By the end of the 19th century, the city of Galveston had a population of 37,000. Its position on the natural harbor of Galveston Bay along the Gulf of Mexico made it the center of trade in Texas. It was one of the nation's largest cotton ports, in competition with New Orleans.
The result of the trioâs work in Shepherdstown is a six-part TV series called âGhosts in Shepherdstownâ that premieres at 10 tonight on Destination America. Hartley and Saint said the history of Shepherdstown was ripe for a paranormal investigation.
'The Ghost and the Darkness' is the true story of the construction of a railroad bridge across the Tsavo River in what is today Kenya, Africa. The events in the movie actually took place in 1898. It seems that a pair of lions were killing the workers in large numbers.ow the Film Came to Be. 'The Ghost and the Darkness' is the brainchild of well-known screenwriter William Goldman. He was inspired to write the screenplay after a trip to Kenya in 1984. There, the Tsavo Maneater story was told to him at a camp in the Masai Mara.