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Books > Health, Home & Family > Mind, body & spirit > Unexplained phenomena / the paranormal
Chicago has quite a harrowing history, and not all of it has stayed
in the past. Meet the ghosts at Oprah's studios, the strange
hitchhikers along Archer Avenue, the frightened souls from the St.
Valentine's Day Massacre, and the feared La Llorona, who just may
steal your children! The devil baby and the haunted Hull house will
chill you to the bone, as will Resurrection Mary.\nBy the time
youre through, youll know all of Chi-towns greatest supernatural
secrets, and you might never look at the city the same way again.
Spirituality and Medicine: can the two walk together, summarizes
the Howard University Hospital's Seminar Series on Spirituality and
Medicine over a ten-year period, from 1998-2007. It meticulously
presents a compelling discussion through five chapters which
summarize such titles as, Perspectives on death and dying, The
spiritual side of medicine: the art and science of healing, The
power of faith and the use of prayer, Renewing the mind and its
impact on health and The scientific and spiritual aspects of the
soul. The foundation for the discussion is grounded in the history
of medicine and cultural anthropology and is explicated in a
"reader friendly" fashion throughout the text. As the discussion
integrates various aspects of the union of spirituality and
medicine, helpful tools are provided that shed light on relevant
legal and scientific issues concerned with end of life care. The
book includes a glossary of terms that is very helpful to the
reader. The scientific information presented is based upon fact and
the standards of medical research as published in peer-reviewed
journals. Additionally, many testimonials attesting to the
connection of spirituality and health and the first-hand knowledge
of physicians and clergy experiencing this connection are also
included. The language, content and context of this book are
designed in such a way as to appeal to readers from all walks of
life and leave them with the resounding conclusion that
spirituality and health have always and shall continue, to walk
together.
America's most populated city is also home to many ghosts and
strange creatures of the night. The most bizarre and frightening
stories of the paranormal from the five boroughs are compiled in
this volume, including the phantom searching for lost gold in the
Parrish House in the Bronx, the demonic flying Coney Island Monster
in Brooklyn, the haunted St. Paul's Chapel in Manhattan, the raving
ghost of Mount Olivet Cemetery in Queens, the restless spirits that
peer from the windows of the Kreischer Mansion in Staten Island,
and many others.
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.
West Virginia is famous for its mountains, nature, and scenery, but
it's also a treasure trove for tourists who prefer to visit
history's darker and stranger side. Hitch along with the author as
he visits over 60 West Virginia strange and spooky landmarks,
including the Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum and haunted
Moundsville State Prison. Learn about Charles Manson's childhood
hometown, the "Hillbilly Black Dahlia," and serial killer Harry
Powers, whose story inspired Night of the Hunter. Haunted houses,
colleges, and cemeteries, otherworldly alien encounters, cursed
amusement parks, and more are explored in detail. You'll even
discover Bat Boy's cave, Sasquatch's hideouts, werewolf country,
and read about the time Teddy Roosevelt went monster hunting. Each
location is complete with visitor information and a bounty of odd
history.
Vampires are beings of myth: folkloric creatures who live off the
blood of the living and have been recorded in nearly every culture
around the world since the beginning of man. This work traces the
evolution of the vampire, from its roots in ancient mythology to
obscure folk tales and legends, leading up to when these foul
beings transformed into the suave Byronic heroes that continue to
influence the world's view of the vampire today. It also examines
key individuals in history involved in reshaping our concept of the
creature. Popular culture is explored, along with the development
of the vampire into the protagonist in plays and poems and novels.
Sixty-one frightening images bring the topic right to your front
door. Will you invite the visitor in?
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!
Who are we? Where are we from? Why are we here? From these three
questions spring the truth that will lead you on a strange and
sometimes frightening journey toward awakening. This comprehensive
study includes 110 interpreted images and information that is
Spirit Guide-assisted, as well as from the author's own personal
experiences. How can our world be so rich in its bio-diversity, its
people so varied in appearance and customs? Are the Nazca Lines
related to alien visitation? Are aliens, cryptids (such as the
Yeti), and animal/human mutilation cases related? If so, why? The
author admonishes us all to remember one thing above all else: They
do not come in peace.
