July’s blog brings us to a town near my home. In Creede, Colorado, beneath Bachelor Mountain, hundreds of miners worked to free the precious mineral hidden within silver-rich veins. Life beneath the mountain was never easy. Cave-ins. Explosions. Poisonous gases. Falling rock. Every shift underground carried the possibility that a miner might never return to […]
Before leaving California, a friendly barista started a conversation with me. He said my face was familiar. After a brief discussion, “Oh, yeah,” he said. “You’re that writer who writes creepy stuff. I follow your blog. And I’ve got one for you.” He told me about a forgotten Greek temple. Where there are no crowds. […]
I’m spending the next couple of weeks camping among the redwoods in the Santa Cruz Mountains near Felton, California. And as beautiful as they are, I discovered the redwoods hold centuries of creepy legends. Ghost Tree Legend of Felton The redwoods of Felton do not simply grow—they loom. By day, they stand as ancient sentinels, […]
