No Rest for the Wicked : History and Hauntings of American Crime and Unsolved Mysteries

by Taylor, Troy

• ISBN13: 9781892523136
• ISBN10: 1892523132
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: Whitechapel Productions

Summary

Why do ghosts haunt the desolate and lonely locations of America? This has remained one of the greatest mysteries of history, but many believe that the victims of murder, sucide and strange deaths are bound to roam the land for eternity!

Author Biography

Troy Taylor is the author of a number of books on history and hauntings in America. He is also President of the American Ghost Society and has appeared in a number of books, magazines, and documentaries about the supernatural. He was born and raised in Illinois and now lives in Alton, "One of the Most Haunted small towns in America"

Table of Contents

Introduction: "No Rest for the Wicked" The History and Hauntings of American Crime and Unsolved Mysteries	p. 9
Murder and Mayhem: History and Hauntings of America's Bloody Past	p. 15
A Voice from the Grave: The Murder of Teresita Basa
The Mate of the Squando: Death and Spirits on the High Seas
The Sausage Vat Murder
A Ghoulish Ghost Story
The Smuggler's Doll: Revenge from Beyond the Grave
Franklin Castle: Legend and Lore of the Most Haunted House in Ohio
House on Ridge Avenue: The Original "Most Haunted House in America"
Farewell to the Grimes Sisters: The End of Innocence and An Eerie Haunting
Goat Castle: The Legendary History of the Natchez Haunted House
The Girl in the Velvet Swing: Supernatural Murder or Insanity?
The Murder Castle: History and Hauntings of America's First Serial Killer
The Gate to Hell: Horror at Bobby Mackey's Music World
The Greenbrier Ghost: Convicted by Testimony from the Other Side!
The Bloody Benders: Murderous Spiritualists on the Kansas Frontier
She Walks These Hills: The Ghost of Mamie Thurman
The Handsome Stranger: Hauntings in the Wake of a Serial Killer
Lizzie Borden Took An Ax: History and Hauntings in Fall River
Hollywood Horrors!: Murder, Mystery and Hauntings of Tinseltown	p. 110
The Dark Side of Hollywood
Hooray for Hollywood: The Mysteries and Scandals of Tinseltown
The Fall of Fatty Arbuckle: The Lingering Spirit of Virginia Rappe
The Haunted Hollywood Sign: Hauntings of Peg Entwhistle
Hot Toddy: The Mysterious Death of Thelma Todd
"Creepy Little Man": The Strange Death and Ghostly Sightings of Paul Bern
The Death of Superman: The Unsolved Mystery of George Reeves
Who Killed the Black Dahlia?: The Tragic Ghost who Still Looms over Hollywood
The "Spirit" of the Wild West: Ghostly Outlaws and Lawmen of the Old West	p. 147
Outlaws, Gunfighters and Lawmen of the Old West
Pat Garrett's Ghost: Did the Lawman Make A Last Appearance After Death?
The Ghosts of Deadwood: Wild Bill and The Bullock Hotel
The Ghosts of Tombstone: Spirits of a Town Too Tough to Die
Haunts of Jesse James: Ghosts of the James Family Farm
Gangland Ghosts: Haunts of Organized Crime, Bootleggers and Public Enemies	p. 177
The Mafia in America: Bloody New Orleans
The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
The Castle Royal Cafe: Haunts of the Wabasha Street Caves
Hollywood's Favorite Gangster: The Ghost of Bugsy Siegel
The Curse of the Green Chair: Crime and Superstition in Chicago
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre: History and Hauntings of Chicago's Most Famous Crime
Dillinger-Dead or Alive?: The Ghost of the Biograph Theater
No Escape... Even After Death: History and Hauntings of American's Prisons and Jails	p. 197
Crime and Punishment in America
Solitary Confinement: Ghosts of the Past at Pennsylvania's Eastern State Penitentiary
Where the Dead Still Linger: History and Hauntings of the Ohio Penitentiary
The Carrollton Jail: A New Orleans Haunting
Spirits of the Civil War: Hauntings at the Old Washington Arsenal Prison and Fort Monroe
Newstead Avenue Police Station
Most Haunting Building in St. Louis?
Hauntings of Alcatraz: Doing Time for Eternity on the Rock
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