Creepy Stations

by Dinah Williams

Readers will get a lesson in history in this series of titles that looks at what happened in various historical places and how these happenings are tied to tales of ghosts, poltergeists and other unexplainable phenomena.

Genres: Nonfiction

32 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Dinah Williams, an editor and children's book author, is fascinated by odd and unusual stories. Her nonfiction books include Terrible but True: Awful Events in American History; Secrets of Walt Disney World; and Spooky Cemeteries, which won the 2009 Children's Choice Award. Dinah's newest book, True Hauntings Deadly Disasters, is coming from Scholastic in 2020. She lives in Cranford, NJ with her husband and daughters, who hate all things scary.

Reviews

[Camron Tyson · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[K.L. Bernard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Stories of ghosts and hauntings have rumored around the world for centuries. Stories of sightings have been documented in photos and films for a long time. Young readers will learn about a few stories of ghosts from events that really happened in train stations and subways. There are eleven intriguing stories including President Lincoln’s body being carried by train to his hometown in Springfield, Illinois in 1865. Some say, even today, they can still see the train making stops. In Hanover, Kansas the Hollenberg Pony Express Station riders carried over 35,000 pieces of mail from Missouri to California. It is rumored phantom riders can still be seen and heard. The wreck of engine number nine that fell off the Bostian Bridge in 1891 killed twenty-two people and in 2010 added one more person to its list and injured another. The eleven stories found throughout these pages are guaranteed to excite, engage and chill readers of all ages.

Author Dinah Williams with the help of consultant Troy Taylor the President of the American Ghost Society have really done their homework. Readers will find old photos, and little boxes with snippets of facts. The back pages show a map of locations from around the world, a glossary and a link to learn more about scary places online. If you’re into ghosts this is a handy tool to have in your library.

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thousands of people pass through train stations every day... and some stay for hundreds of years. Train wreck victims, murder victims, and the only Pony Express rider killed in the line of duty; the various ghosts that are said to inhabit those places where so many people come to move on, and some never do.

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

These books are really interesting in history and creep factor. Both my 8 year old and I love reading them. This one about train stations of the past is no exception.