This is a library of books and DVDs on Amazon.com that we have compiled that may be helpful in further planning trips to macabre sites. Almost all of these resources were used in researching data for Dark Destinations.  We have provided our own overview/mini-review of each resource as a way to highlight its usefulness when it comes to planning trips or simply finding new locations.  We have also compiled a list of useful Internet Resources that offer further information that can be useful in planning a trip.  In addition to these resources, every location on Dark Destinations lists external links as well as further resources available on Amazon.com that lists more information about that given location.  More resources will be added to this library over time as we sort through our own collections, so please check back often.  If you know of a book or a DVD that fits the profile and is missing from the list, please Let us Know and we will be sure to get it included here.  Feel free to add your own ratings and/or comments to each of the resources below to further aid fellow dark travelers.

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Title	Type	Ratings	Comments
Field Guide to Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents, and Other Mystery Denizens of the Deep	Book	4/1	No Comments
By Loren Coleman, Patrick Huyghe, Harry Trumbore (Illustrator), Mark Lee Rollins (Illustrator)
Overview by TheCabinet: This book is something of a field guide for would-be monster hunters that are brave enough to seek out the legendary stories that reportedly hide under the surface of lakes and oceans. Like any book by author Loren Coleman (here co-authored with Patrick Huyghe), the book is a fantastic comprehensive overview of the various stories and myths associated with the cryptids of the water. Locations include the famous Loch Ness, Scotland and Lake Champlain, as well as lesser known bodies of water such as Flathead Lake in Montana. The only major obstacle in the book is that the book is arranged by monster classification, rather than geography so it might be rather difficult to pinpoint a particular body of water. Fortunately, the book contains an excellent index to remedy this, as well as fantastic appendix that lists reported monsters in lakes, rivers, and oceans arranged by continent, country and state or province. While offering little more than the name of body water and a brief classification of potential monster, the list is one of the most comprehensive of its kind and makes the book more than worth it. Fortunately, the rest is pretty good too.
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The Field Guide to North American Hauntings: Everything You Need to Know About Encountering Over 100 Ghosts, Phantoms, and Spectral Entities	Book	0/0	No Comments
By W. Haden Blackman
Overview by TheCabinet: W. Haden Blackman's coverage of over 100 reputedly haunted locations across North American. The book is pitched as something of an investigator's field guide to looking into claims of the paranormal, but includes such off-limits sites as The White House or the Amityville Horror House, as well as no longer existing sites as the remnants of Flight 401, which were reportedly recalled and destroyed. That said, it does offer plenty of interesting information and is divided up based on categories: houses, vehicles, cemeteries, parks and nature, and the ever-descriptive "other haunted sites". A small sampling of locations covered include Bachelors Grove Cemetery, Robbins, IL, Hotel del Coronado, and the R.M.S. Queen Mary. Coverage includes almost all U.S. states (minus Hawaii) and Canadian provinces with the number of locations varying. Each chapter highlights several major locations, as well as offers a quick list of other similar sites in snippet detail. The major highlights offer address or directions as well as type of activity and the number of suspected ghosts involved. The state appendix can be awful frustrating to navigate, but is better than most books.
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Film and Television Locations: A State-By-State Guidebook to Moviemaking Sites, Excluding Los Angeles	Book	3/1	No Comments
By Doug Gelbert
Overview by TheCabinet: This is an interesting compilation of various movie and television locations found throughout the United States, with the ironic exception of Los Angeles (it takes multiple books to cover that city). Every state is included, along with Washington D.C., and horror film locations include The Exorcist Steps, Timberline Lodge (The Shining), and Evans City Cemetery, Jackson PA (from Night of the Living Dead). Each entry has a short snippet about the location, its address, and how it appeared in the film (though not always) and the book is one of the few to actively cover television locations as well as film. However, it is fairly small in comparison with other books based around filming locations and its wide coverage of genres is fairly light on horror films, as well as some of the lesser-known gems out there. It strictly lists the locations used in the films, but offers few aspects of the production or fun facts about the film and sometimes even fails to mention in what context a location appeared in a film. That said, it is still a refreshing look at film locations outside the confines of Los Angeles, California and its inclusion of each state makes it very worthwhile.
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Footsteps in the Fog: Alfred Hitchcock's San Francisco	Book	4/1	No Comments
By Jeff Kraft, Aaron Leventhal
Overview by TheCabinet: If you are a fan of Alfred Hitchcock and happen to be in (or plan to visit) the San Francisco Bay area of California, this is the book for you. Authors Jeff Kraft and Aaron Leventhal painstakingly track down the various locations used by the famous director in countless of his films. A sampling of the movies covered include Shadow of a Doubt, Vertigo, The Birds, Rebecca, Suspicion, and Family Plot. The duo not only describe how the locations were utilized for the production, but also include photos from the location at the time of filming as well as contemporary photos. The book is thorough, it even includes a couple of houses in the area that might have inspired the infamous Psycho House from Hitchcock's classic Psycho. The addresses or general location are included for each entry and the book even offers an overview map that pinpoints the locations for each individual entry. Leaving no stone unturned, Kraft and Leventhal even include a list of places and businesses that Hitchcock liked to spend time in while in San Francisco. Footsteps in the Fog is a fantastic addition for any Hitchcock fan interested in the thought processes behind the locations used in his films, as well as a great travel guide for those interested in retracing his steps.
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