Haunted Virginia
Published on 21. January 2009
128 pages
978-0-8117-4082-1 (ISBN)
Description
The center stage for both the American Revolution and the Civil War, Virginia is one of the most haunted states.
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Language
English
Place of publication
PA
United States
Illustrations
25 BW Illustrations
File size
3,09 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-8117-4082-1 (9780811740821)
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Book
01/2009
Stackpole Books
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Person
L. B. Taylor Jr. lives in Williamsburg, Virginia, and is the author of more than twenty books on Virginia ghosts. He is a well-known speaker on the subject and has appeared on The Today Show.
Content
- Cover
- Halftitle
- Title
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Northern Virginia
- The Snipping Poltergeist
- The Enduring Legend of the Female Stranger
- A Spectral Summons for Help
- The Librarian Who Will Not Leave
- The End of a "Hard" Man
- Caring Katina of Fall Hill
- The Cat with Ten Lives
- Purring from Beyond
- Edgar Allan Poe, the Virginian
- The Shenandoah Valley
- Nearer My God to Thee
- The Vengeful Return of Hetty Cooley
- The Protective Phantom Pet
- The Corpse That Rose Up
- A Voice from the Grave
- The Figure in White
- A Quaint Civil War Custom
- Stone Showers from Hell
- Central Virginia
- A Scene of Indescribable Horror
- The Catastrophe at the Capitol
- The Ghost with the Tortoiseshell Comb
- The Specter at the Governor's Mansion
- A Governor's Ghost
- Premonitions of Death
- Bizarre Happenings at Blandford
- The Boy in the Picture
- The Last March of Robert E. Lee
- The Ghost Train at Lomax Crossing
- The Spirit Hummer of Monticello
- A Dreadful Dream of Doom
- The Devil in the Flour Barrel
- South and Southwest Virginia
- The Ghost Hound of the Blue Ridge
- Bertha's Bouncing Bed
- Converted by a Ghost
- The Phantom Car Ride
- The Resurrected Grandmother
- Haunted Room 403
- The Recurring Wreck of Old 97
- The Little Rag Doll
- A Visit from the Devil
- Old Cleveland's Last Ride
- Tidewater Virginia
- Tragic Teardrops in the Snow
- The Idiosyncrasies of "Mad Lucy"
- Hooded Visions Rise from the Mist
- The Curse Tree of Jamestown Island
- Aunt Pratt's Portrait
- Comfort from Beyond
- The Transforming Portrait
- The Phantom Friend of the Oystermen
- The Spirited Revenge of Dolly Mammy
- Three Pink Rose Petals
- The Ordeal by Touch
- An Obsession Named Melanie
- The Sleeping Prophet
- A Case of Crisis Apparition
- Bibliography
- About the Author
- Back cover
