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Author: Charles River Charles River Editors Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781985727397 Category : Languages : en Pages : 88
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*Includes pictures *Profiles some of the strange creatures, legends, and mysteries of the Midwest *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "I don't live in Hollywood. I don't have celebrities as friends. I like them, but I don't pal around with them. I just live in the Midwest, a real normal world." - Jerry Springer The U.S. Census Bureau defines the Midwest as consisting of a dozen states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Outsiders often deride the region, and for many who have never been there, America's heartland is just a bunch of "flyover states" with little influence, little history, and little interest. However, anyone familiar with the region this couldn't be further from the truth. The Midwest is rich in history and folklore, and it has more than its fair share of mysteries, too. Strange creatures, Native American legends, haunted houses, and unexplained phenomena are rife in these states, and this book will uncover just a sample of the countless strange tales of America's Heartland. The Mysterious Midwest: Mysteries, Legends, and Unexplained Phenomena in America's Heartland is part of an ongoing series by Sean McLachlan and Charles River Editors that includes The Weird Wild West, Mysteries of the South, and Mysterious New England, and more regional titles will be coming soon. This book offers a sampling of strange, unexplained, and just plain odd stories of the Midwest that have fascinated people in and around the region for centuries. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about the mysterious side of the Midwest like never before, in no time at all.
Author: Charles River Charles River Editors Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781985727397 Category : Languages : en Pages : 88
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*Includes pictures *Profiles some of the strange creatures, legends, and mysteries of the Midwest *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "I don't live in Hollywood. I don't have celebrities as friends. I like them, but I don't pal around with them. I just live in the Midwest, a real normal world." - Jerry Springer The U.S. Census Bureau defines the Midwest as consisting of a dozen states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Outsiders often deride the region, and for many who have never been there, America's heartland is just a bunch of "flyover states" with little influence, little history, and little interest. However, anyone familiar with the region this couldn't be further from the truth. The Midwest is rich in history and folklore, and it has more than its fair share of mysteries, too. Strange creatures, Native American legends, haunted houses, and unexplained phenomena are rife in these states, and this book will uncover just a sample of the countless strange tales of America's Heartland. The Mysterious Midwest: Mysteries, Legends, and Unexplained Phenomena in America's Heartland is part of an ongoing series by Sean McLachlan and Charles River Editors that includes The Weird Wild West, Mysteries of the South, and Mysterious New England, and more regional titles will be coming soon. This book offers a sampling of strange, unexplained, and just plain odd stories of the Midwest that have fascinated people in and around the region for centuries. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about the mysterious side of the Midwest like never before, in no time at all.
Author: Adrian Lee Publisher: Wisdom Editions ISBN: 9781959770237 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Adrian Lee is out to prove that ghosts and spirits are sharing our space all the time; we just can't usually see them. But they're there-everywhere-they're just not concerned about the same things we are. Find out about the haunted places of the Midwest.
Author: World Watch Media Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781539107910 Category : Languages : en Pages : 42
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The Mysterious Midwest: Illinois Ghost Stories Featured Stories: The Flying Flowers The Haunted Cornfield The Night Bells Haunting at Old Chicago Book Preview: The Haunted Antique Store Skepticism is common. Most people need to have personal experience to be truly convinced of paranormal activity. Jane was certainly no exception. As a child in the oldest neighborhood farmhouse, creaking floors and stairs were common. Doors sometimes closed on their own, and occasionally lights flickered. All these things were attributed to the older construction. Her childhood sweetheart would tell stories of ghostly experiences. Jane felt as though she couldn't fully believe without her own experience. Some tales seemed so incredibly unlikely that belief seemed impossible. Jane married her childhood sweetheart, and began working in an antique store. The building was an ancient, extravagant mansion, with 5 large bedrooms, and even a foyer and a parlor. The front door opened to a wide, beautiful staircase, and bells rang to signal customers entering and leaving. Upstairs was a hallway, complete with a bannister that traced an arc across the length of the house down the back stairway, and ending in the kitchen. Download Your Copy Today!!!!
Author: Dianne Harman Publisher: Midwest Cozy Mystery ISBN: 9781795824477 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 172
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The latest in the popular Midwest Cozy Mystery Series by a two-time USA Today Bestselling Author.Kat only wanted to be part of the convention on how to write successful books, not solve a murder that took place there - the murder of a beloved "tell-all" author. Was that the motive?Greed, revenge, and hatred are also reasons to murder, at least to people who live on the slippery edge of sanity. Parsons who gamble, women who blackmail, and a number of people with outsized egos make for most interesting characters.And yet, even with the worst of human nature, miracles can happen.If you like to feel good at the end of a book, with maybe a tear or two and a smile, don't miss this inspirational story with plenty of dogs, food, and recipes.
