Western Ghost

Weird but True Stories from the American Old West: Strange and Bizarre Tales from the Frontier, 1865–1895 is a thrilling journey through the most unusual, mysterious, and downright bizarre real-life stories to come out of the Wild West. From haunted saloon pianos and vanishing mining towns to storm-riding cowboys and a decapitated outlaw whose ghost still roams the gallows, this captivating collection brings to life the stranger side of frontier history. Every chapter reveals a unique tale rooted in actual accounts, period newspapers, or enduring local legends—all set west of the ...

Deputy Marshal Zebediah Clemens has a new problem: a legend is killing people. Zeb’s hunt for a petty conman who turned killer leads him deep into the Arizona Territory, where whispers of the fabled Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine have lured the desperate and the doomed for decades. Gilbert Buck isn't the first fool to go searching for treasure in the Superstition Mountains, but Zeb aims to make him the last. What starts as a manhunt quickly turns into something far darker. Shadowy apparitions stalk Zeb through ghost towns and barren hills, urging him onward. When he discovers the murdered ...

In A Wake and Other Ghost Stories, debut author Gerard Larkin conjures a world where shadows linger, voices call from beyond, and folklore comes alive. This evocative collection transports listeners across windswept Irish cliffs and along the sun-drenched but haunted Riviera, uncovering tales of shape-shifting pookas, ancestral whispers, and unseen watchers. Drawing from the deep well of Celtic myth and rural superstition, each story invites you to cross the threshold into the unknown, where nothing is ever quite as it seems.

They Say Harpers Ferry is Haunted. They're Right. Forget the charming shops and scenic trails for a moment. When dusk settles over Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, and the fog rolls in from the rivers, the town belongs to its ghosts. And it has more than its share. This collection gathers twenty of the most chilling spectral encounters reported in this legendary haunted town: The infamous John Brown, still pacing, still watching. Armies of the dead marching on Bolivar Heights. A Screaming Lady whose terror echoes near the bridge. Lost children's laughter on Potomac Street. The terrifying ...

The story of the American mining frontier can be traced in the ghost towns - from the camps of California's forty-niners to the 20th-century ruins in the Nevada desert. They mark an epoch of high adventure, of quick wealth and quicker poverty, of gambling and gun-slinging and hell-raising. We who have seen too many Western movies sometimes think that the legends of the Wild West were invented by scriptwriters - but the ghost towns remain.

Zoltan, an evil wizard, has stolen a Dream Orb! With the orb, Zoltan has access to the Dream World—a place that is forbidden to all wizards. Drake and Bo travel to Zoltan's castle in Gothica to stop him. There, they meet Dragon Master Sandor and his Ghost Dragon Phantom. Is Phantom a ghost or a dragon? Can Drake and Bo find the orb and stop Zoltan before he opens the Dream Gate?

Ghost I was an outcast. alone . Spending life in the shadows, watching; unwilling to claim what little family I have. I’ve lived on the outskirts of Ruby Gulch my entire life, learning early how to take care of myself when I didn’t want anyone else to do it. Magic flows beneath me, through me, and one day that magic brings me a man. Penny I never regretted taking care of my family, or wished for an easier life; not until the day my family needed something I couldn’t provide. I made my way to Ruby Gulch in search of the man who owed us a debt. Instead of offering me help he offered me ...

In Ghosts of the Golden West, Hans Holzer and medium Sybil Leek head out west in search of the haunted, and the possessed. There's San Diego's Whaley House Ghosts; Count Wurmbrand, now deceased, who may or may not be the fulfillment of an ancient curse; an ambulance driver possessed by two victims; a disgruntled, displaced mother-in-law; sailors; Indians; Carole Lombard; Spanish monks; a disenchanted debutante; and last but hardly least, a "topless" psychic who also happens to be the mother of eight.

Discover Haunted Key West! Ghosts, ghouls and legends come to life in Haunted Key West with 10 tales of Florida Keys spirits and the haunted history of Bone Island. Is Ernest Hemingway still haunting his former home? Who is the lady in blue that appears by the old hanging tree? What is the ghost of Applerouth Lane searching for? Find out this and more in David L. Sloan’s Haunted Key West. David L. Sloan is the leading expert on South Florida hauntings. He is the founder of Key West’s Original Ghost Tour and author of 10 books including Ghosts of Key West and The Key West Bucket List. ...

