Twisted Tour Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area: Shocking Deaths, Scandals and Vice

by Marques Vickers

Avoid The Tourist Herds.

What could be more uninspiring than seeing the identical attractions that everyone else has for decades?

This Twisted Tour Guide escorts you to the places locals don't want to talk about anymore...the same places people once couldn't stop talking about. Long after the screaming headlines and sensationalism has subsided, these bizarre, infamous and obscure historical sites remain hidden awaiting rediscovery. Each visitation site in this guide is accompanied by a story. Many of the narratives defy believability, yet they are true. The profiled cast of characters feature saints and sinners (with emphasis towards the latter).

Notorious crimes, murders, accidental deaths, suicides, kidnappings, vice and scandal are captivating human interest tales. Paranormal activity in the aftermath is common. The photography from each profile showcases the precise location where each event occurred. The scenes can seem ordinary, weird and/or sometimes very revealing towards clarifying the background behind events.

If you're seeking an alternative to conventional tourism, this Twisted Tourist Guide is ideal. Each directory accommodates the restless traveler and even resident looking for something unique and different. You will never imagine or scrutinize the San Francisco Bay area through rose tinted glasses again. The contents include:

SAN FRANCISCO:

CIA's Sex Drug Playhouse, Diamond Jessie Hayman's, Jerome Bassity's Tenderloin Fiefdom, Sublime's Bradley Nowell's Heroin Overdose, Coit Tower, Chambers Mansion, 1885 Chinatown Vice, Cliff House and Sutro Baths, Condor Club, Curran Theater's Haunting, Dan White's, Diane Whipple Dog Mauling, Millennium Tower, 101 California Building Massacre, Bob Lee's Stabbing, Jeff Adachi's Abrupt Death, Joe The Animal Barboza, Kevin Collins Kidnapping, Maiden Lane, Mary Ellen Pleasant, Palace of Fine Arts, Golden Dragon Massacre, Warren Harding's Death, People's Temple, Queen Anne Hotel, Fatty Arbuckle, Dark Stranler, Abe Ruef's Penthouse, Spreckel's Mansion, St. Elizabeth's Center for Unwed Mothers, Terrific Street, Whittier Mansion Nazi Connection, Westerfield House and the Zebra Killings

EAST BAY AREA

Ashkenaz Murder, Port Chicago Explosion and Mutiny, Chancey Bailey's Shooting, Children of Thunder Murders, Peet's Coffee, Ghost Ship Warehouse, Henry's Bar Standoff, Port Costa's Hotel Burlington, Huey Newton's Demise, Laci Peterson's Saga, Lovelle Mixon's Police Killings, Oaks Card Room, Oikos University Massacre, Oscar Grant III's Homicide, Patty Hearst Kidnapping, Pleasanton Hotel Phantom, Jockey Ron Hansen's Plunge, Unabomber's Berkeley Experience, USS Hornet, J. Robert Oppenheimer and Sister Aimee Semple McPherson Desperation.

MARIN COUNTY

Mitchell Brothers Curse, Blue Rock Inn's Seedy Past, Litchfield's, Marin County Courthouse Shootings, Tamalpais Trailhead Killer, Marin Barbeque Murders, Robin Williams' Suicide and Sausalito Madame Sally Stanford and Tupac Shakur.

PENINSULA

Brook Hart's Kidnapping, Cameron's Pub, Kohl Mansion, Moss Beach Distillery's Blue Lady, Ocean Beach Hotel, PG& E's San Bruno Pipeline Explosion, Sam's Eclectic Castle and Historic Sanchez Adobe,

SOLANO COUNTY

Bill Graham's Fatal Helicopter Crash, Benicia's Capital and Brothel Heritage, Zodiac Killer Murders, DC Madame and Suisun Bay Mothball Fleet.

SONOMA & NAPA COUNTIES

Blue Wing Inn, California Industrial Farm for Women, Fishhead Beach Murder, Petaluma's Crooked History, Polly Klaas Abduction, Ramon Salcido's Family Slayings, Napa's Infamous Spanish Town, Washoe House Stagecoach Stop, Charles Schulz, General Joseph Hooker's House and Greenwood Mansion

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1688806547
• ISBN13: 9781688806542
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 484 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"