Abandoned villages hold mysteries that only ghosts can reveal. Read accounts forgotten places, such as flooded Flagstaff, Maine, that contains the spirits of former residents still clinging to homes now nothing more than foundations or cellar holes. Visit Dudleytown, Connecticut, where residents fell victim to demons, murder, and insanity. Stroll through Massachusetts's Dogtown Common, a dead village of witches, werewolves, and ghosts. Whether you decide to explore these ghost towns or just read about them, you will not forget the people who made them history. Some still await your arrival-if not in person, then in spirit.

The Poconos in the hills of picturesque Pennsylvania is home to beautiful resorts, lively casinos, and stunning waterfalls. Yet, stand in any one spot long enough and chills will run up your spine. Journey with paranormal investigator L'Aura Hladik Hoffman to twenty haunted locations within this tourist mecca. Dine at Tannersville Inn with the ghost of Mabel or stay the night at The Shawnee Inn with a Lady in White. Discover the Pennsylvania Dutch beast Siwweyaeger or the phantom of the Poconos Cinema and Cultural Center as it "strikes again." The Hotel of Horror theater will challenge you to discern between actor and specter at every turn. Examine local legends, haunted artifacts and attractions, ghost photography, and more. Included is a directory of local paranormal organizations, researchers, and tours to plan your own investigations. It won't take long for you to discover that the ghosts of the Poconos are ever present, so join the hunt!

San Francisco is a dynamic city built upon a rich and vibrant history overflowing with the ghostly intrigue. This book relates tales of the most famous ghosts said to haunt the city. Learn about:; a rum-soaked body who continues to haunt the Atherton Mansion.; eerie piano playing by the musical spirit at York Hotel's Empire Plush Room.; moving lights and footsteps of soldiers long gone from the abandoned Park Presidio military hospital.; the praying ghost at the CCS Elementary School. These and many more spirited tales will haunt you as you delve into San Francisco's ghostly atmosphere. Also, learn to conduct your own ghostly research!

"L. B. Taylor Jr. knows his monsters. And who knew there were so many lurking in the Old Dominion? In "Monsters of Virginia," Taylor presents readers with guaranteed chills as he details documented encounters with Bigfoot, vampires, werewolves, winged monsters, even Devil Monkeys that prowl Virginia's country roads, mountains, valleys, and marshes and even surface occasionally in Chesapeake Bay. Highly recommended " --Brad Steiger, Author of "Real Monsters, Gruesome Creatures, and Beasts from the Darkside"

Features . . .

• Bigfoot
• The Wampus Cat
• Chessie, the sea serpent
• The Snallygaster
• Other strange phenomena, including vampires, werewolves, thunderbirds, goatmen, and out-of-place animals

A study of the production, circulation and consumption of English ghost stories during the Age of Reason. This work examines a variety of mediums: ballads and chapbooks, newspapers, sermons, medical treatises and scientific journals, novels and plays. It relates the telling of ghost stories to changes associated with the Enlightenment.

From the clouds with ghostly faces in the Chisos Mountains to the spirits of the Alamo, follow in the footsteps of a "spirit magnet" as she takes a wild Western romp across haunted Texas and beyond. Meet Joshua's ghost in his creepy room in Mineral Wells and Sara, who is one of the most active spirits at the Menger Hotel in San Antonio. Did phantom soldiers holding swords of fire really save the Alamo from destruction by the Mexicans? Is it really Teddy Roosevelt's ghost that haunts the bar at the Menger? Be amazed at the phenomenal results from the Spirit Scanner. Find out in this factual and spine-tingling adventure across the Lone Star State.

Explore 31 of Connecticut's most haunted sites along with a clairvoyant with first hand knowledge of the spirits of whom she speaks! On this spectral tour encounter ghosts in famous homes, including the residences of Mark Twain and Harriet Beecher Stowe. The lively spirits in Hartford, Fairfield, Litchfield County, Middlesex, New Haven, New London, Tolland, and Windham County are all revealed. Meet the ghost of a young murder victim haunting the Pettibone Tavern, the prisoners who never left the mines of Old New-Gate prison, and visit an abandoned town so cursed local residents have changed the name of the road leading to it to keep the curious away. Connecticut's history of witchcraft and the Victorian sA (c)ances of Hartford are also revealed. Fascinating text provides details of ghost-hunting methods used during research, useful methods for cleansing negative spirits, and directions to the sites. Everyone intrigued by ghosts and life beyond death will enjoy the thirty-two images that provide evidence of spirits moving among us.

