Ghostly Tales
Ghostly Tales
A Night of Ghosts, Mysteries and Legends in Fort Lauderdale
The purgatorial train shrieks and rumbles down the tracks by night, rocking side to side, whistle screaming on its journey through the dark abyss of eternity. Packed inside are souls whose trip with this train has no end in sight . . . souls of those who died tragically on the tracks of the Florida East Coast Railroad. Its endless journey through endless time is their punishment for stupidity . . . or was it suicide?
So goes the introduction to the Ghost Train along Fort Lauderdale's original railroad line, and its tie to its dark past. The tale of this train has been told several times on the History Channel. It is but one of many tales related by the Ghost Tour Guides of the Ghosts, Mysteries & Legends tour of Old Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale's premier ghost tour.
Ghosts, Mysteries and Legends of Fort Lauderdale meets at the northeast corner of Las Olas and Andrews under the sign of the very modern Museum of Art, in the heart of the city's restaurant and entertainment district, minutes away from the beach and the downtown and airport business hotels.
With cape, gaucho hat and lamp in hand, Ghost Guides wander off into the night and introduce visitors and locals to Fort Lauderdale's "other night life" as they walk along the banks of the New River in the city's historic district.
But Ghosts, Mysteries and Legends is more than just a ghost tour, as Christian Rieger, its managing director tells, "There are more than just ghosts of the dead out there. We introduce our clients to the ‘world of spirits." Some are spirits locked in time, some are visitors from other time zones, other times, other dimensions and other places on our physical plane. Then there are the nature spirits, the angelic host and guardian angels — all figure into the civilization and culture of the "other side of the veil." And all watching us. There is no privacy. So get over it. We talk pretty much about the whole pack."
Fort Lauderdale has two para-normal power aspects which makes it important in its revelations of what is going on in the non-material world. One is the energy that runs down the New River from the Everglades (hoary with antiquity, perhaps three ice ages old). The other is Fort Lauderdale is at the western point of the Bermuda Triangle. The lowest gravitational point on the planet is over its southern point at the Puerto Rican Trench, the deepest hole in the Atlantic Ocean.
A group of Danish scientists who have made it their life's study, have discovered that the magnetic field of the planet has declined 1 3/4 % in the last twenty years, while in the Bermuda Triangle it has declined by 20%. Mr. Rieger postulates, "We believe that these two important energy aspects contribute significantly to some of the paranormal events that have happened, and people have gotten digital photos of, on our tours."
Orbs indicate the presence of, or are supposed to be, ghosts. People using their digital cameras on ghost tours everywhere else when they photograph orbs, are content to get what looks like large or small, shiny, bright, translucent ping-pong balls. But here in Fort Lauderdale the guides and the patrons frequently get faces in orbs. One night a man looked at one such very evil-looking wol- face from the depths of hell, and said, "I wished I never saw that."
"One photograph" adds Rieger, "is of an orb perhaps 10 or 12 feet over the roof of an old hotel. When magnified three times, it show an image of a phantom flying through the air within it. If orbs are supposed to be ghosts, this was proof. As far as Ghosts, Mysteries and Legends knows, no one has taken such a photo elsewhere. We also have a photo of an orb with a square-rigged ship in it, and another of a one-room school house. Both images are connected to the history of Fort Lauderdale and have apparently shown up in the "memory of nature" as recorded by the cameras."
"We have also photographed the activity of nature spirits," says Rieger. "Nature spirits are the entities that mystical tradition tells us causes the grass to grow, the flowers to be aromatic and the winds to blow. Frequently, at the beginning of rain storms, photographs will show hundreds of orbs. These will not be seen several minutes later."
Classic ghost tails include the strange carrying-ons of the Women in the White Wedding Dress, the Mystery of the Wandering Left Hand, Shirttail Charlie, and the Drunk at the Bar.
"It is great family entertainment," says Rieger, "something for the family besides watch television in the hotel room. It also works great for local families, because ghost tours are a clever way to introduce local history to children - a way of making history interesting and easy to listen to. And be sure to bring your digital camera." Photographs taken by guests along the tour are at their website, Their MySpace website includes excerpts from a video recorded by PBS Channel 2 in Miami, Florida
About the Author
Olga Marie Pathinas-Brovanovitch, born in Moscow, U.S.S.R. in 1954 to two members of the Communist Party, was trained in espionage in a training town in the Urals, where she learned Arabic, French, Polish and English with natural accents. She has written articles, using nom de plumes, on Chinese international relations, the central banks and how capitalism does not take care of itself.
