Download or read book Ghosts Of Aradale Asylum written by William Tabone and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-03 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you like a good ghost story from an absolutely haunted location but love them even better if they are based on real experiences, then this book is for you.Aradale Asylum was the biggest mental institution in the southern hemisphere and was made up of over 65 buildings with approx 13,000 deaths within it's walls. Standing on the top of a hill Aradale is truly an imposing structure looking over the landscape below.As with many asylums from the past patients were not always treated well, used to test out new methods of helping those considered mentally challenged or just for medical experimentations, by medical doctors and staff that may not have had the best intentions, we can imaging he psychological and physical torture many patient's endured and this may be the reason for the intense paranormal activity that is found throughout the building.With over thirty-five years of experience in the paranormal field William "Bill" Tabone has spent a great deal of time in this amazing and haunted location. The amount of experiences people have had in Aradale Asylum are extraordinary and it is this reason that Aradale is considered Australia's most haunted location.
Download or read book Capturing Ghosts On The Page Writing Horror Dark Fiction written by Kaaron Warren and published by Brain Jar Press. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Don’t write merely to shock. People are used to shock-horror. You need to get beneath the skin. Use a flensing knife and keep it sharp. It’s good to shock, but only as part of the story you tell.” In this chapbook, Kaaron Warren—the Shirley Jackson Award-winning writer behind Slights, The Greif Hole, and Into Bones Like Oil—explores the craft and philosophy of trapping dark and disturbing fiction on the page. Drawn from essays, workshops, and articles about the craft and business of writing, Capturing Ghosts On The Page feature’s Warren’s tips on writing ghost stories, overcoming professional jealousy, working to an anthology brief, tapping your dreams for inspiration, and more. Whether you want an insight into the creative process that drives Warren’s dark and enchanting fiction, or you are an aspiring writer seeking tips from one of the most talented authors of horror fiction writing today, this chapbook is a peek into the mindset and practice of a celebrated Australian author.
Download or read book Aradale written by David Waldron and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First built in 1867, the remarkable Gothic structure of the former Ararat Lunatic Asylum, colloquially known as Aradale, has overlooked the regional town of Ararat for over 150 years. Throughout its history it has seen remarkable transformations in the history of Australian psychiatry and western society's treatment of the mentally ill, and it has participated in some of their darkest scandals. Today in popular press, the labyrinthine complex is commonly acclaimed as 'Australia's most haunted building' and is home to a flourishing dark tourism industry boasting tens of thousands of visitors a year. This book explores the history of the former asylum, and examines what is it that makes a place 'haunted' in the popular imagination, and what it is about hauntings that so invariably connects them with problematic histories.
Download or read book The World s Most Haunted Hospitals written by Richard Estep and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2016-01-25 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A paramedic and paranormal investigator takes readers on a terrifying tour of haunted hospitals, asylums, and medical facilities across the globe. Hospitals are the nexus point between life and death, the place into which people enter this world, but also exit it. When we consider what has taken place behind the closed doors of hospitals since the inception of the medical profession, it should come as no surprise to discover that so many of them are haunted. In The World's Most Haunted Hospitals, paramedic and paranormal investigator Richard Estep recounts some of the most fascinating—and chilling—stories of hospital hauntings from across the globe, including: The apparitions at an old Utah hospital, now a nursing home, whose appearances are said to predict a patient's death. The Italian island referred to by locals as "the gateway to Hell," where the spirits of thousands of plague victims prowl the streets. The terrifying phenomena that keep visitors away from an abandoned airbase hospital in the Philippines. The ghostly nurse who has haunted the corridors of a London hospital for generations.
Download or read book The Palgrave Handbook of Incarceration in Popular Culture written by Marcus Harmes and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-02-03 with total page 785 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Incarceration in Popular Culture will be an essential reference point, providing international coverage and thematic richness. The chapters examine the real and imagined spaces of the prison and, perhaps more importantly, dwell in the uncertain space between them. The modern fixation with ‘seeing inside’ prison from the outside has prompted a proliferation of media visions of incarceration, from high-minded and worthy to voyeuristic and unrealistic. In this handbook, the editors bring together a huge breadth of disparate issues including women in prison, the view from ‘inside’, prisons as a source of entertainment, the real worlds of prison, and issues of race and gender. The handbook will inform students and lecturers of media, film, popular culture, gender, and cultural studies, as well as scholars of criminology and justice.
