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Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
950L
Language
English
Description
Shares facts about the locations where calamitous historical events occurred, covering topics ranging from the Tower of London and the torture methods used there, to dungeon life for prisoners, and the most popular poisoning methods.
3) Scary places
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
IG 590L
Language
English
Description
"Describes places that have been the location of mysterious events and explores whether or not the events could have happened"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
Once the center of madness, suicide, mass murder, and whispers of things far worse, the 1800s Gilded Age palace known as the Pendleton, has been re-christened in the 1970s as a luxury apartment building. But now inexplicable shadows caper across walls, security cameras relay impossible images, phantom voices mutter in strange tongues, not-quite-human figures lurk in the basement, and elevators plunge into unknown depths.
Author
Publisher
New Page Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
People have been entertained by tales of ghost sightings for hundreds of years. Belanger explores some of the most haunted places in the world, from California to Queensland, and reports back with spine-tingling first-hand accounts.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Contains reportedly true stories of places around the world that are said to be haunted, including homes, hotels, hospitals, ships, prisons, and battlefields.
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Pub
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Description
This book reviews some famous places, where souls are thought to remain earthbound, including houses, cemeteries, castles, battlefields, hotels and motels, lighthouses, and restaurants.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Dickey, piqued by a house hunt in Los Angeles that revealed derelict foreclosures and "zombie houses", embarks on a journey across the continental United States to decode and unpack the American history repressed in our most famous haunted places. With boundless curiosity, Dickey conjures the dead by focusing on questions of the living -- how do we deal with stories about ghosts, and how do we inhabit and move through spaces that have been deemed...
Author
Series
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Sometimes you walk into a room, a building, or even a town, and you feel it. Something seems off--an atmosphere that leaves you oddly unsettled, with a sense of lingering darkness. Join Aaron Mahnke, the host of the popular podcast Lore, as he explores some of these dreadful places and the history that haunts them. Mahnke takes us to Colorado and the palatial Stanley Hotel, where wealthy guests enjoyed views of the Rocky Mountains at the turn of...
Author
Publisher
Quirk Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Ghosts are everywhere--whether you believe in them or not. Every town has its local legends, and countless books, movies, and TV shows are haunted by their presence. But our obsession with ghosts runs deeper than we know--and is embedded in the very fabric of American history. Writer and historian Marc Hartzman dons the mantle of tour guide, taking readers on a fascinating journey through supernatural history, including: Famous haunted sites like...