› › The Ghostly Tales Of Virginia City

The Ghostly Tales of Virginia City

Author : Stacia Deutsch

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 112 pages

File Size : 15,80 MB

Release : 2022-08-01

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 1439675929

Get eBook

Book Description

Ghost stories from Virginia City, Nevada have never been so creepy, fun, and full of mystery! The haunted history of Virginia City comes to life—even when the main players are dead. Wander into Six Mile Canyon, but keep your eye out for the ghost of old Jack Davis. Or check into the International Hotel for a glimpse of guests who checked in but never checked out. Dive into this spooky chapter book for suspenseful tales of bumps in the night, paranormal investigations, and the unexplained; just be sure to keep the light on.



Haunted Virginia City

Author : Janice Oberding

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 1 pages

File Size : 31,50 MB

Release : 2015

Category : History

ISBN : 1626199477

Get eBook

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.





Haunted Nevada

Author : Janice Oberding

Publisher : Stackpole Books

Page : 130 pages

File Size : 17,36 MB

Release : 2013-08-11

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 0811712389

Get eBook

Book Description

The Silver State's most bizarre and creepy stories of paranormal activity, including . . . The Lost City outside Las Vegas Lynching apparitions on downtown Reno's Wedding Ring Bridge The haunted Goldfield Hotel The cursed airbase in Tonopah Apparitions of celebrities at Cal Neva Resort in Lake Tahoe, including Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and gangster Sam Giancana



The Big Book of West Virginia Ghost Stories

Author : Rosemary Ellen Guiley

Publisher : Stackpole Books

Page : 290 pages

File Size : 17,28 MB

Release : 2014-03-01

Category : Body, Mind & Spirit

ISBN : 0811711153

Get eBook

Book Description

More than 100 of the best, most thrilling accounts of hauntings from the Mountain State from one of the nation's leading experts, including... • Headless ghosts and wandering soldiers at Droop Mountain • The Weeping Woman tombstone at Riverview Cemetery in Parkersburg • John Brown's restless spirit in Harpers Ferry and Charles Town • The violent ghosts at the Western State Penitentiary in Moundsville • Hauntings of the murdered Mamie Thurman • Tortured spirits of the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston



Ghost Town

Author : Joan Lowery Nixon

Publisher : Delacorte Press

Page : 111 pages

File Size : 42,51 MB

Release : 2008-12-24

Category : Young Adult Fiction

ISBN : 0307527948

Get eBook

Book Description

For fans of Gillian Flynn, Caroline Cooney, and R.L. Stine comes Ghost Town: Seven Ghostly Stories from four-time Edgar Allen Poe Young Adult Mystery Award winner Joan Lowery Nixon. In the old towns of the Wild West, there’s more to hear than the paint peeling from the deserted storefronts, more than the tumbleweeds somersaulting down the empty streets. If you listen hard, you can hear voices whispering stories. Stories like the one about the lost mine in Maiden, Montana, or how Wyatt Earp won the shoot-out at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. And don’t forget about the Bad Man from Bodie, California—he’s still searching for his lost finger! Can you hear them? “An entertaining collection.” –School Library Journal “Combining history and mystery…[Ghost Town: Seven Ghostly Stories] recalls classic campfire tales.” –Booklist “A well conceived (and titled) collection…[of] chilling short stories.” –Kirkus Reviews



Ghosts, Witches and Weird Tales of Virginia Beach

Author : Lillie Gilbert

Publisher :

Page : 208 pages

File Size : 25,47 MB

Release : 2004-09-30

Category : History

ISBN : 9780938423126

Get eBook

Book Description

Ghosts, Witches , and Weird Tales of Virginia Beach is .a collection of odd tales woven with bits of history and Virginia Beach local lore phenomena to ponder, stories to contemplate, and marvels to mull over. Are these stories or parts of them true? Are there spirits around us? Are the ghosts and witches real? Its time for you to decide. We invite you to turn on a light, curl up with your favorite pillow and enjoy.



Haunted Virginia Beach

Author : Alpheus J. Chewning

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 118 pages

File Size : 17,92 MB

Release : 2006-09-30

Category : History

ISBN : 1625844379

Get eBook

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 Eastern Shore

Author : Mindie Burgoyne

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 145 pages

File Size : 47,60 MB

Release : 2009-09-25

Category : History

ISBN : 1625852851

Get eBook

Book Description

Terrifying tales of the ghosts that roam the marshes, swamps, and waterways of the nine counties on Maryland’s eastern shore. They walk beside the murky waters of the Chesapeake Bay, linger among the fetid swamps and roam the manor halls. These are the tormented souls who refuse to leave the sites of their demise. From pitiless smugglers to reluctant brides, the ghostly figures of the Eastern Shore are at once terrifying and tragic. Mindie Burgoyne takes readers on a spine-tingling journey as she recounts the grisly events at the Cosden Murder Farm and the infamous legend of Patty Cannon. Tread the foggy lanes of Kent Manor Inn and linger among Revolutionary War dead to discover the otherworldly occupants of Maryland’s most haunted shore. Includes photos! “A compilation of tales of hauntings and mysteries in the Eastern Shore area . . .The response to the book was so overwhelming, Burgoyne began organizing bus tours that travel to the sites, allowing her fans to see firsthand the location of the hauntings.” —Cumberland Times-News



The Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales

Author : Ruth Ann Musick

Publisher : University Press of Kentucky

Page : 212 pages

File Size : 33,63 MB

Release : 1965-12-31

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 9780813101361

Get eBook

Book Description

" West Virginia boasts an unusually rich heritage of ghost tales. Originally West Virginians told these hundred stories not for idle amusement but to report supernatural experiences that defied ordinary human explanation. From jealous rivals and ghostly children to murdered kinsmen and omens of death, these tales reflect the inner lives—the hopes, beliefs, and fears—of a people. Like all folklore, these tales reveal much of the history of the region: its isolation and violence, the passions and bloodshed of the Civil War era, the hardships of miners and railroad laborers, and the lingering vitality of Old World traditions.