{"product_id":"creepy-california-strange-and-gothic-tales-from-the-golden-state-9780253029058","title":"Creepy California: Strange and Gothic Tales from the Golden State","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeneath California's scenic landscape lies a strange and dark side, full of spine-tingling tales and frightful imagery. \u003ci\u003eCreepy California: Strange and Gothic Tales from the Golden State \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the disturbing and macabre stories of unexplained deaths, intentional live burials, true crimes, and ghosts who haunt the Pacific Coast. This spooky collection includes the extraordinarily odd, like the account of a coroner, who \"borrowed\" the stylish clothes of one dead man and even sold the corpse's head to a doctor for scientific research, and the paranormal, like the tale of a haunted, two-story house in San Francisco that was moved across town in an effort to dislodge its ghostly tenants. The attempt failed, and the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle \u003c\/i\u003ecommented that \"the neighborhood has been kept in a constant dread and torment by unearthly groans, mysterious lights, and agonized shrieks emanating from their dread habitation.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn intriguing and frightful look at the disturbing side of the state, \u003ci\u003eCreepy California\u003c\/i\u003e promises to send chills down your spine and keep you looking over your shoulder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeven McQueen is an instructor in the Department of English at Eastern Kentucky University. He is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Kentucky Book of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMurder and Mayhem in Indiana\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Axman Came from Hell and Other True Crime Stories\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Quarry Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460070805778,"sku":"9780253029058","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3f00a963-dcbb-4e6f-a675-2c20a809c232.jpg?v=1730025383","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/creepy-california-strange-and-gothic-tales-from-the-golden-state-9780253029058","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}