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United States of Ghosts

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Flickering lights and mysterious presences have haunted America since the founding of the republic. Explore the history and read the spine-chilling stories of America’s ghosts! Join paranormal res...
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  • 15 September 2026
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Flickering lights and mysterious presences have haunted America since the founding of the republic. Explore the history and read the spine-chilling stories of America’s ghosts!

Join paranormal researcher Richard Estep as he plunks you into the middle of the unsettling action of captivating true ghost stories and encounters with the supernatural from throughout American history. From 1776 and Boston’s Granary Burying Ground to the spirits that arose after the brutality of the Civil War, the whispered voices heard in the White House, and eerie tales of dead celebrity sightings, United States of Ghosts: A History of America’s Hauntings delves into the true eerie tales from both historical documents and personal accounts, including …

  • Ghosts of the American revolution found in the Boston Common, the American Philosophical Library in Philadelphia, and elsewhere
  • Poltergeist outbreaks, a brutal murder in a haunted house, and other extraordinary events before and after the Civil War
  • The lingering specters of Gettysburg, the Battle of Antietam, and other Civil War battles
  • Ghostly encounters with famous men and women, including John Belushi, Harry Houdini, Rudolph Valentino, and Mark Twain
  • Spirits from the Wild West that continue to wreak havoc on the jails that incarcerated them and the mines that buried them
  • The brutal mutilation mystery of the Roaring Twenties’ Black Dahlia
  • First lady and president apparitions that haunt the White House
  • Davy Crockett and ghosts of the Alamo
  • Haunted hotels, cemeteries, and burial grounds
  • … and much more!

    Master storyteller Richard Estep presents 250 years of hauntings in United States of Ghosts. You’ll meet a whole host of other supernatural manifestations, haunting this bone-chilling collection of true ghost stories spanning our nation’s history!

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    Price: $22.95
    Pages: 250
    Publisher: Visible Ink Press
    Imprint: Visible Ink Press
    Publication Date: 15 September 2026
    Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
    ISBN: 9781578598854
    Format: Paperback
    BISACs: BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Supernatural (incl. Ghosts), Ghosts & poltergeists, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Unexplained Phenomena, HISTORY / United States / General, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Angels & Spirit Guides, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Afterlife & Reincarnation, Unexplained phenomena / the paranormal, History of the Americas
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    About the Author
    Acknowledgments
    Foreword by Tim Shaw
    Introduction

    1. Powder Keg
    2. “One if by Land, Two if by Sea”
    3. The Bloody Battle Road
    4. Knock Three Times
    5. Houndini Hunts the Haunted
    6. Jon Belushi’s Wild Ride
    7. Spirit of the Sheik
    8. An Operatic Phantom
    9. Rocky Mountain Die
    10. Never the Twain Shall Meet
    11. A Dark and Tragic Flower
    12. The Haunting of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
    13. A Palace Fit for a Princess
    14. “Remember the Alamo”
    15. Deep in the Heart of Texas
    16. Long Live the Queen
    17. The Deadliest Day

    Further Reading
    Index