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It's How You Finish

It's How You Finish

Troy Taylor

Dominion Records LLC
2019
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Dive into the life and mind of a not so stereotypical African American male. In this book, he describes the emotional struggles of an introverted man living in an extroverted world. Survival stories of being bullied and rejected as a child, lust, fears, pride, sexuality, insecurities, divorce, fatherhood, manhood and the lifelong impact of living in a fatherless environment are all played out in the tale of this author's life. In this book, taboo subjects like men living on the "down-low" and the people who say they love them are discussed from the perspective of a black man who has a profound understanding of both those living in that glass house and the ones peering through the window, rocks in hand. Take a journey into the life and mind of a man who through perseverance and relentless ambition, emerged triumphant in spite of the many hurdles, hurts, and setbacks he was forced to face. Many may still be running through the maze of life, reaching towards the light at the end of the tunnel however life is not ultimately about how you start, it's how you finish.
Haunted Missouri

Haunted Missouri

Troy Taylor

Stackpole Books
2012
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Frightening stories of hauntings throughout the state, including . . . The tragic specters of the Lemp family of brewers in St. Louis Spooky Zombie Road in Wildwood Phantoms of Mark Twain Cave The haunted Elms Resort Hotel in Excelsior Springs Spirits of the Civil War battle of Wilson's Creek
True Crime: Illinois

True Crime: Illinois

Troy Taylor

Stackpole Books
2009
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Illinois was in many ways born in blood. From the early days of piracy to twentieth-century mob massacres, the state has been plagued with some of the worst crimes in history. This book begins with a general overview of crime in the state and then focuses on its headline stories. Included are the cases of the 'Murder Castle' of H H Holmes, the intellectual thrill killers Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, the bloody St. Valentine's Day Massacre involving Al Capone's South Side mob and Bugs Moran's North Side gang, the eight nurses brutally butchered by Richard Speck, and the horrifying rape and slaughter of 33 young men by 'Killer Clown' John Wayne Gacy.
Monsters of Illinois

Monsters of Illinois

Troy Taylor

Stackpole Books
2011
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Bigfoot Big Muddy Monster The Piasa Bird The Mad Gasser of Mattoon Other strange creatures, including vampires, alligators in the sewer, out-of-place panthers, thunderbirds, and lake monsters"
The Big Book of Illinois Ghost Stories

The Big Book of Illinois Ghost Stories

Troy Taylor

Globe Pequot Press
2019
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Hauntings lurk and spirits linger in the Prairie State Reader, beware! Turn these pages and enter the world of the paranormal, where ghosts and ghouls alike creep just out of sight. Author Troy Taylor shines a light in the dark corners of Illinois and scares those spirits out of hiding in this thrilling collection. From a gallows tree in Greene County where an apparition can still be seen hanging, to the lingering spirits of warring mobsters at the site of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, these stories of strange occurrences will keep you glued to the edge of your seat. Around the campfire or tucked away on a dark and stormy night, this big book of ghost stories is a hauntingly good read.
The Big Book of Missouri Ghost Stories

The Big Book of Missouri Ghost Stories

Troy Taylor

Globe Pequot Press
2019
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Hauntings lurk and spirits linger in the Show Me State Reader, beware! Turn these pages and enter the world of the paranormal, where ghosts and ghouls alike creep just out of sight. Author Troy Taylor shines a light in the dark corners of Missouri and scares those spirits out of hiding in this thrilling collection. From a headless ghost who stalks the aptly named “Murder Rocks”, to a large hairy monster that roams the banks of the Missouri River, there’s no shortage of bone-chilling tales to keep you up at night. It’s even rumored that the devil himself came to St. Louis in 1949, but nobody knows for sure if he ever left. Around the campfire or tucked away on a dark and stormy night, this big book of ghost stories is a hauntingly good read.
Haunted Illinois

