When a police detective from Wichita takes a vacation, his idea of fun is trying to catch a serial killer in Springfield, Missouri. Detective Mason Chase can’t let an old case go, so he turns to private investigator Booger McClain for help. Together with Booger’s resourceful wife, Rose, the trio soon close in on their elusive killer, only to find there’s more to this string of cases than anyone realized.To uncover the truth, the detectives will have to risk everything they hold dea...

The lights and sounds of a haunted house can be thrilling, but they can turn horrifying quickly when a young sister gets separated from her older brother in the chaos of a carnival crowd. Detective Booger McClain is on the case when little Abby Wilkinson goes missing on Halloween, but he soon finds himself in a heap of trouble with a local judge and the Connorville mayor when the carnival owners threaten to sue the city if the nosy investigator isn’t pulled off the case.Ultimately,...

Jane Collins gave birth to twin boys. One died shortly after childbirth. The other had emotional challenges and lacked self-confidence. Dennis Collins had a difficult childhood. His father was an alcoholic and was physically abusive. His mother was passive and allowed the abuse to continue. She mourned for her dead son, Kevin. She lived in fear of her abusive husband. She had little time to nurture her son’s emotional needs. Dennis withdrew into a shell and into an imaginary world where hi...

Before Alan Brown wrote Haunted Places in the American South, only the locals knew what was lurking in these locations. Slamming doors, eerie lights, and Confederate soldiers' ghosts kept some folks too scared to talk with outsiders.Above Peavey Melody Music in Meridian, Mississippi, children may be heard giggling and running down an abandoned hallway that turns icy cold.At the Jameson Inn in Crestview, Florida, an apparition appears on surveillance tapes after fil...

Underneath the city of Springfield, Missouri, in the caves and tunnels around downtown, lives a dark community all its own. And as Detective Booger McClain discovers: above ground isn’t much different. As McClain searches for answers in a famous local homicide case, he and his wife, Rose, run straight into his old nemesis, The Order, a secretive group of wealthy men who hold tremendous power and influence. And this time, The Order is hellbent on destroying the nosy Ozarks’ detective for go...

Dennis Glenn was a shy, socially awkward teenager when he met Elise Pinera, the daughter of a funeral home owner. His family struggled in life. Her family was well-healed. They came from different social classes. Still, they fell in love with each other. Her family tried to keep them apart, but their love was too strong. They married despite her family’s wishes. With time, her family came to terms with their marriage. They even paid for Dennis to attend mortuary school. When he graduated, ...

Some of the nation's most compelling ghost stories owe their origin to "The Father of Waters." Ghosts along the Mississippi River is the first book-length collection of ghost tales from the small towns and bustling cities that have grown up along its banks. The states represented in this book include Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. Unlike most collections of "true" ghost stories, Ghosts along the Mississippi Rive...

Lean back into Louisiana lore with an earful of New Orleans jazz and a bellyful of Cajun cuisine. But when the music dies down and the lights flicker out, hushed conversations bleed into the darker mysteries of the Pelican State. Storied outlaws like John Murrell, Eugene Bunch and Leather Britches Smith steal into the room. Voodoo priestesses Marie Laveau and Julia Brown are already there, along with the Phantom Whistler and the Axeman of New Orleans. Folklorist Alan Brown educates and ent...

The Ozarks in Southern Missouri is a majestic place. In the fall, when the tourists are gone, and the leaves change from green to amber and orange, it is difficult to find a more beautiful place.Nestled between three lakes in the valley and mountains just beyond is a unique college few people know about. The college is small, with about 500 students attending, but its grounds span nearly 400 acres. It is a free college where students work in exchange for an education. It is a Chris...

Ghost stories from America's "Heart of Dixie" have never been so creepy, fun, and full of mystery!Welcome to the spooky state of Alabama! Stay alert! Ghosts lurk around every corner. Even the most unexpected places might be haunted by wandering phantoms.Did you know that every February, a sunken ship rises again on the Tombigbee River? Or that the man peeking out of the Pickens County Courthouse window was wrongfully imprisoned there…150 years ago? Can you believe the sounds ...

Southerners are accustomed to hearing stories of a residence, an old hotel, a mansion, or a battlefield being haunted. In Ghost Hunters of the South, Alan Brown shows that ghostlore is no longer enough for some. The forty-four ghost hunting groups he profiles in this book pack cameras, Geiger counters, thermal scanners, oscilloscopes, tape recorders, computers, and dowsing rods to find and record elusive proof of supernatural activity. With candor, the directors and team members r...

Rosette was nearly finished with her college journalism degree when she was thrust into a series of events to stop a plot that threatened to destroy America as she knew it. While covering a protest in Washington D.C., a Christian crusader in shining armor appeared out of thin air to stop a deadly terrorist bombing. In her quest to find out more about this supernatural superhero from eighth century France dubbed by the public as the Paladin, this young budding Jewish reporter finds herself ...