Download or read book 100 Tales from Australia s Most Haunted Places written by Ben Pobjie and published by Affirm Press. This book was released on 2022-07-26 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the ghostly black horse of Sutton Forest to the butcher of Adelaide Street, a haunted Brisbane lift to the chilling experiments carried out by Doctor Blood of the North Kapunda Hotel, Australia abounds in spooky stories that are all unnervingly based in fact and tied to real places you can visit or avoid. In 100 Tales from Australia's Most Haunted Places, comedy writer and general scaredy-cat Ben Pobjie communes with the spirit world to send a shiver down your spine. A book best read with the light left on.
Download or read book Paranormal Australia written by Alan Toner and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-02-06 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paranormal Australia takes you to some of the most haunted locations Down Under. There are 25 cases of paranormal activity in this book, including The Ghosts of Picton, Devil's Pool, The Princess Theatre and The Redbank Range Tunnel.
Download or read book Abandoned Hospitals written by Alix Wood and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It seems peculiar that hospitalsplaces where peoples lives are savedcan be downright creepy once theyre abandoned. Leftover medical instruments, stained walls, and mysterious sounds all contribute to the unsettling feeling one gets once inside. Luckily, readers wont have to travel to deserted hospitals around the world. They can tour them in the pages of this hair-raising volume. Theyll visit the Taunton State Hospital in Massachusetts, Old Changi Hospital in Singapore, and others. Plenty of history is mixed in with the odd anecdotes connected with each, and a chilling design and images add to the eerie ambience.
Download or read book The Maddest Place on Earth written by Jill Giese and published by Australian Scholarly Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-31 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gold-fuelled Melbourne was booming, but dwelling in the fault lines of the proud young colony was an alarming fact – Victoria had the highest rate of insanity in the world. Was it the antipodean sun, gold mania, excessive masturbation, the heady pace of modern life? The true story of colonial Victoria’s quest to cure insanity unfolds through the lives of three English newcomers – a gifted artist, exiled from his homeland for his madness; an ambitious doctor, bringing enlightened treatment ideals to his post in charge of the overflowing asylum; and a mysterious undercover journalist, who sensationally exposed the lunatics’ plight in Melbourne’s press. Amid the clamour of fraught endeavours and maddened minds, the story reveals unexpected hope, creativity and ennobling humanity – and surprising contemporary relevance as we continue to grapple with this ancient human malady. Jill Giese is a clinical psychologist and writer, whose extensive career in mental health encompasses many years of clinical practice and executive roles in policy and advocacy.
Download or read book Ghost Hunting For Dummies written by Zak Bagans and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-05-21 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dive into the ghostly world of the supernatural with America’s leading paranormal investigator Inside, paranormal investigator, star, and executive producer of The Travel Channel's hit series, Ghost Adventures and founder of the award-winning Haunted Museum (Las Vegas’ most popular attraction), Zak Bagans takes readers on an exciting journey into the supernatural world. With insider information on the history of ghost-hunting to learning about ghosts with all kinds of temperaments, Ghost-Hunting For Dummies is peppered with true accounts and stories from Bagans' famous cases and investigations. Featuring expert advice on picking a haunted location, setting up cameras, and dealing with unwieldy ghosts, this book shows how today's investigators use the tools of modern science to study a wide range of paranormal activity. Take an exciting adventure into the supernatural world Explore haunted sites Get messages from beyond the grave Read true accounts from famous cases and investigations If you're one of the countless fans of Ghost Adventures itching to get off the couch and track some spirits on your own, this book provides everything you need to know to conduct a successful paranormal investigation.
Download or read book INTERNATIONAL LEGEND TRIPPING written by Robert C. Robinson and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2020-09-11 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Look outside the box and go on the ultimate adventure! Enter the exciting world of myth and monsters, the paranormal, UFOs and extraterrestrials, lost treasures and mysterious places. Robert Robinson presents this epic guide to the stranger sites around the world and gives you some valuable pointers on legend tripping around the planet. There are large hairy creatures roaming all parts of the world like the Yeti, the yeren, the Alma, and the wildman to name few. England might be the most haunted country in the world but there are haunted places in every part of the world that include castles, old prisons and hotels. Visit places that have a reputation for not only being haunted, but cursed as well. Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) are not just seen in the US, but are a worldwide phenomenon, with people from all over looking toward the skies. There are still hundreds of lost treasures in the world, just waiting to be discovered, and you might be the one to find them. The world is full of mysteries of the unexplained and this book will show you not only where to go, but what to take with you. A great compendium of travel advice and weird sites!
