Overview

In Ghosthunting Southern California author Sally Richards takes readers on an eerie journey through the region on a series of paranormal investigations to historic locations marred by tragedy and unfortunate happenstance that have caused the dead to rise. This collection brings well-known paranormal researchers, history, and evidence collected with state-of-the-art equipment together for chilling non-fiction accounts of haunted Southern California. The stories leave readers with a sense of deep interest to find out what lies in the murky darkness beyond. Sally Richards, historian, paranormal investigator, and spiritualist medium brings history alive as she investigates locations with high-profile paranormal experts using state-of-the-art equipment, historians, and people who share a similar curiosity of the paranormal to bring you the latest on ""haunted"" locations throughout Southern California. From the Mexican border to Santa Barbara, readers find chilling accounts of paranormal activity. Whether readers are veterans of ghost hunting, paranormal neophytes, or armchair travelers, this book offers fresh information and a style that puts readers right into the paranormal action.

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Author:   Sally Richards
Publisher:   Clerisy Press
Imprint:   Clerisy Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.90cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.326kg
ISBN:  

9781578605156

ISBN 10:   1578605156
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   27 September 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

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 Resources About the Author

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Sally Richards has done something amazing. Her book is a totally fascinating read--in it we meet real people, telling real tales of really strange phenomena. It's not a scholarly text or dry accounting or a namby-pamby hit-or-miss retelling of what might've been a ghostly encounter--these stories resound with gritty authenticity and amazing first-person reports of real encounters with the paranormal. I recommend it to skeptics and believers alike. -- Melissa Martin-Ellis, Author of The Everything Ghost Hunting Book & 101 Ways to Find a Ghost There are voices out there if you listen. This book could show you how. -- Frank Sumption, Creator of Frank's Box I love how the history is introduced into the storyline, for it adds that much more of intrigue in each chapter. I find it compelling to witness in words, what the individuals did in real time. I thoroughly enjoyed reading Sally Richards work and the prestige in which she demonstrates through words for all to see. Loved it! -- Robbie Thomas, Psychic Profiler & Best Selling Author Sally Richards takes the reader on a historically haunted tour de force with this utterly engaging paranormal travelogue. She brings us up close and personal to the spookiest places Southern California has to offer in a book that will fascinate, inform and entertain. -- Marie D. Jones, Author of PSIence: How New Discoveries in Quantum Physics and New Science May Explain the Existence of Paranormal Phenomena Sally Richards takes the reader on a supernatural journey though some of the most haunted places in all Southern California as she uses her mediumship gifts and research skills to bring to life the better known ghosts of the Golden State. Her insights and travels bring life to the haunted history of California and the landmarks of her paranormal past. A must read for anyone interested in the--how should I say? Different side of the state, and her book should be part of anyone's collection on the specters of the west. -- Richard Senate, Author of Ghosts of the California Missions Our friend, Sally Richards, through intensive research and paranormal perseverance, has created an impressive new book covering 30 haunted California destinations including some of our personal favorites. Follow her apparitional adventures from place to place as she serves notice that there is life beyond this plane of existence. It's a must read compendium of ghost stories that will chill and thrill every researcher. Once you start reading, you can't stop! Happy Haunting! -- Authors Rob and Anne Wlodarski, Ghost Publishing Even readers not interested in local history will be deeply entranced by Sally Richards' Ghosthunting Southern California. Richards' writing is lucid and her knowledge deep. The combination makes for a compelling read as Richards and her trained paranormal team probe the unknown and mysterious. This is great stuff! -- Linda L. Richards, editor & co-founder of January Magazine and Author of The Indigo Factor

