Download or read book The Diablo Ghost written by Wayne D. Overholser and published by Speaking Volumes. This book was released on with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A GHOST WALKED THE STREETS OF DIABLO AND FOUR MEN WHERE DOOMED TO DIE They lynched an innocent man—and paid a terrible price! The day after the most horrible killing in Diablo, the lynch mob strung up an innocent man. The Sheriff was helpless against them. But now the men responsible are dying, one by one and no one knows who's doing the killing. Is it a ghost?—or a cold-blooded killer? Sheriff Bill Dawson must find out, or he'll be next!
Download or read book El Diablo written by Jai Nitz and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by Jai Nitz Art and cover by Phil Hester and Ande Parks The 6-issue miniseries that reintroduced the haunted horseman of the Wild West is collected! It's a tale of rebirth, revenge, betrayal, justice, comeuppance and curses as this DC hero begins a new legacy of adventure! Advance-solicited; on sale July 1 - 144 pg, FC, $17.99 US
Download or read book The Madame Ghosts of Randsburg written by Marie Mason and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2022-02-24 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An 1895 Ghost Town in the Mojave Desert with a Mysterious dark past, and Secrets Hidden. After 3 years research I’ve discovered some incredible stories of many people who built this town, their success, their tragedies and secrets about the forgotten people that once ruled this Booming Gold Mining town called Randsburg in 1890’s. Established 1895 Randsburg was the fastest growing Gold Mine town in Southern California. Today Randsburg is an active Living Ghost tourist town. But do the Ghost of the past still walk the streets today? Did I hear the Ghost People talking at 3am on Halloween 2021? What does the First Insane Asylum of Southern California in 1893, have to do with Randsburg? What is that connection to a wild west town? Who was the Real “French Madame Marguerite Roberts” and what secrets did she hide? Did I capture the Ghost of Madame Marguerite in her Red-Light District cabin alone on Halloween? What was it like to Co-Host the first Live Halloween Ghost Event in a Real Ghost town? Did a ghost roll a ball in front of live audience that chilly night Halloween 2019? Did we also capture Ghost Dancing on Camera in the 1897 in the 1897 Dance Hall Saloon? Who still performs on stage in Ghost Town Opera House? Is Cowboy Bob still siting in his chair in the General Store? What the heck went horribly wrong on the bed in the Cottage Inn Hotel? Extensive back breaking research to uncover many Secrets now revealed of the people who came here to start a new. Amazing stories many made fortunes, some had tragedies but now they are all in the history books to live on forever in the Historical Randsburg California. Join me on my adventure to see what really happened back in the Cowboy Gold mining Town of the Wild West and the people who made it shine.
Download or read book A Ghost To Die For written by Keta Diablo and published by Keta Diablo. This book was released on 2020-09-24 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary Romance/Paranormal Do you believe in ghosts? Rooney Fontaine doesn't—or didn't until one named Stuart Granger shows up in her hotel room. Now the humorous, yet desperate, apparition is begging her to find the men who murdered him before his brother becomes their next victim. After serving three tours in Afghanistan and one in Iraq, Stephan Granger is no stranger to risk and peril. When a woman shows up at his house rambling about ghosts, murder and assassins, his first inclination is to deem her wrong in the head and send her packing. But how does she know things that happened to him and his dear departed brother in their childhoods, secrets they never shared with anyone? Soon after he invites her in to hear more about what really happened to Stuart, gunfire splits the air and shatters all the windows in the house. Someone is trying to kill them. Now they're on the run from assassins while trying to find out who killed his brother and why they want him dead too. Even amid murder and mayhem, sometimes you find love.
Download or read book The Diablo Horror written by Michael Richan and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-08-13 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diablo is a small company town – twenty nondescript homes, tucked against a cliff at the base of a huge dam. These houses are all the same, except for one – the one haunted by a bloody and horrific crime that replays again and again. Steven tries to wrap up the deal he made with a demon before rescuing his son from St. Thomas. This leads Steven to the Diablo house with his father and son. Unprepared for the powerful entities inside the house, Steven soon learns he's made a fatal mistake. Eliza joins them as they attempt to battle the most evil force they've ever encountered. In one of the most chilling books of The River series, Steven, Roy, and Eliza learn that when it comes to making a deal with a demon, there's one unfortunate truth: Demons lie. The Diablo Horror is the seventh book in the best-selling River series.
Download or read book Haunted Places written by Dennis William Hauck and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes over 2,000 sites of supernatural occurances in the United States, including places visited by ghosts, UFOs, and unusual creatures.
Download or read book In the Shadow of Diablo written by Dan Hanel and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-12-06 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wedding plans for high school teachers Harrison Barrett and Celeste Scott are put on hold after finding a murder victim's cryptic message scrawled on a pioneer cemetery headstone. As the couple investigates the mysterious warning, Celeste becomes inescapably linked to a centuries-old legend rooted in Pythagorean philosophy and a sinister quest for power. Harrison and Celeste's search for answers draws them into the historical accounting of Nortonville, a 19th century coal mining town set among the Mt. Diablo foothills. The untimely deaths of some townsfolk have a few prominent residents fearing the misfortunes are more than tragic accidents. What ancient secret lies hidden among the Welsh immigrants and their toil for lucrative black diamonds? Follow Harrison and Celeste on their epic and often precarious journey traversing secret societies, mystic symbols, and medieval legends. Will they discover Celeste's connection to the profound mystery before it's too late? The answer can only be found where past meets present, fact meets fiction, and mystery meets romance . . . in the Shadow of Diablo.