Author: Keven McQueen Publisher: Indiana University Press ISBN: 0253058465 Category : True Crime Languages : en Pages : 173
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While the Midwest may be known for salt-of-the-earth folks, it's also home to murder and mayhem. In Murderous Acts: 100 Years of Crime in the Midwest, Keven McQueen explores a century of true crimes committed in 10 Midwestern states, from the 1840s to the 1940s. With a touch of gallows humor, McQueen relies on original research to recount infamous transgressions—including Michigan's Robert Irving Latimer case, the serial murders of Nebraskan Jake Bird, and the bloody deeds of Kansas's Bender family—as well as gruesome tales that are less well known, such as the Wisconsin man with a penchant for swinging an axe at the necks of men he didn't care for, the Hoosier who killed his sweetheart in the midst of a Halloween ball, and the French nobleman who wreaked havoc in a St. Louis hotel. Murderous Acts will intrigue and delight fans of true crime and will send a shiver down the spine of any reader fascinated by the dark history of America's Heartland.
Author: Keven McQueen Publisher: Indiana University Press ISBN: 0253029120 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 257
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A spooky history of the American Midwest—from grave robbers to ghost sightings and more—by the author of Creepy California. Most people think of the American Midwest as a place of wheat fields and family farms; cozy small towns and wholesome communities. But there’s more to the story of America’s Heartland—a dark history of strange tales and unsettling facts hidden just beneath its quaint pastoral image. In Horror in the Heartland, historian Keven McQueen offers a guided tour of terrible crimes and eccentric characters; haunted houses and murder-suicides; mad doctors, body snatchers, and pranks gone comically—and tragically—wrong. From tales of the booming grave-robbing industry of late 19th-century Indiana to the story of a Michigan physician who left his estate to his pet monkeys, McQueen investigates a spooky and twisted side of Indiana, Ohio, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Exploring burial customs, unexplained deaths, ghost stories, premature burials, bizarre murders, peculiar wills and much more, this creepy collection reveals the region’s untold stories and offers intriguing, if sometimes macabre, insights into human nature.
Author: B.J. Hollars Publisher: U of Nebraska Press ISBN: 1496216849 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 232
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Midwestern Strange chronicles B.J. Hollars’s exploration of the mythic, lesser-known oddities of flyover country. The mysteries, ranging from bipedal wolf sightings to run-ins with pancake-flipping space aliens to a lumberjack-inspired “Hodag hoax,” make this book a little bit X-Files, a little bit Ghostbusters, and a whole lot of Sherlock Holmes. Hollars’s quest is not to confirm or debunk these mysteries but rather to seek out these unexplained phenomena to understand how they complicate our worldview and to discover what truths might be gleaned by reexamining the facts in our “post-truth” era. Part memoir and part journalism, Midwestern Strange offers a fascinating, funny, and quirky account of flyover folklore that also contends with the ways such oddities retain cultural footholds. Hollars shows how grappling with such subjects might fortify us against the glut of misinformation now inundating our lives. By confronting monsters, Martians, and a cabinet of curiosities, we challenge ourselves to look beyond our presumptions and acknowledge that just because something is weird, doesn’t mean it is wrong.
Author: Janis Thornton Publisher: Quarry Books ISBN: 0253052793 Category : True Crime Languages : en Pages : 271
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A modern retelling of 20 sensational true crimes, No Place Like Murder reveals the inside details behind nefarious acts that shocked the Midwest between 1869 and 1950. The stories chronicle the misdeeds, examining the perpetrators' mindsets, motives, lives, apprehensions, and trials, as well as what became of them long after. True crime author Janis Thornton profiles notorious murderers such as Frankie Miller, who was fed up when her fiancé stood her up for another woman. As fans of the song "Frankie and Johnny" already know, Frankie met her former lover at the door with a shotgun. Thornton's tales reveal the darker side of life in the Midwest, including the account of Isabelle Messmer, a plucky young woman who dreamed of escaping her quiet farm-town life. After she nearly took down two tough Pittsburgh policemen in 1933, she was dubbed "Gun Girl" and went on to make headlines from coast to coast. In 1942, however, after a murder conviction in Texas, she vowed to do her time and go straight. Full of intrigue and revelations, No Place Like Murder also features such folks as Chirka and Rasico, the first two Hoosier men to die in the electric chair after they brutally murdered their wives in 1913. The two didn't meet until their fateful last night. An enthralling and chilling collection, No Place Like Murder is sure to thrill true crime lovers.
Author: Mike Ricksecker Publisher: Campfire Tales ISBN: 9780764347719 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 0
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Experience 10 heart-pounding tales of the Midwest based on history, lore, and legends from around the region--perfect for telling around the campfire. Discover what it feels like to be a ghost or to bring one home. Explore what may be lurking at the bottom of a lake at a favorite vacation spot. Solve the mystery and unlock the secrets of a strange journal brought forth by an old doctor who may or may not be a part of this world. Unearth one of the seven gateways to hell and venture into the fiery depths below. Determine for yourself what is real and what is fiction, as these and other haunting tales paint a landscape rife with creepy paranormal activity.
Author: Charles River Charles River Editors
Author: Charles River Charles River Editors
Author: Adrian Lee
Author: World Watch Media
Author: Dianne Harman
Author: Keven McQueen
Author: Keven McQueen
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Author: Janis Thornton
Author: Mike Ricksecker