena / the paranormal > General
Rosemary Ellen Guiley is a renowned expert on paranormal,
visionary, and spiritual topics. She puts her expertise to use in
this guide to the scariest sites in the Keystone State. Each
destination includes a detailed description and photographs so
readers may test their own ghosthunting skills or visit from the
safety of their armchairs. Firsthand accounts of otherworldly
encounters bring the spooks into view, while a Ghostly Resources
section points ghosthunters to further information.
The Lone Star State is so vast it includes just about everything --
including ghosts! This guide is divided into regions to make it
easy to find the phantoms. North Texas offers such creepy
destinations as the Old Alton Bridge and Miss Molly's Bed &
Breakfast. West Texas spooks haunt the Permia Playhouse and
Historic Fort Davis. In Central Texas, they've been spotted
terrorizing the Driskill Hotel and the Austin Pizza Garden. More
than 50 spooky sites are here, along with detailed maps and
photographs of each haunted locale.
This anthology explores the spatial dimension and politics of
haunting. It considers how the 'appearance' of absence, emptiness
and the imperceptible can indicate an overwhelming presence of
something that once was, and still is, (t)here. At its core, the
book asks: how and why do certain places haunt us? Drawing from a
diversity of mediums, forms and disciplinary approaches, the
contributors to Spectral Spaces and Hauntings illustrate the
complicated ways absent presences can manifest and be registered.
The case studies range from the memory sites of a terrorist attack,
the lost home, a vanished mining town and abandoned airports, to
the post-apocalyptic wastelands in literary fiction, the
photographic and filmic surfaces where spectres materialise, and
the body as a site for re-corporealising the disappeared and dead.
In ruminating on the afteraffects of spectral spaces on human
experience, the anthology importantly foregrounds the ethical and
political imperative of engaging with ghosts and following their
traces.
Virginia and the District of Columbia are fertile ground for
serious and casual ghosthunters alike and have no shortage of
venues for paranormal investigation -- if visitors know where to
look. Author Michael J. Varhola has spared no efforts to make
"Ghosthunting Virginia" as useful a resource as possible for those
interested in visiting haunted sites as he leads readers on a
guided tour of the most haunted sites in the Old Dominion and the
nation's capital. A great many of these sites have some connection
to the Colonial era or to the Civil War, two defining elements in
the history of the region. Battlefields, cemeteries, tunnels,
caves, bridges, haunted highways, inns and taverns, lighthouses,
theatres, haunted cities like historic Winchester, Colonial
Williamsburg, and Washington, D.C., and all manner of other eerie
locales can be found in this novel and informative travel guide!
It's also perfect late-night reading for anyone who loves a good
ghost story.
Spooky Stories to tell even after the campfire burns out! Unfold a
camp chair, huddle close to the fire, and get ready for thirty
creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other
strange occurrences from times past. Set deep in the woods where no
sane person would dare to go, along murky bottomless lakes, and on
cobblestone streets that empty before sundown, the
stories in this entertaining and compelling collection will have
you looking over your shoulder again and again.
Bone-chilling, frightful folklore traditions are kept alive in
these expert retellings by master storyteller S. E. Schlosser and
through artist Paul Hoffman's evocative illustrations. You'll meet
ghosts and witches, hear things that go bump in the night, and feel
an icy wind on the back of your neck even as you inch
closer to the crackling, glowing embers. Whether read in a group
around the campfire on a dark and silent night or alone with a
flashlight from the safety of your sleeping bag, this is a
collection to treasure.
Zombies, vampires and ghosts feature prominently in nearly all
forms of entertainment in the 21st century, including popular
fiction, film, comics, television and computer games. But these
creatures have been vital to the entertainment industry since the
best-seller books of a century and half ago. Monsters don't just
invade popular culture, they help sell popular culture. This
collection of new essays covers 150 years of enduringly popular
Gothic monsters who have shocked and horrified audiences in
literature, film and comics. The contributors unearth forgotten
monsters and reconsider familiar ones, examining the audience
taboos and fears they embody.
Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for
thirty creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and
other strange occurrences in California. Set in the Golden State's
big cities, oceanside towns, rugged mountains, and sparsely
populated deserts, the stories in this entertaining and compelling
collection will have readers looking over their shoulders again and
again.California's folklore is kept alive in these expert
retellings by master storyteller S. E. Schlosser and in artist Paul
Hoffman's evocative illustrations. Readers will meet the Queen of
Death Valley, cheer on the ghost who haunts his claim-jumping
murderer, look out for a blood-hungry rolling head, learn about the
sea monster of Monterey Bay Canyon, and hear otherworldly voices
from the Pacific Ocean--or simply feel an icy wind on the back of
their necks on a warm California evening. Whether read around the
campfire on a dark and stormy night or from the backseat of the
family van on the way to grandma's, this is a collection to
treasure.