Georgia has some of the country's most important bases with
facilities covering enormous areas. Is it any wonder that they have
their share of ghosts, UFOs, and Bigfoot sightings? Visit more than
13 military bases, including Forts Benning, Gillem, Gordon,
McPherson, Screven, and Stewart; Air Force bases Moody, Robbins,
and Turner; Army Airfields Lawson and Hunter; and Kings Bay Naval
Submarine Base, to read eyewitness accounts of the paranormal. Meet
a child ghost trapped at Dobbins, relive a pilot's harrowing UFO
chase at Benning, and shiver with a soldier at Gordon who witnessed
one of the largest Bigfoot creatures ever reported. Georgia
military bases, with their endless angst, secrets, and vast
acreage, have led to many tales of the paranormal: ghosts haunt all
the bases, Bigfoot roams Army ranges, and UFOs fly over aerial and
naval forces. Examine these events to gain a new perspective of
those who protect the US.
Through case studies that include paranormal, physical, and
psychiatric investigation, discover the differences between loving
spiritual presences and those with an agenda to incite chaos and
destruction. Find out the symptoms of spirit communication and
hauntings, as well as a seven-step process for attaining spiritual
protection and disarming negative energies. Through firsthand
accounts, examples, and research, gather insight as to the impact
ghosts and demons have on humanity and how to protect yourself and
your family. Learn through a variety of divine concerns to help and
heal others by accessing spiritual gifts that will provide a
feeling of empowerment in life. Are ghosts and demons real? Is it
possible for negative energies to erode the physical, mental, and
spiritual well being of an individual? Find out by using this
resource for those dealing with both paranormal or spiritual
issues.
A ghostly tour of Maine's coast - twenty-five tales of hauntings
and unexplained supernatural occurrences compiled by a woman whose
family's home in coastal Maine is home to more than one ghost. Her
interest in psychic phenomena was sparked by a request from the NBC
series In Search of... for an interview about her family's haunted
house. This is a different kind of tour, an intriguing,
spine-tingling tour full of witches, mysterious disappearances, and
things that go bump in the night.
Patterned after the first volume published in 1964, The UFO
Evidence, Volume II is much anticipated by the research community.
The book reports 30 years of UFO sightings since 1964 with related
data and descriptive features organized by category. Among the
topics discussed are the now strongly established patterns of UFO
sightings, the growing evidence worldwide that UFOs represent
someone's technology, the history of government sponsored UFO
investigations, and political and human responses to UFO sightings.
The master chronology is an incredibly complete listing, which also
refers the reader to pertinent sections in the book for fuller
descriptions.
ARRRRGH! Come aboard for seafaring pirates, ghosts, and spooky
tales from the coast of North Carolina. With pirate lore and
history abundant for this seaside area, join storyteller Cynthia
Moore Brown as she explores graveyards, haunted houses, and
locations with spirits that have sparked shivers within audiences
for decades. Read about actual places with ghosts revealed. Dare to
experience misty, dangerous railroad tracks at the site of a death
by train in Wilmington. Hear ghostly children play in a home at
Pelican Reef. Find out what it might feel like to be buried alive
and why the saying, "saved by the bell," might be important to
some. Walk with pirate ghosts on the old Chandlers Wharf, and visit
with a foggy spirit moving aimlessly near Cape Fear River. Visit
Topsail Island where the Queen Anne's Revenge, Blackbeard's
flagship, may still sail with her ghostly pirates haunting the
waters and marshes. Whether history, unsolved mysteries, legends,
or just plain scary happenings, these tales will keep you
shuddering long into the night.
Now safely back at home, Ian and Lilli are free to return to normal
life. Except there's a major problem: Ian keeps seeing the big bad
boss dragon Atreus everywhere, and he can't tell whether it's real
or in his imagination. So the internet is no longer an option.
That's right. Ian, king of online gaming, is out on the soccer
court instead. When Atreus shows up . . . everywhere, he knows he
needs his sister. But he's legally obligated to never say Dra-er,
the name of the game, so how is he supposed to ask for help? When
Ian and Lilli finally sign back online, it's clear that Atreus has
truly been released on the open web-and even worse, Ikumi has been
kidnapped and imprisoned in a video game. It's back into virtual
reality, but this time it's to Mech Ops, a futuristic world of
zombies and evil robots-and the game's not even finished. Will Ian
and Lilli have what it takes to jump through unfinished levels
undetected? Or will they get booted . . . and even worse, are there
do-overs in VR that isn't even built yet?
"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
Haunted Hotels comprises more than two dozen tales of ghosts,
unexplained phenomena, and other spooky happenings at hotels, inns,
and rooming houses across America and around the world. Tom Ogden,
author of four other books in the Haunted series, also provides
information for readers who wish to check in and check out the
spirits themselves . . . if they dare.
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.
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.
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