WEIRD TRAVEL CURSED PLACES: Haunted Castles, Forbidden Islands, Deadly Roads, Ancient Curses, Ghost Towns, Dark Legends & Bizarre Places You Can Still ... (SparkTrail Weird America Series Book 89)

Some places are famous because they are beautiful. Others are famous because somebody swears the chair kills people, the highway is cursed, the hotel has permanent guests, or the island should absolutely not be visited after dark. Welcome to WEIRD TRAVEL: CURSED PLACES, a funny, strange, and surprisingly useful journey through haunted castles, forbidden islands, deadly roads, ancient curses, ghost towns, mysterious objects, bizarre legends, and destinations where history and folklore have spent centuries arguing over who gets top billing. From the Hope Diamond and the burning town of Centralia to the Stanley Hotel, the Island of the Dolls, Bhangarh Fort, the Tower of London, Tutankhamun’s tomb, the Bell Witch, Mothman country, cursed chairs, haunted forests, and castles with ghosts still apparently on the guest list, this book goes looking for the stories behind the reputations. Some legends are centuries old. Some were invented by newspapers, tourists, frightened witnesses, clever marketers, or people who really should not have taken that rock home. Along the way, you will discover what is documented history, what belongs to folklore, what can actually be visited, what requires reservations, and what should be admired from a perfectly legal distance. This is not a grim collection of horror stories. It is a road trip through humanity’s wonderfully questionable relationship with bad luck, ghosts, cursed objects, suspicious roads, ancient warnings, and gift shops that somehow appear at the end of all of them. Pack good shoes. Charge your phone. Keep your hands off the cursed furniture. And whatever you do, do not bring home the rock.