Ghosts and Gallows

Ghosts and Gallows
Author: Paul Adams
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2012-07-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0752477358

Murder and ghosts go hand-in-hand and vengeful spectres seeking justice or haunting the scene of the crime or their killers have adorned the pages of literature since before Shakespeare. This chilling collection of true-crime tales dating from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day all feature some element of the paranormal. Gathered from across the UK, cases include the discovery of a body by a spiritualist medium, a murder solved by a dream of the mother of the victim, and evidence at a Scottish murder trial provided by the ghost of the victim herself. Featuring visions, psychometry, ghosts, haunted prisons, possessions, and spiritualist detectives, this book is a fascinating look at criminology and ghost hunting. Paranormal historian Paul Adams has opened the case files of both the criminologist and the ghost hunter to compile a unique collection of crime from British history. No true-crime bookshelf is complete without Ghosts & Gallows.

The Ghosts of Chicago

The Ghosts of Chicago
Author: Adam Selzer
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2013
Genre: History
ISBN: 0738736112

From Resurrection Mary and Al Capone to the funeral train of Abraham Lincoln, the spine-tingling sights and sounds of Chicago's yesteryear are still with us-- and so are its ghosts. Selzer pieces together the truth behind Chicago's ghosts, and brings to light dozens of never-before-told firsthand accounts. Take a historical tour of the famous and not-so-famous haunts around town. Sometimes the real story is far different from the urban legend ... and most of the time it's even gorier ...

Western Ghost Stories

Western Ghost Stories
Author: Robert F. (Bob) Turpin
Publisher: Booktango
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2013-10-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1468939017

Western Ghost Stories brings you two ghostly tales: 1) Haunted Gallows, the story of Lewis Holder who was hanged for a horrifying murder related to a lost gold mine. All those involved in his hanging later died under strange and unexplained circumstances. 2) Spirit Horse, known as the Chindi (evil animal spirit), was a gold-colored stallion who roamed the desert leading a band of wild mustangs that left death and terror behind.

Black Bird of the Gallows

Black Bird of the Gallows
Author: Meg Kassel
Publisher: Entangled: Teen
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2017-09-05
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 163375815X

"A pleasingly original contribution to the paranormal-romance genre.” —Kirkus Reviews A simple but forgotten truth: Where harbingers of death appear, the morgues will soon be full. Angie Dovage can tell there’s more to Reece Fernandez than just the tall, brooding athlete who has her classmates swooning, but she can’t imagine his presence signals a tragedy that will devastate her small town. When something supernatural tries to attack her, Angie is thrown into a battle between good and evil she never saw coming. Right in the center of it is Reece—and he’s not human. What's more, she knows something most don't. That the secrets her town holds could kill them all. But that’s only half as dangerous as falling in love with a harbinger of death. Each book in the Black Bird of the Gallows series is STANDALONE: * Cleaner of Bones (Prequel) * Black Bird of the Gallows * Keeper of the Bees

The Sign of the Gallows

The Sign of the Gallows
Author: Susanna Calkins
Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2021-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1448304695

A dead man at a crossroads. A secret message. A ring with a warning about death . . . Printer’s apprentice Lucy Campion is caught up in a strange and puzzling murder case in this twisty historical mystery set in seventeenth-century London. London, 1667. On her way to a new market to peddle her True Accounts and Strange News, printer’s apprentice Lucy Campion quickly regrets her decision to take the northwestern road. Dark and desolate, the path leads her to the crossroads – and to the old hanging tree. She doesn’t believe in ghosts, but she’s not sure ghosts don’t believe in her. But before she even reaches the crossroads, she’s knocked off her feet by two men in a hurry. What were they running from? To her dismay, she soon discovers for herself: there, dangling from the tree, is the body of a man. Did he commit self-murder, or is there something darker afoot? The more Lucy learns, the more determined she is to uncover the truth. But this time, even the help and protection of magistrate’s son Adam, and steadfast Constable Duncan, may not be enough to keep her safe from harm . . .

Ghostopolis

Ghostopolis
Author:
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2010
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545210275

When he is accidentally transported to the spirit world by a washed-out ghost wrangler, Garth Hale discovers that the world's evil ruler wants his unique powers, so he teams up with some unlikely allies to find a way home.

Reflections on the Way to the Gallows

Reflections on the Way to the Gallows
Author: Mikiso Hane
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1993-10-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520084217

In this book, for the first time, we can hear the startling, moving voices of adventurous and rebellious Japanese women as they eloquently challenged the social repression of prewar Japan. The extraordinary women whose memoirs, recollections, and essays are presented here constitute a strong current in the history of modern Japanese life from the 1880s to the outbreak of the Pacific War.

Spirit Tailings

Spirit Tailings
Author: Ellen Baumler
Publisher: Montana Historical Society
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780917298912

This wonderful collection--based on oral testimony, diaries, journals, and newspaper accounts--presents an eerie history of the state's legendary mining towns.

Ghosts of Salem

Ghosts of Salem
Author: Sam Baltrusis
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2014-08-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 1625849281

Beyond the witch trials . . . The paranormal expert and author of Ghosts of Boston “explores the cursed history underlying Salem’s supernatural beings” (Neighborhood View). Nestled on the rocky coast of Massachusetts, Salem is a city steeped in history and legend. Famous for its witch trials, the storied North Shore seaport also has a dark history of smugglers and deadly fires. It is considered one of New England's most haunted destinations. Inside Howard Street Cemetery, the ghost of accused witch Giles Corey wanders among the gravestones. Outside the Ropes Mansion, the ghost of Abigail Ropes can be seen peeking out of the windows. The Gardner-Pingree House on Essex Street is host to the spirit of sea captain Joseph White, a man whose murder in 1830 inspired literary giants like Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Join author and paranormal journalist Sam Baltrusis on a chilling journey through the streets of Salem as he chronicles the historic haunts of the Witch City. Includes photos!