Download or read book In the Shadow of Diablo written by Dan Hanel and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-09-28 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Shadow of Diablo – Mystery of the Great Stone House alternates between a local teacher's present day adventure and the historical accounts of the brutal murder of Dr. John Marsh, one of the most important figures in California history.Harrison Barrett is a Brentwood science teacher who is compelled to investigate the sudden and tragic suicide of one of his high school students. Along with colleague Celeste Scott, Harrison finds himself engulfed in the legend of a hidden treasure and entwined with the real-life tale of a distraught son – Charles Marsh, whose father was slain 150 years prior.Past and present are linked as Charles seeks justice and Harrison searches for answers. The journeys of both men are filled with mystery and intrigue, separated by generations but united by a common yearning, a common motive… and a common setting – the shadow of Diablo.
Download or read book Haunted Arizona written by Charles A. Stansfield Jr. and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-06-11 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UFOs, ghost trains, and El Chupacabra figure prominently in this collection of eerie tales from the Grand Canyon State. From the arid desert to the population centers of Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, come a variety of stories and legends, including the phantom of Jack the Ripper, Sedona’s mysterious magnetic fields, and ghostly—and homicidal—guardians of the Lost Dutchman Mine.
Download or read book The Bones of Ghost Mountain written by Mark S. Waxman and published by Young Dragons. This book was released on 2023-08-14 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How Will You Be Remembered After You Die? Join thirteen-year-old Gary Carter, his best friend, Coop, and his loyal canine sidekick, Russell, as they embark on an electrifying adventure on Mount Diablo, aka “Ghost Mountain.” When Russell unearths a bone during their hike, it's the perfect chance for Gary to ace his biology assignment. Little do they know, this bone holds the key to an incredible mystery. With the help of a local anthropology student, Gary and Coop discover that the bone belongs to a human. Fueled by ambition and a sense of justice, the amateur detectives set off on a heart-pounding mission to uncover the deceased’s identity and bring closure to their family, dodging danger and finding jaw-dropping clues along the way. Get ready for a thrilling ride that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page. Can Gary and Coop crack the case, or will the case crack them? Excitement awaits!
Download or read book The Big Book of California Ghost Stories written by Janice Oberding and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-09-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few states can rival California in terms of natural beauty and exciting history. But nearly three centuries of violent crime, sickness, greed, and murder have tarnished the Golden State and made it ripe for ghosts and hauntings. From the Spanish priests who founded the first missions in their quest to bring Christianity to the Native people of the region, to the ill-fated Donner Party committing acts of cannibalism in order to survive. This book explores the most famous ghost stories from California’s past (dating back to the 18th century) with spine-tingling details that will delight readers.
Download or read book Celebrity Ghosts and Notorious Hauntings written by Marie D. Jones and published by Visible Ink Press. This book was released on 2019-09-01 with total page 865 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rich. Famous. Glamorous. Dead ... and Immortal! From old Hollywood silent film stars to rock stars to athletes, past presidents, and famous generals, celebrated individuals sometimes become celebrity ghosts, and they haunt their homes, workplaces, and even burial places. In turn, those places become famous, even notorious, thanks to the ghost that is haunting it! Celebrity Ghosts and Notorious Hauntings looks at many famous ghosts—dead celebrities that haunt old Hollywood locales, famous generals that appear to witnesses at great battlefields, and noted politicians that roam the hallways of courthouses, statehouses, and even the White House! Plus, this fascinating frightfest examines the famous haunted locations themselves, such as the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, the Hotel del Coronado, Gettysburg, the Stanley Hotel (which inspired Stephen King’s The Shining) and so many others that claim the supernatural as part of their heritage and history. This riveting look at the unexplained also investigates movie lore, including the unsettling incidents on the Amityville Horror set; “The Dark Knight” curse that includes on-set accidents from the horrible death of Heath Ledger, who played the Joker, to the mass shooting at a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises; the deaths and curse surrounding The Matrix; the Infamous Stage 28 at Universal Studios; and Paramount Studios’ long history of hauntings and strange goings-on. Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Frank Sinatra, and Hank Williams. Presidents John Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, and Harry Truman. Henry VIII, beheaded Sir Walter Raleigh, and Prince Edward V. Rudolph Valentino, Mary Pickford, Marilyn Monroe, and “Superman” actor George Reeves. Houdini, Redd Foxx, Liberace, and serial-killer Ted Bundy. They all lurk in this riveting book. Haunted graveyards (of course), haunted historical landmarks and battlefields, plus haunted libraries, courthouses, ships, submarines, lighthouses, hotels, roadways, byways, bridges, prisons, and hospitals are all gathered together in this comprehensive look at the ghastly afterlife of the renowned. From famous faces to famous places, if it involves fame and celebrity, fortune and notoriety, legend and lore, Celebrity Ghosts and Notorious Hauntings covers it.
