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In 1929, Chicago gangster Al Capone arranged a special St.
Valentine's Day delivery for his favorite arch enemies: a massacre.
Seven North Side mobsters were left dead. Yet random killings and
bizarre murders were not unfamiliar in Chicago. Tales of the city's
most violent and puzzling murders make this gripping work truly
hair-raising: a deranged stalker kills his love object and then
himself; a sausage maker uses the tools of his trade to rid himself
of his wife; and a meticulous serial killer cleans his dead
victims' wounds before taping them closed. Through accounts
dripping with mystery, gory details and suspense, Troy Taylor
brilliantly tells the twisted history of the worst of Chicago's
North Side.
Blazing from the West Side, the Great Chicago Fire left nothing but
ashy remnants of the developing city leveling its landscape but
certainly not its spirit. While the West Side was home to the
infamous O'Leary Barn, it was also where the news of some of the
city's most gruesome and horrific crime reverberated throughout the
state and across the country. Read about the bloody end of Robert
'the Terrible' Toughy, who undoubtedly lived up to his name, met an
ill-deserved fate. Troy Taylor also delves into the life of John
Wayne Gacy the depraved man masked by the clown costume and yet
again proves to be a master storyteller and historian of Chicago's
criminal underworld.
New Orleans--the Big Easy, the birthplace of jazz, home of Cafe du
Monde and what some call the most haunted city in America. Beneath
the indulgence and revelry of the Crescent City lies a long history
of the dark and mysterious. From the famous "Queen of Voodoo,"
Marie Laveau, who is said to haunt the site of her grave, to the
wicked LaLauries, whose true natures were hidden behind elegance
and the trappings of high society, New Orleans is filled with
spirits of all kinds. Some of the ghosts in these stories have
sordid and scandalous histories, while others are friendly specters
who simply can't leave their beloved city behind. Join supernatural
historian Troy Taylor as he takes readers beyond the French Quarter
and shows a side of New Orleans never seen.
"Since as early as the 1700s, New Orleans has been a city filled
with sin and vice. Those first pioneering citizens of the Big Easy
were thieves, vagabonds and criminals of all kinds. By the time
Louisiana fell under American control, New Orleans had become a
city of debauchery and corruption camouflaged by decadence. It was
also considered one of the country's most dangerious cities, with a
reputation of crime and loose morals. Rampant gambling and
prostitution were the norm in nineteenth-century New Orleans, and
over one-third of today's French Quarter was considered a hotbed of
sin. Tales in this volume of streets of the Crescent City in the
early 1900s and Kate Townsend, a prositute who was murdered by her
own lover, a man who later wass awarde her inheritance. Troy Taylor
takes a look back at New Orleans's early wicked days and historic
crimes" --Back cover.
Hauntings lurk and spirits linger in the Show Me State Reader,
beware! Turn these pages and enter the world of the paranormal,
where ghosts and ghouls alike creep just out of sight. Author Troy
Taylor shines a light in the dark corners of Missouri and scares
those spirits out of hiding in this thrilling collection. From a
headless ghost who stalks the aptly named "Murder Rocks", to a
large hairy monster that roams the banks of the Missouri River,
there's no shortage of bone-chilling tales to keep you up at night.
It's even rumored that the devil himself came to St. Louis in 1949,
but nobody knows for sure if he ever left. Around the campfire or
tucked away on a dark and stormy night, this big book of ghost
stories is a hauntingly good read.
Do places where violent deaths occur somehow absorb the horror,
only to conjure up images that haunt the living for generations to
come? Many people believe that this can indeed happen; above all,
in the context of that manmade phenomenon that reaps so great a
toll in so short a time: War. Haunted U.S. Battlefields takes us on
a spine-tingling tour of America's most legendary spectral scenes
of human struggle-from the Revolutionary War to the Civil War, from
the Indian Wars to World War II and beyond. As America's bloodiest
conflict, the Civil War has yielded the greatest number of ghostly
sightings. Hence, most of the twenty-five battlefield legends this
book relates are from this era-whether the myriad strange spectral
happenings associated with Gettysburg, or this war's lesser known
but equally tragic events. Summing up the eerie essence of wartime
scenes across America-many of which today host popular ghost
tours-Haunted U.S. Battlefields is a must for students of the
paranormal, Civil War buffs, and all others interested in a
spine-chilling realm of military history that the history books
don't dare tell.
