Oklahoma might seem like an unexpected place for Cold War tensions to boil over, but the state played a key role in a conflict that threatened global annihilation.
There was the Altus Air Force Base, a hub for intercontinental ballistic missiles. There was the former Oklahoma faculty member accused of committing espionage for the Soviet Union. (Another professor dug his own fallout shelter in Weatherford -- by hand.) But perhaps the most memorable moment came during the Cuban Missile Crisis when an emergency siren malfunction sent terrified one city's parents scurrying to local...
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Every city, town, parish, community and school has their own paranormal history. Whether they are spirits caught in the Bardo, ancestors checking on their descendents, restless souls attempting to send a message to those on the living side of the veil, or simply toublemakers taking joy in giving living-kind a scare, ghosts have been part of the human tradition from the beginning of time. In this book, we feature a collection of stories from five of America’s most haunted cities: Washington D.C., New Orleans, Chicago, Galveston and Baltimore.
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