The Bradford Exchange America's Most Haunted Village Collection - 9 house set For Sale

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The Bradford Exchange America's Most Haunted Village Collection - 9 house set:
$670.00

• Explore the mysteries of some of the most haunted places in America with the America's Most Haunted Village Collection, available only from The Bradford Exchange, Hawthorne Village Division
• Each historic haunted place in this village collection is fully sculpted and individually handcrafted in artist's resin to capture every chilling detail, and hand-painted to bring the presentation to life
• Lights up!These spine-tingling sculptures illuminate with an eerie glow from within to add devilish delight

• Included printed newspaper cardarrives with each spooky sculpture in this village collection, detailing the events that took place there and what is thought to haunt the space
• Certificates of Authenticity
• Buildings measure approximately 4-1/2" W x 6-1/2" L x 5-1/4" D; 11.4 cm W x 16.5 cm L x 13.3 cm D

It was not long after the battle had ended that the first sightings of specters at the Alamo began to surface.

Mere days had slipped past since the end of the bloodshed when General Santa Ana mandated that the historic church be burned down to the ground. The thought that the Texians might see the mission as a shrine to those who had rebelled against him made Santa Ana furious. So angry, actually, that he ordered his field commander, General Andrade, to bring a group of cavalrymen out to the site and see that the whole place was alit in flames.

Doing as he was told, Andrade agreed and sent his men.

When they arrived at the Alamo, however, they were quick to turn back around and return to the Mexican Army camp.

Andrade demanded to know of why they had not completed the task.

Shaken and white-faced, one of his men stepped back. He regaled Andrade of the sixdiabloswho had stood before the Alamo. Each spirit had held a flaming sword, encircling the group of soldiers as they blocked the entrance to the mission. They’d feared destroying the church and what might happen to them if they did.

Rumors circulated that entities protecting the Alamo were those men who died during the battle, while others claimed that vigilant specters must have been the old Franciscan monks guarding their mission.

But General Andrade only scoffed at the tale of warrior ghosts and the terrified expressions on his men’s faces. He’d go there himself, then. He enlisted a few men and set off toward the Alamo, Santa Anna’s orders to burn the place down ringing loud in his ears.

When he arrived, he directed his troops to the Long House Barracks. Only this time, instead of the sword-wielding ghosts at the front gates, Andrade spotted a tall, male spirit rise up on the roof of the barracks. Clasped in each hand was a ball consumed in fire. The specter held out the flaming weapons and the Mexican soldiers dropped to their knees. The heels of their palms dug into their eyes to block out the sight, but it was no good.

They feared for their lives.

Andrade left the Mission well enough alone, hightailing it out of San Antonio with his troops as fast as they could march.

Neither they nor General Santa Ana ever returned to the Alamo, and the mission would fall into ruin within the next ten years.

By 1846, Texas had been annexed into the United States and the old Alamo was then converted into a complex for the US Army. But in 1871, the decision came to demolish part of the old church, leaving only the old barracks and the church.

The dismantlement never came.

When the newspapers voiced the deconstruction of the historic Mission San Antonio de Valero, sightings of ghosts wandering the grounds of the church began to be reported—almost all of them coming from the guests staying at the Menger Hotel, just across the plaza. (The Menger Hotelis also rumored to be haunted).

Those staying at the hotel swore that they’d seen the spirits of a long-ago army marching up and down the path in front of the Alamo; some of the apparitions disappeared into the walls of the building, and others stood guard all night as if protecting the site from anything or anyone who might seek to tear it down.

Rather hastily, plans to alter or tear down the Alamo were put to rest, and it became home to a police headquarters and jail instead . . . though the sightings of spirits never ceased.

Between 1894 and 1897, the local newspaper, theSan Antonio Express Newspublished a series of articles which highlighted the almost-freakish paranormal phenomenon occurring at the Alamo. The reports described the ghostly guards which marched up along the roof of the police station; the dark figures roaming the corridors at night; and the distinct sounds of moaning that awoke the staff and the prisoners from their slumber.

Soon, the activity was so vibrant, so alive in its frequency, that guards started to refuse being on the patrol shift at night. The policemen were furious. But no one would take those shifts, in fear of running across one of the many ghosts of the Alamo still haunting the grounds, and the prison was forced to move not that long after. More is here:

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