Travels of Terror

Description

Travels of Terror
by Kelly Florence

ISBN: 9781728290195
Softcover, new

Brief Description:
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 geta