Lost Loot: Cursed Treasures and Blood Money

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A pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. Buried plunder and deathbed curses. Jinxes and fabulous treasures. Ambitious bank, train, and plane robberies. Tales of bewitching riches and lost fortunes. Read about the pursuit of riches turning to heartbreak in this mesmerizing story collection!

While some of these tales of treasure hunts might seem the stuff of legend, could there be more to them 32 stories of reward, riches, greed, and ruin are collected in Lost Loot: Cursed Treasures and Blood Money, including

Curses, deaths, and centuries old treasure on Oak Island

Searchers hunted down and killed before finding a gangsters stolen riches

The eternal quest for D.B. Cooper and his hijack ransom

Elaborate booby traps protecting ill-gotten gains

Cursed Aztec wealth lost as it journeyed to Spain

Mysterious caves holding secrets in the Grand Canyon

The train-robbing Robin Hood myth of the Sam Bass Gang

Daniel Boone and the lost silver mine

Civil War coins hurriedly stashed after a brutal reign of terror

And the stories of dozens of other doomed pursuits of plundered riches.

Tales of bewitching riches and hunts gone wrong, yet hope springs eternal. Lost Loot unfolds like a treasure mapbut beware of the hidden, deadly obstacles!

Author Bio

Jim Willis earned his masters degree in theology from Andover Newton Theological School, and he has been an ordained minister for over 40 years. He has also taught college courses in comparative religion and cross-cultural studies. His background in theology and education led to his writing more than 20 books on history, the apocalypse, and the mysteries of the unknown. His books include Visible Ink Press American Cults, Hidden History, and Lost Civilizations. He lives in the woods of South Carolina.