Urban Legends History

In the sixth book of the United States urban legend series we head up to Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts and Michigan. Inside you will read about the legends and folklore from these beautiful states. Some of these stories you may have heard, ut most are only known to the locals. This book contains some of the wildest stories and legendary beasts from these states. You will also learn the locations and read eyewitness accounts from people who have had personal encounters with these legends. Read about, witches, werewolves, vampires, demons, unknown creatures, phantom hitchhikers, ghosts, ...

This is the seventh book in the series of United States urban legends. In this book you will find legends, myths, and cryptids from the sates of Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, and Montana. Some of these stories are well known and others are only known by the locals. Inside there are personal accounts and directions to some of the locations where you can go to have your own adventures.

Dive headfirst into the world’s oddest “facts”—and emerge a lot smarter (and more skeptical). In Truths Behind History’s Greatest Myths Vol. 3, you’ll explore: Nazca Lines & Göbekli Tepe: Were they alien airstrips and stonehenge-style temples built overnight? Or human artistry and pre-agrarian engineering at its finest? Antikythera Mechanism: A 2,000-year-old analog “computer” that could track eclipses, Olympic games, and planetary motions—no microchips required. Cryptozoology & Lost Tech: From giant squids inspiring Kraken tales to the Baghdad Battery’s disputed “...

The third book in the US urban legend series brings you more legends and interesting history. Some of these legends may be well known, but many of them are only known to the locals. Inside you will find history, legends, locations and eyewitness accounts.

In the eleventh book of the Urban Legends of the U.S.A series we head to some more creepy places to find legends and folklore from Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota and Tennessee. Inside are Native American legends and folklore from the deep woods and hills of the United States. Drive into legends about werewolves, witches, cryptids, curses, haunted roads, woods, hotels, trains, lakes, cemeteries, ships and roads. Read personal stories from locals about their encounters with the paranormal. Use the directions inside to have your own adventures hunting for legends and lore.

Would you believe that a woman fell over 30,000 ft and lived? Would you believe the U.S.S.R dropped a nuclear bomb...on itself...on purpose? Would you believe a bear helped soldiers fight in during WW1? Would you believe . . . To all these questions as well as the others in this book, they all looked like tabloid headlines rather than factual stories to me when I first came across them. However, after careful research, I have discovered that each of the statements in the book is true. Prepare to be educated; the articles are fact-based – I am not making this stuff up! Prepare to have fun;...

About the Books: Introducing American Ghost Books, a spine-tingling series that brings the thrill of real ghost stories right to your bookshelf. Intended as companions to American Ghost Walks popular brand of spooky fun tours, each volume in this collection offers a concise yet captivating exploration of local legends, paranormal encounters, and eerie events that have shaped America's most haunted locales. "Ghosts of Lake Geneva" by Rita Mae Moore with R. Michael Huberty unveils the supernatural side of this picturesque Wisconsin town. Dive into tales of spectral sightings at grand lakeside...

Welcome to the City of Angels—where every dream has a shadow. Legends of Los Angeles peels back the glittering surface of Hollywood to reveal the ghosts beneath the spotlight. In forty haunting tales of fame, obsession, and ruin, Los Angeles becomes a city alive with secrets: a phantom director still filming his masterpiece, a cursed headshot that erases actors from reality, and a talk show that won’t stop broadcasting—no matter how many of its guests are dead. From Beverly Hills mansions humming with regret to the haunted neon of Sunset Boulevard, each story captures a different side...

Dive into the untold truths of the Norse and Neolithic worlds—no horned helmets required. In Truths Behind History’s Greatest Myths Vol. 2, you’ll: Reexamine the Vikings: Were they unstoppable berserkers or savvy traders with a flair for dramatics? Break down Stonehenge: Beyond druid rituals and cosmic alignments, discover the real engineering feats and cultural forces that raised those stones. Shatter common legends: From “Vikings sailed in horned helmets” to “Stonehenge was a druids’ altar,” we separate fact from sensationalized fiction. Updated with fresh research and ...

The borderlands of the paranormal include some bizarre stories. However, none are more strange or unsettling than the tale of what became known as the Philadelphia Experiment, an alleged effort during World War II to make a US Navy ship invisible by using electrical power.

