Capitol Hill Haunts

Author : Tim Krepp
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614236566

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Capitol Hill Haunts by Tim Krepp Pdf

“In a sprightly, entertaining style, Krepp tells of the spooks and specters that haunt the U.S. Capitol, the Marine Barracks, and other sites and homes” (Hill Rag). From the Demon Cat that stalks the Washington crypt to the restless spirit of John Quincy Adams in Statuary Hall, it is no wonder that in 1898 the Philadelphia Press declared the Capitol to be the most thoroughly haunted building in the world. Yet there are as many ghosts in the neighborhood as there are beneath the dome. Local writer and guide Tim Krepp intrepidly takes on the best-known haunted tales while also exploring the lesser-known specters. From the weeping lady of the Maples to Commodore Tingey, who still stands watch in the Navy Yard, to the dozens of famous ghosts hosted by Congressional Cemetery, many former residents seem bound to their old home. Join Krepp as he explores the most historic and hair-raising haunts of the Hill. Includes photos “A hair-raising guide to Washington's ghosts.” —The Washington Post

Author : Tim Krepp
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625845795

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Ghosts of Georgetown by Tim Krepp Pdf

Take the Exorcist Steps to meet “the diverse array of ghosts” in DC’s historic neighborhood—from the author of Capitol Hill Haunts (The Hoya). On the banks of the Potomac River, Georgetown has had three centuries to accumulate ghoulish tales and venerable apparitions to haunt its cobbled streets and mansions. In this historic Washington, DC, neighborhood, the eerie moans of three sisters herald every death on the river, and on R Street, President Lincoln is rumored to have witnessed the paranormal at a seance. Along the towpath of the C&O Canal, a phantom police officer still walks his lonely beat, and on moonlit nights, he is joined by a razor-wielding ghoul. From the spirit of a sea captain who lingers in the Old Stone House to the strange ambiance of the Exorcist Steps, author and guide Tim Krepp takes readers on a chilling journey through the ghostly lore of Georgetown. Includes photos! “A great storyteller who, with a confident grasp of the facts and judiciously inserted asides, can bring to life both the haunters and the haunted. His way of ending his chapters with—gasp!—the literary equivalent of a horror movie organ chord lends a delightfully chilling touch.” —HillRag

Author : Natalie Lunis
Publisher : Bearport Publishing
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781627244534

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A Haunted Capital by Natalie Lunis Pdf

Places that are filled with history are also thought to be filled with ghosts. If that is true, then Washington, D.C.—a city that dates back to the earliest days of the United States of America—is surely one of the most haunted cities in the country. In A Haunted Capital, children visit eleven of the most haunted spots in Washington, D.C. and come across some of its most famous ghosts. Among them are a former president who never left the White House, a vice-president who still hurries to his office in the Capitol building, and a First Lady who has found a quiet and peaceful home—years after her death. The haunting photographs and chilling nonfiction text will keep children turning the pages to discover more spooky stories.

Author : Dennis William Hauck
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0142002348

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Haunted Places by Dennis William Hauck Pdf

Describes over 2,000 sites of supernatural occurances in the United States, including places visited by ghosts, UFOs, and unusual creatures.

Author : Tom Ogden
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781493019410

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Haunted Washington, DC by Tom Ogden Pdf

Washington, DC can make a legitimate claim to being the most haunted city in America. With its rich history and the parade of passionate, colorful characters that have walked its streets over the past two centuries, it’s amazing the district doesn’t have more ghosts than it already does. Haunted Washington, DC, a collection of stories of ghosts, mysteries, and paranormal happenings in the nation's capital, will leave readers delightfully frightened.

Author : Mary Beth Crain
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781461746133

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Haunted Pet Stories by Mary Beth Crain Pdf

Since ancient times, stories have abounded concerning the existence of ghost animals. From the Native American animal spirits, to the menacing demon dogs of medieval England, to present day encounters with animal apparitions, there can be little doubt that animals, like people, live after death and pass back and forth between this world and the next. In the realm of the paranormal, experiences concerning deceased pets who revisit the living are common events. Like the ghosts of humans, pet ghosts return for various reasons. Sometimes they appear to say goodbye. Sometimes they want to reassure their grieving owners that they are all right, and that their spirits are always with them. And sometimes, as they often did in life, they are guarding their beloved humans, delivering a message or a warning. "Haunted Pets" covers a wide range of encounters with animal ghosts. Some of these encounters are comforting; others are terrifying. In general, when pets return in ghostly form, they provide comfort and protection to the living. But there are other less benign phantom creatures who have been known to haunt places of violence, or exact revenge upon humans for evil deeds which, while long past, have somehow evaded justice.

Author : Kevin Pharris
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614236795

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Historic Haunts Around Denver by Kevin Pharris Pdf

The author of The Haunted Heart of Denver goes beyond the city limits to investigate the supernatural surroundings of Colorado’s capital. In Denver, the spirits aren’t just penned to the city center. No, even the suburbs and outlying cities have the kind of history that could give quite a fright to the unsuspecting. Folks might be surprised to learn that a house in northwest Denver comes fully equipped with a basement theater—and spectral performers as well—and former phantom residents still roam their old homestead in what is now an Adams County open space. From Westminster’s Bowles House Museum, where even the ghosts were involved in renovations, to Littleton’s Melting Pot restaurant, a former Carnegie library that offers diners a side of the supernatural, accidental ghost hunter Kevin Pharris explores further tales of supernatural haunts and unexplained phenomena surrounding the Mile High City. Includes photos!

