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WHO OR WHAT HAUNTS ESTILL COUNTY, KENTUCKY? A baby cries in a dark cave on one of the county's most infamous mountains. UFOs hover in the sky over country roads. Thundering hoof beats surround visitors outside an old farm house. Native American chanting fills the night air. Eerie shadow people loom around store corners, and Civil War soldiers fight a battle that never ends.As arguably one of the most haunted counties in Kentucky, mountainous Estill County might be "where the bluegrass kisses the mountains" but it's also home to a range of ghosts, spirits, angels, and demons that haunt and terrorize locals and visitors alike. Haunted Estill County investigates the stories, urban legends, mysteries, and histories of some of the county's most terrifying locations. Local legends, murder mysteries, and tales of the paranormal are all explored in this spellbinding collection which is sure to keep you up at night.Truth really can be stranger than fiction

Jekyll Island is known for its ghosts, as well as its fascinating history, but now the two are about to take Taryn on a wild ride she'll never forget When your camera can see the past, it's a history lover's dream But sometimes the past needs to stay buried. The hauntings and ghosts are only the beginning of what Taryn sees Jekyll Island: celebrated for its historic hotel, alligators, beaches, wild beauty, a history that stretches back nearly 5 centuries, and its spirits...When artist Taryn Magill is hired to paint two of the hotel's historic cottages she's excited at the chance to spend the summer on one of the Atlantic's most stunning, and haunted, islands. The job isn't quite what she expected, however. A sinister presence stalks Taryn and grasps her within its ominous shadows. The past has never been more alive. It follows her, taunts her, and threatens her sanity and very life.A fire consumed most of the hotel more than 100 years ago. The culprit was hanged for his crime, as well as for the murder of his young wife Rachel. Is it Rachel's ghost back for vengeance or is it something more sinister that clings to the island and claws its way into Taryn's camera and dreams? One thing is for sure-if she makes it out of THIS place alive, Taryn will never be the same **Enjoy "Taryn's" original photography-images of Jekyll Island and the surrounding area before the start of each chapter **Love Liza Jane AND Taryn? A BROOM OF ONE'S OWN, a crossover mystery special, is available now Book 5 in the Taryn's Camera series. In the style of Shirley Jackson, Susan Hill, Heather Graham, and early Stephen King, Taryn's Camera is a paranormal historical mystery series for ghost story lovers and history buffs about a woman who can see the past through her camera. A little gothic, a little supernatural suspense, a little horror-and a whole lot of fun

She's your average witch next door.He's a Christmas tree farmer with three sisters named after horses.It's a town so small it doesn't even have a Walmart.None of them will ever be the same again...Liza Jane Higginbotham is your average witch next door. Just a down home girl, she enjoys driving her truck, listening to country music and, oh yes, the occasional brew.This witch just wants to enjoy the quiet lifeWhen her no-good, hipster husband cheats on her with a trombone player, she moves back to take over the family farm in rural Eastern Kentucky. Here, she's expecting some peace, content to play in her garden, restore the dilapidated farmhouse, and throw her money away at the town auction house every Friday night.But the town of Kudzu Valley just won't let a witch rest. From the high school basketball coach looking for a charm to help the team win the big game to Lola Ellen Pearson who wants to hex the local Pizza Hut for giving her food poisoning the night before her fourth wedding, everyone wants SOMETHING from the town's resident witch When Cotton Hashagen's dead body is found, though, all eyes turn to Liza Jane. After all, hadn't she JUST accused the librarian of a terrible crime? With the townspeople and police turning their eyes to Liza Jane, it's going to take a lot for her to prove that she didn't put a "whammy" on him AND solve the mystery to find the real culprit

The haunted and abandoned Black Raven Inn was once a vibrant hub of the 1960's music scene-a scene that was exciting, electrifying, and sometimes even deadly...When artist Taryn Magill discovers that her newest client is legendary country music singer Ruby Jane Morgan, she couldn't be more thrilled. Working with her idol, in her own hometown of Nashville, is a dream come true. But the job is far from ideal.The Black Raven Inn is a sad, derelict relic from the past. Over the years it has seen more than its fair share of crime, broken dreams, and even death. In fact, Ruby's own musical partner died there more than forty years earlier. Most people in Nashville think the abandoned hotel should be demolished, so everyone is surprised when the music icon buys it for herself.There is something dark and menacing inside the hotel's haunted walls and soon Taryn finds herself dragged into a paranormal mystery game of "Cat and Mouse."Was it a coincidence that lost souls found their way to the Black Raven Inn, or did it call to them? Can old buildings really maintain memories from the past? Or is there something evil slithering through the rooms and courtyard, waiting to wrap its diabolical arms around anyone it can seduce? Taryn, and her beloved camera Miss Dixie, are about to find out