Download or read book Haunted written by G. L. Davies and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blissful beginnings for a young couple turn into a nightmare after purchasing their dream home in Wales in 1989. Their love and their resolve are torn apart by an indescribable entity that pushes paranormal activity to the limit. Haunted: Horror of Haverfordwest is the prequel to the bestselling A Most Haunted House. Dare you step inside...
Download or read book Water for Drowning written by Ray Cluley and published by . This book was released on 2014-08-22 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Josh, falling in love does not fit in with his rock and roll lifestyle. And falling for someone who believes in mermaids? Who wants to be one? Well, he wasn't expecting that, either. But the sea is deep with mysteries. Sometimes they wash ashore, whispered in the hush of a quiet tide, and all you have to do is listen. Other times you have to explore the dark beneath the surface yourself, unsure of what you might find... Bonus content Special introduction about the genesis of Water For Drowning by Ray Cluley Bonus story: the British Fantasy Award winning story 'Shark! Shark!'
Download or read book Fire Underground written by David Dekok and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How a modern-day mine disaster has turned a Pennsylvania community into a ghost town * For much of its history, Centralia, Pennsylvania, had a population of around 2,000. By 1981, this had dwindled to just over 1,000—not unusual for a onetime mining town. But as of 2007, Centralia had the unwelcome distinction of being the state’s tiniest municipality, with a population of nine. The reason: an underground fire that began in 1962 has decimated the town with smoke and toxic gases, and has since made history. Fire Underground is the completely updated classic account of the fire that has been raging under Centralia for decades. David DeKok tells the story of how the fire actually began and how government officials failed to take effective action. By 1981 the fire was spewing deadly gases into homes. A twelve-year-old boy dropped into a steaming hole as a congressman toured nearby. DeKok describes how the people of Centralia banded together to finally win relocation funds—and he reveals what has happened to the few remaining residents as the fiftieth anniversary of the fire’s beginning nears.
Download or read book They re Watching written by MICHAEL DAVID. PASTORELLA WILSON (BOB.) and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-31 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the hosts of This Is Horror Podcast comes a dark thriller of obsession, paranoia, and voyeurism. After relocating to a small coastal town, Brian discovers a hole that gazes into his neighbour's bedroom. Every night she dances and he peeps. Same song, same time, same wild and mesmerising dance. But soon Brian suspects he's not the only one watching and she's not the only one being watched. They're Watching is The Wicker Man meets Body Double with a splash of Suspiria.
Download or read book From the Mind of a Medium written by Amanda Aps and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-10 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My name is Amanda APS. I'm a paranormal researcher, writer, sensitive, medium, empath, and healer with over 30 years of experience in the paranormal field. I have been experiencing the paranormal since I was three years old. It has continued all my life. I've written this book for people looking at learning to enhance their skills and abilities in the spiritual field. I thought it was time to use my skills to help better people's abilities who may be afraid to talk to others about their own paranormal experiences or gifts. I grew up seeing and interacting with spirit all the time with no understanding of what I was experiencing. I was terrified. I despised my gift and wanted to be anyone but me. I've written this book for anyone wanting to have a better understanding of life after death and how to nurture your gift and not be afraid of everything that goes bump in the dark. Enjoy and embrace your journey with spirit ... it's an incredible road to experience...Amanda APS is a well known and respected paranormal researcher in Australia. She is the founder of Haunted Old And Beautiful, co-founder of Australian Paranormal Society and Co-founder of World's Beyond TV. Over recent years Amanda has been sharing her experiences from over 30 years in the paranormal field under her popular blog The Raw Paranormal Writer. Amanda APSThe Raw Paranormal WriterAustralian Paranormal Society Haunted, Old and Beautiful
Download or read book World s Scariest Places written by Michael Fleeman and published by Centennial Books. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to a tour of the most spine-chiling places from around the world. Prepare for the frightful as this book looks past rusty iron gates and through creaking old doors. Inside lurk the spirits of not-so-dearly-departed ax victims, wronged women, levitating children and all sorts of things that go bump and boo in the night. Explore the dim halls of an abandoned insane asylum where thousands met slow downward spirals or death row at Alcatraz where voices still linger. Pitch a tent in a macabre suicide forest or watch your back in a Southern plantation where a triple-murderess won't stay dead. Descend into catacombs filled with lifelike mummies or stroll through a cemetery that hosts eerie rituals. And be sure to visit the real-life locations of your favorite horror movies and even browse the nastiest gift shops you've ever seen. Everyone with a taste for the spooky needs a copy of this book– it’s a scream!
