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9781578605477 1578605474 As part of the America's Haunted Road Trip series, Ghosthunting San Antonio, Austin, and Texas Hill Country takes readers along on a guided tour of some of the Lone Star State's most haunted historic locations. Local author Michael Varhola researched each location thoroughly before visiting, digging up clues for the paranormal aspect of each site. In Ghosthunting San Antonio, Austin, and Texas Hill Country , Varhola takes readers along as he explores some of his home state's most haunted locations, starting with a visit to the Alamodome in San Antonio. Some of the other sites include Menger Hotel, San Fernando Cathedral, Faust Hotel, Garrison Park, and Lover's Leap. Follow along as Varhola explores each site to give readers access to all the ghostly haunts in San Antonio, Austin, and Texas Hill Country., Join us on a Journey to some of the most haunted and fascinating places in San Antonio, Austin, and the Texas Hill Country! In this detailed guidebook, author and paranormal researcher Michael O. Varbola leads yon through dozens of haunted sites throughout central Texas. All of the places covered here are open to the public, so you can visit them yourself and, if you dare, test your own ghosthunting skills at them. Follow Varhola as he explores each site, investigating eerie rooms and dark corners, recounting the paranormal experiences of others, and providing you with firsthand accounts of his own experiences. Places detailed in this handbook include: San Antonio Missions - Everyone has heard of the Alamo, but many people do not realize that it is just one of several 18th-century Spanish missions with colorful and violent histories that are both open to the public and haunted. Faust Hotel - While the fact that it boars a name that has long been associated with the occult may be just a coincidence, this hotel founded on the eve of the Great Depression is nonetheless haunted by any number of ghosts. University of Texas Tower - One of the most violent mass murders in U.S. history and numerous suicides are associated with this ivory tower of death, providing myriad reasons for the strange phenomena people have long associated with it. Devil's Backbone - This haunted highway in the heart of Texas Hill Country has many ghost stories and eerie sites associated with it and is widely believed to be inhabited by the spirits of the many people who have died on it. Ghosthunting San Antonio, Austin, and Texas Hill Country is a one-stop resource for everything that goes bump in the night, regardless of whether you just want to read about the locations or actually head out and visit them yourself. In addition to chapters on 27 haunted sites throughout central Texas, it included detailed information on "Visiting Haunted Sites," a list of 59 "Additional Haunted Sites," and useful "Ghostly Resources." So buckle up for a haunted road trip that you will never forget! Book jacket., Settled by Spanish explorers more than three centuries ago, San Antonio has a rich haunted history. Ghosthunting San Antonio by local author Micharl Varhola covers 30 haunted locations in or around the cities of San Antonio and Austin and throughout the region known as Texas Hill Country. Each site combines history, haunted lore and phenomena, and practical visitation information. The book is organized into four geographical sections, City of San Antonio," "Greater San Antonio," "Austin," and "Texas Hill Country." This hands-on guide also includes an introduction to the subject of ghosthunting in the Lone Star State and all the information readers need to visit the places described within it. It also has an appendix that briefly describes nearly 100 other haunted places.Sites covered include bridges, churches, colleges and universities, cemeteries and graveyards, government buildings, historic sites, hotels, museums, parks, restaurants and bars, and much more. They includethe Crockett Hotel, built on the spot where David Crockett and the final defenders of the Alamo are believed to have been slain; the Ghost Tracks, where spectral children are known to move people's stopped cars and the Devil's Backbone, the haunted highway that wends through the hills north of San Antonio."
9781578605477 1578605474 As part of the America's Haunted Road Trip series, Ghosthunting San Antonio, Austin, and Texas Hill Country takes readers along on a guided tour of some of the Lone Star State's most haunted historic locations. Local author Michael Varhola researched each location thoroughly before visiting, digging up clues for the paranormal aspect of each site. In Ghosthunting San Antonio, Austin, and Texas Hill Country , Varhola takes readers along as he explores some of his home state's most haunted locations, starting with a visit to the Alamodome in San Antonio. Some of the other sites include Menger Hotel, San Fernando Cathedral, Faust Hotel, Garrison Park, and Lover's Leap. Follow along as Varhola explores each site to give readers access to all the ghostly haunts in San Antonio, Austin, and Texas Hill Country., Join us on a Journey to some of the most haunted and fascinating places in San Antonio, Austin, and the Texas Hill Country! In this detailed guidebook, author and paranormal researcher Michael O. Varbola leads yon through dozens of haunted sites throughout central Texas. All of the places covered here are open to the public, so you can visit them yourself and, if you dare, test your own ghosthunting skills at them. Follow Varhola as he explores each site, investigating eerie rooms and dark corners, recounting the paranormal experiences of others, and providing you with firsthand accounts of his own experiences. Places detailed in this handbook include: San Antonio Missions - Everyone has heard of the Alamo, but many people do not realize that it is just one of several 18th-century Spanish missions with colorful and violent histories that are both open to the public and haunted. Faust Hotel - While the fact that it boars a name that has long been associated with the occult may be just a coincidence, this hotel founded on the eve of the Great Depression is nonetheless haunted by any number of ghosts. University of Texas Tower - One of the most violent mass murders in U.S. history and numerous suicides are associated with this ivory tower of death, providing myriad reasons for the strange phenomena people have long associated with it. Devil's Backbone - This haunted highway in the heart of Texas Hill Country has many ghost stories and eerie sites associated with it and is widely believed to be inhabited by the spirits of the many people who have died on it. Ghosthunting San Antonio, Austin, and Texas Hill Country is a one-stop resource for everything that goes bump in the night, regardless of whether you just want to read about the locations or actually head out and visit them yourself. In addition to chapters on 27 haunted sites throughout central Texas, it included detailed information on "Visiting Haunted Sites," a list of 59 "Additional Haunted Sites," and useful "Ghostly Resources." So buckle up for a haunted road trip that you will never forget! Book jacket., Settled by Spanish explorers more than three centuries ago, San Antonio has a rich haunted history. Ghosthunting San Antonio by local author Micharl Varhola covers 30 haunted locations in or around the cities of San Antonio and Austin and throughout the region known as Texas Hill Country. Each site combines history, haunted lore and phenomena, and practical visitation information. The book is organized into four geographical sections, City of San Antonio," "Greater San Antonio," "Austin," and "Texas Hill Country." This hands-on guide also includes an introduction to the subject of ghosthunting in the Lone Star State and all the information readers need to visit the places described within it. It also has an appendix that briefly describes nearly 100 other haunted places.Sites covered include bridges, churches, colleges and universities, cemeteries and graveyards, government buildings, historic sites, hotels, museums, parks, restaurants and bars, and much more. They includethe Crockett Hotel, built on the spot where David Crockett and the final defenders of the Alamo are believed to have been slain; the Ghost Tracks, where spectral children are known to move people's stopped cars and the Devil's Backbone, the haunted highway that wends through the hills north of San Antonio."