Creepy Capital - Mark Leslie

Creepy Capital

Ghost Stories of Ottawa and the National Capital Region

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
232 Seiten
2016
Dundurn Group Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-4597-3345-9 (ISBN)
21,15 inkl. MwSt
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True stories of ghostly encounters and creepy locales lurk throughout the Ottawa region. Discover them with Canada’s paranormal raconteur extraordinaire Mark Leslie. Discover the first-person accounts of ghostly happenings at landmarks throughout the historic city and surrounding towns.
A supernatural tour of the Ottawa region with ghostwatcher Mark Leslie as your guide.

Come along with paranormal raconteur Mark Leslie as he uncovers first-person accounts of ghostly happenings throughout Ottawa and the surrounding towns — the whole region is rife with ghostly encounters and creepy locales.

Discover the doomed financier who may be haunting the Château Laurier. Experience the eerie shadows and sounds at the Bytown Museum. Listen to the echoing howls of former prison inmates at the Nicholas St. Hostel. And feel the bitter sadness of the ghost of Watson’s Mill in Manotick. You’ll marvel at the multitude of ghosts that walk the streets and historic landmarks of Canada’s capital.

Mark Leslie is the author of Tomes of Terror, Haunted Hamilton, and I, Death, and coauthor of Spooky Sudbury. He lives in Hamilton, where he quivers in fear at the monster hiding under his bed and the ghost living in his closet.

Foreword by Joel A. Sutherland 
Introduction 
Acknowledgements 

The Grant House at 150 Elgin 
The Normal School Ghost 
Solving the Mystery of that Dog-Gone Ghost 
The Conversion of Skeptics at the Bytown Museum 
Bytown’s Haunted House 
The Ghost of Ida Moore 
The Renfrew Lady and the Grabby-Clothes Ghost 
Mackenzie King Speaking with Ghosts 
The Spooky Ruins of Mackenzie King 
Speaking with Mackenzie King’s Ghost 
Chichester Ghost of Ottawa River 
The Ghost of Watson’s Mill 
The Caretaker’s Favourite Spot 
Luxury and Tragedy at the Chateau Laurier 
The Monster of Muskrat Lake 
The Lumber Merchant’s Ghost Guide 
Stomping and EMF Spikes at the Heritage Inn 
The Ghost That Sighed 
The Ghostly Violin 
The Controversial Carp UFO Case 
Teen Ghostbusters of the Dirty Thirties 
Prime Ministerial Advice From Beyond the Grave 
The Faceless Ghosts of Richardson Side Road 
The Relief of a Steamer Ghost 
The Murder of Thomas D’Arcy McGee 
Ghosts of the Old Carleton County Jail 
A Horrific Thirty-One Days 
Four Lights, Four Days 
Screams from the Courtyard 
The Witch of Plum Hollow 
Lisgar Collegiate Institute 
The Ugly Idol 
The Mysteriously Protected Library of Parliament 
The Ghost on the Lonesome Road 
Some Nightmares on Elm Street 
Almost Scared To Death 
Arnprior Ghosts 
Ottawa Museum of Nature 
Author’s Conclusion 
Ghost Walks and Great Resources 
Sources

Erscheint lt. Verlag 21.7.2016
Zusatzinfo Bibliography; 25 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort Toronto
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 361 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10 1-4597-3345-2 / 1459733452
ISBN-13 978-1-4597-3345-9 / 9781459733459
Zustand Neuware
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