Chicago S Haunt Detective

Chicago S Haunt Detective Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle version is available to download in english. Read online anytime anywhere directly from your device. Click on the download button below to get a free pdf file of Chicago S Haunt Detective book. This book definitely worth reading, it is an incredibly well-written.

Chicago's Haunt Detective

Author : Raymond Johnson
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0764337181

Get Book

Chicago's Haunt Detective by Raymond Johnson Pdf

Take a fresh look at Chicago's ghosts, legends, and psychics from the viewpoint of a retired West Chicago criminal investigator and local historian. Read favourite legends as well as little-known stories. Who was the fun-loving, hitchhiking, dance-hall phantom known as Resurrection Mary? What mysterious circumstances surround the tragic murders of Patricia and Barbara Grimes? Did Teresita Basa solve her own murder? How was a long-time Chicago city employee, who lead séances out of his home, responsible for the death of a Cook County Sheriff's Deputy? Are psychics able to help law enforcement solve crimes? Read the answers to these questions and others in a fact versus fiction supernatural investigation -- "Chicago Style".

The Ghosts of Chicago

Author : Adam Selzer
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780738738697

Get Book

The Ghosts of Chicago by Adam Selzer Pdf

Behind the crumbling walls, under the ancient bricks and the nearly forgotten streetcar tracks, the ghosts of Chicago live on. From Resurrection Mary and Al Capone to the Murder Castle of H. H. Holmes and the funeral train of Abraham Lincoln, the spine-tingling sights and sounds of Chicago's yesteryear are still with us...and so are its ghosts. Seeking to find out what we really know about the ghastly past of this famously haunted metropolis, professional ghost hunter and historian Adam Selzer pieces together the truth behind Chicago's ghosts, and brings to light dozens of never-before-told firsthand accounts. Take a historical tour of the famous and not-so-famous haunts around town, from the Alley of Death and Mutilation to Satan's Mile and beyond. Sometimes the real story is far different from the urban legend—and most of the time it's even gorier.

More Chicago Haunts

Author : Ursula Bielski
Publisher : Lake Claremont Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1893121046

Get Book

More Chicago Haunts by Ursula Bielski Pdf

A collection of legends and ghostly stories about hauntings and paranormal phenomena in the city of Chicago.

Haunting and Spectrality in Neo-Victorian Fiction

Author : R. Arias,P. Pulham
Publisher : Springer
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-11-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230246744

Get Book

Haunting and Spectrality in Neo-Victorian Fiction by R. Arias,P. Pulham Pdf

Exploring the pervasive presence of the Victorian past in contemporary culture, these essays use the trope of haunting and spectrality as a critical tool with which to consider neo-Victorian works, as well as our ongoing fascination with the Victorians, combining original readings of well-known novels with engaging analyses of lesser-known works.

Haunted Chicago

Author : Tom Ogden
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781493012381

Get Book

Haunted Chicago by Tom Ogden Pdf

Among this country's many treasures is the city of Chicago, an area filled with creativity and culture. Haunted Chicago, a collection of stories of ghosts, mysteries, and paranormal happenings in Chi-Town, will leave readers delightfully frightened.

Chicago Haunts

Author : Ursula Bielski
Publisher : Lake Claremont Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0964242672

Get Book

Chicago Haunts by Ursula Bielski Pdf

Bielski captures over 160 years of Chicago's haunted history with her distinctive blend of lively storytelling, in-depth historical research, and insights from parapsychology. 29 photos.

Dark History of Penn's Woods II

Author : Jennifer L. Green
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781955041171

