Haunted West: Legendary Tales From The Frontier
HAUNTED WEST LEGENDARY TALES FROM THE FRONTIER
THE WEST BECOMES WILD • AMERICAN PIONEERS SEARCHING FOR A BETTER LIFE FOUND A LAWLESS LAND OUT WEST.
RUTHLESS OUTLAWS • THE ORIGINAL AMERICAN ANTI-HEROES LIVE ON IN OUR MEMORIES—AND AT THEIR OLD STOMPING GROUNDS.
WAS BILLY THE KID REALLY KILLED BY PAT GARRETT? • BRUSHY BILL ROBERTS CLAIMED TO BE THE KID MORE THAN 60 YEARS AFTER THE GUNMAN WAS SHOT DEAD.
JESSE JAMES HAUNTS A KENTUCKY TAVERN • THE OUTLAW IS SAID TO HAVE LEFT SOUVENIRS FROM HIS STAYS—BULLET HOLES IN A PAINTING.
DID BUTCH CASSIDY SURVIVE A SHOOT-OUT IN BOLIVIA? • HIS SISTER SAID HER GUNSLINGER SIBLING LIVED ANOTHER 29 YEARS UNDER AN ASSUMED NAME.
JOHN WESLEY HARDIN’S SPIRIT PESTERED HIS BIOGRAPHER • AN AUTHOR CLAIMS THE NOTORIOUS KILLER WAS NOT HAPPY ABOUT RESEARCH INTO HIS LIFE.
BLACK JACK KETCHUM’S GHOST SCARED OFF BY A BOY SCOUT • A CAMPER NEARLY LOST HIS MIND WHEN HE SAW THE OUTLAW WHO LOST HIS HEAD.
KILLER JIM MILLER’S FAMOUS LAST WORDS • AFTER A LIFE OF VIOLENCE, THE CHURCHGOING ASSASSIN SURPRISED A LYNCH MOB WITH HIS CONFESSION.
‘TOM HORN WILL GET YOU!’ • PARENTS USED THE GUNSLINGER’S GHOST TO SCARE THEIR MISBEHAVING CHILDREN.
WILD BILL LONGLEY’S BOTCHED HANGING • THE TRIGGER-HAPPY OUTLAW’S CHANGE OF HEART CAME TOO LATE.
‘MANIACAL’ CLAY ALLISON CARRIED A HUMAN HEAD • UNEXPLAINED INCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED AT A MUSEUM NEAR HIS FINAL RESTING PLACE.
INFAMOUS GANGS • WITH LAWMEN SPREAD THIN IN THE WIDE-OPEN SPACES OF THE OLD WEST, CRIMINALS JOINED FORCES IN SMALL BANDS TO ROB AND KILL.
FEARLESS LAWMEN • THESE SHARPSHOOTERS WERE QUICK ON THE DRAW AS THEY KEPT THE PEACE IN LAWLESS TOWNS.
WILD BILL HICKOK’S DEATH CHAIR • IS THE LEGENDARY GUNSLINGER’S GHOST STILL TRYING TO FINISH THAT LAST GAME OF CARDS?
THE GHOSTSY OF THE O.K. CORRAL • VIRGIL EARP’S SPECTER STAGGERS ACROSS THE ROAD IN TOMBSTONE.
DOC HOLLIDAY’S GIRLFRIEND STILL LOOKS FOR HIM • BIG NOSE KATE’S GHOST LINGERS AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE SALOON, WHERE SHE’S BEEN SEEN SEARCHING FOR HER LOST LOVE.
HENRY PLUMMER’S GHOST WANTS TO AVENGE HIS NAME • DOUBTS REMAIN OVER WHETHER THE SHERIFF WAS GUILTY OF ANY CRIMES.
BILL TILGHMAN’S TROUBLEMAKING SPIRIT • THE LONG-SERVING MARSHAL IS SAID TO HAUNT AN OKLAHOMA MUSEUM.
FRED WHITE LINGERS WHERE HEWAS GUNNED DOWN • THE FIRST MARSHAL OF TOMBSTONE HAUNTS THE BIRD CAGE THEATER.
SETH BULLOCK SMOKES CIGARS AT HIS NAMESAKE HOTEL • THE PROPRIETOR OF DEADWOOD’S HISTORIC HOTEL IS STILL WATCHING OVER HIS BUSINESS.
DEADLIEST GUNFIGHTS • BLOODY BRAWLS AND FRENZIED SHOOT-OUTS WEREN’T RARE, BUT THESE GUNFIGHTS FIVE INCIDENTS WERE THE WORST OF THE WORST.
LEGENDARY FIGURES • THEIR INCREDIBLE STORIES AND DARING ADVENTURES HAVE LEFT A MARK ON THE AMERICAN WEST.
BUFFALO BILL IS STILL PUTTING ON A SHOW • THE WILD WEST SHOW STAR, WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE IN HIS GRAVE, RETURNS TO HIS MUSEUM.
DAVY CROCKETT AND THE SPIRITS OF THE ALAMO • THE GHOSTS OF THE FRONTIERSMAN AND OTHERS WHO DIED IN THE BLOODY BATTLE HAVE BEEN SPOTTED AT THE SITE.
GENERAL CUSTER AND THE GHOSTS OF LITTLE BIGHORN • THE INFAMOUS LAST STAND LEFT PAINFUL MEMORIES—AND HAUNTING SPECTERS.
SAM HOUSTON PROWLS HIS MUSEUM • THE FORMER TEXAS GOVERNOR HAUNTS THE HOMESTEAD WHERE HIS LIFE ENDED.
NAT LOVE FROM SLAVE TO DEADWOOD DICK • HOW HE BECAME THE BEST-KNOWN BLACK COWBOY OF HIS GENERATION.
SAMUEL COLT AND HIS FAMILY CURSE • THE FIREARMS MANUFACTURER AND HIS NEAREST AND DEAREST SEEMINGLY COULD NOT OUTRUN THEIR GRIM FATE.
THE SUPERSTITIOUS WIDOW AND HER MYSTERY HOUSE • SARAH WINCHESTER...