Within a city, building structure or even landscape terrain there exists calamities, secrets and unexplainable mystery. One may never fully know or comprehend what has subsequently become concealed discreetly from public view. Paranormal activity lurks within the vacuum.
Consequences from evil acts, vice and scandal may become whitewashed and ignored over generations, yet never fully obliterated. This edition documents events, personalities and tragedies that have resisted contemporary amnesia. Their reappearance and intrusion is rarely welcomed by those presently inhabiting the former space. Simply ask anyone who cohabitates with an unsettling spiritual presence or apparition.
Their collective experiences are both vivid and real. Tread lightly and never casually dismiss the presence of spiritual matters unseen but sublimely present. Within Maryland, the principle areas documented are Baltimore and Annapolis.
Haunted and Paranormal Locations:
Georgetown's Old Stone and Halcyon Houses, Lafayette Square, Dolley Madison and Benjamin Ogle Houses, Mary Ann Hall's Brothel, Hay-Adams Hotel, Ford's Theatre, William Petersen House, Mary Surratt Boarding House, U.S. Capitol Building, Union Station, Woodrow Wilson Residence, Knickerbocker Theatre Site, Ohio Gang Meeting Site, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Blair House, Watergate Complex, Deep Throat Garage, Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge, Sheridan Circle, Bassin's Restaurant, Washington Hilton Hotel, Old Ebbitt Grill, La Brasserie Restaurant, DC Drug Cartel Headquarters, Fort Marcy Park, Aldrich Ames House, Chandra Levy's Apartment, 9-11 Memorial, US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Shiplap House, Governor Calvert House, Reynold's Tavern, Middleton Tavern, Whitehall Creek Farm, Old Anna[polis Jail, Brice-Jennings, James Brice, Brookshy-Shaw and Robert Johnson House, Maryland Inn, Cornhill Street, St. Anne's Parish, Former Camp Parole, Annapolis National and Brewer Hill Cemetery, John Paul Jones Crypt, Belair Estates, Capital Gazette Newsroom, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Latrobe Park, The Horse You Came In Saloon, Lake Clifton Park, St. Mary's Seminary Chapel, Ft. McHenry, Patterson Park, Edgar Allen Poe House and Grave, Max's Taphouse, John Wilkes Booth Grave, Green Mount Cemetery, Davidge Hall, Colonel Nicholas Rogers Family Graveyard, Admiral Fell Inn, Belvedere Hotel, Baltimore's The Block, Lord Baltimore Hotel, F. Scott Fitzgerald's Residences, Sheppard-Pratt Hospital and Leaking Park,
Killer and Murder Victim Sites:
Presidents Abraham Lincoln and John Garfield, Congressman William Taulbee and Arthur Brown, Alma Preinkert, George Lincoln Rockwell, Mary Pinchot Meyer, Police Officer Gail Cobb, Joyce Chiang, Beltway Sniper Serial Killer's Murder Sites, Robert Wone, Viola Herms Drath, Henry Davis, Robert and Kathryn Swartz, Straughan Lee Griffen, Mario Ruiz, Christian Segovia and Nicholas Mireles, Emma Kefalos, Baltimore Councilman Dominic Leone, Joseph Palczynski Hostage Standoff, Freddie Gray, Robert Gray and Clarence Goode Murders.
Vickers, Marques: -
Visual Artist, Writer and Photographer Marques Vickers is a California native presently living in the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle, Washington regions.
He was born in 1957 and raised in Vallejo, California. He is a 1979 Business Administration graduate from Azusa Pacific University in the Los Angeles area. Following graduation, he became the Public Relations and ultimately Executive Director of the Burbank Chamber of Commerce between 1979-84. He subsequently became the Vice President of Sales for AsTRA Tours and Travel in Westwood between 1984-86.
Following a one-year residence in Dijon, France where he studied at the University of Bourgogne, he began Marquis Enterprises in 1987. His company operations have included sports apparel exporting, travel and tour operations, wine brokering, publishing, rare book and collectibles reselling. He has established numerous e-commerce, barter exchange and art websites including MarquesV.com, ArtsInAmerica.com, InsiderSeriesBooks.com, DiscountVintages.com and WineScalper.com.
Between 2005-2009, he relocated to the Languedoc region of southern France. He concentrated on his painting and sculptural work while restoring two 19th century stone village residences. His figurative painting, photography and sculptural works have been sold and exhibited internationally since 1986. He re-established his Pacific Coast residence in 2009 and has focused his creative productivity on writing and photography.
His published works span a diverse variety of subjects including true crime, international travel, California wines, architecture, history, Southern France, Pacific Coast attractions, fiction, auctions, fine art marketing, poetry, fiction and photojournalism.
He has two daughters, Charline and Caroline who presently reside in Europe.
