Bøger af Susan Smitten

In the mysterious shadows of the Appalachian Mountains, ghosts linger long after their bodies have been put to rest.

New York State''s rich and colorful history has given rise to a wealth of blood-curdling, spine-tingling tales of the supernatural. Spanning the entire length and breadth of the Empire State, this carefully researched collection of fright-filled folklore explores the unexplained phenomena, colorful spirits and haunted history that make up New York''s paranormal legacy: ΓÇó Popper, a grumpy poltergeist with a tendency to pop open lids, causes a media frenzy on Long Island horses refuse to cross a bridge in the Genessee Valley--where a peddler was killed long ago ΓÇó Henrietta, a saucy widow with a penchant for the drink, haunts a hard-to-find speakeasy in New York City on moonlit nights ΓÇó a ghost soldier wanders Fort Niagara in search of his missing head slaughtered during the Revolutionary War ΓÇó Loyalist Jane McCrea returns to haunt her former home in Fort Edward ΓÇó a ghost pig, capable of splitting itself in two, chases away visitors to Fishkill ΓÇó in Nyack, a couple wins an unusual lawsuit, making it illegal to knowingly sell a haunted house in New York State ΓÇó Martha Mesereau, one of Staten Island''s most famous spirits, waits patiently for her husband''s return from the Civil War ΓÇó vehicles and hitchhikers disappear without a trace along Devil''s Elbow, an ominous stretch of road in the Catskills

Explore the fascinating and often inexplicable tales of strange ghostly events in this Pacific Ocean state. From coastal Cannon Beach and Newport to Salem, Bend, La Grande, and many places in between, these stories of hair-raising folklore are sure to delight.

Do guardian angels watch over us? Do they intervene when we are in danger or inspire us to connect with our loved ones? Susan Smitten explores these questions in this new collection of incredible stories, based on testimonials from eyewitnesses. Learn about incredible coincidences that defy reason and protective spirits in everyday life. An inexplicable presence saves a young woman from three potentially fatal car accidents, solidifying her faith in angels. When her daughter draws a picture of the imaginary friend, a mother realizes that her three year old has befriended an angel. Near the end of his famous trip around the world, Captain Joshua Slocum is forced to rely on a seafaring angel. A skeptic changes his mind when a mysterious white dog saves him from being attacked by strangers, then vanishes before his eyes. Overcoming his personal demons, the spirit of a dead ten-year-old boy helps a man to accept his own mortality. A devoted and dynamic father, recently deceased, senses his wife's grief and visits his family on Christmas Eve. Lost in Mexico, a couple receives guidance from a mysterious stranger, who leads them to the border then promptly disappears.

In this fascinating new collection, Sue Smitten leaves no stone unturned in her global search for spirits. Her interviews with eyewitnesses in places such as Ireland, Japan, South Africa and Germany show that geography and history vary greatly, but ghost motives for returning after death are remakably consistent.