Virginia Ghosts
Title | Virginia Ghosts PDF eBook |
Author | Marguerite du Pont Lee |
Publisher | Genealogical Publishing Com |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2009-06 |
Genre | Ghosts |
ISBN | 0806350954 |
This collection of more than 100 ghost stories has entertained lovers of Virginia genealogy, history and folklore for generations. Mrs. Marguerite du Pont Lee, daughter of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont, humanitarian and campaigner for women's rights, was also a great student of psychic phenomena. This interest in the unexplained led her to gather tales of ghosts and the paranormal from around her adopted state, many of them dating back to the colonial period. Charmingly written and illustrated throughout, most of the tales (like the encounter of Warner Taliaferro of Belle Ville in Gloucester County with the spirit of his neighbor, Mrs. Tabb, on the night of her death) deal with ghosts sited at the venerable homesteads that proliferate in Virginia. Thus, for example, we have stories set at The Anchorage and Gunston Hall in the Alexandria area, Federal Hill and Traveller's Rest near Fredericksburg, Mount Airy and Woodlawn in the Tidewater, Edgewood and Westover near Richmond, Ash Lawn and Fairfield within the Piedmont, Carter Hall and Elmwood in the Shenandoah Valley, Ivanhoe and Ellerslie in Southside, and still other tales from the Eastern Shore, Southwest Virginia, and West Virginia. Many of the ghost stories, of course, concern early Virginians who materialize on the family trees of Virginia researchers.
Haunted Virginia
Title | Haunted Virginia PDF eBook |
Author | L. B. Taylor |
Publisher | Stackpole Books |
Pages | 130 |
Release | 2009-01-21 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 081174082X |
The center stage for both the American Revolution and the Civil War, Virginia is one of the most haunted states.
Haunted West Virginia
Title | Haunted West Virginia PDF eBook |
Author | Patty A. Wilson |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 161 |
Release | 2019-06-21 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 1493040820 |
Thrilling stories of supernatural occurences in West Virginia, including the restless spirits of Harpers Ferry, the legendary Mothman of Point Pleasant, the ghosts of Twistabout Ridge, the phantom hitchhikers on the West Virginia Turnpike, and many more.
The Big Book of Virginia Ghost Stories
Title | The Big Book of Virginia Ghost Stories PDF eBook |
Author | L. B. Taylor Jr. |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 385 |
Release | 2019-07-17 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 1493043978 |
Hauntings lurk and spirits linger in the Old Dominion State Reader, beware! Turn these pages and enter the world of the paranormal, where ghosts and ghouls alike creep just out of sight. Author L. B. Taylor shines a light in the dark corners of Virginia and scares those spirits out of hiding in this thrilling collection. From poltergeists that make trouble at Blue Ridge Pottery, to a phantom light on Holston Mountain, to specters haunting the battlefield of Cedar Creek, there’s no shortage of bone-chilling tales to keep you up at night. Around the campfire or tucked away on a dark and stormy night, this big book of ghost stories is a hauntingly good read.
Haunted Virginia Beach
Title | Haunted Virginia Beach PDF eBook |
Author | Alpheus J. Chewning |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 118 |
Release | 2006-09-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1625844379 |
Forty spooky stories that reveal the otherworldly history of this coastal city . . . Includes photos! Researched and written by a local history expert, this book delves into the creepy, unexplored avenues of Virginia Beach’s past. You’ll learn about the paranormal sightings at the Mayflower Apartments, where elevators behave bizarrely; the spectral details of Blackbeard’s buried treasure; a deadly stretch of road inexplicably responsible for eighty-nine fatalities over thirty years; and the untimely death of a military wife. From a wailing woman in the old Coast Guard Station to supernatural activity provoked by the association of two friends, Haunted Virginia Beach offers up spine-tingling apparitional tales that will shock and delight visitors and locals alike.
Civil War Ghosts of Virginia
Title | Civil War Ghosts of Virginia PDF eBook |
Author | L. B. Taylor |
Publisher | |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
A collection of ghost stories from Virginia during the Civil War.
Spooky Texas
Title | Spooky Texas PDF eBook |
Author | S. E. Schlosser |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 201 |
Release | 2008-08-13 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 1461746442 |
Suitably, hauntings and paranormal happenings in the Lone Star state are larger than life. Included in this must-read collection are tales of the ghost lights of Marfa, the werewolf of Elroy, and the Devil’s brand in the eternal roundup of El Paso. Your hair will stand on end as you read about the mysteries and lore in Spooky Texas.