Haunted America FAQ
All That's Left to Know About the Most Haunted Houses, Cemeteries, Battlefields, and More
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2000
400 pages
978-1-4950-4601-8 (ISBN)
Description
Take a fast-paced survey of the ghosties, ghouls, and associated denizens of the country's haunted history with Haunted America FAQ. Tracing local ghost stories back to Native American legends and then forward through horror tales both ancient and modern, the book revisits some of the best known haunted locales, as well as some of the most obscure creepy places, in America.
Delving deep into the cultural history of American hauntings, Haunted America FAQ includes chapters on ghostly books, movies, and television. Also included is an A-Z of reality-TV ghost hunts and a state-by-state gazetteer of haunted spots.
Delving deep into the cultural history of American hauntings, Haunted America FAQ includes chapters on ghostly books, movies, and television. Also included is an A-Z of reality-TV ghost hunts and a state-by-state gazetteer of haunted spots.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United States
Publishing group
Hal Leonard Corporation
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4950-4601-8 (9781495046018)
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Haunted America FAQ
All That's Left to Know About the Most Haunted Houses, Cemeteries, Battlefields, and More
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Dave Thompson (Newark, DE) is a pop-culture historian and the author of over 100 books, including biographies of Robert Plant, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Joan Jett, James Taylor, Genesis, and many more.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. A Very Old Story Indeed: The First Ghosts in History
- 2. The Ghostly Gazetteer: Alabama to Arkansas: An Artful Assortment of Astonishing Activity
- 3. New World, Old Fears: What Was America's First-Ever Ghost Story?
- 4. The Ghostly Gazetteer: California to Colorado: A Bewildering Bagful of Belligerent Beasties
- 5. Not Dead, but Definitely Buried: America's Most Haunted Cemeteries
- 6. The Ghostly Gazetteer: Connecticut to DC: A Chilling Churchyard of Chattering Chimeras
- 7. A Ghost Town: And the Ghosts That Haunt It
- 8. The Ghostly Gazetteer: Florida to Georgia: A Dismal Dungeon Draped with Darkness
- 9. Apparently I Didn't Wake Up This Morning: The Ghost of the Blues
- 10. The Ghostly Gazetteer: Hawaii to Illinois: The Excessive Evil of Eerie Eclectics
- 11. Knock Knock-Who's There? America's First Poltergeists
- 12. The Ghostly Gazetteer: Indiana to Iowa: A Fulsome File of Fearful Figures
- 13. Riding the Roller Coaster of Doom! All the Fun of the Fair
- 14. The Ghostly Gazetteer: Kansas to Kentucky: A Grisly Grounding in Groaning Graves
- 15. A Light in the Night: For Those in Peril on the Sea
- 16. The Ghostly Gazetteer: Louisiana: An Unwholesome Household of the Hairiest Horrors
- 17. The Hospital of Lost Souls: Or, I Told You I Was Sick
- 18. The Ghostly Gazetteer: Maryland to Massachusetts: Icicle Imagery and Ichorous Atmospheres
- 19. Promised Land Ahoy! The Ghostly Queens of the Seas
- 20. The Ghostly Gazetteer: Missouri to Montana: A Jangle-Nerved Journey of Jelly-fied Jaws
- 21. Life After Death in the White House: The Ultimate Presidential Veto
- 22. The Ghostly Gazetteer: Michigan to Mississippi: Katatonic Kreatures to Kurdle Your Kooties
- 23. Do Robots Have Souls? The Literal Ghosts in the Machines
- 24. The Ghostly Gazetteer: Nebraska to Nevada: Leering Landlords and Loathsome Lividities
- 25. Time, Gentlemen, Please! Or, I'll Have Some of What He's Drinking
- 26. The Ghostly Gazetteer: New Hampshire to New Jersey: Man-Eating Monsters and Moaning Mysteries
- 27. Most Desirable Residence for Sale: Or, There's a Ghost in My House
- 28. The Ghostly Gazetteer: The Carolinas and the Dakotas: Nightmarish Numbness to Niggle Your Nerves
- 29. Plantation Daze: A Southern Way of Death
- 30. The Ghostly Gazetteer: New Mexico to New York: Oddities and Obscurities, but No Orbs to Observe
- 31. Haunted Hotel Rooms: Or, A Room with a Woooooooooo
- 32. The Ghostly Gazetteer: Ohio to Oklahoma: Prepare to Panic as the Polts Perform
- 33. Sexy Spirits: And the Most Beautiful Ghosts in the World
- 34. The Ghostly Gazetteer: Oregon to Pennsylvania: Queer Quonundrums to Make You Quake
- 35. We Admit They Exist: But What Do They Want?
- 36. The Ghostly Gazetteer: Rhode Island to Tennessee: Run from the Roars of the Raucous Nightwalkers
- 37. Spirits Having Flown: Conan Doyle, Cameras and Codswallop
- 38. The Ghostly Gazetteer: Texas to Vermont: Spiteful Spirits and Sickening Stenches
- 39. Torrid Tales and Plangent Poetry: The Ghost on Page and Screen
- 40. The Ghostly Gazetteer: Virginias to Wyoming: Terminating Our Travels, Tired but Triumphant
- Epilogue: Do You Believe in Ghosts . . . Yet?
- Appendix: Paranormal Television Investigations
- Selected Bibliography
