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

by Charles A. Stansfield Jr.

Overview

UF's, 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493045785
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	06/11/2020
Series:	Haunted Series
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	168
Sales rank:	1,034,351
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction xiii

Superstitions of Old Arizona 1

Cowboy Superstitions 9

Miner Superstitions 10

A Tour of the Dark Side 11

Metropolitan Phoenix 13

The Prince's Ghost 17

The Cat and the UFO 18

UFOs over Arizona 20

The Hanging Corpse 22

The King and the Duke 23

Partnering with the Devil 25

Don't Mess with Mother Nature 26

Phantom Guardians of the Lost Dutchman 28

The Mysteries of Casa Grande 29

The Shade of the Baron 31

The Great Man's Ghost 32

The Angel of Prophecy 34

The Phantom of Mystery Castle 35

Often Heard, Seldom Seen 36

Armchair Detective 38

Northern Arizona 41

The Spirits of the Canyons 45

Uncle Peter's Revenge 46

An Invitation to a Hanging 48

The Haunted Hotel 49

Legend of the Blue Lady 50

The Mysterious Caves 52

The Mysterious Passenger 53

Coronado's Phantom Treasure 54

The Ghosts of Monument Valley 56

Holy Cow, Is that a Camel? 57

The Spirit of the Tragic Waitress 59

The Schizophrenic Ghost 60

Canyon Diablo's Mean Spirits 62

Bigfoot's Ghost 63

Central Arizona 69

Incident at Turkey Springs 73

The Meteor Crater's UFOs 74

You Can't Trust Snakes 75

The Devil and the Drunkard 76

The Phantom Lion Hunter 78

Legend of the Silver Bullets 79

Arizona's Very Own Bigfoot 80

The Sedona Vortex 82

Is Sedona a UFO Magnet? 83

The Hungry Ghosts 85

Cold 86

Refighting the War 88

God, Gold, Glory, and Ghosts 89

The Phantoms of Montezuma Castle 91

Western Arizona 93

The Spirit of the Humorist 97

The Hassayampa's Paul Revere 98

The Well of Sacrifice 100

Peace at Last 101

Seeing Stars 103

The Shades of the Water War 104

The Legend of the Desert Lighthouse 106

Beware the Devil's Highway 107

The Devil Is Kicking Back the Water 108

El Chupacabra 110

Prison Ghosts 111

Ghosts of London Bridge 112

Shades of the Stagecoach Massacre 114

The Neverending Quest 116

Tucson and Copper Country 119

Jack the Ripper's Phantom 123

The Spirits of the Scabs 124

Spirits at the Shrine 125

The Most Gruesome Ghosts 127

Curly Bill's Ghost Train 128

Two Guns Beat Four Aces 129

The Spirits of the Copper Queen 131

A Spiritual Awakening 132

The Ghosts of Ruby 134

Ghosts of the Gadsden Hotel 135

The Ghosts of Tombstone 137

Bisbee's Busy Bees 139

The Mystery of Tumacacori 141

Don't Mess with Cochise 142

Back in Arizona at Last 143

The Vampires' Bartenders 145

Recommended Reading 148

Acknowledgments 150

About the Author 151