Hauntings lurk and spirits linger in the Empire State Reader, beware! Turn these pages and enter the world of the paranormal, where ghosts and ghouls alike creep just out of sight. Author Cheri Farnsworthshines a light in the dark corners of New York and scares those spirits out of hiding in this thrilling collection. From apparitions and objects that fly off of tables at the Manhattan Bistro, to a specter that stalks Pulpit Rock in Lake Placid, there's no shortage of bone-chilling tales to keep you up at night. Around the campfire or tucked away on a dark and stormy night, this big book of ghost stories is a hauntingly good read.

Follow along with one of the oldest ghost-hunting groups in Michigan: the SouthEast Michigan Ghost Hunters Society (SEMGHS). Journey through 13 investigations of cemeteries, a comedy club, library, business, hotel, theater, private home, and an old prison. Find out what it's like to have a ghost follow you home. Meet the spirits at the Purple Rose Theater and discover why they never left. Consider what is growling at Blood Cemetery and run with a black form seen at the Durand Union Station. If you have ever wanted to go on a ghost hunt, but found that you were too afraid, it's time to put yourself right in the middle of some of the most haunted locations in Michigan. Read this book if you dare, but do so with the lights on!

Learn how departed animals communicate with their owners with either "Postcards" or "Kisses" from heaven and other heartwarming and funny stories. This book highlights true "tails" about animals that have visited their owners from the afterlife. For anyone who has ever loved an animal, these stories will produce a roller coaster of emotions and the belief that their "heart animal" will always be there for themeven after leaving this world. Harrison the Greyhound refused to leave the van he rode in, even after he passed away; Boo Boo, the long-deceased Boston Terrier, reappears any time another pet needs to cross to the other side, and Coco's barking from beyond saved her family from a fire. Do pets return from the dead to contact their owners? Can pets actually see spirits that exist in your home? Does your pet have the drive to protect you from spirits that appear at your bedside? Decide for yourself as you read these ghostly stories.

Tour Connecticut's most fascinating seaside hauntings. Nearly 400 years of spirited tales are covered, from the ghostly legacy of colonial witchcraft trials to cursed pirate gold, from spectral voices at haunted battlefields to ghost ships that sail stormy skies. Visit the cursed gravesite of Midnight Mary in New Haven's Evergreen Cemetery, who is said to have been buried alive, and shadow folk who silently flit among the ruins of Bridgeport's old Remington Arms Factory. Meet Ernie, the ghostly lighthouse keeper of New London's Ledge Light, and read about the Bridgeport Poltergeist that shocked the nation and inspired a major motion picture. There are ghost ships, treasure, and much more to entice you along the haunted seaside of Connecticut, but be prepared to be chilled.

Hollywood teams with famous ghosts! Take a spirited tour of the most haunted studios, hotels, homes, and graveyards. Visit the house where the ghost of actor Gary Cooper continues to smoke cigarettes that others smell. At Chasen's, the hottest Hollywood restaurant of its day, now a grocery store, stars continue to dine rather than shop for food. Go ghost hunting at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel's poolside cabana where a grisly specter appears to guests with his throat slit. Lucy's ghost is still selling Vitametavegamin on her old set at the Ren-Mar Studios and Desi's haunts his old office there. Read messages that Hollywood's greatest legends left on their tombstones. See the Hollywood sites where many of the rich and famous lived, died, and refuse to leave.

For the past twenty-five years, the people along the Massachusetts-Rhode Island border have known about the Bridgewater Triangle and the odd things that occur there. But for centuries before that, the Triangle has been a haven for the unexplained, with sightings of weird animals, UFOs, ghosts, and unmarked, strange government vehicles. Now, for the first time, the full light of research is brought to this understudied aspect of the Triangle, including the examination of classic hauntings as well as urban legends told for years as true stories. Learn about the ghosts of Profile and Anawan Rocks in Freetown, the spirits haunting the hospital of the insane in Taunton, the eerie cemeteries in Fairhaven, Attleboro, and Fall River, and many more scary sites. Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island can finally be exposed as one of the most haunted areas of New England.

Take a spine-tingling journey with author Docia Williams as she introduces you to the ghosts that roam the warm beaches of Port Aransas and South Padre Island. You may want to keep the night light on as she investigates the mysterious hauntings of La Bahia at Goliad, the Golden Triangle, and the presidios of far South Texas. Using tangible evidence and first-hand testimony, Williams attempts to validate some of the bizarre and disturbing accounts of ghosts along the Texas coast.

