Within a city, building structure or even landscape terrain there exists calamities, secrets and unexplainable mystery. One may never fully know or comprehend what has subsequently become concealed discreetly from public view. Paranormal activity lurks within the vacuum.
Consequences from evil acts, vice and scandal may become whitewashed and ignored over generations, yet never fully obliterated. This edition documents events, personalities and tragedies that have resisted contemporary amnesia. Their reappearance and intrusion is rarely welcomed by those presently inhabiting the former space. Simply ask anyone who cohabitates with an unsettling spiritual presence or apparition.
Their collective experiences are both vivid and real. Tread lightly and never casually dismiss the presence of spiritual matters unseen but sublimely present. The metro areas highlighted in this edition include:
CHARLOTTE METRO
Battle of Charlotte, Christenbury Eye Center, Fire Station #4, Elmwood-Pinewood Cemetery, Murders of Kim Medlin and Reesa Trexle, Praise The Lord Network, NFL Player Rae Carruth, Bob Walton's Briefcase, Ri Ra Irish Pub, Stonewall Jackson Youth Development Center, Lake Norman, Taco Bell Serial Killer, Queens University Hauntings, Duke Mansion, Founders Hall, Jefferson, Reed Gold Mine, James K. Polk Birthplace, Copeland House, Carolina Inn, Dunhill Hotel, Buckhead Saloon,
GREENSBORO/BURLINGTON/WINSTON-SALEM
Andy Griffith's Mt. Airy, Biltmore Hotel, Daniel Boone's Cave, Cane Creek Quaker Colony, Carolina Theatre, Grant's Park Quarry, Greensboro Massacre, Lawson Family, Elizabeth Grant and Tiffany Long's Murders, Lydia's Bridge, Mr. Barbecue, Mickey Coffee Pot, 1969 Burlington Race Riots, Magnolia House, Battle of Alamance, Carolina Mills Fire, Bitter Blood Murders, Serial Killer John Richardson, Reynolda House, Korner's Folly, Ardmore Scandal, Hanging Rock Park Lodge and Old Salem
DURHAM/CHAPEL HILL
Murders of Faith Hedgepeth, James Cates, Michael Crosby, Zijie Yan and Kathleen Peterson, Rampage Killer Craig Stephen Hicks, Gimghoul Castle, Occoneechee Race Track, Duke Bell Tower Phantom, Eno River Park, Duke Lacrosse Scandal, Confederate Army Surrender Site
RALEIGH METRO
Bain Water Treatment Plant, Historic Red Light District, Free Expression Tunnel, Joel Lane, Murders of Ludlow Skinner, Elbert Smith and Beth Ellen Vinson, Mordecai House, Horse and Mule Cemetery, Spinning Angel of Oakwood, Burying Whale Corpses, Mysterious Lee Harvey Oswald Call, Page-Walker Hotel, Roaring 20s Speakeasies and Yates Mill,
CHARLESTON
Pink House, Dock Street Theatre, Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon, Fort Moultrie, Old Charleston Jail, David Ramsey House, Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Fischer House, Former Citadel, St. Philip's Church and Graveyard, Battery Carriage House, Old Slave Mart, H. L. Hunley Submarine, Unitarian Church, Blind Tiger Pub, Francis Warrington Dawson and Clifton Harris Jr. Murders, Husk and Poogan's Porch Restaurants and Courier Square
GEORGETOWN
Pawleys Island, Grey Man, Heriot-Tarbox House and All Saints Episcopal Cemetery
MYRTLE BEACH
Atalaya Castle, The Bowery, Drunken Jack's and Pier 14 Seafood Restaurants, Brentwood Restaurant, Plyler Park, Sky Wheel, Free Fall Thrill Park and Peaches Corner
Visual Artist, Writer and Photographer Marques Vickers is a California native presently living in the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle, Washington regions.
He was born in 1957 and raised in Vallejo, California. He is a 1979 Business Administration graduate from Azusa Pacific University in the Los Angeles area. Following graduation, he became the Public Relations and ultimately Executive Director of the Burbank Chamber of Commerce between 1979-84. He subsequently became the Vice President of Sales for AsTRA Tours and Travel in Westwood between 1984-86.
Following a one-year residence in Dijon, France where he studied at the University of Bourgogne, he began Marquis Enterprises in 1987. His company operations have included sports apparel exporting, travel and tour operations, wine brokering, publishing, rare book and collectibles reselling. He has established numerous e-commerce, barter exchange and art websites including MarquesV.com, ArtsInAmerica.com, InsiderSeriesBooks.com, DiscountVintages.com and WineScalper.com.
Between 2005-2009, he relocated to the Languedoc region of southern France. He concentrated on his painting and sculptural work while restoring two 19th century stone village residences. His figurative painting, photography and sculptural works have been sold and exhibited internationally since 1986. He re-established his Pacific Coast residence in 2009 and has focused his creative productivity on writing and photography.
His published works span a diverse variety of subjects including true crime, international travel, California wines, architecture, history, Southern France, Pacific Coast attractions, fiction, auctions, fine art marketing, poetry, fiction and photojournalism.
He has two daughters, Charline and Caroline who presently reside in Europe.