The Most Haunted Places in America: A State-by-State Guide
America is a young country built on old ghosts. From colonial execution grounds in Virginia to Gold Rush saloons in Alaska, the nation’s history is…
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Cryptids of North America: A Field Guide to Regional Monster Legends
North America is a haunted continent, but its ghosts are not all dead. From the dense pine barrens of New Jersey to the deep glacial…
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Tommyknockers: The Ghosts Colorado’s Miners Brought With Them
Long before Colorado had its own ghost stories, its mines already had their own ghosts — imported wholesale from Cornwall and Wales along with the…
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The Lightning Bolt of Liberty: James Otis Jr. Got the Death He Asked For
He coined the phrase that fueled a revolution, then reportedly wished his way into one of Boston's strangest true stories
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Garfield’s Predicted Fate: Séances, Prophecy, and the Chessboard of the Dead
A president who chased his dead father through séance circles left behind a haunted castle and a ghost story about moving tombstones
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The Hopi people of the Arizona mesas have maintained a Snake Ceremony for centuries: a ritual in which priests handle live rattlesnakes as intermediaries b...
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The Hillbilly Beast of Kentucky
A relict ape, a frontier ghost story, and a creature that may predate Bigfoot itself....
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