There are paranormal mysteries in Wisconsin that have people asking questions, looking for help, and reaching out to someone anyone who can understand the strange occurrences they are facing. The Southern Wisconsin Paranormal Research Group (SWPRG) wont ignore these cries for help. Within these pages, everyday people who have paranormal situations plaguing them in their daily lives bare all to SWPRG via email. The group listens and then reacts. Can these haunting mysteries be explained? Or are they something that should be swept under the rug, forgotten, left alone for someone else to worry about? Sometimes scary, sometimes funny, now you can see the very first contact made in the connection between paranormal investigator and haunted client. Put yourself in that situation of doubt and concern as you consider what you would do if such a haunt beset your life. Out of 11,000 emails, these were selected to share with you. Read at your own risk.

This second volume of New England's Graveside Tales, presents a dark cavern of mystery. Walk the unhallowed ground of a vampire and learn much about some of the first authentic hauntings in America. Look to the night skies for UFOs and explore cases of alien abductions that happened in New England. Then visit interesting places: castles, towers, graves, and museums, and be introduced to some of historys most persecuted accused of unlikely and heinous crimes. Theres much more waiting for you ahead, so grab a torch and read on...and if you should be startled or even scream, not a living soul will know...

Based on fieldwork in the north Indian state of Rajasthan, this book focuses on supernatural affliction - illness and misfortune ascribed to demonic spirits or ghosts and to other mystical agents, such as sorcerers and witches. The study augments and extends the existing scholarship on a range of issues, including inter alia beliefs about spirit possession, sorcery, witchcraft and the evil eye. The themes of ritual practice, especially exorcism or healing ceremonies, Hindu priests and curers, popular Hinduism and pilgrimage are discussed, and the anthropology of South Asia is explored with an emphasis on medical anthropology and Indian ethnomedicine. At a theoretical level, the book sharply contrasts with much of the literature on spirit possession or on supernatural affliction and its treatment, as the author's phenomenological orientation involves movement away from psychological or psychiatric paradigms as well as from other forms of Western rationalism that have tended to dominate scholarly work. The book thus offers fresh insights, both in terms of understanding supernatural malaise and its treatment, and in terms of the application of the approach the author engages.

Follow New Hampshire's premier paranormal investigative group, Ghost Quest, as they uncover spirits, demons, and ghostly history in this haunted state. See the apparition at Devil's Church and a translucent paranormal investigator who channels the ghosts of Greenfield. Read about the closet of demon babies in a ghost-infested apartment and visit the haunted Calvary, Pine Hill, and Valley Street cemeteries. Follow the team into realms that are out of this world and get directions to conduct your own searches.

Acquaint yourself with spirits who roam miles and miles along Californias gorgeous central coastline. Stroll through haunted halls of missions in the footsteps of Chumash Indians and Spanish conquistadors. Make your way to the Santa Maria Inn, which is filled with ghosts from its illustrious past who regularly use the elevator. Spend some time in Summerland, or heaven, the first Spiritualist colony in the U.S., and meet Hector, the young boy who inhabits The Big Yellow House. Explore the theory of a parallel universe and different dimensions. Enter the world of Robbie, a young boy whose life was cut short by an evil entity that still travels between this world and the next to hide his wicked crime. So join the spirits along Californias central coast and spend time within an incredible vortex of paranormal energy!

This officially-licensed kit includes a mini replica of the Ghost Trap from the 1984 classic film, Ghostbusters! * SPECIFICATIONS: 4" mini ghost trap with doors that open and close with the press of a button * LIGHT AND SOUND FEATURES: Light and sound is activated when doors are opened and deactivated when shut * Outer housing emits 1 yellow LED + 1 flashing red LED in standby mode * Inside emits 1 orange LED + 2 flashing blue LEDs, enhanced with light deflector to produce a unique effect * BOOK INCLUDED: Mini book contains 12 full-color stickers, along with 3 smaller decal stickers for use with the Ghost Trap * PERFECT GIFT: A unique gift for fans of the Ghostbusters films * OFFICIALLY LICENSED: Authentic collectible ™ & © 2021 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.

In "Ghosts of London" Jon Sutherland reveals the stories behind hauntings in theatres, parks, homes, palaces and pubs all over the capital, from Acton to Woolwich. The book is sure to appeal to ghost-hunters of all ages and nationalities, as well as anyone with an interest in the supernatural. The ancient city of London is haunted by hundreds of ghosts, including famous historical figures such as Henry VIII, Walter Raleigh and Florence Nightingale, and a host of less well-known but equally fascinating characters. Poltergeists, screaming spectres, headless women and even phantom trains and buses fill the pages of this detailed guide to the spirits that stalk the streets of London. Find out about the ghosts that haunt the Tower of London and Westminster Abbey, discover London's most haunted town house in Berkeley Square, and learn which ghosts to look out for in the pubs of the East End at night. It is a fascinating survey of the ghostly activity of Britain's largest City.