Haunted Illinois

Troy Taylor

Globe Pequot Press
2021
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The mysterious and often violent history of Illinois has made the state a haven for restless spirits. This volume explores the supernatural side of the Prairie State, with stories on the horrors of an old slave house, the numerous spirits of Alton's McPike Mansion, the cemetery where the dead walk, the Spring Valley Vampire, the ghosts of the Bartonville Asylum, Chicago's famous Resurrection Mary, and the spirit world of Abraham Lincoln.
The Foundations of Financial Freedom: Seven Smart Strategies to Streamline Your Success
Get ready to handle your financial fitness, manage your money and build your fortune. Whether you earn $25,000 or $250,000, are single or married, are debt-ridden or hunting for ways to boost your investments, Foundations of Financial Freedom will help you get a positive edge on life. No matter what age you are, country you are from, what kind of background you have, these Seven Smart Strategies To Streamline Your Success will deliver the answers you need to get to the level of abundance that you want. It's not about the economy. It's about you, and there's something YOU can do about it. You'll learn how to: Identify the greatest investment in finance for you Quickly choose and build the skills that will have the biggest impact on your money and life Redirect unintentionally wasted money into positive life-changing spending Maximize your daily fulfillment to avoid needless and aimless struggle and frustration Optimize your surroundings for the most constructive outcomes Tweak your habits for massive change Embrace advanced strategies for of rest and rejuvenation to maximize your waking hours And you'll find out how to take each strategy step by step so that you are positioned for tremendous success for the long run. Stop with get-rich-quick schemes. Take simple steps that are meaningful and powerful to set yourself up for life no matter what comes your way.
Wicked Northern Illinois: The Dark Side of the Prairie State

Wicked Northern Illinois: The Dark Side of the Prairie State

Troy Taylor

History Press Library Editions
2010
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From the secrets of Joliet Penitentiary to the ferocious gunfights between the Ku Klux Klan and the Shelton Gang, Troy Taylor takes the measure of the dishonest sweat and innocent blood poured into the prairies of Northern Illinois. Meet the "fallen angels" of Decatur's red-light district, the Springfield counterfeiters who bungled stealing Lincoln's bones and the Aurora man who propped up his porch with the heads of his wife and brother-in-law. And if you dare, eavesdrop on the chilling confession of a man who left a dancer's corpse to the mercy of the railroad tracks: "So, I pat them on the cheek, call them sweet names, and kill them."
Murder & Mayhem in Chicago's Vice Districts

Murder & Mayhem in Chicago's Vice Districts

Troy Taylor

History Press Library Editions
2009
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From the very beginning, Chicago thrived on its reputation as a wide-open town. After the Great Fire, no part of the city was rebuilt more quickly than the vice districts, where bribed cops and brutal force emboldened professional wickedness to celebrate itself with gala events like the First Ward Ball, begun in honor of a madam's pianist and often so crowded that passed-out drunks couldn't even fall to the floor. Randolph Street was nicknamed Gambler's Row because men gambled with their lives by visiting it. In Little Hell, guns and knives could be rented by the hour. In these seedy areas only put to sleep by Mickey Finn's knockout drinks or Gentle Annie's knockout punches, it is no wonder that Detective Woolridge kept seventy-five disguises, made twenty thousand arrests and was shot at forty-four times.
Haunted New Orleans: History & Hauntings of the Crescent City

Haunted New Orleans: History & Hauntings of the Crescent City

Troy Taylor

History Press Library Editions
2010
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New Orleans--the Big Easy, the birthplace of jazz, home of Cafe du Monde and what some call the most haunted city in America. Beneath the indulgence and revelry of the Crescent City lies a long history of the dark and mysterious. From the famous "Queen of Voodoo," Marie Laveau, who is said to haunt the site of her grave, to the wicked LaLauries, whose true natures were hidden behind elegance and the trappings of high society, New Orleans is filled with spirits of all kinds. Some of the ghosts in these stories have sordid and scandalous histories, while others are friendly specters who simply can't leave their beloved city behind. Join supernatural historian Troy Taylor as he takes readers beyond the French Quarter and shows a side of New Orleans never seen.
Wicked New Orleans: The Dark Side of the Big Easy

