True Ghost Stories and Eerie Legends from America's Most Haunted Neighborhood - Softcover

Domine, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1494289016 ISBN 13: 9781494289010

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

The most haunted neighborhood in America? That’s what many are calling Old Louisville, an extensive preservation district with hundreds of old mansions and beautiful homes in Kentucky’s largest city. Wherever you go in this eye-popping neighborhood, it seems that a haunted house is not far away. Or a haunted church, a haunted street corner, or a haunted park. Over the last decade, so many stories of paranormal activity have surfaced that Old Louisville has gained the reputation as being one of the spookiest locations in the country. David Dominé discovered this for himself after purchasing an old home on Old Louisville’s famed Millionaires Row in 1999. A self-proclaimed skeptic, the food writer dismissed rumors of a mischievous resident poltergeist named Lucy when he moved in, but he quickly found himself at a loss to explain the disembodied footsteps and mysterious odors that seemed to plague the old house. Soon, he was talking to neighbors and fellow homeowners, and it seemed that everyone had stories of strange events and supernatural occurrences in their own dwellings. As a result, David set out to document and research these reports and began writing about the neighborhood; in the process he uncovered a wealth of fascinating history and ghostly tales that convinced him this historic neighborhood is like no other in the country. If you liked David Dominé’s Ghosts of Old Louisville series, you’ll love True Ghost Stories and Eerie Legends from America’s Most Haunted Neighborhood. Edited and updated, this collection brings together the most popular and chilling tales from his previous books about one of the most fascinating neighborhoods in the country.

About this title

From the Author:

Thanks for checking out True Ghost Stories and Eerie Legends from America's Most Haunted Neighborhood! This, my eleventh book, brings together the most popular accounts of hauntings in Old Louisville in one edited and updated volume. I've added great photographs and lots of historical substantiation in the form of death certificates and old newspaper articles, just to name a few. Old Louisville is an acclaimed historic preservation district at the heart of Kentucky's largest city and if you love old houses and ghost stories as much as I do, this is a place you'll want to visit. Every night of the year at 7:30 we offer guided ghosts walks of the sites mentioned in this book, and often I am your guide. The tours depart from the Old Louisville Information Center in Central Park. Google "Louisville Historic Tours" online and the web site will give you more information about this interesting and informative tour, as well as other daily tours of what people have also been calling "America's largest Victorian neighborhood" for years now. You can also see more images of this lovely and spooky neighborhood at the Facebook page dedicated to "America's Most Haunted Neighborhood" - Thanks and see you soon! David

From the Inside Flap:

Keep an eye out for this forthcoming book by the same author!

THE HOUSE IN OLD LOUISVILLE

A sledgehammer. A body in the basement. A bizarre love triangle. Kinky sex, illicit drugs, counterfeit money, female impersonators - and a spooky old house. You couldn't make this stuff up.
 
On June 17, 2010 at 9:30 p.m. police were called to break up a domestic dispute at 1435 South Fourth Street in the historic Old Louisville neighborhood. Patrol officers responded within minutes and they found the caller, Jeffery Mundt, unharmed, in a locked bedroom. They arrested his boyfriend, Joseph Banis, and took him to the station. On the way, however, Banis made a startling claim. A man, he said, had been murdered the year before, sometime in mid-December, and was buried in the basement of the 8000-square-foot house.
 
When officers returned later that night, they found a large plastic storage container under several feet of dirt in the basement. In it was the body of James Carroll, who had been shot and stabbed. Known as Jamie to many of his friends, Carroll was a hairdresser from eastern Kentucky who also performed as a drag queen by the name of Ronicka Reed.
 
Banis and Mundt were charged with the murder of James Carroll, but both insisted that the other was responsible. They stood trial in 2013 and the result was one of the most bizarre cases ever seen in the Derby City. In the end, Banis was convicted of the murder and Mundt was acquitted, although he was found guilty of several lesser charges. Today, they are both in prison, but people are still wondering about what really happened that night in The House in Old Louisville.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1494289016
• ISBN 13: 9781494289010
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 312