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Item #1035

Ghost Hunter’s Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area, Jeff Dwyer, 2005, 174 pp, photos, biblio, index .$14.95

How to hunt for ghosts, North By Area, San Francisco Peninsula, South Bay Area, East Bay Area, Locations outside the Bay Area, sighting report form, bibliography, films and videos, tours and organizations, internet sources, historical societies and museums. Some of the locations: USS Hornet aircraft carrier, The Presidio, Golden Gate Bridge, Jack London Historical Park, San Rafael Mission, Monterey Beach, Angel Island, Alcatraz, Blood Alley (Highway 17), Sutter’s Fort

Item #580

Ghost Notes, Haunted Happenings on California's Historic Monterey Peninsula, Randall A. Reinstedt, 1991, photos, index of locations, 190 pp. $10.95

A 20-year diary of ghostly tales, these short anecdotes are arranged in the order in which the author heard them. Ghostly Chinamen, a grand piano with a death-wish for its owner, and a fog peopled with ghostly shapes are just a few of these snippets of ghostlore from the Monterey area.

Item #595

Ghost Stalker’s Guide to Haunted California, Richard Senate, 1998, photos, biblio, index, 176 pp Sorry, no longer available. Ask us to find you a nice used copy.

An outstanding effort from California ghosthunter Senate (see Seeing Ghosts with Richard L. Senate), who is a thorough and no-nonsense investigator. He has much new to report here as he divides his material by location: "haunted theatres" "haunted jails" "haunted cemeteries" etc. Emphasis is on places you can visit! Haunted Hollywood High School. The ghost of cowboy star William S. Hart and his ghostly Great Danes at his Santa Clarita estate. A phantom window that looked out into the past. A special treat was the table of "101 California Haunts" which lists locations of 101 haunted sites open to the public, most with their addresses, phones, and brief data about the haunting.

Item #597

Ghost Stories of Hollywood, Barbara Smith, 2000, photos,215 pp. $10.95

You’ll get stage fright for sure with these stories of Tinseltown terrors! The historic Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel perhaps haunted by a whole casting-call of spirits: Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift and others. Echoes of Clark Gable’s wedding night with Carole Lombard in their honeymoon suite. The possessed car of James Dean. Ghosts of Ozzie Nelson, Errol Flynn, Rudolph Valentino, and Lucille Ball. Harry Houdini haunting a West Hollywood estate. Great stories!

Item #581

Ghostly Tales and Mysterious Happenings of Old Monterey, Randall A. Reinstedt, 1977, photos, 64 pp. $5.95

More mysteries and misty spirits by the man who put Monterey ghosts on the map.

Item #582

Ghosts, Bandits & Legends of old Monterey, Carmel and surrounding areas, Randall A. Reinstedt, 1974, photos, 48 pp. $6.95

This entertaining book includes a history of the "Woman in Black" who haunts the Robert Louis Stevenson House of Old Monterey. You also get a short-course in California history cleverly worked into tales of skeletons and skulls, devil-babies and lost mines.

Item #596

The Ghosts of Ojai: California’s Most Haunted Valley, Richard Senate, 1998, illus, 36 pp SORRY! Now out of print. Ask us to find you a used copy.

Pronounced "Oh-hi’", this valley in Ventura County is just crammed with spooks! Mostly short snippets of local lore like the choking ghost of the Ojai Manor Hotel. Or the legendary "Char-man" who haunts lovers’ lanes with his horribly burned face and the stench of charred flesh. The vicious Black Dog of the Ojai, possibly the ghost of a conquistator’s dog, once used to brutally hunt down the native peoples.

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