Haunting americafest
Join author Karen Stollznow as she hits the road to investigate America s most haunted places From Alcatraz to Coral Castle the Myrtles Plantation to the Winchester Mystery House Stollznow leaves no stone unturned and no spirit unsettled in her search for the truth behind the scares Haunting AmericaA good collection of some of the allegedly most haunted places in the States the folklore the urban legends and the actual histories behind these often very strange places and the people who lived worked died and keep them up as tourist attractions If you don t mind a healthy dose of reality after hearing the often quite colorful stories told and retold about these locations then this book is for you 161 Karen Stollznow takes several of the purportedly most haunted places in the U. Haunting americafest telling first the ghost stories and legends then the genuine historical version always very different I actually believed everything the guide at the Winchester House said back when I took the tour Lies All lies 161 I have read Karen s work in the past and always enjoyed her writings This book is fantastic Well researched Paced very nicely I have known all of these stories over the years and with this book I learned something new on each story Good stuff 161 This was a short but excellent book The author has clearly done her research and the writing style is compelling 161 This should be interesting than it is It s not bad exactly but it s just not very exciting to read Find place that people say is haunted Throw down a few facts about it Say what the ghost stories are Explain that there are inconsistencies and mundane explanations Move on to next place It does these things What it doesn t do is give you any reason to care 161
Karen Stollznow is the author of God Bless America Language Myths Mysteries and Magic and Haunting America A co host of the popular Monster Talk podcast she has spent many years investigating psychics ghosts Bigfoot and other anomalous claims A Doctor of Linguistics she has taught at several universities in the United States and Australia and was a Researcher at the University of California Berkeley Karen was born in Sydney Australia and she currently lives in Denver Colorado with her husband Matthew and their son Blade.S..
