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“j w ocker”

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  • Twelve Nights at Rotter House

    by J.W. Ocker ...
    Edgar Award-winning author J.W. Ocker spins a dark, psychological thriller about a travel writer who stays for 13 nights at the infamous Rotterdam Mansion unprepared for the horrors that lie within in this true love letter to the haunted house genre."It's easy to recognize Ocker as a future master of madness after this thrilling haunted house trip." —Fangoria MagazineFelix Allsey is a travel ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Cult Following

    The Extreme Sects That Capture Our Imaginations—and Take Over Our Lives

    by J. W. Ocker ...
    Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about history’s most notorious cults—and the psychology of the people who join them—is packed into this accessible, engaging volume. Walk in the footsteps of those who were lured into sinister groups from Heaven’s Gate to NXIVM. Contents also include:Los Narcosatánicos: This group of drug traffickers in 1980s Mexico committed human sacrifice and believed their ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • The United States of Cryptids

    A Tour of American Myths and Monsters

    by J. W. Ocker ...
    The United States of Cryptids: A Tour of American Myths and Monsters is a fascinating and fully illustrated journey through the weird world of American cryptids, from iconic creatures like Bigfoot and Mothman to bizarre local legends most people have never heard of. Written by travel writer and folklore enthusiast J. W. Ocker, this entertaining nonfiction guide explores the myths, sightings, ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

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  • Cursed Objects

    Strange but True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items

    by J. W. Ocker ...
    They’re lurking in museums, graveyards, and private homes. Their often tragic and always bizarre stories have inspired countless horror movies, reality TV shows, novels, and campfire tales. They’re cursed objects, and all they need to unleash a wave of misfortune is . . . you.Many of these unfortunate items have intersected with some of the most notable events and people in history, leaving death ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • A Season with the Witch

    The Magic and Mayhem of Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts

    by J. W. Ocker ...
    Edgar Award-winning travel writer spends an autumn living in one of America's spookiest tourist destinations: Salem, MassachusettsSalem, Massachusetts, may be the strangest city on the planet. A single event in its 400 years of history—the Salem Witch Trials of 1692—transformed it into the Capital of Creepy in America. But Salem is a seasonal town—and its season happens to be Halloween. Every ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Our Monster, Who art in Heaven

    by J.W. Ocker ...
    It’s 1997, and William Sturm is a freshman stuck at an isolated fundamentalist Christian college in a swamp near Tampa Bay, Florida. On his first day back from break, a student is found impaled on the chapel steeple. A week later, Will later tries to save a fellow student from choking on something no one else can see; only the result isn’t gratitude but public disgrace, branding him a pervert and ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Poe-Land

    The Hallowed Haunts of Edgar Allan Poe

    by J. W. Ocker ...
    Winner of the 2015 Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical!Follow the footsteps of the father of American horror fiction.Edgar Allan Poe was an oddity: his life, literature, and legacy are all, well, odd. In Poe-Land, J. W. Ocker explores the physical aspects of Poe’s legacy across the East Coast and beyond, touring Poe’s homes, examining artifacts from his life—locks of his hair, pieces of his ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • The New York Grimpendium: A Guide to Macabre and Ghastly Sites in New York State

    A Guide to Macabre and Ghastly Sites in New York State

    by J. W. Ocker ...
    From the author of The New England Grimpendium comes a new travelogue and insider’s guide to wicked, weird, wonderful New York.When J. W. Ocker’s first book, The New England Grimpendium, emerged on the scene, Max Weinstein of Fangoria.com called it “a travelogue for those who revel in the glory of their nightmares.” Rick Broussard at New Hampshire Magazine said of it, “I’ve read a dozen books ... Read more

    $19.19 USD

  • The New England Grimpendium

    by J. W. Ocker ...
    An insider’s guide to wicked, weird, and wonderful New England.A rich compendium of macabre and historic New England happenings, this travelogue features firsthand accounts of almost 200 sites throughout New England. This region is full of the macabre, the grim, and the ghastly—and all of it is worth visiting, for the traveler who dares! Author J. W. Ocker supplements directions and site ... Read more

    $15.69 USD

  • The Smashed Man of Dread End

    by J.W. Ocker ...
    From USA Today bestselling author J.W. Ocker comes a chilling middle grade horror perfect for fans of R.L. Stine and Holly Black alike.Noe Wiley couldn’t be more excited to move. After the slumber party sleepwalking incident of last year, she’s ready to make some new friends.But Noe didn’t expect the sullen, strange girls who live on her new street. And she certainly didn’t expect the strange ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • Death and Douglas

    by J. W. Ocker ...
    Douglas has grown up around the business of death. Generations of his family have run the Mortimer Family Funeral Home. The mortician and gravediggers are all his buddies. And the display room of caskets is an awesome place for hide and seek. It’s business as usual in Douglas’s small New England town. Until one day an incredibly out of the ordinary murder victim is brought to the funeral home. And ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Don't Go There

    A Tour of the World's Most Sinister Spots

    by J. W. Ocker ...
    Embark on a guided tour of 30 of the most dangerous and mysterious locations that we simply cannot stay away from.Have you ever visited a forest or an abandoned building and gotten a bad vibe? There are places that are rife with rumors of hauntings, monsters, and sinister phenomena that can’t be explained. And there are just as many sites that are the confirmed home of disasters, murders, and man ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

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