Haunted Joplin

by Lisa Livingston-Martin
Haunted Joplin
Author: Lisa Livingston-Martin
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2012-09-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1614236844
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From Native American societies to the Civil War to the crime spree of Bonnie and Clyde, Joplin’s history leaves spirited legends in its wake . . . The barrier between Joplin’s boisterous past and its present is as flimsy as a swinging saloon door. Lisa Livingston-Martin kicks it wide open in this ghostly history. In her expert company, tour a hotel with a reputation made from equal parts opulence and tragedy. Visit that house of horrors, the Stefflebeck Bordello, where guests regularly got the axe and were disposed of in mine shafts. Navigate through angry lynch mobs and vengeful patrols of Civil War spirits. Catch a glimpse of Bonnie and Clyde. Keep your wits about you—it’s haunted Joplin. Includes photos! “There may be as many non-living residents of Joplin as there are live ones, according to Haunted Joplin.” —The Morning Sun

Joplin's Ghost

by Tananarive Due
Joplin's Ghost
Author: Tananarive Due
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2005-09-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1416510478
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The life of Phoenix Smalls spins horrifically out of control as a long-dead music legend chooses her to continue his legacy, in this historical novel—part love story, part ghost story—from acclaimed horror novelist Tananarive Due. When Phoenix Smalls was ten, she nearly died at her parents' jazz club when she was crushed by a turn-of-the-century piano. Now twenty-four, Phoenix is launching a career as an R&B singer. She's living out her dreams and seems destined for fame and fortune. But a chance visit to a historical site in St. Louis ignites a series of bizarre, erotic encounters with a spirit who may be the King of Ragtime, Scott Joplin. The sound of Scott Joplin is strange enough to the ears of the hip-hop generation. But the idea that these antique sounds are being channeled through Phoenix? Her life is suddenly hanging in the balance. How will she find her true voice and calling? Can the power of her own inner song give Phoenix the strength to fight to live out her own future? Or will she be forever trapped in Scott Joplin's doomed, tragic past? Stunningly original, Joplin's Ghost is a novel filled with art and intrigue—and is sure to bring music to readers' ears.

Haunted America

by Michael Norman
Haunted America
Author: Michael Norman
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2007-09-18
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9780765319678
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Contains over seventy tales of ghostly hauntings from each of the fifty United States and Canada.

Civil War Ghosts of Southwest Missouri

by Lisa Livingston-Martin
Civil War Ghosts of Southwest Missouri
Author: Lisa Livingston-Martin
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2018-09-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 1614237441
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For southwest Missouri, the Civil War was an unparalleled period of violence, sorrow and anger. As the torches burned the physical landscape, the depredations inflicted were also scorched upon the psyche of the people who lived through fires. Survey Carthage's battlefield for stubborn holdouts or hold vigil at the Kendrick House for innocent bystanders who were swept up into the stratagems of bushwhackers and guerrillas. Meet the Bloody Spikes, Rotten Johnny Reb and scores more figures from the region's past who continue to trouble its present.

Haunted Carthage, Missouri

by Lisa Livingston-Martin
Haunted Carthage, Missouri
Author: Lisa Livingston-Martin
Publisher: Haunted America
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781626192041
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"Explore the haunted history of Carthage, Missouri"--

Haunted Graveyards of the Ozarks

by David E. Harkins
Haunted Graveyards of the Ozarks
Author: David E. Harkins
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2013-07-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 1625840527
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A terrifying tour of cemeteries where ghosts of Civil War soldiers, criminals, and others wander the grounds . . . includes photos! From the neatly tended urban necropolis to the long-forgotten family plot at the end of a winding gravel road, these “quiet cities” of the Ozarks have the power to send chills up and down the spine of the most hardened skeptic. Be it the restless Civil War soldiers of Greenbrier, the mass murderer who stalks Peace Church, or the red eyes that persecute visitors to Robinson, tales of ghostly activity abound in every burial ground carved out of the ancient Ozark hills. Follow Dave Harkins as he explores the fascinating history and unsettling lore clinging to these haunted graveyards.

I Am Behind You

by John Ajvide Lindqvist
I Am Behind You
Author: John Ajvide Lindqvist
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 451
Release: 2017-09-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1786480425
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A supernatural superthriller from the author of Let the Right One In Molly wakes her mother to go to the toilet. The campsite is strangely blank. The toilet block has gone. Everything else has gone too. This is a place with no sun. No god. Just four families remain. Each has done something to bring them here - each denies they deserve it. Until they see what's coming over the horizon, moving irrevocably towards them. Their worst mistake. Their darkest fear. And for just one of them, their homecoming. This gripping conceptual horror takes you deep into one of the most macabre and unique imaginations writing in the genre. On family, on children, Lindqvist writes in a way that tears the heart and twists the soul. I Am Behind You turns the world upside down and, disturbing, terrifying and shattering by turns, it will suck you in.

Missouri's Wicked Route 66

by Lisa Livingston-Martin
Missouri's Wicked Route 66
Author: Lisa Livingston-Martin
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2013-04-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 1614238715
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Tracing Route 66 through Missouri represents one of America's favorite exercises in nostalgia, but a discerning glance among the roadside weeds reveals the kind of sordid history that doesn't appear on postcards. Along with vintage cars and picnic baskets, Route 66 was a conduit humming with contraband and crackling with the gunplay of folks like Bonnie and Clyde, Jesse James and the Young brothers. It was also the preferred byway of lynch mobs, murderous hitchhikers and mad scientists. Stop in at places like the Devil's Elbow and the Steffleback Bordello on this trip through the more treacherous twists of the Mother Road.

Janis Joplin

by Ann Angel
Janis Joplin
Author: Ann Angel
Publisher: ABRAMS
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2019-10-22
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 1683355970
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Forty years after her death, Janis Joplin remains among the most compelling and influential figures in rock-and-roll history. Her story—told here with depth and sensitivity by author Ann Angel—is one of a girl who struggled against rules and limitations, yet worked diligently to improve as a singer. It’s the story of an outrageous rebel who wanted to be loved, and of a wild woman who wrote long, loving letters to her mom. And finally, it’s the story of one of the most iconic female musicians in American history, who died at twenty-seven. Janis Joplin includes more than sixty photographs, and an assortment of anecdotes from Janis’s friends and band mates. This thoroughly researched and well-illustrated biography is a must-have for all young artists, music lovers, and pop-culture enthusiasts.