Download or read book Ghosts Monsters and Demons of India written by Rakesh Khanna and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2023-09-12 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated guide to the folktales and real-life stories of the ghosts, monsters and demons of India, a culture famously rich in tradition and legends. Perfect for fans of Eli Roth's Urban Legends and Guillermo Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities. "I was not prepared for how deeply this book captivated me ... Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India is exemplary of what a book can be, how it can operate. It’s a bridge across space, time, and language" —Robin Sloan, author of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore An encyclopedia of evil entities and folkloric fiends from across India, from Ladakh to Kerala, Lakshadweep to Nagaland, Naraka to Tuchenkwaka, complete with 60 spooky illustrations. Inside this book you will find ... Killer robots built with stolen Roman engineering technology that once guarded the relics of the Buddha The ghost of a 21-year-old motorcyclist whose Enfield Bullet is venerated at a highway temple in Rajasthan A Himalayan drum-playing spirit-teacher whose wife is a fearsome Yeti Diabolical entities conjured into existence by the simultaneous deaths of seven tigers Triple-rooted night-flying Vedic necromancers Call-centre employees from beyond the grave The dreaded Ngalei Ahmaw of Maraland, whose victims’ heads detach themselves from their bodies at night and go wandering in search of blood ... AND MORE
Download or read book Ghost Hunter s Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area written by Jeff Dwyer and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10-28 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Fans of hauntings and ghost stories who are heading towards San Francisco will love this comprehensive guide to the Bay Area’s most eerie spots.” —Fabuloustravel.com Ghost-hunting hobbyist Jeff Dwyer has devised a guide that allows the phantom-seeker in all of us to add spirit sleuthing to our list of typical tourist activities. Ghost Hunter’s Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area highlights more than one hundred haunted spots in and around San Francisco, all accessible to the public, where you can research and organize your own ghost hunt. Complete with handy checklists, procedural tips, and anecdotal evidence of previous sightings at each location, the guide is an inquisitive and informative supplement to—or replacement for—traditional tourist guidebooks of the Bay Area. Whether readers visit familiar haunts such as Alcatraz, Angel Island, Fisherman’s Wharf, or lesser-known locations such as the USS Hornet, the Old Bodega Schoolhouse, or the First and Last Chance Saloon, all are sure to encounter places and consider possibilities unexplored by the average visitor. With advice on what to do with a ghost, what to do after the ghost hunt, and other telekinetic tidbits, this guide encourages travelers to be attentive and imaginative, willing to take that extra spirit-sighting step. For the curious armchair traveler, it is lively twist on Bay Area history and landmarks. “While sometimes scary, [the ghost stories] more often serve as reminders of the sometimes quirky, and oftentimes tragically haunting, history of the people of California.” —The Reporter (Vacaville, CA) “I thought I knew everything about the wine country, but I apparently overlooked the protoplasmic ‘walk by night’ world.” —Mick Winter, author of The Napa Valley Book
Download or read book The Routledge Introduction to the American Ghost Story written by Scott Brewster and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-07-24 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the historical development of the American ghost story from its Indigenous, Puritan, and Enlightenment origins to its heyday in the nineteenth century and continued vibrancy in modern literary and visual culture. It explores the main tropes, thematic preoccupations, principal settings, and stylistic innovations of literary ghost stories in the United States, and the ghost story’s rich afterlife in cinema, television, and digital culture. Throughout, the role played by ghost stories in nation-building, and the questions these tales raise about race, class, sexuality, religion, and science, will be examined. The book examines major practitioners in the field, such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, Shirley Jackson, Henry James, Stephen King, Toni Morrison, Joyce Carol Oates, and Edith Wharton, alongside prominent ghost narratives in cinematic, televisual, and online form, including podcasts, gaming, and ghost-hunting apps. This study also gives a new prominence to neglected or less familiar authors, including BIPOC writers, who have helped to shape the American ghost story tradition.
Download or read book Ghost Towns of California written by and published by Voyageur Press (MN). This book was released on 2012-07-15 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A guide to the best ghost towns of California. Once thriving, these abandoned mining camps and pioneer villages still ring with history. Philip Varney equips you with everything you need to explore these sites, including maps, directions, history, and photos"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Haunted Idaho written by Andy Weeks and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What lurks in Idaho's shadowy corners? You might be surprised to find out. Filled with stories that are fascinating, strange, and often downright terrifying, Haunted Idaho is spellbinding entertainment! --Nate Kenyon, Award-winning author of Sparrow Rock, Diablo: The Order, and Day OneA collection of frightening stories from the Gem State, including . . .Strange phenomena at a real-life Bates MotelApparitions at Boise's Old State PenitentiaryPioneer spirits at an Oregon Trail ranch houseThe werewolf legend of Rose Hill CemeteryA ghostly miner who haunts a Sun Valley campgroundPhantom cries of the Bear River MassacreBigfoot encounters in the Sawtooth National Forest
