Terrance Zepke - Spookiest Lighthouses: Discover Americas Most Haunted Lighthouses

Copyright 2014 by Terrance Zepke

Smashwords Edition

All rights reserved. No part of this bookshall be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,electronic, mechanical, magnetic, and photographic includingphotocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrievalsystem, without prior written permission of the publisher. Nopatent liability is assumed with respect to the use of theinformation contained herein. Although every precaution has beentaken in the preparation of this book, the publisher and authorassume no responsibility for errors or omissions. Neither is anyliability assumed for damages resulting from the use of theinformation contained herein.

All queries should be directed to: www.safaripublishing.net

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-PublicationData

Zepke, Terrance

A Ghost Hunters Guide to The Most HauntedHotels & Inns in

America/Terrance Zepke p. cm.

ISBN: 978-0-9855398-8-7 (pbk)

1. Ghosts-America. 2. Haunted Hotels-America.3. Paranormal-America. I. Title.

First edition

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Cover Design by Michael Swing

One of the things I really like aboutTerrances book is that it is such an easy read. The tidbits ofhistory keep you turning the pages, and you also learn about theparanormal investigators, who have used a variety of paranormalinvestigation toolsA Ghost Hunters Guide To The Most HauntedPlaces in America is one of those books that keeps yourimagination wondering what really happened.

Josh Schubert, USA TravelMagazine

A Ghost Hunters Guide To The MostHaunted Places in America explores the story behind theseghost story settings all throughout the country, from theatres, oldfactories, asylums, homes prisons, and much more. A Ghost HuntersGuide To The Most Haunted Places in America is a must for lovers ofthe paranormal in America. Highly recommended.

James A. Cox, Midwest BookReview

while the words adventure travel mayconjure up images of the remote or the foreign, a new book suggeststhat some wild rides are much closer to home. Zepke documents thesupernatural in A Ghost Hunters Guide to the Most HauntedHouses in America. As she points out, Who else but anadventurous and brave soul would dare to spend time in a haunteddwellingand pay good money to do so?

Sarah Robbins, Publishers Weekly

From a lunatic asylum to a brewery, ghostlypresences inhabit all these places. Complete directions and siteinformation is provided. Even if you dont get a chance to visiteach of these locations, the stories and the black-and-white photosare fascinating.

Marcella Gauthier, EscapeesMagazine

You dont have to believe in ghosts torealize that certain places in our national history are hauntedwith legends and spirits of long ago. Terrance Zepke grew up inSouth Carolina knowing the tales of colonial pirates, Civil Warlegends, the impact of lowcountry voodoo, and the famous residentsof weathered cemeteriesplaces you probably best not visit atnight, Shes written books such as Coastal South Carolina:Welcome to the Lowcountry, Best Ghost Tales of South Carolina,Pirates of the Carolinas, and her latest book, A GhostHunters Guide to the Most Haunted Places in America,investigates saloons and cemeteries, former sanitariums, andpenitentiaries across America where rumors of strange phenomenonseem to have some bearingTerrance is one of the most schooledexperts on paranormal in the United States.

Rick Steves, Travel withRick Steves

From Georgia to California, Terrance writesabout places that are home to a ghost or two and tells thehorrible tales that led to these creatures remaining close to wherethey died. Her first chapter is about the Trans-Allegheny LunaticAsylum in West Virginia, the place that creeped her out the most inher investigations into the paranormal and the one closest towhere I live. It is told that many of the poor souls who died inthe facility often from experimental treatments and procedures continue to roam the halls. Yawsa.

Teresa Flatley, BoomThis!Magazine

Zepke herself has always loved a good ghoststory and heard many as she was growing up in the Carolinas. Nowshe has many books recording not only the stories she loves butalso the history and photos of the places named. These places haveall been investigated and proven haunted by the most sophisticatedmodern scientific equipment such as EMF detectors, which registerelectrical and magnetic fields, and EVP's (Electronic VoicePhenomenon), which digitally records sounds the human ear cannotdetect. Each place Zepke writes about has all the tour contactinformation also and many black and white photos. A fun way to plana trip, if you aren't afraid!

Bonny Neely (Top 1,000 AmazonReviewer)

a journalist by training, she [Zepke] takesyou on a tour of the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in WestVirginia, the Birdcage Theatre in Arizona, and the Colonial ParkCemetery in Georgia, among a dozen other places

Alan Caruba, Bookviews.com (NationalBook Critics Circle)

Featured on A&E Television ExtremeParanormal, DadofDivas.com, Realtraveladventures.com, CharlotteParent, LibraryThing.com, The TravelLady.com, The GhostMan, KaylasReads & Reviews, Mature Life, Around the World, Goodreads,Carolina Parent, ConsumerTraveler.com, Prettyopinionated.com,2BoomerBabes.com, Kidfriendly.com and National Public Radio.

Terrance Zepke loves ghost stories andtravel. She has lived and traveled all over the world during hercareer as a freelance adventure travel writer. She has been toevery continent and participated in all kinds of extraordinaryadventuresfrom dog-sledding in the Arctic to spending the night ina haunted lunatic asylum (and many other creepy places). Eventhough she has lived in many great cities, such as Honolulu andLondon, she calls the Carolinas her true home. She cant decidewhich state she likes best so she divides her time between Northand South Carolina. She grew up in the South Carolina Lowcountry,which is what ignited her interest in ghosts. The Lowcountry isfull of haunted places and tales of boo hags, hoodoo, and haints.She has written many books on the subject.

Introduction

I love a good ghost story, which explains whyI have written so many books pertaining to the paranormal. This isthe third book in my most haunted series.

This book addresses the most haunted hotelsand inns across America. Unlike other haunted places that may notbe accessible, all of these places are open to the public and allowyou to sleep in a haunted room or at least in close proximity toghosts.

I have traveled all over the U.S. to makesure these are truly the most haunted and I guarantee that theyare all worth a visit or overnight stayif you dare!

After reading this book, youll find outwhat happened during Stephen Kings stay at the Stanley Hotel toinspire him to write The Shining and why the hotel has itsown resident psychic. Youll discover who Chloe was and why she maynever leave Myrtles Plantation. Learn why no one has been permittedto go into Room 18 of the St. James Hotel for many years. If yourefemale and wanting a ghostly encounter, stay in Room 545 of theBattery Carriage House Inn and theres a good chance that theGentleman Ghost will crawl into bed with you! Youll also learnabout the history and haunting of all the places discussed in thisbook and different options ranging from a Halloween Ghost Dinner toa Civil War Mourning Theater held in a spooky, haunted cellar.