Author: L. B. Taylor
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 081174082X
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The center stage for both the American Revolution and the Civil War, Virginia is one of the most haunted states.
Haunted Virginia
Author: L. B. Taylor
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 081174082X
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The center stage for both the American Revolution and the Civil War, Virginia is one of the most haunted states.
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 081174082X
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The center stage for both the American Revolution and the Civil War, Virginia is one of the most haunted states.
Haunted West Virginia
Author: Patty A. Wilson
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493040820
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Thrilling stories of supernatural occurences in West Virginia, including the restless spirits of Harpers Ferry, the legendary Mothman of Point Pleasant, the ghosts of Twistabout Ridge, the phantom hitchhikers on the West Virginia Turnpike, and many more.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493040820
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Thrilling stories of supernatural occurences in West Virginia, including the restless spirits of Harpers Ferry, the legendary Mothman of Point Pleasant, the ghosts of Twistabout Ridge, the phantom hitchhikers on the West Virginia Turnpike, and many more.
Haunted Virginia Beach
Author: Alpheus J. Chewning
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625844379
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Forty spooky stories that reveal the otherworldly history of this coastal city . . . Includes photos! Researched and written by a local history expert, this book delves into the creepy, unexplored avenues of Virginia Beach’s past. You’ll learn about the paranormal sightings at the Mayflower Apartments, where elevators behave bizarrely; the spectral details of Blackbeard’s buried treasure; a deadly stretch of road inexplicably responsible for eighty-nine fatalities over thirty years; and the untimely death of a military wife. From a wailing woman in the old Coast Guard Station to supernatural activity provoked by the association of two friends, Haunted Virginia Beach offers up spine-tingling apparitional tales that will shock and delight visitors and locals alike.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625844379
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Forty spooky stories that reveal the otherworldly history of this coastal city . . . Includes photos! Researched and written by a local history expert, this book delves into the creepy, unexplored avenues of Virginia Beach’s past. You’ll learn about the paranormal sightings at the Mayflower Apartments, where elevators behave bizarrely; the spectral details of Blackbeard’s buried treasure; a deadly stretch of road inexplicably responsible for eighty-nine fatalities over thirty years; and the untimely death of a military wife. From a wailing woman in the old Coast Guard Station to supernatural activity provoked by the association of two friends, Haunted Virginia Beach offers up spine-tingling apparitional tales that will shock and delight visitors and locals alike.
Haunted Battlefields
Author: Beth Brown
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
ISBN: 9780764330575
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Journey to thirteen of Virginia's most haunted Civil War sites in search of spectral residents. Hear stories that have swayed skeptics and learn about new encounters with Civil War ghosts. Visit Cold Harbor, Henry House Hill, and the Bull Run Bridge at Manassas, Fredericksburg's Sunken Road, Grant's Headquarters at Appomattox Manor, and many more ghostly places! Do spirits still replay the past at Virginia's battlefields? Most definitely.
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
ISBN: 9780764330575
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Journey to thirteen of Virginia's most haunted Civil War sites in search of spectral residents. Hear stories that have swayed skeptics and learn about new encounters with Civil War ghosts. Visit Cold Harbor, Henry House Hill, and the Bull Run Bridge at Manassas, Fredericksburg's Sunken Road, Grant's Headquarters at Appomattox Manor, and many more ghostly places! Do spirits still replay the past at Virginia's battlefields? Most definitely.
Haunted Virginia
Author: Pamela K. Kinney
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
ISBN: 9780764332814
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Like every state in the Union, Virginia has unique myths, legends, and yes, even true stories that sound much like legends, but aren't. Learn about the urban legend of the Bunnyman and what happens to mortals at his Bunnyman Bridge in Clifton at midnight on Halloween. Prepare to discover the myths surrounding Edgar Allan Poe and other famous Virginians. See why Natural Bridge is actually a haunted tourist attraction. And what makes the Great Dismal Swamp so creepy: Is it the ghosts or Bigfoot? Meet the Witch of Pungo in Virginia Beach and find out that Mothman and the Jersey Devil actually visited Virginia. Read Virginian stories of witches, demons, monsters, ghosts, pirates, strange animals, and soldiers from the Civil War. Come visit a most amazing, frightening, and even intriguing Virginia that you never knew existed.
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
ISBN: 9780764332814
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Like every state in the Union, Virginia has unique myths, legends, and yes, even true stories that sound much like legends, but aren't. Learn about the urban legend of the Bunnyman and what happens to mortals at his Bunnyman Bridge in Clifton at midnight on Halloween. Prepare to discover the myths surrounding Edgar Allan Poe and other famous Virginians. See why Natural Bridge is actually a haunted tourist attraction. And what makes the Great Dismal Swamp so creepy: Is it the ghosts or Bigfoot? Meet the Witch of Pungo in Virginia Beach and find out that Mothman and the Jersey Devil actually visited Virginia. Read Virginian stories of witches, demons, monsters, ghosts, pirates, strange animals, and soldiers from the Civil War. Come visit a most amazing, frightening, and even intriguing Virginia that you never knew existed.