Acclaimed military writer Mark Urban explores the extraordinary story of these military pioneers; the toughest and deadliest infantrymen in Wellington's Army. Immortalised in Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe novels, the 95th Rifles were skirmishers tasked with acting as Wellington's advanced guard. It was new technology for the warfare of the time: they travelled light, moved rapidly, armed with the accurate rifles that would allow them to take shots from distance. The 95th Rifles were the prototype of the modern infantryman.

A look at Urban Legends from California, Colorado, and Connecticut. Some of these legends may be well known, but many of them are only known by locals. Inside are eyewitness accounts, directions to some of the locations and legends that are terrifying, shocking and unbelievable.

In the last 50 years, folklorists have amassed an extraordinary corpus of contemporary legends including "the Choking Doberman," "the Eaten Ticket," and "the Vanishing Hitchhiker." But what about the urban legends of the past? These legends and tales have rarely been collected, and when they occasionally appear, they do so as ancestors or precursors of the urban legends of today, rather than as stories in their own right. In The Nail in the Skull and Other Victorian Urban Legends, Simon Young fills this gap for British folklore (and for the wider English-speaking world) of the 1800s.

The legend of Maggie's Bridge is well known to locals. In the late 1800's a young girl, pregnant and frightened, loses her life on a lonely bridge in a terrible storm. But what is the truth behind the story? Who was Maggie Bloxom? What fates brought her to that dark place and stole her future away from her? Claire Ludlow is a local. She grew up visiting the bridge at midnight and calling for Maggie. One night when she was 16 she sees more than she thought possible. When life draws her back to her home town years later and drops her within arms reach of the bridge, can she use newly ...

About the Books: Introducing American Ghost Books, a spine-tingling series that brings the thrill of real ghost stories right to your bookshelf. Intended as companions to American Ghost Walks popular brand of spooky fun tours, each volume in this collection offers a concise yet captivating exploration of local legends, paranormal encounters, and eerie events that have shaped America's most haunted locales. "Ghosts of Lake Geneva" by Rita Mae Moore with R. Michael Huberty unveils the supernatural side of this picturesque Wisconsin town. Dive into tales of spectral sightings at grand lakeside...

Knox Martin confessed to a terrible crime. He was sentenced, baptized, and hanged. Case closed—or so the city of Nashville believed. But in the weeks that follow, the dead man's name refuses to fade. Whispers stir through jail cells, church pews, and backroom parlors. Some say he was seen walking. Others claim he never left at all. Reverend Nelson Merry knows what Knox prayed before the rope tightened. Sheriff Price watched him die. And beneath it all moves Aunt Mary, the voodoo priestess who anointed him—says the story isn’t over. Set against the backdrop of a Reconstruction, The ...

Ireland has a rich folklore. Everyone knows about the fairy folk and leprechauns and many have heard of the fearsome banshee. There are also the usual ghost stories found in every old land. The stranger side of the Emerald Isle goes much deeper than that, however, with tales of phantom armies marching through the sky, sea monsters swimming in the waters around the island, and stories of strange powers and dark magic.

What if the truth behind history's greatest myths is even more fascinating than the legends themselves? Journey across centuries and continents to unravel the mysteries that have haunted the human imagination for generations. This gripping volume moves beyond simple debunking to explore the real stories, scientific truths, and cultural forces behind twelve of history’s most enduring enigmas. From monster-haunted forests to the digital ether, discover why these tales refuse to die. This meticulously researched book separates fact from fiction, revealing how real historical events, human ...

For more than a century, the city of Atlanta has been associated with Black achievement in education, business, politics, media, and music, earning it the nickname "the Black Mecca." Atlanta's long tradition of Black education dates back to Reconstruction, and produced an elite that flourished in spite of Jim Crow, rose to leadership during the civil rights movement, and then took power in the 1970s by building a coalition between White progressives, business interests, and Black Atlantans. But Atlanta's political leadership has consistently mishandled the Black poor.

About the Books: Introducing American Ghost Books, a spine-tingling series that brings the thrill of real ghost stories right to your bookshelf. Intended as companions to American Ghost Walks popular brand of spooky fun tours, each volume in this collection offers a concise yet captivating exploration of local legends, paranormal encounters, and eerie events that have shaped America's most haunted locales. "Ghosts of Lake Geneva" by Rita Mae Moore with R. Michael Huberty unveils the supernatural side of this picturesque Wisconsin town. Dive into tales of spectral sightings at grand lakeside...