Scary places
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3) Ghost towns
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Series
Publisher
Bearport Pub
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Visit some deserted towns and learn the secrets hidden there.
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Cursed grounds
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12) Dark mansions
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Series
Description
Describes eleven mansions that are believed to be haunted, from a plantation where a ghostly hound howls on stormy nights to Manhattan's oldest home where a spirit shushes schoolchildren.
13) Haunted caves
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Series
Publisher
Bearport Pub
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Profiles eleven supposedly haunted caves, from one where Spanish conquistadors are supposed to have hidden treasure over 350 years ago, to another where a thirteen-year-old boy discovered the largest underground lake in the United States.
14) Lost cities
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Series
Publisher
Bearport Pub
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
This book describes eleven lost cities, discussing Atlantis; Lubaantun, Belize; Craco, Italy; Dunwich, England; Kolmanskop, Namibia; Pripyat, Ukraine; Troy, Present-Day Turkey; Hashima Island, Japan; San Zhi, Taiwan; Nan Madol, Micronesia; and Old Adaminaby, Australia.
15) Mummy lairs
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Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Explains how and why people were turned into mummies and details eleven true stories of mummies from around the world. Includes full-color photographs, a glossary, and further reading sources.
16) Creepy stations
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Series
Publisher
Bearport Pub
Pub. Date
c2013
Description
This book describes eleven creepy stations, discussing the Exchange Street Station, Buffalo, New York; Bostian Bridge near Statesville Station, Statesville, North Carolina; Hollenberg Station, Hanover, Kansas; and other stations.
17) Spooky schools
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Series
Description
Among the 11 spooky schools in this book, children will discover an art institute haunted by a mischievous ghost and a university in Florida where a man with glowing red eyes mysteriously appears.
19) Creepy islands
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Series
Description
Looks at different islands from around the world that are described as creepy or haunted, including Deadman Island in Canada, Roanoke Island in North Carolina and more.
20) Eerie inns
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Series
Publisher
Bearport Pub
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Explores the history of eleven haunted inns and hotels, most of them located in the United States.
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Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Places that are filled with history are also thought to be filled with ghosts. If that is true, then Washington, D.C.--a city that dates back to the earliest days of the United States of America--is surely one of the most haunted cities in the country. In A Haunted Capital, children visit eleven of the most haunted spots in Washington, D.C. and come across some of its most famous ghosts. Among them are a former president who never left the White House,...
22) Haunted prisons
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Series
Publisher
Bearport Pub
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Explores the history of eleven haunted prisons, most of them located in the United States.
23) Tragic theaters
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Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Learn the history behind 11 supposedly haunted theaters around the world.
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Series
Description
"As the filmmaking capital of the world, Hollywood has produced lots of scary movies. Ghosts, monsters, and mummies from its studios have made unforgettable on-screen appearances. Yet what if this world-famous spot in southern California is itself haunted by ghosts? What if some of Hollywood's most famous residents cannot bring themselves to leave the limelight? In Haunted Hollywood, children visit 11 of Tinseltown's spookiest sights and meet its...
25) UFO crash sites
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Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Since the beginning of recorded history, people have been mystified by UFOs--unidentified flying objects. Even Christopher Columbus, on a 1492 voyage aboard the Santa Maria, was puzzled by a sight he described as "a light glimmering at a great distance" in the sky. While no UFOs have ever been captured or recovered, there may be startling clues to their existence left behind in places where they are thought to have struck the ground. In this book,...
26) Creepy libraries
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Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"In this book, readers learn about haunted libraries."--
29) Spooky museums
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Description
It's closing time at a museum. Most of the visitors have already left the building as the lights flicker. A stuffed grizzly bear towers in the corner of the room near the exit sign. Everything about the dead animals looks real--from its razor-sharp claws to its piercing eyes. Is it watching you? That's when you notice a thin, bloody stream of saliva dripping from its open mouth. The lights flicker again and shut off, blanketing the room in darkness....
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The glowing moon peeks from behind a massive stone house. The front door slowly creaks open. A feeling of gloom swells from inside the home. There's an ear-splitting shriek! What horror has overtaken this ghastly Gothic mansion? In the 11 Gothic mansions in this book, you will explore a mansion lit up by phantom fires, the stately site of a brutal double murder, a cliff-side castle where the ghost of a girl lingers, a house filled with human remains,...