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This book explores real-life instances in which everyday people like you and me came face-to-face with danger they hadn't seen coming. While some lived to tell the tale, sadly, others did not. Included are true accounts of a power outage that put a young family in the crosshairs of a stranger with ill-intent, a teenager who found herself at the mercy of a pair of would-be kidnappers after being stranded in the middle of the night, a caregiver whose patient may have been more than she seemed, a young girl whose friends turned out to be her worst enemies, a case of mistaken identity that ...

If you've ever wondered if the fairy tales and nursery rhymes you grew up on have any connection to actual events, this book may hold the answers you seek. This exploration of twenty-five children's favorites and their possible origins takes a closer look at such classics as Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Snow White, Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, The Snow Queen, Jack Be Nimble, Little Jack Horner, Bluebeard and many others. While some of their histories are as pure as the driven snow, others are downright horrific. So, if you're ready to pull back the curtain on a world that is not ...

If you are superstitious, or know someone who is, this is the book for you. These pages feature bits of lore--both conventional and somewhat unorthodox--centering around animals, money, romance, vampires, the human body, food, pregnancy, cemeteries, farm life, witches, and more. Running the gamut from the whimsical to the downright disturbing, this collection has something for everyone.

Urban legends are thought by most to be tall tales passed down through the ages. Some of the stories are obviously make believe, while others, as strange as they may seem, have their origins in actual events. Do alligators roam the dark tunnels deep beneath New York City? Do boogeymen who terrorize those afraid of the night really exist? Are killer clowns a myth born from our fear of the unknown or could such evil truly walk among us? These are just a few of the urban legends that are explored in this book.

This book explores cases in which the paranormal and true crime collided, forming a frighteningly imperfect union. Included are accounts of killers who confessed after being haunted by the spirits of their victims, a murder case that was solved with the aid of a psychic, a woman who brought her killer to justice from beyond the grave, a trial in which a Ouija board was used to communicate with the victims, teenage ghost hunters who found more than they bargained for at a purportedly haunted house, a newlywed who refused to let her death be swept under the rug, and more. If true crime with a...

This book contains the combined volumes of my True Scares and Real-Life Nightmares series with a disturbing new tale added for good measure. Included in this collection are true accounts of haunted dwellings, possessed objects, ghost animals, a sinister entity that attached itself to an unsuspecting couple, zombie legends that may be closer to reality than we would like to believe, dreams that foretold the future, Halloween terror, a mysterious presence that stalked people while they slept, a madman who took his obsession with dolls to macabre extremes, a parasitic twin with a mind of its ...

This book takes a brief look at the history of the term 'serial killer' before delving into several cases involving this most heinous of criminal. Over a dozen killers and their crimes are profiled in an attempt to glean some insight into what compels these defects of nature to lash out at society in the most horrific ways imaginable. Included in these pages are the crimes of Gerald and Charlene Gallego, David Alan Gore and Fred Waterfield, Jane Toppan, Kenneth McDuff, Gerald 'Animal' McFadden, Albert Fish, Richard Chase, and Robert Hansen, to name only a few. Be forewarned that the details...

This book is a revamped version of my briefly released, and virtually ignored, offering It Could Happen to You Too. Besides a new title and cover art, five all-new anecdotes have been added to this hodgepodge of true crime stories and tales of the supernatural. Included are accounts of unexplained happenings on a stretch of road known as the "Devil's Highway," nightmarish encounters that took place in RV parks, a string of unsolved murders that rocked a quiet community to its core, a night at the movies that ended in tragedy for a popular online personality and his date, a murderous ...

*Revised and reedited* The notion that truth is stranger than fiction is on full display in this hodgepodge of stories that range from the simply bizarre to the supernatural. Included in this collection are real-life accounts of prophetic dreams; animals that have done the impossible for love of their owners; an antique car with a will of its own; hauntings; items thought lost forever that reappeared in the most unexpected places; cursed objects; eerie communications from beyond the grave; near-death experiences; and much, much more. Now that you have an idea of what is in store, you need ...

If you're a fan of all things spooky and unexplained, this collection is for you. These stories take the reader into a world where the dark things we dare not imagine become frighteningly real. Included are accounts of a mystical box said to house an evil spirit; a lucky find that proved to be anything but; a painting with a life of its own; ghostly entities that remain bound to the living; a teenager whose experiment with a Ouija board went horribly wrong; an unexpected communication from beyond the grave; an opportunistic demon; haunted toy stores; a very special teddy bear; encounters ...

