Southwest Shockers -- The Bird Cage Theater-Tombstone, Arizona -- Pavla Blanca (Manuela)-Tularosa Basin, New Mexico -- Bragg Road-Hardin County, Texas -- Pacific Panic -- The Rucker House-Everett, Washington -- Shanghai Tunnels-Portland, Oregon -- Winchester House-San Jose, California -- Restless Rockies -- Henry Plummer/Dorothy Dunn-Bannack, Montana -- Idaho State Tuberculosis Hospital-Gooding, Idaho -- The Headless Bride-Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming -- The Old Washoe Club-Virginia City, Nevada -- The Purple Lady-Salt Lake City, Utah -- Riverdale Road-Thorton, Colorado -- Paranormal Plains -- Harvey Library-Harvey, North Dakota -- Sica Hollow-Lake City, South Dakota -- The City of Lincoln-Lincoln, Nebraska -- Sallie, The Heartland Ghost-Atchison, Kansas -- Skirvin Hotel-Oklahoma City Oklahoma -- Midwest Malevolence -- First Avenue Club-Minneapolis, Minnesota -- The Pfister Hotel-Milwaukee, Wisconsin -- Lucinda-Burlington, Iowa -- The Lemp Mansion-St. Louis, Missouri -- Congress Plaza Hotel-Chicago, Illinois -- Edna Collins Bridge-Greencastle, Indiana -- Ceely Rose-Pleasant Valley, Ohio -- Minnie Quay-Forester, Michigan -- Shadowy Southeast -- Blennerhasset Island-Parkers burg, West Virginia -- Grace Sherwood-Virginia Beach, Virginia -- Highway 365-Woodson, Arkansas -- Bobby Mackey's Music World-Wilder, Kentucky -- The Loretta Lynn Ranch-Hurricane Mills, Tennessee -- USS North Carolina-Wilmington, North Carolina -- St. Augustine Lighthouse-St. Augustine, Florida -- Deep South Dread -- LaLaurie Mansion-New Orleans, Louisiana -- McRaven (The Bobb House)-Vicksburg, Mississippi -- Maple Hill Cemetery-Huntsville, Alabama -- Old Charleston City Jail-Charleston, South Carolina -- Mid-Atlantic Mysteries -- The Lady in White (Devil's Elbow)-Owego, New York -- Shades of Death Road-Warren County, New jersey -- Betsy Ross House-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Woodburn Mansion-Dover, Delaware -- Demon Truck of Seven Hills Road-Ellicott City, Maryland -- Lake Lanier-Buford, Georgia -- New England Nightmares -- Black Agnes-Montpelier, Vermont -- Eunice "Goody" Cole-Hampton, New Hampshire -- 966 Lindley Street-Bridgeport, Connecticut -- Mercy Lena Brown-Exeter, Rhode Island -- Giles Corey-Salem, Massachusetts -- Nelly Butler-Sullivan, Maine -- Otherwordly Outliers -- Haunted High Schools-Alaska -- The Night Marchers-Hawaii. Southwest Shockers -- The Bird Cage Theater-Tombstone, Arizona -- Pavla Blanca (Manuela)-Tularosa Basin, New Mexico -- Bragg Road-Hardin County, Texas -- Pacific Panic -- The Rucker House-Everett, Washington -- Shanghai Tunnels-Portland, Oregon -- Winchester House-San Jose, California -- Restless Rockies -- Henry Plummer/Dorothy Dunn-Bannack, Montana -- Idaho State Tuberculosis Hospital-Gooding, Idaho -- The Headless Bride-Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming -- The Old Washoe Club-Virginia City, Nevada -- The Purple Lady-Salt Lake City, Utah -- Riverdale Road-Thorton, Colorado -- Paranormal Plains -- Harvey Library-Harvey, North Dakota -- Sica Hollow-Lake City, South Dakota -- The City of Lincoln-Lincoln, Nebraska -- Sallie, The Heartland Ghost-Atchison, Kansas -- Skirvin Hotel-Oklahoma City Oklahoma -- Midwest Malevolence -- First Avenue Club-Minneapolis, Minnesota -- The Pfister Hotel-Milwaukee, Wisconsin -- Lucinda-Burlington, Iowa -- The Lemp Mansion-St. Louis, Missouri -- Congress Plaza Hotel-Chicago, Illinois -- Edna Collins Bridge-Greencastle, Indiana -- Ceely Rose-Pleasant Valley, Ohio -- Minnie Quay-Forester, Michigan -- Shadowy Southeast -- Blennerhasset Island-Parkers burg, West Virginia -- Grace Sherwood-Virginia Beach, Virginia -- Highway 365-Woodson, Arkansas -- Bobby Mackey's Music World-Wilder, Kentucky -- The Loretta Lynn Ranch-Hurricane Mills, Tennessee -- USS North Carolina-Wilmington, North Carolina -- St. Augustine Lighthouse-St. Augustine, Florida -- Deep South Dread -- LaLaurie Mansion-New Orleans, Louisiana -- McRaven (The Bobb House)-Vicksburg, Mississippi -- Maple Hill Cemetery-Huntsville, Alabama -- Old Charleston City Jail-Charleston, South Carolina -- Mid-Atlantic Mysteries -- The Lady in White (Devil's Elbow)-Owego, New York -- Shades of Death Road-Warren County, New jersey -- Betsy Ross House-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Woodburn Mansion-Dover, Delaware -- Demon Truck of Seven Hills Road-Ellicott City, Maryland -- Lake Lanier-Buford, Georgia -- New England Nightmares -- Black Agnes-Montpelier, Vermont -- Eunice "Goody" Cole-Hampton, New Hampshire -- 966 Lindley Street-Bridgeport, Connecticut -- Mercy Lena Brown-Exeter, Rhode Island -- Giles Corey-Salem, Massachusetts -- Nelly Butler-Sullivan, Maine -- Otherwordly Outliers -- Haunted High Schools-Alaska -- The Night Marchers-Hawaii.
Summary:
"From séances to shiny graveyards, take a ghostly journey across the United States. Visit the highways and byways of the supernatural across the country and in each state in the union. American Ghosts Stories: True Tales from All 50 States tours possessed houses, unearthly burial sites, forbidding farms, sinister forests, school bathrooms, and all manner of places haunted by spectral visitors. More than merely a collection of 50 true ghost stories, American Ghost Stories puts you in the middle of the eerie action with captivating stories that would be at home at any midnight campfire. The only difference is that these stories aren't urban legends or fantasies meant to scare you. These stories live right next door to every one of us. We suggest you don’t read them when you are home alone and the lights begin to flicker!.
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