Author : Fodor's Travel Guides
Publisher : Fodor's Travel
Page : 1561 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-28
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781101878743

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Fodor's Pacific Northwest by Fodor's Travel Guides Pdf

Written by locals, Fodor's travel guides have been offering expert advice for all tastes and budgets for 80 years. With the growing interest in adventure travel, national parks, hip cities, and wine and micro-breweries, the Pacific Northwest attracts a huge number of visitors every year. This dramatic region stretching from British Columbia to Oregon provides pristine wilderness areas to explore--from coastlines to mountains--as well as vibrant metropolitan scenes in Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver. This travel guide includes: · Dozens of full-color maps · Hundreds of hotel and restaurant recommendations, with Fodor's Choice designating our top picks · In-depth breakout features on Pike Place Market and whale-watching · Coverage of Portland, The Oregon Coast, Willamette Valley and Wine Country, The Columbia River Gorge and Mt. Hood, Central Oregon, Crater Lake National Park, Eastern Oregon, Seattle, The Puget Sound and San Juan Islands, Olympic National Park, North Cascades National Park, Mount Rainier National Park, Yakima River Valley, Eastern Washington, Vancouver, Victoria Planning to focus your trip? Check out Fodor's travel guides to Oregon, Seattle, and Vancouver & Victoria.

Author : Andy Weeks
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780811748759

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Haunted Utah by Andy Weeks Pdf

Tales of hauntings, and creature sightings from the state of Utah.

Author : Garrett Peck
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07-23
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781625849748

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Capital Beer by Garrett Peck Pdf

An effervescent history of beer brewing in the American capital city. Imagine the jubilation of thirsty citizens in 1796 when the Washington Brewery—the city’s first brewery—opened. Yet the English-style ales produced by the early breweries in the capital and in nearby Arlington and Alexandria sat heavy on the tongue in the oppressive Potomac summers. By the 1850s, an influx of German immigrants gave a frosty reprieve to their new home in the form of light but flavorful lagers. Brewer barons like Christian Heurich and Albert Carry dominated the taps of city saloons until production ground to a halt with the dry days of Prohibition. Only Heurich survived, and when the venerable institution closed in 1956, Washington, D.C., was without a brewery for fifty-five years. Author and beer scholar Garrett Peck taps this high-gravity history while introducing readers to the bold new brewers leading the capital’s recent craft beer revival. “Why’d it take us [DC’s brewing culture] so long to get back on the wagon? Capital Beer will answer all your questions in the endearing style of your history buff friend who you can’t take to museums (in a good way!).” —DCist “In brisk and lively prose Peck covers 240 years of local brewing history, from the earliest days of British ale makers through the influx of German lagermeisters and up to the present-day craft breweries. . . . Richly illustrated with photographs both old and new, as well as a colorful collection of her art, Capital Beer is almost as much fun to read as “sitting in an outdoor beer garden and supping suds with friends over a long, languid conversation.”” —The Hill Rag

Author : Shirley Jackson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:650419670

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Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson Pdf

Author : Dolores Riccio
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1989-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780671662585

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Haunted Houses U.S.A. by Dolores Riccio Pdf

A handbook that gives addresses of places where ghosts have been authenticated, with directions for getting there to see for oneself.

Author : Kevin Pharris
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614233930

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The Haunted Heart of Denver by Kevin Pharris Pdf

There is no shortage of ghouls and goblins in Colorado’s Mile High City. Just ask reluctant ghost hunter Kevin Pharris, author of Riding Denver’s Rails. The Gates of Hell are rumored to lie below a hotel near Denver’s capitol building, and there are tales of restless spirits of those buried in Cheesman Park. Above the subterranean darkness, the city streets are haunted by the murderous poltergeist of the Capitol Hill Thug. Even the stately mansions of Millionaires’ Row hide their own secrets, a sad Victorian lady begs for help before vanishing in the Sheedy Mansion, and an eerie face appears on the façade of the Cresswell House. Join tour guide and reluctant ghost hunter Kevin Pharris as he takes a chilling journey through The Haunted Heart of Denver. Includes photos!

Author : Margaret Read MacDonald
Publisher : august house
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2005-12-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0874834376

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Ghost Stories from the Pacific Northwest by Margaret Read MacDonald Pdf

Tales of ghosts inhabiting the Pacific Northwest include stories of haunted houses, departed loved ones, and disturbed Native American burial sites

Author : Kitty Felde
Publisher : Chesapeake Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781735976716

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Welcome to Washington Fina Mendoza by Kitty Felde Pdf

It's The West Wing meets Nancy Drew: a mystery set in the U.S. Capitol that also serves as an introduction to how the U.S. government works. Or doesn't. Legend has it that anyone who sees the Demon Cat of Capitol Hill will be cursed with bad luck. 10-year-old Fina Mendoza just saw it and the last thing her family needs right now is more bad luck. Fina and her older sister Gabby just moved to Washington, D.C. to live fulltime with Papa, a congressman from California. Fina loves spending time with Papa, even though he's always on the phone. But after Fina encounters a mysterious cat, disasters follow. Jars of spagetti sauce explode. Her beloved Abuelita breaks her leg. And Fina's only friend in Washington, a congressional dog named Senator Something, becomes the next target. The only way for Fina to save her family from future "cat"astrophe is to solve the mystery of the Demon Cat of Capitol Hill.