Haunted Alton

Haunted Alton - Paperback

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Haunted Alton

Haunted Alton - Paperback

by Troy Taylor
$25.92
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HAUNTED ALTON

THE HISTORY AND MYSTERY OF ONE OF THE MOST HAUNTED SMALL TOWNS IN AMERICA

BY TROY TAYLOR


For more than two centuries, the Mississippi River town of Alton, Illinois, has gained a reputation for its dark side. Author Mark Twain called it "a dismal little river town," and today, it's known as "one of the most haunted small towns in America" - all thanks to its long and bloody history of death, violence, disease, disaster, and, of course, its ghosts.


Author Troy Taylor returns to the streets of Alton for a new, updated, and revised look at the town's weird history with more history and more hauntings than ever before. Filled with chilling tales, you'll find many within these pages that have never appeared in print before, plus new stories and details from places like the Mineral Springs Hotel, Enos Sanitorium, Powder Mills Road, Alton Penitentiary, McPike Mansion, Illinois Glass Works, First Unitarian Church, Lewis and Clark College, and more!


This is the original book of Alton's ghost stories in a new, revised edition and serves as the inspiration for the award-winning Alton Hauntings Tours. Discover the true story of how Alton became so haunted and how it's earned its moniker of one of the country's most spirited small towns!

ISBN9781958589014
Author Troy Taylor
PublisherWhitechapel Productions
GenreHistory
FormatPaperback
PublishedAugust 2022
LanguageENG- English
Pages382
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Troy Taylor

Illinois native Troy Taylor is the author of more than 120 books about ghosts and the unexplained in America, including Haunted Illinois and True Crime: Illinois. He is the founder and owner of American Hauntings Tours and Events and founder of the Haunted America Conference, America's original ghost conference. Along with writing about the unusual and hosting tours, Taylor is also a public speaker on the subject of ghosts and hauntings. has appeared in scores of newspaper and magazine articles about the subject and in hundreds of radio and television broadcasts about the supernatural.

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