Have a hideously good time in Tono's past and present
The professor's snoring had kept me up until the wee hours of the morning. When I awoke, the reading light in the hostel's upper bunk was still on and a copy of "The Legends of Tono" lay open at the page where I had dozed off. With that book being full of hobgoblins, ravaging wolf packs and rural satyrs, it was surprisingthat I'd got a wink of sleep. A place of mystery, saturated in superstition ...
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Ghostly Tales $26.73 Included in this volume are Schalken the Painter, An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street, An Authentic Narrative of a Haunted House, Ultor De Lacy, and The Haunted Baronet. Author: Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan/ Lefanu, J. Sheridan Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 Publication Date: 2005/08/01 Language: English Dimensions: 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.55 inches |
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Ghostly Tales. by Fitzclarence, Wilhelmina [Paperback] $34.65 Title: Ghostly Tales.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the worlds largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The FICTION PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th centurys most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of works the collection also includes songbooks, comedy, and works of satire. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Fitzclarence, Wilhelmina; 1896. 320 p.; 8 . 012626.g.1. Author: Fitzclarence, Wilhelmina Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 372 Publication Date: 2011/03/17 Language: English Dimensions: 7.44 x 9.69 x 0.77 inches |
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The Shape of Fear and Other Ghostly Tales $36.99 It was strange that at sight of a thing so unspeakably fair, a coldness like that which comes from the jewelblue lips of a Muir crevasse should have fallen upon Dodson, or that it was only by summoning all the manhood that was left in him, that he was able to restore light to the room, and to rush to his friend. When he reached poor Tim he was stonestill with paralysis. Author: Peattie, Elia Wilkinson Binding Type: Hardcover Number of Pages: 62 Publication Date: 2010/09/10 Language: English Dimensions: 7.01 x 10.00 x 0.25 inches |
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Ghostly Lighthouses from Maine to Florida $19.59 A collection of fifteen tales about ghostly inhabitants of some of Americas most haunted beacons along the eastern seaboard. Author: Monks, Sheryl Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 145 Publication Date: 2005/04/01 Language: English Dimensions: 8.02 x 5.06 x 0.39 inches |
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Seven Strange Ghostly Tales By Jacques, Brian $11.09 This collection of both lighthearted and bizarre tales of the macabre features a young boy who discovers his new vampire friend has a nagging mother like his own, and a teenager whose pranks drive a museum curator to mummify him. Reprint. Author: Jacques, Brian Publication Date: 1999/08/01 Number of Pages: 137 Binding Type: Paperback Grade Level: 46 Language: English Depth: 0.25 Width: 5.00 Height: 8.25 |
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J. S. Le Fanus Ghostly Tales V3 $26.53 The stranger, having finished this message, turned abruptly, and, with a quick, but silent step quitted the room, before Schalken had time to say a word in reply. The young man felt a curiosity to see in what direction the burgher of Rotterdam would turn, on quitting the studio, and for that purpose he went directly to the window which commanded the door. A lobby of considerable extent intervened between the inner door of the painters room and the street entrance, so that Schalken occupied the post of observation before the old man could possibly have reached the street. He watched in vain, however. Author: Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 138 Publication Date: 2010/09/10 Language: English Dimensions: 7.52 x 9.25 x 0.30 inches |
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J. S. Le Fanus Ghostly Tales V2 $34.85 Late one evening, as some little boys from the village were returning from a ramble through the dark and devious glen of Cappercullen, with their pockets laden with nuts and frahans, to their amazement and even terror they saw a light streaming redly from the narrow window of one of the towers overhanging the precipice among the ivy and the lofty branches, across the glen, already dim in the shadows of the deepening night. Author: Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan Binding Type: Hardcover Publication Date: 2010/09/10 Language: English Dimensions: 10.00 x 7.00 x 0.25 inches |
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J. S. Le Fanus Ghostly Tales V1 $34.85 The stranger, having finished this message, turned abruptly, and, with a quick, but silent step quitted the room, before Schalken had time to say a word in reply. The young man felt a curiosity to see in what direction the burgher of Rotterdam would turn, on quitting the studio, and for that purpose he went directly to the window which commanded the door. A lobby of considerable extent intervened between the inner door of the painters room and the street entrance, so that Schalken occupied the post of observation before the old man could possibly have reached the street. He watched in vain, however. Author: Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan Binding Type: Hardcover Number of Pages: 42 Publication Date: 2010/09/10 Language: English Dimensions: 7.01 x 10.00 x 0.25 inches |