Ghostwriters Nancy Roberts and Taryn Plumb spin fascinating tales
about 26 haunted houses all over America. Based on stories told by
first-hand witnesses, these stories of ghostly goings-on will keep
you on the edge of your seat-and possibly up all night! Read about
San Diego's Whaley House, whose former residents maintain an active
presence, as does Yankee Jim, a hanging victim over whose gallows
the house was built. Learn about the house in Massachusetts that
once belonged to eccentric millionaire and brilliant inventor John
Hammond, Jr.-whose practice in spiritualism, say some, continues
long after his death. And relive the terrifying battle that claimed
the lives of 1,700 Confederate soldiers whose battlefield became
their final resting place on Tennessee's Carnton Plantation.
A collection of frightening stories, including the Civil War ghosts
of Gettysburg, spirits at John Brown's tannery, the fiddling ghost
of Potter County, hauntings at the Eastern State Penitentiary, the
mysterious indelible handprint, and many more.
Vigilante victims, murdered miners, and gunfight ghosts figure
prominently in this collection of eerie tales from the Treasure
State. From the windswept prairies in the east to the towering
mountains of Glacier National Park come a variety of stories and
legends, including a phantom cowboy who continues to ride his ghost
horse up the staircase of a Fort Benton hotel, figures from a
hundred years ago and more who roam the streets of ghost towns
Virginia City and Bannack all hours of the night, and long-gone
regulars who continue to visit their favorite bars.
What historical tragedy could possibly make a young Wallingford
girl daub a wall with her own tears? What really happened to the
family who encountered a UFO in Stanford-in-the-Vale?What made a
Highworth Squire's ghost choose to be banished to a barrel of
cider?And what does the Uffington White Horse get up to once every
hundred years?The Vale of the White Horse and the beautiful
countryside of South Oxfordshire is a landscape steeped in
thousands of years of legends, history and mystery. Here are
witches, monsters and ghosts; old legends and modern-day tales of
strange encounters with the unknown. From the mildly curious to the
frighteningly inexplicable, The Veiled Vale is a treasure trove of
fabulous folklore and modern mysteries.
This book is designed to illustrate that the counties of
Lincolnshrie, North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire are
truly a land of mystery where strange, ancient stories are still
told - and where even today in the 21st century the most curious,
supernatural and frightening of events are still reported.
Concentrates on various aspects of the supernatural, paranormal and
mysterious in the county of Cornwall. This book features ghosts,
myths, legends, big cats, witchcraft, sacred wells and the little
people. It is arranged by subject, though each and every area of
Cornwall is covered to give a geographical spread around the
county.
What could you accomplish by knowing the ways in which God
works? This book makes bold claims then delivers. Read this book in
entirety and I promiseyou will be forever improved. God wants you
to understand, this is the reason you were created to be rational.
Some people may have a negative outlookon things this book exposes
because they are ill prepared. This is a powerful book so you may
need to clear your schedule before engaging it. Truthdoes not need
me for it to be true. I welcome the chance to rationalize life
through reasoning and faith. I want to be perfect but will settle
forbeing right more often then not. This book is not to be
"believed" it is to be understood.This book is fun yet in time this
book will be studied and referenced around the world for a
multitude of reasons, it is timeless. Prior to readingthis book
make a list of all questions that has found no answer in your life
then check them off as you read. No one who truly looks will find
aninadequate answer. This book will interact with you and your
thoughts. This is why is why I added space for you to write on. By
writing in this bookyou carry out the second half of its purpose.
If this book stays in mint condition with no added thoughts it
remains incomplete.
The spirit of a railroad flagman shines his lantern along the
tracks near Maco, where he lost his head in a train accident. The
ghost of a girl haunts the grave robbers who stole her corpse to
use in a college medical department. And in a swamp outside
Smithfield, a grisly mass hanging is re-created on dark nights. All
this and much more!
