Spooky Southwest
Spooky Southwest

Author: S. E. Schlosser

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2017-07-01

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1493028006

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A collection of folktales highlighting famous and not-so-famous Southwestern ghosts, mysterious happenings, powers of darkness, and wonders of the invisible world. Here we have a collection of unnerving tales of events that happened—and still do happen—in the collective back yard of the Southwestern states. Accompanied by evocative illustrations, these compelling retellings of popular folktales feature supernatural occurrences and ghosts of all sorts, from cattle rustlers to runaway trains. Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for 35 creepy tails of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico, and Texas. Set in the American Southwest's historic towns and sparsely populated expanses, the stories in this entertaining and compelling collection will have you looking over your shoulder again and again.

Ghosts of the Southwest
Ghosts of the Southwest

Author: Ted Wood

Publisher: Walker & Company

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 49

ISBN-13: 9780802784827

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Describes homes and hotels, restaurants and towns in Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas and the ghosts that haunt them.

Mexican Ghost Tales of the Southwest
Mexican Ghost Tales of the Southwest

Author: Alfred Avila

Publisher: Arte Publico Press

Published: 1994-09-30

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9781558856370

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Traditional Mexican stories tell of ghosts, evil spirits, devils, curses, and supernatural forces.

Civil War Ghosts of Southwest Missouri
Civil War Ghosts of Southwest Missouri

Author: Lisa Livingston-Martin

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2018-09-03

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 1614237441

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For southwest Missouri, the Civil War was an unparalleled period of violence, sorrow and anger. As the torches burned the physical landscape, the depredations inflicted were also scorched upon the psyche of the people who lived through fires. Survey Carthage's battlefield for stubborn holdouts or hold vigil at the Kendrick House for innocent bystanders who were swept up into the stratagems of bushwhackers and guerrillas. Meet the Bloody Spikes, Rotten Johnny Reb and scores more figures from the region's past who continue to trouble its present.

Ghost Stories and Legends of Southwestern Connecticut
Ghost Stories and Legends of Southwestern Connecticut

Author: Donna Kent

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2009-10-07

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 1614234248

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An unlucky gambler who haunts the Curtis House, the ethereal White Lady who wanders among the tombs of Union Cemetery and a ghostly diner who still insists upon joining the meal are among the otherworldly residents of Southwestern Connecticut. With a long and sometimes turbulent history, the region has become a host to lingering spirits who cannot leave behind the sites of their demise. Through spirit photography and firsthand accounts, Donna Kent, founder of the Cosmic Society of Paranormal Investigation, explores the most haunted locations from Stratford to Easton. These hair-raising tales are sure to intrigue seasoned enthusiasts and convert even the most skeptical reader into a believer.

No Man's Ghosts
No Man's Ghosts

Author: Jeremy Royer

Publisher:

Published: 2019-06-06

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 9781070648095

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North of the town of Starks, Louisiana, a mystery light is said to have appeared along an isolated strip of highway for decades. In the thick darkness of Edgerly, Louisiana, the graveyard known as Big Woods Cemetery lies steeped in years of impossible paranormal claims. In Lake Charles, Louisiana, an old courthouse is thought to host the spirit of a murderer executed on its grounds, while the halls of closed-down Hyatt High School in Fields are anything but dead silent. Did the flood that displaced so many along the Sabine River in 2016 also awaken something unseen deep in the woods of Almadane, Louisiana? Are black panthers, or even sasquatch, stalking the thickets around the state's southwest parishes?We are The Old Number 7 Society. These are our actual investigations into the phenomena witnessed by countless residents across southwest Louisiana--the place once known in history as the lawless, dangerous, and enigmatic No Man's Land.

Driftless Spirits
Driftless Spirits

Author: Dennis Boyer

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13:

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This is a superb collection of ghost tales from the hills of Wisconsin's driftless region, the southwest area untouched by the last of the glaciers. The region has a rich legacy of folktales, passed down from generation to generation, that are sure to entertain.

American Indian Ghost Stories of the West
American Indian Ghost Stories of the West

Author: Antonio Garcez

Publisher: eBookIt.com

Published: 2012-07-10

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0974098876

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The FIRST book written of ghost encounters of American Indians written by an American Indian! These are not second hand accounts, but are personal experiences told to the author by present day individuals who have witnessed spirits, and horrific hauntings throughout the southwest states of Arizona, California, Colorado, and New Mexico. Each page will offer the reader a journey of personal exploration into the spiritually sacred and privileged world known only to Native Americans. AMERICAN INDIAN GHOST STORIES OF THE WEST is unlike any other book. Make no mistake, this first of its kind book is definitely unlike no other!