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J.S. Le Fanu S Ghostly Tales $20.09 Author: Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 108 Publication Date: 2010/04/22 Language: English Dimensions: 7.51 x 9.25 x 0.22 inches |
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Ghostly Dreamspell by Smith, Lisa Rene [Paperback] $27.77 Enjoy ten ghostly tales of the paranormal: Do Wah Diddy Dead by Pauline B. Jones; Charity by Alexis Glynn Latner; Veras Kingdom by Cathy Noonan; Alligator Dreams by Teresa Leigh Judd; Shes Not Really There by Cathy Noonan; Hannigans Crosses by Cathy Noonan; Slabbed by Cathy Noonan; Natural Causes by Tony Williams; Companion by Catherine Brooks; An Almost One Star Hotel by David Fingerman Author: Smith, Lisa Rene Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 184 Publication Date: 2010/05/20 Language: English Dimensions: 5.51 x 8.50 x 0.39 inches |
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The Ghostly Hideaway by Sanders, Doris Hale [Paperback] $28.44 The Ghostly Hideaway is the first in a trilogy of ghostly tales. Ed Wroe is framed for grand theft by Norman Jones, his friend and partner in the cabinet making business. They discover Jones is a liar and Ed is acquitted, but when they want to talk more to Jones, he has left the country. Though proven innocent, Eds reputation is damaged to the point where he and his wife, Penny, decide to move back from South Carolina to her home state of Kentucky. The family, (Christina, 17, and twins, Andy and Candy, 5) get lost on back roads and run out of gas near a large, dilapidated, 3story house. No one answers the door but there is nowhere else to go, so they take refuge inside. Weird noises startle them from the beginning but after three weeks, no one comes and they settle in. Johnny OReilly and his grandmother, Lydia Thorne live just up on the hill and Johnny and Chrissy fall in love. Penny finds an old picture album and a journal written by the family who lived there before they came that leads her to believe that her family actually has a right to be there. But the ghosts, an arsonist and the sheriff may have other ideas. Despite all this, the Wroe family really does enjoy living in their Ghostly Hideaway. The second book in this trilogy is titled, The Haunted Hideout and in this story, Andy and Candy find their own ghost and Penny finds another longlost relative who can communicate with the ghosts. The third in the series is The Phantoms Refuge and continues the theme of the Wroe family and their supernatural problems. Look for the second and third books, The Haunted Hideout and the Phantoms Refuge coming soon. Author: Sanders, Doris Hale Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 276 Publication Date: 2006/12/01 Language: English Dimensions: 8.00 x 5.00 x 0.62 inches |
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Ghostly Gourds $89.99 Norman Rockwell Ghostly Gourds - Framed Art Print |
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J. S. Le Fanus Ghostly Tales, Volume 5 $23.09 Author: Fanu, J. S. Le Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 80 Publication Date: 2010/01/29 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.16 inches |
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J. S. Le Fanus Ghostly Tales, Volume 1 $20.24 The stranger, having finished this message, turned abruptly, and, with a quick, but silent step quitted the room, before Schalken had time to say a word in reply. The young man felt a curiosity to see in what direction the burgher of Rotterdam would turn, on quitting the studio, and for that purpose he went directly to the window which commanded the door. A lobby of considerable extent intervened between the inner door of the painters room and the street entrance, so that Schalken occupied the post of observation before the old man could possibly have reached the street. He watched in vain, however. Author: Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 48 Publication Date: 2004/06/01 Language: English Dimensions: 9.25 x 7.50 x 0.10 inches |
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J. S. Le Fanus Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 $25.44 Author: Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 140 Publication Date: 2004/06/01 Language: English Dimensions: 9.25 x 7.50 x 0.30 inches |
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J. S. Le Fanus Ghostly Tales, Volume 2 $20.24 Late one evening, as some little boys from the village were returning from a ramble through the dark and devious glen of Cappercullen, with their pockets laden with nuts and frahans, to their amazement and even terror they saw a light streaming redly from the narrow window of one of the towers overhanging the precipice among the ivy and the lofty branches, across the glen, already dim in the shadows of the deepening night. Author: Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 48 Publication Date: 2004/06/01 Language: English Dimensions: 9.25 x 7.50 x 0.10 inches |
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In Ghostly Japan $16.59 In Ghostly Japan collects twelve stories from celebrated author Lafcadio Hearn. Some of these stories are ghostly and ghastly while others are wonderfully benign. Whether he's telling a ghost story or explaining a Buddhist proverb Hearn's writings are never less than enthralling. |
Cheap Ghost Writing Isn't Easy -- But It's Worthwhile!
