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On December 20, 1924, the newest hotel in downtown Los Angeles opened its doors. Catering to businessmen, bankers, theatergoers, and travelers, the Cecil started out as a home away from home for the city's high rollers. Then came the Great Depression. Times changed, and the hotel found itself in the middle of Skid Row.

A comprehensive guide to ghost hunting from the founder and the assistant director of Canada's oldest, most reputable, and accomplished paranormal research team.

Feelings of being watched, angels, ghostly giggles, unexplained lights, apparitions, disembodied footsteps. These are not just the stuff of popular movies and TV shows. These and more are true occurrences happening in some of the most ordinary places. In this second book of the Truly Paranormal series, you will read about places in Alaska, such as the Red Onion Saloon, Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, the Dimond Center Mall, Ship Creek, the Birch Hill Cemetery, and more. Join me as we delve into the history and reported paranormal activity of some of the most haunted locations in Alaska.

To her group of classic stories, Mrs. Roberts has added three new tales about the Carolina coastal areas. The mountains, Piedmont, Eastern Carolina, and the Outer Banks all provide settings for the unique and haunting accounts found in this book. Six of the stories take place in the Outer Banks - a particularly inspiring location and the perfect place to meet the ghost on Blackbeard's last voyage.

When John Wayne Gacy, one of America's most depraved serial killers, went to his death by lethal injection in 1994, that ought to have been the end of it. It wasn't. More than 20 years later, psychic mediums looking into claims of paranormal activity in an old Illinois movie theater were shocked to discover that it is haunted by a man who goes by the name of John and appears as a leering clown.

From the Hebrew Bible's shadowy realm of Sheol to 21st-century visions of Hell on Earth, The Penguin Book of Hell takes us through 3000 years of eternal damnation. Along the way, you'll take a ferry ride with Aeneas to Hades, across the river Acheron; meet the Devil as imagined by a 12th-century Irish monk - a monster with a thousand giant hands; wander the nine circles of Hell in Dante's Inferno, in which gluttons, liars, heretics, murderers, and hypocrites are made to endure crime-appropriate torture; and witness the debates that raged in Victorian England when new scientific advances cast doubt on the idea of an eternal hereafter.

The Black Hills are not empty. The prairies are not as peaceful as they seem. What if the raw, terrifying reports filed with the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (BFRO) are true? This gripping collection of narrative non-fiction transforms sterile case files into vivid, immersive stories—each one a chilling account of a real person who collided with an impossible truth. From the desolate backroads of Pine Ridge to the dense forests of Spearfish Canyon, these are not legends or folklore. These are the powerful, true, and often terrifying encounters that have been officially ...

This chilling compilation volume combines the Paranormal Eyewitness shorts series (The Black-Eyed Demons are Coming, Ghosts of the Living, Poltergeists - The Noisy Ghosts) and Ghosts in the Machines into one blood-curdling volume of true tales of the shadowlands. You will hear tales about black-eyed kids, poltergeists, ghosts on the telephone, and how living people can appear in two places at once. In the shadowlands, strange and often terrifying things happen to ordinary people just like you and me. Listen to the tales and learn what they may signify.

The Bell family are terrorized by an invisible, talking poltergeist that has taken up residence in their home. While the children are beaten and harassed in their beds, their father is stricken by seizures, and visiting skeptics are confounded by a hateful, disembodied voice that ridicules their attempts at investigation. Centered around the person of young Betsy Bell, the Bell Witch haunting has been called the 19th century's answer to The Exorcist and has been the inspiration for such popular films as The Blair Witch Project and An American Haunting.

Dark and disturbing, this full-length study of the women in black mystery encompasses such issues as alien abductions, Mothman, strange and unearthly monsters, the secrets of alchemy, time-travel, and the dark domain of all things supernatural. Just like their creepy male counterparts, the women in black will stop at nothing to silence those who get too close to the truths behind the UFO phenomenon and paranormal activity.

