The Deer Park, Texas Hauntings

The Deer Park, Texas Hauntings
Author: Vickie Schreiber-Howard
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2015-10-17
Genre:
ISBN: 9780578169910

True stories from the actual people that witnessed paranormal and apparitional activity. Non-Fiction

Ghosthunting North Carolina

Ghosthunting North Carolina
Author: Kala Ambrose
Publisher: Clerisy Press
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2011-09-13
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1578604559

Journey with author Kala Ambrose as she explores the most terrifying paranormal spots in the state of North Carolina. She begins in the coastal wetlands of East Carolina where she explores haunted lighthouses, battleships, forts, and the shipwrecked beaches where Blackbeard and his pirates still roam. She tours the Piedmont area of NC and visits the most actively haunted capitol in the US and interacts with the ghost of a former NC State Governor. Her journey continues west into the Blue Ridge Mountains where the ghost known as the pink lady and her friends await your presence at the historic Grove Park Inn, where many presidents, celebrities and ghosts have stayed over the decades. Travel information is provided to each haunted location for those brave enough to make the journey in person and for paranormal researchers who are interested in exploring haunted North Carolina. Join Kala Ambrose as your guide to Ghosthunting North Carolina as she takes you behind the scenes with detailed information about each destination.

Ghosts of Houston's Market Square Park

Ghosts of Houston's Market Square Park
Author: Sandra Lord and Debe Branning
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2020
Genre: History
ISBN: 1467141305

Visitors to Market Square Park can pause on their stroll through the downtown centerpiece for a palpable experience of its past. Houston's first four city halls laid their foundations here, and relics of the square's heritage remain embedded in the sidewalks of the park. Chalk up a chance sneeze on Milam Street to the final ghostly gasp of dust from Robert Boyce's sawpits. Step from Congress Street into La Carafe, Houston's oldest commercial building, for the kind of atmosphere that even deceased bartenders are reluctant to leave. From the phantom tailors above Treebeard's to the forgotten mysteries of the town's founding, Sandra Lord and Debe Branning resurrect the history humming through the four blocks surrounding Market Square Park.

Living Ghosts and Mischievous Monsters: Chilling American Indian Stories

Living Ghosts and Mischievous Monsters: Chilling American Indian Stories
Author: Dan SaSuWeh Jones
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2021-09-07
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 133868163X

Perfect for fans of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark! A shiver-inducing collection of short stories to read under the covers, from a breadth of American Indian nations. Dark figures in the night. An owl's cry on the wind. Monsters watching from the edge of the wood. Some of the creatures in these pages might only have a message for you, but some are the stuff of nightmares. These thirty-two short stories -- from tales passed down for generations to accounts that could have happened yesterday -- are collected from the thriving tradition of ghost stories in American Indian cultures across North America. Prepare for stories of witches and walking dolls, hungry skeletons, La Llorona and Deer Woman, and other supernatural beings ready to chill you to the bone. Dan SaSuWeh Jones (Ponca Nation) tells of his own encounters and selects his favorite spooky, eerie, surprising, and spine-tingling stories, all paired with haunting art by Weshoyot Alvitre (Tongva). So dim the lights (or maybe turn them all on) and pick up a story...if you dare.

Haunted Old Town Spring

Haunted Old Town Spring
Author: Cathy Nance
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2017
Genre: History
ISBN: 1625859228

Old Town Spring's historic streets may set the scene for a quaint shopping village, but they also serve as byways for one of the most haunted towns in Texas. A perfectionist past the end, Uncle Charlie still fusses around the historic Wunsche Brothers Café, the oldest commercial structure in the area. The spirit of a girl who died in a barn still plays with her group of friends in Doering Court, while a headless switchman runs after phantom trains trying to prevent a collision. Her path lit by unknown lights in the sky, author Cathy Nance leads the way through Old Town Spring's spookiest sites.

The Devil's Backbone

The Devil's Backbone
Author: Bert Wall
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 1996
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

This book contains stories of the supernatural occurrences which took place on or near Devil's backbone in the Texas Hill Country.

Ghosts In The Graveyard

Ghosts In The Graveyard
Author: Olyve Abbott
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2001-08-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1461661951

Legends of abandoned old graveyards and some not so abandoned abound-the crying dog in the cemetary well, the wandering ghost of Long Tom March, who carries a deck of cards and won't rest until he finds a winning poker hand. Next to a graveyard where an arm is buried, the old piano in the fogotten church plays. These and other tales along with some more recent real-life experiences will intrigue you, skeptic or not. Read the tales with an open mind. They are for pleasure, a bit of paranormal, a little seriousness, and hopefully a laugh or two. If you are a nonbeliever in the supernatural, you may change your skepticism is etched in stone. Then again the author learned that nothing is etched in stone forever. This humorous book also includes some unusual coffins, tombstones, and epitaphs as well as some early Texas burial traditions.

Ghosts Along the Texas Coast

Ghosts Along the Texas Coast
Author: Docia Williams
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
Total Pages: 249
Release: 1998-04-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1556223773

Take a spine-tingling journey with author Docia Williams as she introduces you to the ghosts that roam the warm beaches of Port Aransas and South Padre Island. You may want to keep the night light on as she investigates the mysterious hauntings of La Bahia at Goliad, the Golden Triangle, and the presidios of far South Texas. Using tangible evidence and first-hand testimony, Williams attempts to validate some of the bizarre and disturbing accounts of ghosts along the Texas coast.

Haunted Homeland

Haunted Homeland
Author: Michael Norman
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2008-09-16
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9780765321596

Covering the places, the people, and the things that belong to the earthbound realm of the fantastic, this latest volume of the Haunted America series contains supernatural folklore that has been passed down for generations.

Texas Guide to Haunted Restaurants, Taverns, and Inns

Texas Guide to Haunted Restaurants, Taverns, and Inns
Author: Robert Wlodarski
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2001-01-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 1461625572

Ghosts can be encountered anywhere at any time by any person. Why do some people see ghosts more than others? Who knows? Perhaps as some suggest a few people are more psychic or more tuned in than others.