You might think that selling yourself short is a sure way to not be a success in the ghost writing field. And your eyes are probably dancing with the large sums of money that you've heard ghost writers pull down, in yearly figures such as $60,000 to $100,000, or amounts such as $15,000 to $60,000 per each book written. You're a writer, you love to write, and you believe that this is the way to go when it comes to writing.
This is especially so when you've started to break into the field and you're a ghost writer -- or ghostwriter -- who has never really ghosted a book for someone else before. You're probably thinking big bucks, major book contracts, large amounts of cash advances from publishers and huge percentages from the books you will be anonymously writing for big time authors.
But let's face some facts. First time authors are often people with no real money or skills to invest in writing a book. They may have fantastic stories to tell, but they don't have the enormous amount of financial capital available to hire any such expensive ghost writers. They're bound to enter some psychological difficulties when they see that the payments to you are the whopper figures such as those listed above, and that those are the only sorts of prices accessible to them. By laying out such enormous fees, you could be stuck losing a huge customer base of clients with fantastic stories to tell -- but without the major wherewithal to pay you to tell them. What if, say, your potential author, the person hiring you to write his or her story, has only $5000 or less to spend?
I know what I'm talking about, and I can create a decent, well-written work of cheap ghost writing in a month or so for around that amount of money. You do that, and there's your $60,000 per year! It really isn't all that hard. You don't even have to charge as high as $5000 per book.
Most other ghost writers I know are only as capable I am, but many of them do charge the higher amounts. The clients of the high end ghost writers tend to be people with enormous sales potential, not the typical first time authors who have a great story but often don't really go anywhere with it - the so called "sucker market."
It might be worthwhile to consider charging less, or negotiating a deal with such a "first timer." Over the years, I have drawn the conclusion that there are an awful lot of such people out there. I have been ghost writing books for people for as low an amount as $2000 per book, and as I have sources of income from other types of writing, I have been finding an immense amount of personal satisfaction from helping such would be authors actually obtain what they are looking for in a "cheap ghost writer" who charges a reasonable price for the quality and quantity of work done for them. I simply ask for installment payments, usually made in advance, and sometimes I also ask for a percentage of the net book sales.
This works out to be less "greedy" on my part and more of a service that I provide for authors who are simply yearning to get their books up high on the top of the New York Times Bestseller lists, and who know that such are their dreams, not necessarily their realities. These are often people who have reached the ends of their ropes when it comes to negotiating a lower price for their books. They usually have nowhere else to turn when it comes to putting out their own personal stories, and they need someone with a willing ear and pen to listen and help them set down their tales before it's too late for them to be told. And there is still hope for these people to even hit the big time, if they have the right types of stories to tell.
Also, some of these authors simply don't know what they're doing and need a guiding hand to help them. They need their letters of query written up for them, their brief biographies put together, and their book proposals prepared for them, as they are dipping their toes into the writing field and getting them wet for the first time. A lot of them think they are going to get their book written and then get some kind of major advance, straight from a publisher.
It just isn't like that 90% of the time. An advance comes after a deal has been negotiated with a reputable literary agent, bids by publishers for the book have been scrutinized, and contracts have been signed. It helps in a major way to have the book in hand, sometimes even having it self published first, to get anywhere near a commercial publisher. This can be a very expensive process for a first time, would be author.
People like that don't need to face down what looks like to them to be a million dollar price tag when they are looking for what's described as a cheap ghost writer. They want an actual inexpensive ghost writer who understands their needs, both budgetary and otherwise, who can sit down with them and negotiate a fairly low amount of money paid out by them so they can figure on at least getting some return from their books. These people are not Presidents of the United States or famous movie actors, whose books are guaranteed to sell, and many of them find themselves "stuck" with what used to be called vanity publishing, nowadays called self publishing. They won't necessarily find a commercial publisher who wants to take a chance on huge returns from their books in today's multifaceted but still challenging world of publishing.
These clients need literally cheap or inexpensive ghost writers. They don't need to spend a small fortune on their books to find out they all dead ended in a warehouse, didn't sell as widely as they thought they would, or they otherwise came out on the short end of the stick. They need to carefully invest their time and effort on a decent, expert ghost writer. And they could use some material publishing help to get their books "out there" -- properly displayed and promoted in today's modern Internet oriented book market.
Help them. Consider bargaining and bartering at a lower price sometimes, and not at a higher price. It might be worth your while. Try it and see!
About the Author
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