Hauntings lurk and spirits linger in the Prairie State Reader,
beware! Turn these pages and enter the world of the paranormal,
where ghosts and ghouls alike creep just out of sight. Author Troy
Taylor shines a light in the dark corners of Illinois and scares
those spirits out of hiding in this thrilling collection. From a
gallows tree in Greene County where an apparition can still be seen
hanging, to the lingering spirits of warring mobsters at the site
of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, these stories of strange
occurrences will keep you glued to the edge of your seat. Around
the campfire or tucked away on a dark and stormy night, this big
book of ghost stories is a hauntingly good read.
Frightening stories of hauntings throughout the state, including .
. .
- The tragic specters of the Lemp family of brewers in St.
Louis
- Spooky Zombie Road in Wildwood
- Phantoms of Mark Twain Cave
- The haunted Elms Resort Hotel in Excelsior Springs
- Spirits of the Civil War battle of Wilson's Creek
Journey back in time to the opulent days of St. Louis in the Gilded
Age and discover the true story of the Lemp family and its rise to
power, wealth and extravagance. It's a story that has become legend
over the years but one that few people truly know. Despite the fact
that the Lemps, and their legendary mansion, have inspired books,
ghost stories and television shows, the true story of their tragic
lives has become a confusing and convoluted mess of myths,
misconceptions, legends and outright lies, making it nearly
impossible to separate fact from fiction - until now. For the first
time, the story of the rise and fall of the Lemp empire can truly
be told. This is the first book that has been written with
cooperation from Lemp family descendants and features private
stories and details, as well as rare photographs, that have never
been told or seen before. The history of the Lemp family is a true
American tragedy, one of triumph over opposition, hard work,
perseverance, genius and madness, eccentricity and passion, horror,
death, suicide and ghosts. It's a story that is played out against
the backdrop of America's changing landscape of the late 1800s and
early 1900s and is enhanced by the history of the beer industry in
St. Louis, the German immigrant experience in America and takes a
riveting look at the lives and deaths of those for whom money truly
was no object. This is a tale that is purely American - of a
haunted family and a haunted house - told as only Troy Taylor can
tell it
The mysterious and often violent history of Illinois has made the
state a haven for restless spirits. This volume explores the
supernatural side of the Prairie State, with stories on the horrors
of an old slave house, the numerous spirits of Alton's McPike
Mansion, the cemetery where the dead walk, the Spring Valley
Vampire, the ghosts of the Bartonville Asylum, Chicago's famous
Resurrection Mary, and the spirit world of Abraham Lincoln.
Illinois was in many ways born in blood. From the early days of
piracy to twentieth-century mob massacres, the state has been
plagued with some of the worst crimes in history. This book begins
with a general overview of crime in the state and then focuses on
its headline stories. Included are the cases of the "Murder Castle"
of H. H. Holmes, the intellectual thrill killers Nathan Leopold and
Richard Loeb, the bloody St. Valentine's Day Massacre involving Al
Capone's South Side mob and Bugs Morans North Side gang, the eight
nurses brutally butchered by Richard Speck, and the horrifying rape
and slaughter of 33 young men by "Killer Clown" John Wayne Gacy.
Ever wonder what happens "behind the scenes" of paranormal
investigations, ghost tours and haunted overnights? Ever wonder
what happens when ghost hunters visit places that are so haunted
that even they get scared? If so, then delve into the further
adventures, and misadventures, of author Troy Taylor and the
American Ghost Society's Len Adams as they recount their own
personal experiences with ghosts, hauntings, haunted places, ghost
tours and more. Discover these fascinating, often humorous and
usually chilling first-hand accounts of some of the most haunted
places in America, including the Villisca Ax Murder House, Eastern
State Penitentiary, the Illinois town of Alton - one of the most
haunted small towns in America, Lemp Mansion, Bell Witch Cave,
Myrtles Plantation, Waverly Hills Sanatorium and many others! It's
another look at the "confessions" of ghost hunters and the perfect
addition to your library!
In the early 1800s, the Bell family of Robertson County, Tennessee,
was preyed upon by a strange creature that also terrorized the
community, tortured the Bells' youngest daughter, and eventually
took the life of the family patriarch, John Bell. Taylor delves
into the mysterious happenings surrounding this famous case,
exploring the many myths and misconceptions regarding the Bell
Witch.
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