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Some folks leave their hearts in San Francisco. Have others left their spirits? This weeklong fright fest visits America's allegedly possessed prisons, haunted hotels, and local legends in search of things that go bump in the night. Does a ghostly apparition rattle chains in his Alcatraz cellblock? Who is the Woman in White sobbing near the Calumet River? What mysterious specter looms in the Indonesian Embassy? These are but a few of the chilling tales from San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Chicago, New Orleans, and Las Vegas that will be uncovered. In true travel-guide style, each spooky destination comes with tour and contact info in case you're hankering for your own ghost-busting excursion. If that's not enough to make your hackles rise, read and share ghostly tales, go grave hopping, take the paranormal poll, and then listen to spine-tingling tales for a little pulse-pounding entertainment.