You were told Jezebel was a villain. But what if she was simply a woman who refused to kneel? In this fierce and revelatory channeled work, Frater Merovingia revives Jezebel—not as the slandered queen of biblical shame, but as a living spirit of unapologetic power, feminine sovereignty, and sacred defiance. She speaks through fire, not apology, and invites you to remember your own truth through hers. Inside, you'll find: Channeled chapters from Jezebel herself—bold, poetic, unrepentant Rituals for reclaiming voice, fire, visibility, and personal sovereignty Ceremonies of rage, ...

I am Zaysan. People all over the world know me by, Z. I have had a very different life than most. It seems that it has always led to the extremes. I do not look for these things, but they just seem to come to me. Since this is the norm for me, I feel I approach and handle these events in my life in a different way than others. That is what led to this recent event. I was in what was a normal day for me. I was hiking in the jungle, many miles from anything. I noticed something that did not fit into the journey I was on. A lady, that in no way, fit what would be expected here. She was ...

In the woods, fear meets the unexplained. Things in the Woods is a chilling anthology curated by Erik Lake, a former anthropology professor with a keen interest in the paranormal and unexplained. This collection brings together true accounts of unsettling encounters within the enigmatic wilderness—from Bigfoot and Sasquatch sightings to inexplicable lights and haunting apparitions. Blending academic rigor with the allure of campfire tales, the book challenges readers to question the boundaries of scientific understanding and confront the unsettling notion that we are not alone in the ...

The living aren’t the only ones listening. People think cemeteries are quiet. They aren’t. Not the old ones. Not the kind with crooked stones and names worn thin by weather and grief. They hum, they breathe, they watch. After a decade tending the dead, the sounds have stitched themselves into me—roots rubbing bones, frost shifting in the dirt, whispers caught in the cedars. It was supposed to be just another burial. Another evening alone with a backhoe and the wind. But this time the dark spoke back.

Discover the fascinating history of demons and fallen angels from all over the world as well as the theories, controversies, and conspiracies explaining these dark and mysterious tales. All over the world and throughout the ages, there are tales of mysterious and often malevolent entities who live solely in the shadows of our perception. They have been referred to as demons, fallen angels, devils, evil spirits, and by other names. But what are we to make of these storied accounts of mystical mischief-makers that have incessantly plagued humanity?

Haunted Quincy: True Tales of Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and the Hidden Horrors of a Historic River Town Step into the shadows of one of Illinois’ oldest river cities, if you dare. Quincy, Illinois is more than cobblestone streets, steamboat history, and architectural charm. Beneath its picturesque surface lies a forgotten underworld, where spirits whisper through alleyways, laughter echoes from long-abandoned theaters, and houses remember the horrors that time tried to erase. In Haunted Quincy, local historian and sixth-generation Quincy native Robert Turek invites you on a chilling ...

In Wendigo Chronicles, author and researcher, Erik Lake, has gathered a collection of harrowing tales, each a personal encounter with this chilling legend. These stories are not mere fiction; they are confessions, experiences shared by those who have felt the icy touch of fear, who have looked into the abyss and found something staring back. From the frozen depths of northern forests to the eerie stillness of abandoned towns, each narrative takes you closer to understanding the true essence of this ancient evil. This anthology is an exploration of our deepest fears – of insatiable hunger,...

While belief in religious supernatural claims is waning throughout the West, evidence suggests belief in nonreligious supernatural claims is on the rise. What explains this contradiction? How can a society with a falling belief in God have a rising belief in ghosts, psychic powers, ancient astronauts, and other supernatural or pseudo-scientific phenomena? Taking the same anthropological approach he employed in his notable studies of religion, atheist author and activist David G. McAfee turns his attention to nonreligious faith-based claims.

Who has not been thrilled and not a little frightened by tales of ghosts, spirits, hauntings, and monsters? Some of the most fascinating accounts come from the dark hollows of the Ozark Mountains. For generations, these scary, mystifying legends have been told around campfires and family gatherings and handed down through the generations. Now, for the first time, the best of these tales have been gathered together and presented in this volume.

Following the release of his best-selling series UFO Frightening Encounters, author Tom Lyons was contacted by several individuals who were eager to discuss their encounters with the paranormal. This premiere issue contains 10 new reports that are sure to make you wonder who else or what else lurks inside your home.