Ghosts of Alcatraz and Other Hauntings of the West

This was a fun read a loud for the kids. Just enough information on a handful of haunted places to keep them engaged without becoming overwhelmed with history. The kids ranked it a 4* book. I appreciated the extra resource book list in the back for further reading and the extra website links for fur......more

This was very simple. I honestly don’t remember much about it other than I liked the Thornewood Castle, the Queen Mary ship and the Tombstone Saloon…interesting places.......more

Gave me too little info but made me want to find more. Already had awareness of most of the locations, but there were a couple of new ones for me to look into.......more

Although I like the spooky images that accompany the descriptions of allegedly haunted houses in the West, I would have liked a few more details about each of them. I would have also helped to have the Scary Ranking explained a bit. The book provides information about places as different as Alcatraz......more

Each two page spread gives a description of the hauntings that happen there and a brief history of the tragedy/event that spurred the haunting. Each location also has a fact box that states the location, first sighted haunting, and scary factor- though there is not indication if the scary scale if o......more