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Petroleum engineers drilling in the African desert uncover a pocket of mysterious, life-preserving gas, and the hellish creatures hibernating within—a colony of ten-foot prehistoric scorpions. After 400 million years, Scorpius Rex has risen to reclaim its throne as Earth’s apex predator. A humanitarian mission gone awry traps Dave Brank’s security team inside the drilling complex’s electrified perimeter, locked in a life or death battle against hordes of flesh-eating scorpions.

This collection contains six speeches about freedom and revolution from the American, French and Irish revolutions.

History is often concentrated into short bursts of change, with long periods of shifting before and waves of alteration afterwards. Nowhere is this more obvious than the thirty year interregnum between the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution. In this period, three figures stand tall; Pitt, the elder stateman who saw the need for genuine constitutionalism; Burke, the consummate parliamentarian, speaking for the glory of empire; and Robespierre, the legendary and controversial frontman of the French Revolution.

Pennyland Amusement Park was once one of the most popular parks in Canadian history. However, after an accident involving the Ferris Wheel/Sky Wheel that injured many people, they were forced to close down. After repairs, they reopened, but nobody showed up because of the incident. Because of that, they shut down for good. They removed all of the carnival rides, but kept the roller coaster building. Due to its' history it is currently in an undisclosed location.

Planetary geologist Dr. Micah Clarke, his nine-year-old daughter Faye, and his assistant Catalina Abril are abducted at gunpoint and forced to join a megalomaniac’s paramilitary expedition down an Amazon tributary ruled by murderous pirates and cannibal tribes. The goal—recover a meteorite capable of providing clean energy for the world. But prehistoric terrors lurk around every bend in the river. Swarms of six-inch titan ants, mega piranha, and a 70-foot Titanoboa tear a bloody swath through the flotilla.

Midnight. Some call it the witching hour. Others call it the devil’s hour. Here in the graveyard, midnight is a very special time. It is a time when ghostly spirits are at their strongest, when the veil between our world and theirs is at its thinnest. Legend has it, that while most of the world is asleep, the lack of prayers allow the spirits to communicate under the cover of darkness, among the headstones, their whispers rustling in the leaves of the old oak trees. But if you’re here in the graveyard, you can tell yourself it’s just the wind....

Are there creatures still unknown to science lurking in the remote areas of our planet? Hundreds of eyewitnesses say unquestionably: YES. Lurking in Magog is the elusive Memphre, a 30-foot lake monster that stalks the peaceful waters of Lake Memphremagog. Wilno, Ontario is a small town steeped in its heritage, locals believe that when a person takes their own life, then is buried on sacred ground, that person will become a vampire who will walk the streets, preying on their family members.

There are many so called paranormal researchers in search of ghosts and spirits; but not many of them are willing to provoke the dead and then confront demons, apparitions, and other sinister and malevolent entities of the unknown. This collection is for those brave enough to challenge the sometimes deadly forces of the afterlife. Visit the most haunted pubs, hospitals, sanitariums, etc. and experience evidence of the paranormal as a team of psychics attempt to contact the spirit world while being rattled to the core.

Ghosts and demons send chills up your spine, but there is something extra disturbing when they are children! Carved through the hillside, off a rural road in Niagara Falls, lies an abandoned underground passage known as “The Screaming Tunnel.” Legend claims that years ago, an eight-year-old girl was burned alive inside this tunnel by her psychopathic father. Since that day, her ghost has appeared screaming whenever any brave souls venture inside the tunnel after dark and lights a match.

Evil entities reaching out from beyond the grave, murder victims reliving their grisly demise and lost souls searching for a way home - Canada has no shortage of paranormal tales. Anyone visiting Listowell might encounter Canada’s own Jack the Ripper whose ghost is still seen on the grounds of the jail where he was executed back in the 1890’s. In Newfoundland, a phantom hearse and the spirit of a red-cloaked woman (believed to be a witch with the power to bring the dead back to life) continues to haunt a local cemetery.

Pirates, sailors, and merchant seamen have fought many battles with Mother Nature, and the ones who lost didn’t always go quietly into the murky depths. A flaming ghost ship and her lost crew still navigate the coastal waters off Nova Scotia. The frigate Genii was lost with all hands in New Brunswick, but one sailor lingers on in spirit, haunting both the beach where his body washed ashore and the nearby mansion where his body was laid out for burial.

Canada may be even more haunted than its North American counterpart as paranormal encounters abound in the Great White North. In this harrowing collection of ghostly tales, we visit the Newman vault in Newfoundland, a frightening place inhabited by deceased slaves and tiny babies that died shortly after birth.

Canada has a rich tradition of frightening paranormal activity from one end of the country to the other. Prepare for an exciting thrill ride to some of Canada's most haunted locations.

When it comes to spine-chilling paranormal activity, restless spirits can be found in a wide variety of places far away from morgues and crypts. For example, traveling guests experience a brokenhearted bride and phantom bellboy haunting the halls of the Fairmont Algonquin Resort while a lighthouse keeper who was brutally hacked to death remains on duty at Gibralter Point. At Kingston Penitentiary, inmate Charles Hewell was known for viciously attacking guards and prisoners alike.

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Unterschiedlicher können zwei Brüder nicht sein: Während Hermann Göring sich Hitler anschließt und in dem mörderischen Regime Karriere macht, verachtet sein Bruder, der Feingeist Albert Göring die Unmenschlichkeit der Nazis. Er hilft Juden bei der Flucht aus Deutschland und unterstützt die tschechische Widerstandsbewegung. Nicht selten unter hohem Risiko und mit waghalsigen Aktionen. 34 Menschen stehen auf der Liste der Geretteten, die Albert bei seiner Verhaftung – immerhin trug er den Namen Göring – seinen amerikanischen Verhöroffizieren vorlegt.