Austin, Texas, is filled to the brim with eerie tales of phantoms and creepy happenings. Read about Ben Thompson, Austin's ghostly gambler and sheriff; meet Blanche Dumont, a famous "boarding house madam" ghost; explore the early days of the notorious Jack the Ripper and his killing spree in Austin; and find out how to observe the very strange and scary emergence of 20 million bats! Even better, this book tells you their exact locations, so that you can encounter Austin's ghosts. AUTHOR: Fiona Fitzgerald Broome is a professional ghost researcher and founder of the popular ghost hunting website, www.HollowHill.com. For more than twenty years, she has investigated ghosts around the world, especially the ghosts of Austin, Texas, and vicinity, ever since she arrived in the Lone Star State.