As the rain comes pouring down on Buck Creek, a man slowly goes out of his mind and does something so terrible that the house will never forget it. A lightning storm brings a sight that shocks a family in Hargett. A woman is paralyzed in fear in her own bed near the Madison County line. A headless man offers a gift to a poor widow that changes her life. Ghosts from the Civil War haunt a popular soccer field. A little boy just wants to play with those who visit him in Pryse...but he's been dead for almost a century...As a follow up to Haunted Estill County, More Tales from Haunted Estill County explores stories of ghosts, demons, witches, vampires, and even Estill County's own version of Jesse James.Collected through interviews with local residents all across Estill County, the stories might just make you wonder if the monster under the bed is real.From restless spirits that roam through houses they once inhabited to unimaginable terrors that stalk the woods after dark, will it ever be safe to turn the light off again?

Windwood Farm has a terrible secret-one that's been buried for nearly 100 years. Taryn Magill aims to uncover it...or die trying.As a mixed media artist and urban explorer with a love for abandoned houses and a big imagination when it comes to the past, 30 year old Taryn has never really met an old house she didn't like. In fact, she's made a career out of painting these sad, often derelict structures, to show them in their former glory for her clients. With Windwood Farm, though, she might have bitten off more than she can chew The locals refer to it as "the devil's house" and even vandals have stayed away from this once grand stone farmhouse in Vidalia, Kentucky. Hired by the Stokes County Historical Society to paint it before it's demolished by a land development company, Taryn's determined to make friends with the house and farm everyone around her seems to be terrified of.As it turns out, though, their fears may just not be unfounded.Who is the woman whose cries echo throughout the farm and what does she want? What negative force about the house is so powerful that it won't even allow the upstairs bedroom to be touched? Does the 93 year old vanishing of the next door neighbor have anything to do with the house's mysteries?Taryn wants the answers to these and the house may just be trying to tell her because now, when she looks through her camera, she doesn't have to use her imagination to see the past-SHE CAN SEE IT Will Taryn be able to figure out what happened here AND escape with her sanity and life before the house comes down? Because now it seems like someone is trying to kill her Using what her camera reveals to her and her wits, she'll try to unravel the mysteries of the farm and get out before it's too late. The first book in the Taryn's Camera series.

Estill County is full of ghosts, urban legends, superstitions, and mysteries. In this version of the popular "Haunted Estill County" series, stories have been taken from both books and combined in a special edition that might be more appropriate for a younger audience. Although these stories have already appeared in "Haunted Estill County" and "More Tales from Haunted Estill County," here some of them are a little tamer and lack the adult themes they might have contained in their earlier versions. Never fear, though There are still spooky stories to be shared. Whether we're talking ghosts, vampires, or UFOs, Estill County has a little something for everyone who loves a good scary story Just be careful if you're reading them before bedtime...or you might not be able to sleep Most stories in here are appropriate for grades 2-5. There are still some mentions of murder, death, and ghoulish things that go bump in the night that might still scare the younger ones

#1 Amazon Bestseller in Occult Parapsychologyl In 1990 a single mother and her 10-year-old daughter move into an old house in a quiet Kentucky town. Their excitement of living in a piece of history fades, however, as they slowly become convinced there's something malevolent in the walls of their 100+ year old house.A TRUE ghost story

They lied to her when they said nobody had ever complained about the ghosts in the attic...Long before the #metoo movement, feeling emotionally drained and alone after a harassment experience at her former job, Rebecca was looking to get as far away from everything she knew as possible. The live-in position at the New Hampshire resort for the summer sounded like the perfect balm for Rebecca's soul. She figured she'd be able to build up her savings, explore the local area, and bide her time until graduate school started in the fall.She didn't count on the isolation, loneliness, and horror that awaited her in the two-hundred year old farm house, however.For at least a month, before the rest of the staff arrived, she'd be alone in the mountains without a soul for miles. With no telephone or form of communication to the outside world at night, she's understandably nervous.But, as it turned out, Rebecca was NOT alone. Someone or something knew she was there. It watched her, listened to her, and waited. Was it trying to run or off, or was it trying to make her stay?What happened in the farm house? Was she losing her mind? One thing was for sure: This was a job she would never forget.

