Spookiest Lighthouses: Discover America's Most Haunted Lighthouses

By Terrance Zepke

SPOOKIEST LIGHTHOUSES reveals the ten most haunted lighthouses in America. Paranormal activity ranges from the frequent smell of cigar smoke to piano music heard inside abandoned lighthouses where there is no piano or radio! Most of these historic sites are open to the public and some even offer ghost tours and investigations. In addition to the paranormal discussion, a brief history, photographs and detailed visitor information are included in every chapter. You’ll learn that...

Condemned prisoners were executed here...their anguished screams can still be heard at Execution Rocks Lighthouse (New York).

Thousands of Confederate soldiers died while imprisoned at Point Lookout Lighthouse (Maryland) during the Civil War. A paranormal investigation captured twenty-four different voices cursing, moaning, and saying things such as “Help!” and “Bad Shape!” on digital recorders.

When a keeper’s wife ran away with a local ferry captain, the keeper at New London Ledge Light (Connecticut) killed himself but many believe that his spirit is still here.

The paranormal activity at Port Boca Grande Light (Florida) involves a pirate and a princess.

...and much more!

Ghost enthusiasts will love reading about all the paranormal activity that has transpired and been well documented at these light stations. Lighthouse and architectural enthusiasts will appreciate reading about these marvelous monuments that include a Victorian mansion light station in the middle of the ocean, the biggest light station complex in the U.S., and the tallest lighthouse in Oregon, which is perched precariously on a rocky cliff 205’ above sea level.

Award-winning writer/photographer Terrance Zepke has studied parapsychology at the Rhine Research Center, has investigated purported hauntings worldwide, and is the author of nearly two dozen books. More information on her titles, including A Ghost Hunter’s Guide to the Most Haunted Places in America, Lighthouses of the Carolinas: A Short History and Guide, and Lowcountry Voodoo: Tales, Spells and Boo Hags can be found on www.terrancezepke.com.

Spooky fun for both the casual reader and the seasoned lighthouse enthusiast. -Martin Coble (Producer) Southern Lights Productions

Spookiest Lighthouses is an impressive effort and documents Terrance Zepke as an accomplished writer able to quickly engage the interest of her readers and hold that attention until the last line of the final page. -Jim Cox, Midwest Book Review

"...then comes the good stuff; the ghost stories. Each lighthouse has a different and unique tale...I would recommend it to history buffs, paranormal enthusiasts, and lighthouse lovers everywhere. -Online Book Club

• Language: English
• Publisher: Terrance Zepke
• Release date: Aug 1, 2013
• ISBN: 9780985539825

Terrance Zepke

Terrance Zepke has a B.A. in Journalism and a Masters degree in Mass Communications and has also studied parapsychology, which is the study of paranormal phenomena, at the renowned Rhine Research Center. She is an award-winning and best-selling author of more than fifty books. Terrance has traveled to every continent and enjoyed all kinds of amazing adventures, such as piranha fishing on the Amazon River, an elephant safari in Nepal, dog-sledding in the Arctic, and spending the night in the famously creepy Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum as part of a paranormal investigation. She is in demand as a speaker and has been featured on NPR, The Learning Channel, History Channel, Around the World, CNN, Rick Steves Show, Good Morning Show, and the Travel Channel. She is the host of TERRANCE TALKS TRAVEL: UBER ADVENTURES and co-host of A WRITER'S JOURNEY: FROM BLANK PAGE TO PUBLISHED. More about this author, her books, and dozens of free repots can be found on www.terrancezepke.com and www.terrancetalkstravel.com

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Spookiest

Lighthouses

Terrance Zepke

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Spookiest Lighthouses

About the Author

Introduction

St. Simon’s Lighthouse

Execution Rocks Lighthouse

St. Augustine Lighthouse

Point Lookout Lighthouse

New London Ledge Lighthouse

Yaquina Head Lighthouse

Heceta Head Lighthouse

Seul Choix Lighthouse

Port Boca Grande Lighthouse

Seguin Island Lighthouse

More Haunted Lighthouses

Titles by Terrance

Sneak Peek (Book Excerpt)

About the Author

Award-winning author/photographer Terrance Zepke has lived and traveled all over the world during her career as a freelance adventure travel writer and ghost hunter. She has been to every continent and had all kinds of adventures—from dog-sledding in the Arctic to investigating all kinds of haunted places, from lunatic asylums to lighthouses. Even though she has lived all over the globe, including Honolulu and London, she calls the Carolinas her true home. She can’t decide which state she likes best so she divides her time between North and South Carolina. She grew up in the South Carolina Lowcountry, which is what ignited her interest in ghosts. The Lowcountry is full of haunted places and tales of boo hags, hoodoo, and haints. She has made numerous television and radio appearances, including NPR, Travel Channel, Around the World, Travel with Rick Steves, and The Learning Channel. Her articles have appeared in dozens of publications and she has written nearly two dozen books. Visit www.terrancezepke.com to learn more.

Introduction

I’ve been fascinated with lighthouses ever since my first visit to one, which was fifteen years ago. The first lighthouse I toured also happened to be the tallest beacon in America—Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.

I had to climb 268 spiral steps to reach the top, but it was worth it. This beacon, which is equivalent to a skyscraper, is an engineering and architectural marvel. You can’t help but be impressed when you see it and learn all about how it was constructed. Since it was built in 1870, it was truly ‘manmade’ as there was no heavy machinery at that time. My first visit to a lighthouse ultimately led to my first book project, Lighthouses of the Carolinas: A Short History and Guide.

I remain fascinated with lighthouses for many reasons. One of those reasons being that they represent a bygone era that included lifesaving stations, wickies (a nickname for lighthouse keepers), nefarious pirates, and full-rigged sailing ships guided only by stars and lighthouses.

The earliest lighthouses were lit using fires and candles. The first lighthouse built in America was Boston Light on Little Brewster Island (Boston, Massachusetts) in 1716. Even though it is automated nowadays, they still have ‘keepers’, although just for us tourists. The last beacon built in the U.S. was Sullivan’s Island Lighthouse at Charleston, South Carolina in 1962. It has air conditioning and an elevator!

Lighthouses come in all shapes and