Haunted Highways: Spooky Stories, Strange Happenings, and Supernatural Sightings

by Tom Ogden

Overview

For most of us, most of the time, the roads we travel are largely forgotten once we get to where we're going. By day, they usually reveal a familiar, real—living—world. But then darkness comes. Haunted Highways brings together more than twenty of the spookiest stories ever of ghosts, hauntings, and supernatural events on or near America's highways and byways. There are the usual suspects—the creepy hitchhiker, the eerie lights along a lonely stretch of road—as well as many you never dared to imagine.

Each of the book's twenty-five chapters ratchets up the suspense, from an introduction that sets the scene and draws you in, to a haunting climax. Whether the actor Telly Savalas's haunting encounter with a long-dead good Samaritan on a rural Long Island road, or the Ghost Riders in the Sky who appear over the plains of Texas, these stories will bring delightful fright to readers young and old.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762751723
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	08/13/2008
Series:	Haunted
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	299,132
File size:	499 KB

About the Author

Tom Ogden is one of America's most celebrated magicians. Over thirty years he has gone from the tinsel-and-sawdust of the circus ring to the glitter-and-sequins of Las Vegas, Atlantic City, and Lake Tahoe. He has appeared on specials such as The World's Greatest Magic II (NBC) and The Great Magic of Las Vegas (FOX). The author of several books—including The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ghosts and Hauntings and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Street Magic—he lives in Hollywood, California.

1/21/15 bio for Haunted Hollywood 2e Tom Ogden is one of America’s most celebrated magicians. He has performed professionally for forty years, from the tinsel and sawdust of the circus ring to the glitter and sequins of Las Vegas, Atlantic City, and Lake Tahoe. He has opened for such acts as Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, and the Osmonds. Ogden’s television work has included appearances on NBC’s The World’s Greatest Magic II and FOX’s The Great Magic of Las Vegas, as well as numerous commercials. He has twice been voted Parlour Magician of the Year at the famed Magic Castle in Hollywood and has received a dozen nominations in other categories. He has also appeared as a humorist, motivational speaker, and performer for corporations such as Disney, Xerox, Pepsi, KFC, and Sears. Ogden’s books include 200 Years of the American Circus (which was named a Best Reference Work by both the American Library Association and the New York Public Library), Wizards and Sorcerers, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Magic Tricks, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Ghosts and Hauntings, and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Street Magic, as well as eight books in the Globe Pequot Press “Haunted” series. He has also been profiled in Writer’s Market. Tom Ogden resides in Los Angeles.