A young girl is missing and Taryn's camera is showing her a haunted past she NEVER wanted to see...When your camera can see the past, it's a history lover's dream But sometimes the past needs to stay buried. The hauntings and ghosts are only the beginning of what Taryn sees Beautiful, young Cheyenne Willoughby had her whole life ahead of her. And then, on her 18th birthday, she simply vanished without a trace, rocking her small Georgian town to the core. Now, artist and haunted house lover Taryn Magill has moved onto the very farm where Cheyenne spent her last night. She went there to teach a class at the local college, but her job takes a completely different turn when she's thrown into the middle of Cheyenne's mysterious disappearance. Armed with her camera that can see the past, Taryn aims to find out what happened to Cheyenne once and for all. Is the young girl still out there, trying to find her way home? Or did she succumb to some horrible fate? As Taryn finds herself more and more entrenched in Cheyenne's mystery she begins unraveling the secrets of the rural southern town. The spirits here are restless, but it might be the living she must fear the most Book 3 in the Taryn's Camera series. In the style of Shirley Jackson, Mary Higgins Clark, Heather Graham, and early Stephen King, Taryn's Camera is a supernatural mystery series for ghost story lovers and history buffs about a reluctant psychic who can see the past through her camera. A little gothic, a little supernatural suspense, a little horror-and a whole lot of fun

After her experience in Georgia, mixed-media artist Taryn Magill is ready for a break. When she's offered the job at historic Shaker Village, known colloquially as "Shaker Town," in central Kentucky, she's ecstatic. The quaint, beautifully restored site is just what she needs to unwind, regroup, and relax. But the ghosts are restless. At first, the images of the past that her beloved camera, Miss Dixie, picks up are exciting. Taryn is finally able to see something that many visitors and historians would kill for-the mysterious Shakers in action. The village is alive like never before. Things take a deadly turn, however, when Taryn witnesses a murder. Evil lurks amongst the idyllic setting and it's wrapping its icy fingers around Taryn, threatening to pull her under and into a world she might never escape. Can she solve one of Shaker Town's most horrifying mysteries and finally put things to rest there? Or will she succumb to the evil and madness that haunt her?

Do you believe in ghosts? Neither did Laura's family...until they moved into the old farm house in the country. The old house on the outskirts of town was the perfect fit for Laura and her large family. With plenty of bedrooms for everyone, a big yard, and the best climbing tree they'd ever seen, she and her sisters couldn't wait to get moved in. It didn't take long for the house to reveal its secrets. The entire family was targeted as something evil lurked between the walls and threatened to tear them apart. In the two weeks the family lived in the house they battled physical attacks from unseen assailants, spiritual attacks on their articles of devotion throughout the house, and even demonic possession. And then, of course, there was the thing in the basement-the thing that nobody wanted to talk about. Was the house reliving its torrid past or are some houses just born evil? Laura's family was about to find out in the worst way In this incredible true story of a family living a horrible nightmare in central Kentucky, if you weren't a believer in the paranormal before, you might just change your mind.

Taryn Magill can see the past through her camera and she's never met an old house she didn't like. But what happened before she fought for her life at the Devil's House? What is the mysterious presence that haunts her Aunt Sarah's farmhouse in New Hampshire? Was she the first to see and hear ghosts at the historic Shaker Village?Taryn's Camera: Beginnings includes 4 novellas that act as prequels to the Taryn's Camera series. All ghost stories, all spooky fun In "Pieces" you'll travel back to Shaker Town and follow Susan, a spitfire woman who learned the secret of the haunted pond long before Taryn.In "The Devil's House" you'll return to Windwood Farm and follow four teenagers in the 1950s who spend an evening at the haunted house that none of them will ever forget.In "Stella", you'll meet Taryn's grandmother, a woman who finds that there's more to her spooky old house than she ever imagined.Lastly, in "Sarah" you'll finally meet Taryn's Aunt Sarah. Alone in her rambling old farmhouse in New Hampshire, Sarah is about to come face-to-face with something unspeakable-something that will act as the catalyst for everything that follows in Taryn's life.**These are companion stories to the Taryn's Camera series. It is not necessary to have read the rest of the books in the series first. The Taryn's Camera series follows multi-media artist Taryn Magill, a woman who can see the past through her camera. If you like ghosts, mysteries, and old houses than she's your gal **

