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Travels of Terror

Strange and Spooky Spots Across America

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Grab your flashlight, garlic, and ghost hunting equipment. We're taking you on the ultimate road trip of the spookiest places around the U.S.

Horror lovers, lifelong best friends, and co-hosts of the Horror Rewind podcast, Kelly Florence and Meg Hafdahl, have traveled around the U.S. to bring you the most thrill-inducing spots for horror, history, and true crime. They've compiled a list of what to do, where to stay, where to eat and drink, and where to shop to make your vacation-planning a breeze.

They've also delved into the history and pop culture of each spot, revealing hidden gems, most notorious true crimes, women you should know, horror books and movies set in the state, and other strange facts about some of the scariest places around the nation.

Here's a small sampling of what you can expect to find in Travels of Terror:

  • St. Augustine, Florida: Take an open air trolley on the Ghosts & Gravestones Tour to the Old St Augustine Cemetery, Potter's Wax Museum, Old Jail Museum, and a bevy of churches with their own macabre past.
  • Los Angeles, California: Stay at the haunted Hotel Roosevelt, where you may be visited by the ghosts of actors Errol Flynn and Montgomery Clift.
  • Portland, Oregon: Grab a cocktail at Raven's Manor, a horror-themed bar with drinks like the Black Widow, Lilith, and Draught of Asphyxiation.
  • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Learn about the most famous true crime to happen there, when the wife of the Allegheny County Jail warden fell in love with a convicted murderer.
  • New York, New York: Celebrate Nia DaCosta, the first Black female director to have a film debut at the top of the box office, with the supernatural horror-slasher film Candyman in 2021.
  • Austin, Texas: Pick up souvenirs for friends and family at The Glass Coffin, a vampire parlor and horror shop.
  • Duluth, Minnesota: Visit Glensheen Mansion on the shores of Lake Superior, where Duluth's most notorious murders occurred in 1977.
  • From big cities to small towns, get inspired to plan your own ghoulish getaway.

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        September 6, 2024
        BFFs, co-conspirators, and Horror Rewind podcast hosts Florence and Hafdahl, authors of The Science of Serial Killers (2021), wield their research and writing talents to provide this guide to 12 U.S. spots that feature the strange and spooky. While some spots won't surprise readers as home to some scary history--like Los Angeles, New York City, and Salem, Massachusetts--others might, such as Austin, Texas, and Duluth, Minnesota. Each listing is extensively annotated, including sleeping accommodations, movies and books about the place, hidden gems, places to eat and shop, must-do activities, and most famous true crime associated with the area. The authors keep things more than lively and drop in personal-favorite facts: percentage of New York City infested by rats? 80 to 90; Virginia Hill's story as the mistress of gangster Bugsy Siegel; and the real Vampira, who began her movie career in L.A. The authors' wisdom and know-how have evolved from their exploration of Vancouver's X-Files sites, their first horror-themed trip. They've earned their cred, and readers will enjoy following along, in person or in spirit(s).

        COPYRIGHT(2024) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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