Prepare to visit a Kent you've never seen before, phantom ships,
haunted castles, alien abductions and unwelcome spirit house
guests, its all in Unexplained Kent, intriguing contributions
unearthed by reporters from ordinary people with extraordinary
stories to tell. Whether or not it's out there, truth is stranger
than fiction, as this fascinating collection of eerie experiences
will show. What is truth? It's what you believe in and all the
people who have offered their stories believe what they saw, what
they encountered. Many of the cases have been drawn from the files
of "Kent Messenger Group" newspapers. Indeed, several are reprinted
from "The X Files series" published in "The Kent Messenger". But
there are also new, intriguing contributions unearthed by reporters
from ordinary people with extraordinary stories to tell. Such as:
The former policeman who dabbed with a ouija board and attracted
spirited, but unwelcome, guests into his house; the hard-nosed
investigative journalist who was astounded when he suddenly
recalled being a charioteer in ancient Rome; and, the devoted wife
who says her dead husband plays chess in the lounge to show he is
still around. As the cornerstone of England, steeped in history and
legend, Kent can boast its far share of tales about phantom ships
and haunted castles. They are part of the fabric of the county, the
kind of stuff eagerly digested by the thousands of visitors who
meander through its leafy lanes. But no tourist guide we have ever
seen includes reports of abductions by aliens. And yet, in
Greenhithe and the Sevenoaks area, it would seem, such things may
go on. So, settle back, open your mind and prepare to visit a Kent
you've never seen before. Oh, and keep the lights on...
"Real... Relevant... Revolutionary
This book is a spiritual survival tool for all born again
Christians " (Dennis Kerr, Pastor, Covenant City Church, Jamaica,
W.I.)
The wisdom to be gleaned from this book will save your lives -
pure and simple. We have been seeing the impact of Satan's
activities on the earth but we have yet to understand the why?
If I were a Demon shows us that nothing just happens by accident.
There is a lucid and hellish plan set out and kept in motion
throughout the earth, running counter to God's plans and purposes
for mankind.
Dedicated To All Christian Leaders, Ministers and Theologians Who
Are Presently Afraid To Confront The Reality of Spiritual Warfare
and Deliverance.
The fact that Satan has been displaced from heaven (Isaiah
14:12-15, Ezekiel 28:11-19, Luke 10:18) and now has free access on
the earth implies that he is on a desperate and deliberate
destruction - mission that is fueled by an eternal vendetta against
Almighty God.
As the earth experiences the fury of a "fallen star," its
inhabitants are being buffeted on every side, enticed with
deceptive temptations and bombarded by evil thoughts and
destructive desires, producing an increasingly perverse generation
and a morally depraved world.
As long as we are spiritually malnourished morally porous (or holey
... not holy) and lacking in integrity, then we have effectively
disqualified ourselves from ever hoping to become victorious in our
battle against the destructive powers of darkness.
Isn't it about time that the people who know their God should take
hold of their spiritual authority in Jesus' name, confront that old
dragon, expose his devices, crush the head of every serpent and
scorpion, and militantly demolish his kingdom?
I believe it is high time for this comprehensive attack ... and
won't you also join me (a little later on in time) in that
long-awaited victory march?
I'm on the winning side. What about you?
FOR WHAT DO YOU HUNGER . . . ? Lenore is the wife of steel magnate Henry, but ten years into their marriage the relationship has soured, and no child has arrived to fill the distance growing between them. Henry's ambitions take them from London to the Peak District, to the remote, imposing Nethershaw estate, where he plans to host a hunting party. Lenore must work to restore the crumbling house and ready it for Henry's guests - their future depends on it. But as the couple travel through the bleak countryside, a shocking carriage accident brings the mysterious Carmilla into Lenore's life. Carmilla, who is weak and pale during the day but vibrant at night, Carmilla who stirs up something deep within Lenore. And before long, girls from the local villages fall sick, consumed by a terrible hunger As the day of the hunt draws closer, Lenore begins to unravel, questioning the role she has been playing all these years. Torn between regaining her husband's affection and the cravings Carmilla has awakened, soon Lenore will uncover a darkness in her household that will place her at terrible risk . . .
Thirteen essays on the psychology and parapsychology of anomalous
experience explore a range of phenomena, including extrasensory
perception, haunting experiences, apparitions, alien contacts,
seance room activity, and out-of-body experiences. The contributors
are Daryl J. Bem, Etzel Cardena, Jezz Fox, Rachel Fox, Christopher
C. French, Victoria Hamilton, Craig D. Murray, Ciaran O'Keeffe,
Steve Parsons, Chris A. Roe, Julia Santomauro, Simon J. Sherwood,
Christine Simmonds-Moore, Paul Stevens, Michael Thalbourne,
Caroline Watt, Richard Wiseman and Robin Wooffitt.
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