Haunted and Paranormal. This item is unavailable.Haunted and Paranormal

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.

Oregon Haunted and Paranormal Locations:

Devil's Churn, Delaney House, Pringle Park, Witches Castle, Wasco County Jail, Hotel Prineville Site, Portland Boneyard Dock, Portland's Court of Death, Lone Fir Cemetery, Merchants Hotel, Lava Lake Campground, Former Reading Hotel Site, Wilhelm's Portland Memorial Mausoleum, Frank Kodat's Halfway House, Oregon State Hospital, Mirror Pond, Brown Island Road, Oregon Department of Corrections Building, The Zone Nightclub, Clackamas Town Center, Umpqua Community College, Portland's Tuck Lung Building, Lownsdale Square, Norton House, Society Hotel, White Eagle Hotel, Kell's Irish Restaurant and Pub, Open Door For Sex Workers, Erickson's Saloon, Edgefield Poor Farm, Pittock Mansion, Vista Bridge, Hollywood Theatre, Yam Yam's Southern Barbeque, Brittany Maynard's Final Residence, Gray Building, Fairview Training Center, Elsinore Theatre, Devil's Punchbowl, Elisha Barnes' Residence, Klondike Kate House Site and Bend's Tower Theatre

Serial Killer Murder Victim Sites:

Eliza Boneyard Mary Bunets, Kate Ann Williams, Earle Leonard Nelson, Edward Jorgenson, Jerry Brudos, Ted Bundy, Michele Dee Gates, William Scott Smith, Bobby Jack Fowler, John Charles Bolsinger, Homer Lee Jackson and Dayton Leroy Rogers

Infamous Murders Sites:

Daniel Delaney, George Craig, Lucius Langdo and W. H. Harrison, John Francis, J. W. Robb, John Nelson Brown, Anne Jeanne Tingry-Le-Coz, Alonzo Tucker, George Herbert Hibbins, Edward Nickols, Roy Wilson and Dewey Morris, Mabel Fluke, Beata Withers, Blanche Myers and Virginia Grant, Frank Akin, Fern Bowden, Thelma Taylor, Diane Hanks, Judi Reeder, Mary Jo Templeton, Roma Ollison, Hockings Family, Kathleen Parks, Diane Wyckoff, Holly Holcomb, Veronica Dolan, Lloyolla T. Miller, Joan Leigh Hall, Jennifer Lisa Smith, Larry Rockenbrant, Mulugeta Seraw, Michael Francke, Tim Moreau, Mary Beth Wheeler, Rosealie Fey-Girtz, and Virginia Kay Endecott, Thomas Lauri and Barbara Cunningham, Roxanne Ellis and Michelle Abdill, Frank Nimz and Gabriella Goza, Eric Tamiyasu, Longo Family, Ashley Marie Pond, Brooke Wilberger, Julie Herman, Nancy Bergeson, Kyron Horman, Chris Kilcullen, David Grubbs, Laura Foster, Ashley Benson, Wendy Hildreth, Scott Williams, Jonathan Peters, Jason Goodding, Kaylee Sawyer, Aaron Danielson, Dr. Craig Jackson, Glenn Edward Bennett and Donald Ray Surrett, Jr.

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.