Haunted Arizona: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Grand Canyon State - Paperback

by Charles A. Stansfield (Author)

UFOs, ghost trains, and El Chupacabra figure prominently in this collection of eerie tales from the Grand Canyon State. From the arid desert to the population centers of Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, come a variety of stories and legends, including the phantom of Jack the Ripper, Sedona's mysterious magnetic fields, and ghostly--and homicidal--guardians of the Lost Dutchman Mine.

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Reading line: Eerie tales and spine-tingling stories from the Grand Canyon State Things that go bump in the night, disembodied voices, footsteps in an empty stairwell, an icy hand on your shoulder...let your imagination run wild as you read about Arizona's most extraordinary apparitions, sinister spooks, and bizarre beasts. You may know of the legendary monster El Chupacabra and the deadly Devil's Highway, but perhaps you haven't heard about: the phantom of Jack the Ripper, London's infamous murderer of prostitutes, who is rumored to have died in a gunfight in Benson, Arizona; Sedona's mysterious magnetic fields, where some claim a concentration of the earth's energies have created a door into the spiritual realm; a once-docile cat that was picked up by a UFO, then returned to terrorize its owner; and the many ghostly--and homicidal--guardians of the famed Lost Dutchman Mine. Charles A. Stansfield Jr. taught geography at Rowan University for forty-one years and published fifteen geography textbooks. His research revealed that stories of strange phenomena reflect each region's history, culture, and even physical geography. He is the author of several other Haunted series books and lives in Pitman, New Jersey.

Author Biography

Charles A. Stansfield Jr. lives in Pitman, New Jersey, and was professor of geography at Rowan University for 41 years. He is the author of 11 books on the paranormal.