If the potent cocktail of true crime and the paranormal are to your liking, you've come to the right place. Included in this book are true accounts of "Death Echoes," a phenomenon in which the souls of those who pass prematurely are doomed to relive their final moments for eternity, a teenager whose vengeful spirit is said to stalk the hours from dusk till dawn in search of her killers, a deadly first date that haunts an Illinois town to this day, a psychic medium's vision of murder, a menace in life whose thirst for blood followed him even in death, a youngster with chilling memories of ...

This book captures some of the sometimes wacky, sometimes poignant experiences in the life of a Professional Organizer. Follow me as I share a few of my more memorable client encounters over the years. From the sublime to the ridiculous....from hoarders to people just needing someone who would listen...I've seen it all. Clients who were nightmares I couldn't wait to wake up from and clients who have stayed with me through the years and enriched my life in ways they could never have imagined. A few household hints are thrown in along the way for good measure. It's a sometimes wild......

This collection includes the frightening real-life accounts of a family whose chance for a new beginning would pit them against a force not of this world; a creature of unknown origin that terrorized a farming community in the 1950s; an unidentified presence captured on video; a woman who claimed to be the target of a systematic poltergeist attack; a stubborn family pet that refused to accept the finality of death; hotels where guests check-in for eternity; the victim of a horrific crime whose spirit reached out to her loved ones in her final moments; innocent looking objects that were not ...

This book explores a variety of urban legends, some more well-known than others. Included in this collection are accounts of a doll rumored to house a human soul; a painting sold on an online auction site that is more than meets the eye; bodies of water that many believe harbor the spirits of the damned; ghostly dogs sent from the hereafter as representatives of both heaven and hell; a family in rural Kentucky who claimed to have encountered beings of unknown origin; the infamous "Bunny Man" who made it his mission to terrorize a Virginia community in the 1970s; arachnid bites that are only...

Dreams, we all have them, but for some people what should be a time for their bodies and minds to rest turns into a nightmare from which there seems to be no escape. These are their stories. Included are tales of shadow people; witches and demons that stalk their victims in the dark place that exists between dreams and reality; uplifting stories of dreams that foretold joyful events yet to come; sleepwalking incidents that are both amusing and frightening; dream interpretations and much more. Prepare yourself for these chilling accounts of what some people must endure in an attempt to get ...

This book contains true accounts of brushes with evil spirits and demons in various guises. The stories in this collection include that of a group of teenagers who encountered evil on four legs while on a weekend camping trip, a murder victim who wouldn't rest until his death was avenged, a woman whose inherited estate came with a sinister presence that turned her life into a series of waking nightmares, a convicted killer whose mother went to her grave believing a demon she conjured as a child had turned her son into a monster, a family whose dream home was infested with ghosts, a place of...

Janie Sullivan's childhood nightmares are reawakened when she unexpectedly inherits the old homestead she thought had crumbled to the ground decades ago. Seeing the old house, nestled deep in the mountains of West Virginia, brings back a flood of memories. Joyous memories of a carefree childhood spent playing with her brother and sisters in the lush countryside are overshadowed by memories of one dark stormy night when their lives would be changed forever...a night that would pit them against an evil they didn't know existed on this earth. Will she be able to relive that dark night of ...

If true tales from the world of the unknown get your blood pumping, you've come to the right place. This collection includes accounts of cursed objects; a haunted cemetery; a doll that assumed the characteristics of its deceased owner; real-life encounters with sea monsters; an underground quarry inhabited by the spirits of those who once lived, but live no more; ominous dreams that proved frighteningly real; a phantom hitchhiker that stalks an isolated desert highway; mysterious creatures; a stretch of road that defies gravity; communications from beyond the grave and much, much more. As ...

This all-new anthology picks up where my previous offering: "True Stories of the Paranormal: The Complete Collection" left off. Included are true accounts of haunted dwellings, terrifying visitations from beyond, a poltergeist infestation, encounters with restless spirits, a cursed toy chest, entities thought to roam the Earth in search of souls to spirit away to the afterlife, a funeral train doomed to repeat history for eternity, ghostly hitchhikers and much, much more. If it's a journey into the unknown you seek, wait no further, your ride has arrived.

Stories of ghostly beings who refuse to go gently into that good night run the gamut from benign visitations to nightmares from which the victims can't awake. In an effort to cover all bases, this book contains a healthy serving of both. Included within these pages are true accounts of a murdered teenager who refuses to be forgotten, a ghost dog whose thirst for vengeance transcended death, a family who were terrorized by a sinister presence that invaded their once peaceful farmhouse and forever altered the course of their lives, ghostly women in white who haunt the roads on which they met ...