In addition to being the Land of Enchantment, New Mexico was also once the Land of Bewitchment. Witches used to streak across the skies as fireballs, creep along the streets as black cats, and flutter into the trees in the form of owls. When they weren't casting the Evil Eye, they might be concocting a dish of worms disguised as goat's cheese or making a love potion for a client. And those were just the Spanish brujas. Elsewhere, Navajo skinwalkers stalked the deserts and prairies in wolfskins, and the ghosts of Apache witches possessed bears in the forests. From historical accounts like the Abiquiu witch trials and Luis De Rivera's deal with the Devil to familiar folktales like Panfilo and the Cat-Eyed Witches and the Witches in the Oldest House, this tome collects all of New Mexico's best known witch-tales and accounts.

Ever since the early days of cinema, starting with the 1910 FRANKENSTEIN, monsters have been the stuff that movies are made of. This guidebook includes all of Universal's Classic Monster movies from DRACULA (1931) to ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE MUMMY (1955) and THE CREATURE WALKS AMONG US (1956) to Hammer Film's CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1957) to THE LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES (1974). Also reviewed are related horrors like Turkey's DRACULA IN ISTANBUL (1953), Mexico's THE NEW INVISIBLE MAN (1958), Japan's FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD (1965), Spain's COUNT DRACULA (1970), Italy's LADY FRANKENSTEIN (1972), and Germany's NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE (1979) to name only a few. From well-known classics like DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1920) and BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935) to off-shoots like I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF (1957), BILLY THE KID VERSUS DRACULA (1966), and BLACULA (1972), this tome has got them all!

Tales of La Llorona, the wailing woman, have struck fear into the hearts of children and adults alike for centuries. In this volume, learn how stories of La Malinche, the jilted mistress of Hernan Cortés, ghostly European women in white, shrieking banshees, and Aztec goddesses combined to create the La Llorona legend. Then, from New Mexico's traditional wailing woman in white to the rebozo-wearing skeleton stalking the streets of Mexico City to a horse-headed iteration haunting Texas, see how La Llorona differs from region to region. Also included are entries on related specters like El Llorón, a male version of La Llorona, La Lechuza, the owl witch, the Donkey Lady of San Antonio, the Ghost Girl of the Mimbres, the whistling El Silbón, the vampiric tlahuelpuchi of Tlaxcala, and many more!

Apacheria is an antiquated term referring to the lands inhabited-and often ruled-by the Apache in the 19th Century. It spanned portions of Mexico, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Within Apacheria once existed a golden triangle extending from Silver City and Grants in New Mexico to Alpine, Arizona. Somewhere in this nebulous triangle existed the Lost Adams Diggings, an enchanted canyon that cried tears of gold. As such, any gold strike in the region was often attributed to the lost diggings. And, to the chagrin of the Apache, gold-hungry prospectors ravaged their lands in search of the precious ore. In the pages ahead are tales of Apache warriors who killed miners with golden bullets, a phantom mountain haunted by a hairy giant, lakes of gold frequented by the Navajo, a Masonic Apache brotherhood guarding their Golden Mountain, plus the secret treasure caches of the great Apache warriors Geronimo, Juh, and Mangas Coloradas among many others.

If Old West folklore is to be believed, then the open range was crawling with revenants-that's old-timer slang for the undead. Revenants could include everything from vampires to mummies to zombies. More than a few re-animated corpses terrorized the West, the most notable of which was a decapitated horse rustler strapped to the back of a wild mustang. Known as El Muerto, the Headless Horseman of Texas would eventually be caught and buried. However, after the body was planted in the hard Texas earth, it rose again and has been seen riding across the plains ever since.

In the pages ahead, you'll ask yourself: Was the Snarly-Yowl a West Virginia werewolf or a ghostly hellhound? How did a headless, blood-drinking corpse from Capitan, New Mexico, relate to a giant Aztec bat god hidden away in nearby Sierra Blanca? Was the walking dead seen stalking the Nueces River with a noose around its neck a zombie or a ghost? Did a tribe in the Ohio Valley worship werewolves, or were they werewolves themselves? Was the bewitched Hex Cat of Tumbling Run dispatched by a golden bullet or was it captured and put on display? Did Daniel Boone ever fight the Ozark Howler? Was a skull-stealing skinwalker just a witch in wolf's clothing, or a genuine werewolf? Did an Apache medicine man successfully resurrect Chief Diablo from the dead to fight the U.S. cavalry? Was Billy the Kid's corpse spirited away to a Las Vegas insane asylum by a mad scientist?

And lastly, did an undead army of Native American warriors fend off gold-hungry prospectors from Shiprock Peak?