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These are true ghost stories told by people from Washington State. These ghost stories have been featured in our first 12 books and our Pacific Northwest book and include: - ''... I felt like someone was looking at me. Then I heard other people entering the bunker. It sounded like they were carrying tools. When I got out of the room to see nobody was there...'' - ''...During a very trying time in our lives, he stroked our back as if to let us know that things would be okay. It seemed like there was possibly more than one unknown living with us, but we joked and called all of them ''Charley....

These are true ghost stories told by people from South Carolina. These ghost stories have been featured in our first 14 books and include: - ''when he was visiting back then he heard of the graveyard, and sure enough after scratching up the dirt they found the grave markers and tombstones buried...'' - '' I do know that on many occasions the young lady and her dog were seen walking in the wee hours of the morning. If you called out to her, she and the dog vanished...'' - ''I remember one night. I was so terrified of being touched or seeing that black nothingness growing above me that I sat ...

These are true ghost stories told by people from Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Idaho. These ghost stories have been featured in our first 12 books and include: - ''.... As time progressed, I did some local research of the house. I found that supposedly a death, suicide, or murder had taken place...'' - ''...It seemed like there was possibly more than one unknown living with us, but we joked and called all of them ''Charley.'' - ''...We then jumped in the truck and decided to get the hell out of there. My friend went to start the truck and the minute he turned the key ...'' - ''...every ...

These are true ghost stories told by people from all over America and include: - ''There must be a dozen or so graves here and there where he disposed of his incestuous sins and murders. He may have even killed one of his daughters as well as a nosy stranger or two. Sammy said the man was the devil himself and now haunts the place...'' - '' It looked like he wore old early 1900 clothes. I didn't know any better and surely was too young to comprehend who all my family members were, so I assumed he was a cousin. He asked me if I wanted to play, and I said, ''Yeah.'' He asked me to follow him....

These are true ghost stories told by people from Illinois. These ghost stories have been featured in our first 11 books and include: - ''...She went pale and whispered for me to get all of the paperwork I could carry and walk to the front door as quickly and quietly as I possibly could. I did not question her as I have never seen her that afraid, and I have pulled many stunts and told many stories to try to get such a reaction from her. We gathered our papers and walked quickly toward the front door, as we passed the closet the door began to slowly swing open. I wanted to run but ...'' - ''...

These are true ghost stories told by people from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. These New England ghost stories have been featured in books 12 through 23 and include: - ''At that point my seven-year-old yelled from the backseat, ''Mom, what is going on? Why is that man see-through?'' Just then the man stepped up onto the sidewalk, and he was gone...'' - ''He replied, ''I am not like you. I don't get older anymore. '' I asked him why, and he said, ''because I died in an accident.'' He didn't say what kind of accident, but I started telling my ...

These are true ghost stories told by people from Virginia. These ghost stories have been featured in our first 14 books and our Southern Appalachia books and include: - ''As my headlights tracked across him no light was reflected, and he did not cast a shadow. We were looking right at each other. He was not doing anything to get my attention. His blank facial expression did not..... '' - ''and she reportedly died there. I was never comfortable upstairs and always felt that I was not alone there. It was not a feeling that I would be harmed but not alone. Numerous times I would...'' - ''When ...

These are true ghost stories told by people from the San Joaquin Valley of California. These ghost stories from places like Fresno, Bakersfield, Hanford, Madera, Merced, Modesto, Sacramento, Stockton, Visalia have been featured in our first 11 books and include: - ''... The driver saw that my left eye was hanging outside of the socket, so she screamed. ...'' - ''... What caught my attention and made my hairs on the back of my neck and arms rise was when she said Bibi would...'' - ''... I was watching TV, and the set turned off. From the den something stepped up and began to take form...'' -...

Genuine non-fiction accounts of real ghost experiences by real people from the Southern Appalachian states in their own words. Ghosts of America – Southern Appalachia features ghost sightings from Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia published in Ghosts of America books 15 through 20. This book features 55 real-life frightening first-hand ghost sightings that have been documented by people from all over Southern Appalachia. - ''The same thing happened. Except this time I could hear him speak 'Tell her I love her.' He said this three times. I still didn't turn ...

These are true ghost stories told by people from Indiana. These ghost stories have been featured in our first 11 books and include: - ''... There was absolutely no explanation for the hanging noose, the white streaks caught in my photo, and sadness you feel ...'' - ''... We had a ghost. Now, way after the fact, I have decided to call him Fred. Fred lived with us, never hurt anyone. In fact, he could not have cared less about the humans living in the house. He just minded his own business. Several times a day, you could clearly hear Fred walk from the bathroom, through the dining room, and ...

