Haunted Nevada: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Silver State

by Janice Oberding

Overview

The Silver State's most bizarre and creepy stories of paranormal activity, including. . .• The Lost City outside Las Vegas• Lynching apparitions on downtown Reno's Wedding Ring Bridge• The haunted Goldfield Hotel• The cursed airbase in Tonopah• Apparitions of celebrities at Cal Neva Resort in Lake Tahoe, including Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and gangster Sam Giancana

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811712385
Publisher:	Stackpole Books
Publication date:	08/11/2013
Series:	Haunted Series
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	627,480
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.25(d)

About the Author

Janice Oberding lives in Reno, Nevada, and is the author of 13 books. She cohosts the popular radio show Paradacity on SRNLIVE.COM and has appeared on episodes of the TV shows Ghost Adventures, Dead Famous, Scariest Places on Earth, Haunted Hotels, and Ghost Hunters.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Pueblo Grande de Nevada 3

Pyramid Lake, Curses, Water Babies, and Stone Mother 5

Reno and Lake Tahoe 9

Lynching at the Wedding Ring Bridge 10

Downtown Sidewalk 12

University of Nevada, Reno 14

Hillside Cemetery 17

Washoe County Courthouse 20

Olivia Miller's Unsuccessful Escape 23

Where is Roy Frisch? 25

Cal Neva Resort 29

Thunderbird Lodge 34

Carson City and the Carson Valley 39

The Haunted Hanging Tree and Adam Uber's Curse 39

The Dake House 42

Genoa Courthouse Museum 44

The CVIC Hall and Flight 901A 46

Nevada State Museum 47

Orson Hyde's Curse 48

Orion Clemens Home 49

Lone Mountain Cemetery 53

Rinckel Mansion 55

Governor's Mansion 56

Smail House 58

I'll Come Back if I Can 59

Don't Challenge the 601 61

Gold and Silver Country 63

The Goldfield Hotel 64

Goldfield High School 66

St. Mary's Art & Retreat Center 67

Beautiful Lena and the Ghosts of the Old Washoe Club 68

Piper's Opera House 70

Café del Rio 71

Silver State National Peace Officers Museum 72

Silverland Suites 72

Gold Hill Hotel 73

Silver Queen Hotel 75

Of Ghost Cats and Children 76

The Cursed Airfield 77

The Mizpah Hotel 79

Rhyolite 81

Las Vegas 83

Tupac Shakur 83

Redd Foxx 84

The Luxor 86

The Flamingo 87

Bally's 89

The Bellagio 90

The Oasis Motel 91

When in Doubt, Blame a Ghost 92

Goodsprings Pioneer Saloon 93

Hoover Dam 97

Along Highway 50, America's Loneliest Road 99

Lander County Courthouse 99

International Hotel 101

Eureka Opera House 102

The Jackson House 102

The Ghost of Kate Miller 103

The Old Courthouse and Hank Parish 104

Railroad Ghosts 105

The Commercial Hotel, Tom Horn, and John Coble 106

The Ghost Who Demanded Justice 108

Bibliography 111

About the Author 115