Ghost States

Fans of The Exorcist and Insidious will love this bone-chilling sequel to The Well—a haunting tale of an orphanage plagued by a malevolent force. Easton’s Home for Wayward Youth is no ordinary orphanage: it’s a house under siege. Ghostly footsteps echo through its halls. Objects hurl across rooms. And at the center of it all is Isiah—a jittery, terrified boy cruelly ostracized for everyone’s safety. Enter Jacob Waldmiller, a rogue priest with no credentials, no congregation, and no luck. His freelance exorcism gigs, scattered between paranoid students and superstitious grandmas, ...

Fans of The Conjuring and The Amityville Horror will love this chilling new novel unraveling the tale of a family haunted by the ghosts of their malevolent ancestors’ disturbing past. The decrepit well has been a fountain of terror for generations, an abyss of dread that emits tragedy and death like fog. Its darkness touched Jacob’s soul some twenty years ago, and since moving back to his ancestral home, the chilling feeling of being in front of the old well hasn’t left his troubled mind. But this time, the shadows that creep from the well have taken on a malevolent sentience, ...

Fans of Friday the 13th and Halloween will love this gruesome slasher following a group of teens hunted by a supernatural killer. You can run. You can try to hide. But no matter where you are, the scarecrow will find you. After a heart-wrenching breakup, the last thing high school sophomore Kyle Shoemaker expected was to fight for his life. But that’s exactly what happens after a drunken trip takes he and his friends to the abandoned farm at the edge of town. Nightly, the scarecrow claims one of them, leaving him with little time. Will he unravel the mystery of the scarecrow before it's ...

A thrilling novel about a, factual account of the Tennessee-Mississippi state line controversies and corruptions spanning over four decades, 548 pages written in novel form; Get immersed in the lives and stories of Buford Pusser, Jack and Louise Hathcock, Nelson Timlake, George North, W.O. Hathcock, Carl White, Junior and Shirley Smith, and countless others.. Read the words of Camilla Floyd as she chillingly shares her father's confessions before he dies, and examine the evidence that law enforcement blatantly ignored for their own gains. In addition to reading the accounts and stories of ...

California's Screamin' with Haunted hotels, Deserted prisons. and Forgotten ghost towns. California’s golden promise has always come with a darker side—and its ghosts never let us forget it. From the shadowy halls of Alcatraz to the eerie streets of Bodie, from Hollywood’s tragic stars to Disneyland’s whispered legends, Golden State Ghosts uncovers the real stories behind California’s most haunted places. These aren’t just campfire tales—they are echoes of history, shaped by violence, ambition, greed, and dreams gone wrong. Inside you’ll discover: The true events that gave ...

Washington State looks peaceful from a distance. Mountains. Ferries. Coffee. Forests. Islands. Rain jackets. Salmon. Nice people pretending drizzle is not weather. Then you start driving around and things get strange fast. There is a giant troll living under a Seattle bridge. Pike Place Market has ghost stories, flying fish, and a wall covered in chewed gum. Mount St. Helens exploded, changed the shape of a mountain, and left behind volcanic landscapes, buried houses, lava caves, and enough Bigfoot lore to make every forest shadow suspicious. Forks turned rainy weather into vampire tourism....

A ghostly witch named Bathsheba led the haunting of the Perron family, physically and psychologically tormenting them. This legendary ghost story eventually became the subject of the movie The Conjuring, and continued to haunt the Perron family for years to come.

These are true ghost stories told by people from Washington State. These ghost stories have been featured in our first 12 books and our Pacific Northwest book and include: - ''... I felt like someone was looking at me. Then I heard other people entering the bunker. It sounded like they were carrying tools. When I got out of the room to see nobody was there...'' - ''...During a very trying time in our lives, he stroked our back as if to let us know that things would be okay. It seemed like there was possibly more than one unknown living with us, but we joked and called all of them ''Charley....

A Parent's Worst Nightmare This is a story for anyone that likes a fast-paced thriller, full of emotion and heart-stopping drama, woven with a thread of the supernatural. Twelve-year-old Kyle Connely is devastated by the death of his father; a murder he witnessed. In his grief, he becomes hopelessly lost in Croatan National Forest where terrifying dangers await his every turn. His time is running out. A hurricane is looming, and in its path is the coastal forest he is trying to survive. Jacob Hanson, a reporter assigned to cover the story, has a gift he's kept hidden all his life. And when ...

