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 gangster’s 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 map--but beware of the hidden, deadly obstacles! 

LOST LOOT: Cursed Treasures and Blood Money By Jim Willis. 320 Pages. 6x9 Paperback. Illustrated. References.