These are true ghost stories told by people from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. These New England ghost stories have been featured in our first 11 books and include: - ''...Whatever it was, it was not messing around. Instead it appeared to be protecting the location, ensuring that the property was safe from two people who had not made their intent clear... '' - ''... During the time my skin was melting into my shirt I was out of my body and looking down through the house...'' - ''... He just faded out of sight right there in the middle of a big ...

These are true ghost stories told by people from Oklahoma. These ghost stories have been featured in our first 20 books and include: - ''She was very upset and kept repeating ''I am not going you tell him. I am not going.'' We tried to explain to her there was no one in the room but us, and she replied ''he is right there. He is right there in the corner.... - ''He opened his eyes and saw a young girl with long dark hair in gown standing in front of one of the windows looking out over the large field towards the lake. He called out to my sister whom he thought it was....'' - ''At any given ...

These are true ghost stories told by people from Florida. These ghost stories have been featured in our first 12 books and include: - ''...Then we saw the driver, and I know I screamed at this point, because the driver had the same eerie bluish white glow about him...'' - ''... As I began to drift off, something very strange indeed happened. The smell of cigarette smoke, an utterly alien thing in ...'' - ''...The spirit went on to explain that the slave had been a musician and subsequently took a liking to me, ...'' - ''...looking at me in wonderment as to whom I was talking to. When I ...

Genuine non-fiction accounts of real ghost experiences by real people from Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, and South Carolina in their own words. Ghosts of America – Deep South features ghost sightings from Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, and South Carolina published in the first 7 Ghosts of America books. This book features 80 real-life frightening first-hand ghost sightings that have been documented by people from the Deep South. If you like the ghost stories on ghostsofamerica.com you will love this book.

These are true ghost stories told by people from New Jersey. These ghost stories have been featured in our first 12 books and include: - ''...I was thinking, ''good lord! I am going to be mugged in broad daylight in a cemetery!'' I turned and flung my arm up in a defensive position...'' - ''...she had an affair with the local blacksmith and he found out about it. He was enraged, but also careful not to let anyone know of his wife's cheating. He locked her in the attic and fed her scraps from the table...'' - ''...Colin was a little over three years old at the time. I continued to question ...

Genuine non-fiction accounts of real ghost experiences by real people from the Mid-Atlantic states in their own words. Ghosts of America – Mid-Atlantic features ghost sightings from New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware published in Ghosts of America books 15 through 23. This book features real-life frightening first-hand ghost sightings that have been documented by people from all over the Mid-Atlantic. - ''There had been numerous sightings of an old man wearing a rain jacket and trilby hat sitting at the end of the bar. TV's and lights would turn on and off. We ...

These are true ghost stories told by people from North Carolina. These ghost stories have been featured in our first 15 books and include: - ''More than once our father would nonchalantly say that he heard a young girl crying softly in the front room where he slept apart from the rest of the family....'' - ''Believing the man was seeking help, the boys hastened their steps. As they drew closer, the man turned and disappeared into the darkness...'' - ''Once some of us saw a knife levitate from that buffet. Then the knife moved over through the air and dropped to stand straight up...'' - ''...

These are true ghost stories told by people from all over America and include: - ''My imaginary friend, Charlie. My first words were not the typical ''mama'' or ''dada'', but ''Charlie'' - ''We saw a person standing in a white gown on the second floor of the town house apartment, staring at us. Nobody was home, and...'' - ''He wasn't looking directly at me but more just past me and smiling, not maliciously but as if he was amused. I gasped, and he vanished into thin air....'' - ''She told me when the water slides were there, a 12-year-old boy had drowned on a school outing. The boy is ...

These are true ghost stories told by people from New York State. These ghost stories have been featured in our first 15 books and include: - ''It was at this point of seeing the light from a door size opening that I saw something blowing in the wind. I saw black boots and bluish pants walk by with a...'' - ''My mother still lives in that same house. She must have made her peace with whatever was there...or... '' - ''A relative once said that while working on the home's roof he almost fell off but was stopped by an unseen force. It had felt like someone's hands had stopped him from going off...

These are true ghost stories told by people from all over America and include: - ''The man asked me if I had seen his wife. He said they lived at the farmhouse down the road, and he thought she had wondered off. He said he heard her calling him from the cemetery. I said ...'' - ''the clouds in the sky were amazing, and I looked up at them for a moment. I looked back at the man in blue, but he was gone. He wouldn't have had time to walk the distance from the warden's house to the wall of the prison...'' - ''I started to look up names to the house and got in touch with a girl whose brother ...