Kudzu Valley was just starting to adjust to having one witch...what's it going to do with TWO?When Bryar Rose, Liza Jane's feisty sister, has a breakdown in front of millions of people on live TV, she decides she needs a break from the glamorous life. Moving in with her sister to the small mountain town in Eastern Kentucky will hopefully give her some time to meditate, reflect on the past, and drown her embarrassment in copious amounts of bourbon.Life in the 'Kudz isn't as uneventful as she'd hoped, though.As the sisters struggle to coordinate the deep-fried food vendors and knock-off designer purse booths for the annual Mushroom Festival, they soon find themselves at the center of an investigation-half the town has been poisoned and Bryar Rose is the accused Of course, that's not stopping the townspeople from continuing to come to Liza for everything from love spells to money charms (everyone needs a bigger tax refund).Can Liza Jane Higginbotham clear her sister's name, put on a fabulous festival, and take care of everyone before the sisters are chased out of town with pitchforks?Book 2 in the Kentucky Witches Series

The whole town said the old, abandoned mansion was haunted, but the Sanders family didn't care. They didn't believe in ghosts...but they would.Named for the row of weeping willows that lined the driveway, Willow Terrace was the most well-known house in the county. With its sweeping views, wraparound porches, and fourteen rooms it was the kind of place that was coveted. Built in the mid-nineteenth century, it was also one of the old houses in town. Stained windows, intricate wood carvings, and a winding staircase straight out of the movies-So why had it been empty for nearly twenty years?The Sanders family had been watching the house for most of their lives. As a teenager, Piper had sworn she would own the house one day. When their small business began taking off, they finally had the chance to buy it and begin fixing up the sad, neglected place.They'd brushed off those rumors and stories they'd heard, tales of ghostly figures that appeared in windows, cries in the middle of the night, objects that flew across rooms... Ghosts weren't real, right?The Sanders were about to take a journey into the world of the supernatural-a journey they'd never forget. They'd soon learn they weren't the only ones living in their new house.And that their unearthly visitors might not be happy for the intrusion. Secret passageways, underground tunnels, an invisible child, demonic rituals, and a town's haunting mystery...had they bitten off more than they could chew? Now the Sanders' family faced a difficult choice: make a run for it or stay and fight for the house they'd invested everything in.Based on a true story.

A haunted school. A national scandal. What is this small town hiding?Seven people are dead. Muddy Creek's most famous resident is the suspect. But there's more than what meets the eye in this high-profile mystery. It's not your typical ghost story.Historic Muddy Creek Elementary School has been abandoned for nearly twenty years. When it's partially destroyed, artist Taryn Magill is hired to recreate the old building through her paintings in hopes that it will be rebuilt as an Appalachian Heritage Center.Popular children's author, and town recluse, Lucy Dawson has lived in Muddy Creek all her life. Most townspeople haven't seen her in years. When she's accused of murder, the small, mountain town is shaken to its core.But Taryn thinks there's more to this story. There's something sinister about the old school that everyone seems to love. More than simply spooky and scary, it's tainted. The cries she hears down the decrepit hallways haunt her and the stench of decay is from more than age. Every town has its own haunted house, but this is different. Taryn's convinced that Muddy Creek Elementary is hiding a terrible, awful secret-And that Lucy Dawson knows more than she's telling.With the help of Miss Dixie, the camera that can see the past, and the county's now infamous criminal, Taryn aims to get to the bottom of the mystery before it's too late for everyone.Book 7 in the Taryn's Camera paranormal mystery and haunted house series. The ghost story series follows Taryn Magill, an artist whose camera can see the past. Together, they work to solve the mysteries of the places they visit-sometimes with the extra help of the dead. The ghosts are only the beginning of what they find