Get Book

Dark History of Penn's Woods II by Jennifer L. Green Pdf

Eight chilling stories of crime, disaster and unusual deaths from southeastern Pennsylvania. A sequel to the first Dark History book, Murder, Madness, and Misadventure in Southeastern Pennsylvania, this book features more true tales of the region's disasters, deaths and tragedies – offering readers a window into a macabre slice of history. From the “coffin ships” that brought desperate European immigrants to American shores, to an explosion that took the lives of nineteen people, the Greater Philadelphia area has experienced its fair share of tragedy. Learn about the catastrophic fire that took the lives of nine ballerinas, investigate gruesome cases of murder for life insurance, and ponder the possibility that a Pennsylvania businessman appeared in ghostly form on a busy street the day before he died. Finally, one of the most puzzling cold cases in Pennsylvania history is finally solved after more than sixty years using forensic genealogy, while another unidentified little girl still waits for her own justice. Praise for Darkest History Vol. I “..the perfect book to keep you up all night." Philadelphia Magazine "Throughout the book, [Green] iterates that she is writing about history that has been largely forgotten and ignored due to its dark nature. By bringing these stories to the light again, she has given her readers a great gift...” Broad Street Review “….a tribute to suburban Philadelphia weirdness, evildoing, and death.” Montco Today

Haunted Histories in America

Author : Nancy Hendricks
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781440868719

Get Book

Haunted Histories in America by Nancy Hendricks Pdf

If you believe in ghosts, you're in good company. Haunted Histories brings America's most ghostly locales to life, illuminating their role in shaping U.S. history and detailing how they became the nation's most feared places. Haunted Histories takes readers on a state-by-state journey across the United States, exploring the nation's most feared places. Along the way, the text introduces readers to new ghostly tales and takes a fresh look at familiar stories and locations, with an eye to history. From well-known spooky spots like Salem, Massachusetts, to such lesser-known ones as the Shanghai Tunnels of Portland, Oregon, where spirits are supposedly trapped, readers will discover not only where America's most haunted places are but also why they are said to be haunted. The ghosts of the doomed Donner Party allow readers to experience the arduous and often deadly journey of America's westward wagon trains, while different kinds of "spirits" haunting old distilleries allow readers to discover how whiskey almost derailed the new American nation before it was born. This book can be studied for academic purposes as a historical reference, used as a source for classroom assignments, or simply read for the pleasure of a great story.

Haunted Places

Author : Dennis William Hauck
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2002-08-27
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781440673221

Get Book

Haunted Places by Dennis William Hauck Pdf

In almost every town in America there are places where strange things happen. The perfect companion to The International Directory of Haunted Places, this revised and updated edition of Haunted Places is both a fascinating and unusual travel guide as well as an indispensable casebook for those interested in the paranormal. From buildings and parks believed to have resident ghosts and poltergeists to areas where Bigfoot or UFO sightings are most frequently reported, Haunted Places will lead you to more than 2,000 sites of paranormal activity across the United States. Organized alphabetically by state, each entry is referenced to an extensive bibliography of sources-with descriptions, addresses, phone numbers, Web sites, and travel directions provided for all locations.

Haunted

Author : Leo Braudy
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780300224726

Get Book

Haunted by Leo Braudy Pdf

An award-winning scholar and author charts four hundred years of monsters and how they reflect the culture that created them Leo Braudy, a finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, has won accolades for revealing the complex and constantly shifting history behind seemingly unchanging ideas of fame, war, and masculinity. Continuing his interest in the history of emotion, this book explores how fear has been shaped into images of monsters and monstrosity. From the Protestant Reformation to contemporary horror films and fiction, he explores four major types: the monster from nature (King Kong), the created monster (Frankenstein), the monster from within (Mr. Hyde), and the monster from the past (Dracula). Drawing upon deep historical and literary research, Braudy discusses the lasting presence of fearful imaginings in an age of scientific progress, viewing the detective genre as a rational riposte to the irrational world of the monstrous. Haunted is a compelling and incisive work by a writer at the height of his powers.

The Haunted States of America

Author : James Morgart
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781786838780

Get Book

The Haunted States of America by James Morgart Pdf

The study highlights several writers who have not received much, if any, attention among Gothic scholars. This allows readers exposure to writers they may have never encountered before or may realize dimensions to the authors’ works they have never considered. The study reconsiders scholarship’s understanding of post-war American literature. This gives readers, students, and scholars a new approach to discussing post-war fiction that is not delimited to widely accepted understanding of how Cold War anxieties were manifested in fiction. The study contextualizes the fiction it examines within each work’s respective region. This allows readers a new way of approaching not just post-war Gothic fiction but Gothic fiction in general.