Ghost lives his life under one rule—never fall in love, and never get tied down to just one woman.

The scheduled train from Granger was overdue by three hours. He’d suspected a mechanical breakdown or maybe even a derailment. But the engineer of the next train to use that track had just reported that he hadn’t found any signs of the train. He had no idea how an entire train could simply vanish, but as he pondered the mystery, the head telegrapher came to his office and showed him a telegram that had been sent to Union Pacific headquarters. It was a ransom demand for $100,000.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A long-abandoned silver mine for sale sounded like an adventure too great to pass up, but it turned into much more—a calling, a community of millions, and hard-earned lessons about chasing impractical dreams. “Inspiring and meditative—the story of man vs...

Between the delightful views and colorful folk, what’s not to love? From Slakefield to Laudville, it’s the perfect place to be. But even the nicest small towns have a darkness to them. Crawling with outlaws and secrets, and looming with threats, it’s only a matter of time before trouble arises in these towns. With rising threats spreading about, it’s up to no one but the sexy, determined cowboy wolf shifters of Wildclaw Ridge to step up and make sure nothing gets out of hand. Because if they don’t…things could get a bit messy. Author's Note: These are steamy stand alone series ...

An exceptional collection of first-hand accounts of ghost encounters of American Indians written by an American Indian! Personal experiences of horrific hauntings and spirit sightings throughout the southwest states of Arizona, California, Colorado, and New Mexico. Each short story offers the reader a journey of exploration into the spiritually scared and privileged world known only to Native Americans.

A classic western novel from Frank Wheeler with non-stop epic adventure and a blend of western romance Former bounty hunter Teague Nashville thought he’d left blood and vengeance behind. But when a wagon train under his protection is ambushed, he’s dragged into a war with Ignacio Cortez, an outlaw chief with who’s ready to choke the territory with fear and fire. If Cortez wants a fight, Teague is willing to give it. And he won’t have to do it alone. His partner Blake Mallory has kept him alive more times than he can count. But even the strongest friendship is tested when the odds ...

Three action-packed Old West adventures by western author Jeff Breland. To Outrun a Bullet:A bullet can't kill a man born to hang, or so they say.Not long after setting an explosion and robbing a gold train which inadvertently killed the crew, a cabal of otherwise law-abiding individuals discover a member of their group may have talked. In outlaw fashion, this individual suddenly vanishes only to turn up dead a few days later. Two railroad detectives along with a deputy sheriff are mysteriously killed as well. Deputy US Marshal Stone along with the sheriff is highly suspicious of one of ...

From Music Row to Bellevue, West Nashville is not only historic, but it is also very haunted. With historic homes to the worst train crash in American history, death was everywhere. When you factor in a shopping center built on Native American burial grounds and cult leader Tony Alamo storing his dead wife’s body in a freezer on Music Row, you have all the ingredients for the paranormal. But it’s not just ghost stories. A man gunned down by Andrew Jackson in a duel is buried in the front yard of a residence in West Nashville. Oh, did I forget to mention the headless woman that has been ...

"Impossible to put down.” —Kelly Link, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist Get In Trouble From bestselling author Alex Grecian comes a folk horror epic about a ragtag posse that must track down a witch through a wild west beset by demons and ghosts—and where death is always just around the...

A lot of confusing things take place in the world, but nothing as confusing as a dead outlaw robbing people and places. After Stone captures him the first time, Willy hung himself before the law could do the job for him. Stone was there. He cut Willy's lifeless body down with his own hands. He witnessed the burial. Now the dead outlaw is visiting his same old haunts and robbing the same old places. It looks as if it will be up to Stone to stop him again, but how do you catch a ghost? Ride along with Jake Stone as he encounters ever-present danger and occasional romance in what was once the ...

From National Book Award finalist Laini Taylor comes an epic fantasy about a mythic lost city and its dark past. The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around--and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he was just five...