Sally Richards had a near-death experience (NDE) when she drowned at the age of eight in Hawaii. Growing up in the fiftieth state, she learned a healthy respect for the dead ancestors who fiercely protected the sacred sites on the islands. Although she was able to see the dead before this time, her mediumship abilities seemed to become clearer after her drowning incident. Richards continued finding herself first on the scene of several murders, as the victims drew her to the locations and begged her to find justice. Years later, she experienced her second NDE when she was hit by lightning during a severe pre–Hurricane Katrina storm. Her abilities seemed to reach an even higher level after this, and she then set out to learn about what was beyond the veil between life and death. After spending years at century-old Spiritualist camps across the country, taking classes from the senior members in the hierarchies, she trained as a medium and shifted those skills toward her work as a paranormal investigator, searching the globe for haunted locations, amazing stories, and unquestionable evidence.

Acknowledgments

Welcome to America’s Haunted Road Trip

Introduction: What Came Before, What Comes After

OLD TOWN SAN DIEGO

Chapter 1: Four Winds Trading Company, Old Town San Diego

Chapter 2: Creole Café, Old Town San Diego

Chapter 3: El Campo Santo Cemetery, Old Town San Diego

Chapter 4: The Whaley House, Old Town San Diego

Spotlight On: What Are Ghosts?

DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO AND SURROUNDING AREA

Chapter 5: Calvary Cemetery/Pioneer Park, San Diego

Chapter 6: Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego

Chapter 7: Cabrillo Bridge, San Diego

Chapter 8: Proctor Valley Road, Chula Vista

Spotlight On: Shadow People

NORTHERN AND EASTERN SAN DIEGO

Chapter 9: San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park, San Pasqual Valley

Chapter 10: San Pasqual Cemetery, San Pasqual Valley

Chapter 11: Ghost Rider of State Route 67, Lakeside

Chapter 12: Los Peñasquitos Creek Arch Bridge, Poway

Spotlight On: Communicating with the Dead—ITC and IVP

THE ANZA-BORREGO DESERT AND SURROUNDING AREA

Chapter 13: Warner Springs, Warner Springs

Spotlight On: The Curse of Warner Springs

Chapter 14: Julian Jail, Julian

Chapter 15: Blair Valley and Pictograph Trail, Anza-Borrego Desert

Chapter 16: Vallecito County Park, Vallecito

COASTAL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Chapter 17: Hunter Steakhouse, Oceanside

Chapter 18: Star of India, San Diego Harbor

Chapter 19: Hotel del Coronado, Coronado

Chapter 20: Santa Catalina Island, Santa Catalina Island

Chapter 21: Summerland, Summerland

Spotlight On: Negative Ions

ORANGE AND LOS ANGELES COUNTIES

Chapter 22: Queen Mary, Long Beach

Chapter 23: Warner Grand Theatre, San Pedro

Chapter 24: Linda Vista Hospital, Los Angeles

Chapter 25: Heritage Square Museum: Hale and Octagon Houses, Los Angeles

Chapter 26: Cobb Estate and White City Resort, Altadena

Spotlight On: Poltergeists

SANTA BARBARA, VENTURA, AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES

Chapter 27: Rancho Camulos, Piru

Chapter 28: Glen Tavern Inn, Santa Paula

Chapter 29: Mission Park Jail, Santa Barbara

Chapter 30: James Dean Memorial Junction, Cholame

Spotlight On: Mediums and Psychics

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