"""Sally Richards has done something amazing. Her book is a totally fascinating read--in it we meet real people, telling real tales of really strange phenomena. It's not a scholarly text or dry accounting or a namby-pamby hit-or-miss retelling of what might've been a ghostly encounter--these stories resound with gritty authenticity and amazing first-person reports of real encounters with the paranormal. I recommend it to skeptics and believers alike."" -- Melissa Martin-Ellis, Author of The Everything Ghost Hunting Book & 101 Ways to Find a Ghost ""There are voices out there if you listen. This book could show you how."" -- Frank Sumption, Creator of Frank's Box ""I love how the history is introduced into the storyline, for it adds that much more of intrigue in each chapter. I find it compelling to witness in words, what the individuals did in real time. I thoroughly enjoyed reading Sally Richards work and the prestige in which she demonstrates through words for all to see. Loved it!"" -- Robbie Thomas, Psychic Profiler & Best Selling Author ""Sally Richards takes the reader on a historically haunted tour de force with this utterly engaging paranormal travelogue. She brings us up close and personal to the spookiest places Southern California has to offer in a book that will fascinate, inform and entertain."" -- Marie D. Jones, Author of PSIence: How New Discoveries in Quantum Physics and New Science May Explain the Existence of Paranormal Phenomena ""Sally Richards takes the reader on a supernatural journey though some of the most haunted places in all Southern California as she uses her mediumship gifts and research skills to bring to life the better known ghosts of the Golden State. Her insights and travels bring life to the haunted history of California and the landmarks of her paranormal past. A must read for anyone interested in the--how should I say? Different side of the state, and her book should be part of anyone's collection on the specters of the west."" -- Richard Senate, Author of Ghosts of the California Missions ""Our friend, Sally Richards, through intensive research and paranormal perseverance, has created an impressive new book covering 30 haunted California destinations including some of our personal favorites. Follow her apparitional adventures from place to place as she serves notice that there is life beyond this plane of existence. It's a must read compendium of ghost stories that will chill and thrill every researcher. Once you start reading, you can't stop! Happy Haunting!"" -- Authors Rob and Anne Wlodarski, Ghost Publishing ""Even readers not interested in local history will be deeply entranced by Sally Richards' Ghosthunting Southern California. Richards' writing is lucid and her knowledge deep. The combination makes for a compelling read as Richards and her trained paranormal team probe the unknown and mysterious. This is great stuff!"" -- Linda L. Richards, editor & co-founder of January Magazine and Author of The Indigo Factor"

""Sally Richards has done something amazing. Her book is a totally fascinating read--in it we meet real people, telling real tales of really strange phenomena. It's not a scholarly text or dry accounting or a namby-pamby hit-or-miss retelling of what might've been a ghostly encounter--these stories resound with gritty authenticity and amazing first-person reports of real encounters with the paranormal. I recommend it to skeptics and believers alike."" -- Melissa Martin-Ellis, Author of The Everything Ghost Hunting Book & 101 Ways to Find a Ghost ""There are voices out there if you listen. This book could show you how."" -- Frank Sumption, Creator of Frank's Box ""I love how the history is introduced into the storyline, for it adds that much more of intrigue in each chapter. I find it compelling to witness in words, what the individuals did in real time. I thoroughly enjoyed reading Sally Richards work and the prestige in which she demonstrates through words for all to see. Loved it!"" -- Robbie Thomas, Psychic Profiler & Best Selling Author ""Sally Richards takes the reader on a historically haunted tour de force with this utterly engaging paranormal travelogue. She brings us up close and personal to the spookiest places Southern California has to offer in a book that will fascinate, inform and entertain."" -- Marie D. Jones, Author of PSIence: How New Discoveries in Quantum Physics and New Science May Explain the Existence of Paranormal Phenomena ""Sally Richards takes the reader on a supernatural journey though some of the most haunted places in all Southern California as she uses her mediumship gifts and research skills to bring to life the better known ghosts of the Golden State. Her insights and travels bring life to the haunted history of California and the landmarks of her paranormal past. A must read for anyone interested in the--how should I say? Different side of the state, and her book should be part of anyone's collection on the specters of the west."" -- Richard Senate, Author of Ghosts of the California Missions ""Our friend, Sally Richards, through intensive research and paranormal perseverance, has created an impressive new book covering 30 haunted California destinations including some of our personal favorites. Follow her apparitional adventures from place to place as she serves notice that there is life beyond this plane of existence. It's a must read compendium of ghost stories that will chill and thrill every researcher. Once you start reading, you can't stop! Happy Haunting!"" -- Authors Rob and Anne Wlodarski, Ghost Publishing ""Even readers not interested in local history will be deeply entranced by Sally Richards' Ghosthunting Southern California. Richards' writing is lucid and her knowledge deep. The combination makes for a compelling read as Richards and her trained paranormal team probe the unknown and mysterious. This is great stuff!"" -- Linda L. Richards, editor & co-founder of January Magazine and Author of The Indigo Factor

Author Information

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 preHurricane 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.

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