Spirits of the Buckeye State: Famous Hauntings and Ghost Stories from Ohio’s Haunted History takes readers on a chilling journey through ten of Ohio’s most haunted locations. From abandoned asylums and eerie tunnels to historic inns and grand theaters, this book blends verifiable history with the ghost stories that continue to captivate generations. Step inside the towering cell blocks of the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, explore the sorrowful halls of Franklin Castle in Cleveland, and uncover the tragic tale of the Lady in Gray at the Athens Lunatic Asylum. Discover the playful ...

Are you ready to visit the strangest state in America? Arizona isn't just a state. It's a fever dream baked into red rock and desert sand — where gold mines swallow treasure hunters whole, where ghost towns outnumber living ones, and where thousands of people once watched a massive silent spacecraft glide over Phoenix while the government shrugged and said "probably flares." Weird Arizona Stories takes you on a wild ride through the Grand Canyon State's most jaw-dropping legends, baffling crimes, haunted hotels, desert monsters, and moments of pure human madness that no screenwriter could...

"50 States, 50 Mysteries" is the ultimate travel guide for mystery enthusiasts, featuring unexplained phenomena, haunted places, true crime stories, and more from every corner of America. Take a journey through the country and explore the local legends and unsolved mysteries that make each state unique. Embark on a road trip like no other as you explore the paranormal activity and ghost stories that surround mysterious places and secret locations across the country. From strange occurrences to infamous crimes, this book has it all, providing a mix of true crime, folklore, and regional ...

If the 1619 Project illuminated the ways in which life in the United States has been shaped by the existence of slavery, this “historical, literary masterpiece” (Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy) focuses on emancipation and how its afterlife further codified the racial caste system—instead of...

For more than a century, Apaches have kept alive the memory of their hero Lozen. This beautiful, valiant warrior and revered shaman fought alongside Geronimo, Cochise, and her own brother, Victorio, holding out against the armies of both the United States and Mexico. Lozen has known since childhood that the spirits have chosen her to defend Apache freedom. As the U.S. Army prepares to move her people to an Arizona reservation, Lozen forsakes marriage and motherhood to fight among the men.

These are true ghost stories told by people from Georgia. These ghost stories have been featured in our first 12 books and our Deep South book and include: - ''...She said she did not go in there because it just felt occupied, like it was someone's room. You know that sense of 'someone else' you get by going into someone else's room for the first time...'' - ''...my shoulder was pinned back, so I could not get up. As I lay there panicking thinking that it might collapse under my weight, and I might fall through I heard a woman speak out-loud to me. She said ''how would you like it if you ...

Elva Zona Heaster died in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, in January 1897. Her death was originally thought to be from natural causes. But when Zona's ghost began visiting her mother, the death began to look a lot more suspicious.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton offers a sexy, suspenseful novel of human—and inhuman—passions, as vampire hunter Anita Blake must repay a favor to a man almost as dangerous as the ancient evil she's about to face. . . . Edward is a hit man, specializing in monsters...

In her third volume of Adirondack ghost stories, Lynda Lee Macken presents an array of faithful phantoms. Devoted caretakers carry on at the Glenmore Hotel, Grant Cottage and Wellscroft Lodge. A constant gardener digs in at the Knox Mansion and an ever-present chauffer is on duty at Fort Hudson Health Services. The New York native reveals revenants from the region’s iron mining industry at the Penfield Homestead Museum and Moriah’s Town Hall. The Adirondack’s long history of hospitality gives rise to a host of spirits at The BrightSide on Raquette and Paul Smith’s College. Curl up ...

From seances 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 Ghost 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 fifty 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.

Pennsylvania is full of history, scenery, charming towns—and enough weirdness to make an ordinary road trip completely impossible. In Weird Pennsylvania Road Trip, you’ll travel from Philadelphia to Erie in search of haunted prisons, battlefield ghosts, underground cave boats, zombie movie landmarks, chocolate-shaped streetlights, burning ghost towns, giant footwear, romantic champagne-glass tubs, and sandwiches stuffed with their own side dishes. Along the way, explore: Haunted cellblocks inside Eastern State Penitentiary Philadelphia’s fascinating museum of medical oddities ...