Haunted Virginia City
Author: Janice Oberding
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1626199477
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
Unlike any city in America, Virginia City epitomizes the notion of a western boom-and-bust ghost town. The Comstock Silver Rush lured wealth seekers from around the world, including a young Samuel Clemens. Despite the fortune some found, not all of the town's earliest settlers rest easy. Shops, hotels, boardwalks and cemeteries are said to be filled with the supernatural remnants of Virginia City's hardscrabble characters and their violent propensities. The queen of haunted Nevada, Janice Oberding, mines Virginia City's spectral history, from the ghost of Henry Comstock to the ghostly Rosie and William of the Gold Hill Hotel.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1626199477
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
Unlike any city in America, Virginia City epitomizes the notion of a western boom-and-bust ghost town. The Comstock Silver Rush lured wealth seekers from around the world, including a young Samuel Clemens. Despite the fortune some found, not all of the town's earliest settlers rest easy. Shops, hotels, boardwalks and cemeteries are said to be filled with the supernatural remnants of Virginia City's hardscrabble characters and their violent propensities. The queen of haunted Nevada, Janice Oberding, mines Virginia City's spectral history, from the ghost of Henry Comstock to the ghostly Rosie and William of the Gold Hill Hotel.
Civil War Ghosts of Virginia
Author: L. B. Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
A collection of ghost stories from Virginia during the Civil War.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
A collection of ghost stories from Virginia during the Civil War.
Virginia's Haunted Historic Triangle
Author: Pamela K. Kinney
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Limited
ISBN: 9780764337468
Category : Hampton Roads (Va. : Region)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Take a step back into ghostly history as you tour Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestown in the Historic Triangle. Visit Jamestown Island where Captain John Smith and the first English colonists settled. Stroll around Yorktown and follow the same footsteps of Thomas Jefferson and George Washington as they walked along Duke of Gloucester Street. Hear odd noises and see apparitions at the Peyton Randolph House, Cornwallis's Cave, Wells's Corner, Sherwood Forest, the Rosewell Plantation, and many, many other places. Be prepared to get to know the ghosts of this Historic Triangle and its surrounding areas. They're dying for you to read their stories.
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Limited
ISBN: 9780764337468
Category : Hampton Roads (Va. : Region)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Take a step back into ghostly history as you tour Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Jamestown in the Historic Triangle. Visit Jamestown Island where Captain John Smith and the first English colonists settled. Stroll around Yorktown and follow the same footsteps of Thomas Jefferson and George Washington as they walked along Duke of Gloucester Street. Hear odd noises and see apparitions at the Peyton Randolph House, Cornwallis's Cave, Wells's Corner, Sherwood Forest, the Rosewell Plantation, and many, many other places. Be prepared to get to know the ghosts of this Historic Triangle and its surrounding areas. They're dying for you to read their stories.
The Treasure Trap
Author: Virginia Masterman-Smith
Publisher: Four Winds
ISBN: 9780590076159
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Billy Beak's new neighbor convinces him to help her search a long-missing millionaire's mansion for treasure.
Publisher: Four Winds
ISBN: 9780590076159
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Billy Beak's new neighbor convinces him to help her search a long-missing millionaire's mansion for treasure.
The Haunted History of the West Virginia Penitentiary
Author: Sherri Brake
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781452835044
Category : Haunted prisons
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Afterlife with no parole.If you die in prison, your soul stays in prison. At least that's what many inmates believed. 998 murders and suicides combined with 85 hangings and 9 electrocutions all make for a dark and violent past. The Cincinnati Ohio Enquirer called it a "Hell On Earth" in 1886. The New York Times branded it as "One of the Most Violent in the Country". Inmates called it "Bloody Alley" and for good reasons.The Haunted History of the West Virginia Pen is brought to light by Paranormal Investigator, Haunted Heartland Tours owner and author, Sherri Brake. Built in 1866 in Moundsville, West Virginia and situated on 10 acres, this mammoth fortress held some of the country's worst criminals. Explore Moundsville's bloody frontier history, the Grave Creek Mound, the building of the Pen, and the Wardens. Read first hand accounts from past guards and inmates along with newspaper articles, some collected from over 100 years ago. Accounts of executions, torture, escapes and notorious inmates are revealed. Examine over 100 ghostly accounts as paranormal investigators look for Shadow Men, ghosts and proof of the afterlife. Check out the Paranormal Directory and Vocabulary section. Use the Paranormal Guide to the Pen to help you investigate on site or simply read about the Sugar Shack, the Boiler Room and North Hall, all from the safety of your chair.This book is an excellent resource for gaining insight on the history and hauntings of this gothic prison. It is a first hand look into the dark dimensions of one of America's most haunted locations.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781452835044
Category : Haunted prisons
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Afterlife with no parole.If you die in prison, your soul stays in prison. At least that's what many inmates believed. 998 murders and suicides combined with 85 hangings and 9 electrocutions all make for a dark and violent past. The Cincinnati Ohio Enquirer called it a "Hell On Earth" in 1886. The New York Times branded it as "One of the Most Violent in the Country". Inmates called it "Bloody Alley" and for good reasons.The Haunted History of the West Virginia Pen is brought to light by Paranormal Investigator, Haunted Heartland Tours owner and author, Sherri Brake. Built in 1866 in Moundsville, West Virginia and situated on 10 acres, this mammoth fortress held some of the country's worst criminals. Explore Moundsville's bloody frontier history, the Grave Creek Mound, the building of the Pen, and the Wardens. Read first hand accounts from past guards and inmates along with newspaper articles, some collected from over 100 years ago. Accounts of executions, torture, escapes and notorious inmates are revealed. Examine over 100 ghostly accounts as paranormal investigators look for Shadow Men, ghosts and proof of the afterlife. Check out the Paranormal Directory and Vocabulary section. Use the Paranormal Guide to the Pen to help you investigate on site or simply read about the Sugar Shack, the Boiler Room and North Hall, all from the safety of your chair.This book is an excellent resource for gaining insight on the history and hauntings of this gothic prison. It is a first hand look into the dark dimensions of one of America's most haunted locations.