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Coast To Coast Ghosts: True Stories of Hauntings Across America | 
| Author: Leslie Rule
Creator: Ann Rule
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 128204
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0740718665
Dewey Decimal Number: 133.10973
UPC: 050837205154
EAN: 9780740718663
ASIN: 0740718665
Publication Date: August 7, 2001
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An employee of the St. James Hotel in New Mexico watches in shock as a fair-haired toddler with a terribly disfigured face disappears into the floor. This is just one of the paranormal mysteries Leslie Rule shares with us-a result of extensive interviews and research uncovering the reasons behind ghost sightings across the country. Coast to Coast Ghosts features dozens of spine-tingling, real-life ghost stories and approximately 50 black-and-white photographs, taken by Rule, including some believed to have captured actual apparitions. Only the reader can decide. . . .
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 "With age comes history; with history comes death; with death comes ghosts." ~ Leslie Rule May 15, 2008
Ever since having several unexplainable things happen in my own past I have always been fascinated by the paranormal, but up until now I had never read a book about other people's experiences before. At first I was simply drawn to Leslie Rule's "Coast To Coast Ghosts" by the gorgeous, dreamlike cover of wispy curtains flowing in the breeze (or from two lingering lovers dancing on the balcony... whichever) but it's when I read the gripping introduction that I found myself hooked. I knew I was in for a real treat, and I was right about that, but I did find certain parts less desirable than others. I would have liked for Leslie to have gone a bit more in-depth with many of the more intricate stories rather than making room to include a lot of short ones because they mostly just left me feeling disatisfied, wanting to hear more, but I did find most of the stories to be quite intriguing. I also understand that many of these retellings are from personal accounts so it is far more difficult to investigate or elaborate on someone else's experience.
With that being said, one of the two more notable stories that quickly come to mind is that of Captain Tony's Saloon in Key West Florida. It is not only built on top of a visible young woman's tombstone who was murdered by her secret lover after becoming pregnant with his child but it is also built around an alleged hanging tree that has left behind one of its victims. She supposedly haunts the place now and is known there as the "Blue Lady". Then there's the horrific documented telling of the Eastland ship that capsized under Chicago's Clark Street Bridge. In 1915 many employees and their families of The Western Electric Company were on their way to a picnic in Michigan when, instead, hundreds of people lost their lives. Shrieks can reportedly still be heard from those who drowned in the river on that fateful day.
I also enjoyed the more familiar stories about The Alamo, Myrtles Plantation, The Queen Mary, and my personal favorite, The Whaley House in San Diego which I hope to visit someday. There are many different types of stories featured in Leslie's book with sightings ranging from several various locations across America but it is hardly anything scary that will keep you up at night. She's obviously done her research and has a great respect and understanding of the dearly deceased.
 Miss Rule rocks!!!!!!!! November 18, 2007
Rule sure got good writting genes from her mother Ann Rule. This a really good book on true ghost storys accross the USA. Very well written. Can't wait for her next book.
Great! October 10, 2007
Wonderful storytelling. A great read! Full of spooky tales.
Rose Pressey
Author of "My Haunted Family"
Great collection of actual hauntings!! A MUST read September 24, 2007
Awesome stories, actually scary or spooky.This is one of the best books I've found on true hauntings!
Just a durn good read September 4, 2007
I enjoy books about ghosts--they are a nice change of pace for a person like me who does engineering for a living. "Coast to Coast Ghosts" ranks among my very favorites. It's not just that the writing style is terrific, although of course it is. It's also that the author has a nice, low key approach to the subject that doesn't artificially sensationalize for the sake of story. That kind of honest, yet masterfully authorial approach is very difficult to find. Between the author's evocative pictures, easygoing dialogue, and calm gumption in the face of some pretty unusual goings on, I felt I was just tagging along with a friend who is exploring all the places *I* would like to explore, but am too much of a wuss to come anywhere near. I also appreciated how Ms. Rule didn't hesitate to share her doubts about fishy stories with us. After many a hoax like the Amityville horror--well, Ms. Rule's books are a treat.
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