Wicked New Orleans: The Dark Side of the Big Easy

Troy Taylor

History Press Library Editions
2010
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Since as early as the 1700s, New Orleans has been a city filled with sin and vice. Those first pioneering citizens of the Big Easy were thieves, vagabonds and criminals of all kinds. By the time Louisiana fell under American control, New Orleans had become a city of debauchery and corruption camouflaged by decadence. It was also considered one of the country's most dangerous cities, with a reputation of crime and loose morals. Rampant gambling and prostitution were the norm in nineteenth-century New Orleans, and over one-third of today's French Quarter was considered a hotbed of sin. Tales in this volume include that of the notorious Axeman who plagued the streets of the Crescent City in the early 1900s and Kate Townsend, a prostitute who was murdered by her own lover, a man who later was awarded her inheritance. Troy Taylor takes a look back at New Orleans's early wicked days and historic crimes.
Wicked Decatur

Wicked Decatur

Troy Taylor

History Press Library Editions
2011
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In 1854, Decatur was nicknamed Hell's Half Acre."? By the 1910s and 1920s, the town was referred to as the "Second Most Corrupt City in Illinois, "? gaining notoriety as a place where murder, bootlegging, prostitution, kidnapping, gambling and political corruption were common. Members of the Decatur police force, like Troy Taylor's great-grandfather, were hard-pressed to bar the door against crime in a town that seemed determined to remain wide-open. Wicked Decatur presents a rogue's gallery of those who have slipped through the cracks of legality over the past century and a half."
Murder & Mayhem on Chicago's North Side

Murder & Mayhem on Chicago's North Side

Troy Taylor

History Press Library Editions
2009
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In 1929, Chicago gangster Al Capone arranged a special St. Valentine's Day delivery for his favorite arch enemies: a massacre. Seven North Side mobsters were left dead. Yet random killings and bizarre murders were not unfamiliar in Chicago. Tales of the city's most violent and puzzling murders make this gripping work truly hair-raising: a deranged stalker kills his love object and then himself; a sausage maker uses the tools of his trade to rid himself of his wife; and a meticulous serial killer cleans his dead victim's wounds before taping them closed. Through accounts dripping with mystery, gory details and suspense, Troy Taylor brilliantly tells the twisted history of Chicago's North Side's worst.
Murder & Mayhem on Chicago's West Side

Murder & Mayhem on Chicago's West Side

Troy Taylor

History Press Library Editions
2009
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Blazing from the West Side, the Great Chicago Fire left nothing but ashy remnants of the developing city, leveling its landscape but certainly not its spirit. While the West Side was home to the infamous O'Leary barn, it was also where news of some of the city's most gruesome and horrific crimes reverberated throughout the state and across the country. Read about the bloody end of Roger The Terrible"? Touhy, who, although he undoubtedly lived up to his name, met an ill-deserved fate. Troy Taylor also delves into the life of John Wayne Gacy, the depraved man masked by the clown costume, and yet again proves to be a master storyteller and historian of Chicago's criminal underworld."
Murder & Mayhem in Chicago's Downtown

Murder & Mayhem in Chicago's Downtown

Troy Taylor

History Press Library Editions
2009
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In the company of author Troy Taylor, pull off the trick of coming back alive from some of Chicago's most infamous one-way rides." Meet the deadly womanizer Johann Hoch, who would propose to a woman within twenty minutes of meeting her and then poison her within a week. Follow "Terrible" Tommy O'Conner as he eluded the gallows for more than fifty years, until the city finally grew "tired of waiting" and dismantled them for the final time. Learn how even flower shops and cathedrals weren't safe from gangland violence, and relive the tragic fire at the Iroquois Theatre, where a "fireproof" curtain was made of cotton and did little to stop the blaze that killed more people than the Great Fire of 1871."
Murder & Mayhem on Chicago's South Side

Murder & Mayhem on Chicago's South Side

Troy Taylor

History Press Library Editions
2009
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Lurking below the Loop, behind the industry-driven energy of Chicago, lies the mysterious criminal underworld of the South Side. Recounting criminal exploits of legends like Alphonse Capone, as well as lesser-known stories like the Car Barn Bandits, Troy Taylor captures the intricacies of the most infamous stories of Chicago's South Side. From the gruesome murders committed by the unassuming H.H. Holmes to the mysterious death of Marshall Field Jr., join Taylor as he revisits the South Side's prosperous middle-class days and vividly depicts the strange and horrific crimes that have cast new light on the character of these too often overlooked neighborhoods.