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Haunted Santa Cruz, California
Haunted Santa Cruz, California
Haunted Santa Cruz, California
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From inspiring Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho to being the stalking ground of serial killers, Surf City, USA, has a spooky history with a West Coast twist.
 
Though generally a peaceful coastal city, the dark stains from Santa Cruz’s past still linger. A former Spanish Mission, Holy Cross Catholic Church harbors a dark history of a brutal revolt of native Ohlone people that killed the cruel Fr. Andres Quintana. Frequented by mobsters and celebrities in its heyday, the famous Brookdale Lodge’s most talked-about guest is the ghost of a little girl who died nearby in 1892 after nearly drowning. Terrorized by three different serial killers during the 1970s, the city earned the nickname of “the Murder Capital of the World.” Local resident Alfred Hitchcock derived inspiration for his iconic film Psycho from the haunted mid-nineteenth-century Hotel McCray. Tracing the city’s eeriest incidents back to their roots, historical researcher and paranormal investigator Maryanne Porter details these and many more stories of local legend and lore.
 
Includes photos!
 
“[Porter] vividly retells the darker aspects of Santa Cruz history, and shares recorded experiences, including some of her own, at popular local haunted sites like the Brookdale Lodge and Sunshine Villa.” —GoodTimes
LanguageEnglish
Release dateSep 26, 2016
ISBN9781439657881
Haunted Santa Cruz, California
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Maryanne Porter

Maryanne Porter is a native of Santa Cruz, California, and a lover of history, urban legends, myths and the paranormal. She is the founder of Santa Cruz Ghost Hunters, a history and paranormal research team, and owner of Santa Cruz Haunted Tours, which will be taking its tours on location at the haunted "World Famous Brookdale Lodge" in its next venture. She is excited to share the ghostly stories of her hometown in her first book, Haunted Santa Cruz, California.

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    Maryanne has obviously spent many years gathering the history of Facts of Santa Cruz. She had taken painstakingly many hour of research and spoke to many of the older locals that reside in Santa Cruz today to be able to write and recreate the turmoil and trauma set forth in her efforts and truths of this book. An unbelievable read but do true n correct to the history of Santa Cruz lay within these pages . This is a page turner front to back from the beginning to the very end. If you are a history buff or one that likes to go to sleep hearing bumps in the night that becomes real, this book is a must read..... Please pick up a copy for yourself and do not forget to leave here a review. Good night......or not.

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