Murder & Mayhem in Chicago's Vice Districts

Author : Troy Taylor
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-25
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781625841117

Get Book

Murder & Mayhem in Chicago's Vice Districts by Troy Taylor Pdf

A trip through the history of the Windy City’s lawless districts where you could lose your money and your life—from the author of Haunted Illinois. From the very beginning, Chicago thrived on its reputation as a wide-open town. After the Great Fire, no part of the city was rebuilt more quickly than the vice districts, where bribed cops and brutal force emboldened professional wickedness to celebrate itself with gala events like the First Ward Ball, begun in honor of a madam’s pianist and often so crowded that passed-out drunks couldn’t even fall to the floor. Randolph Street was nicknamed Gambler’s Row because men gambled with their lives by visiting it. In Little Hell, guns and knives could be rented by the hour. In these seedy areas only put to sleep by Mickey Finn’s knockout drinks or Gentle Annie’s knockout punches, it is no wonder that Detective Woolridge kept seventy-five disguises, made twenty thousand arrests and was shot at forty-four times. Includes photos!

Haunts of the White City: Ghost Stories from the World’s Fair, the Great Fire and Victorian Chicago

Author : Ursula Bielski
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467139656

Get Book

Haunts of the White City: Ghost Stories from the World’s Fair, the Great Fire and Victorian Chicago by Ursula Bielski Pdf

"At the close of the nineteenth century, Chicago offered the world a glimpse of humanity's most breathtaking possibilities and its most jaw-dropping horrors. Even as the White City emerged from the ashes of the Great Fire, serial killers like H.H. Holmes stalked the sparkling new boulevards and tragic accidents plagued the factories, slums and railroads that powered the churn of industrial innovation. Demons, mesmerists and birds of ill omen preyed on the unwary from the shadows. Ship captains spoke to the dead, while undertakers discovered reanimated corpses no longer requiring services. From posh mansions built on massacre grounds to the drowned quarries of a forest preserve, Ursula Bielski follows the dark undercurrents beneath the electric lights of the World's Fair."--

Lake Michigan Triangle, The: Mysterious Disappearances and Haunting Tales

Author : Gayle Soucek
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467148399

Get Book

Lake Michigan Triangle, The: Mysterious Disappearances and Haunting Tales by Gayle Soucek Pdf

What disturbing secrets surround the cold, deep waters of Lake Michigan? Sudden violent storms and rocky shoals have claimed the lives of countless mortals foolish enough to brave the treacherous surf of Lake Michigan. But is there another, unnatural force at work? A force that spirited away a ship's captain from a locked cabin without a trace? A force that caused a perfectly airworthy jet to fly into the waves, taking all its passengers to a watery death? Perhaps these tragedies are linked to numerous UFO sightings over the lake. Or perhaps a clue might be found in the prehistoric Stonehenge-like structures discovered deep beneath the crystalline blue surface. Historian and storyteller Gayle Soucek will explore the mysteries behind the area known as the Lake Michigan Triangle.

The Supernatural and Fantastic in Short Detective Fiction

Author : Laird R. Blackwell
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476681283

Get Book

The Supernatural and Fantastic in Short Detective Fiction by Laird R. Blackwell Pdf

Although fantasy and supernatural literature have long and celebrated histories, many critics contend that the fantastic and the supernatural have no place in the logical, rational, world of the detective story. This book is the first extensive study of the fantastic in detective fiction and it explores the highly debated question of whether detective fiction and the fantastic can comfortably coexist. The "locked room" mystery--which often uses the fantastic as a red herring to eventually be debunked by reason and logic--has long been among the most popular subgenres of detective fiction. This book also explores stories featuring almost supernaturally gifted detectives, stories where the supernatural is truly encountered, and stories with ambiguous endings. Close to 500 detective stories from 1841 to 2000, in which the fantastic or supernatural plays a central role, are discussed and analyzed. Although not all the stories are judged to be successful as detective tales, in the great majority, the fantastic enlivens the tale and deepens the mystery without weakening the detective elements.