With the first edition of Chicago Haunts, author Ursula Bielski captured 160 years of Chicago's haunted history in the first volume ever devoted to this intriguing subject. Combining lively storytelling with in-depth historical research, exclusive interviews, and insights from parapsychology, Bielski penned a unique and fascinating exploration of the region's supernatural folklore.
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
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Spooky, not hokey!,
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This review is from: Chicago Haunts: Ghostlore of the Windy City (Paperback)
So many of these ghostly compendiums are sloppily researched and written for the lowest common denominator. Not so with this book. Bielski is first and foremost a historian, a "ghost scholar" second. Her stories of these Chicago legends, many of them done to death (sorry), resonate with a scholar's respect for research and a sociologist's eye for the big picture. A ripping good read.
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Thoroughly compelling and insightful,
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This review is from: Chicago Haunts: Ghostly Lore of the Windy City (Paperback)
This book is as thoroughly compelling and insightful as it is entertaining and frightening. It is quite obvious that the author is well-versed in the ghostlore and history of her big-shouldered hometown. The research is painstaking in detail and reveals a book that is definitely not the work of an amatuer ghost chaser but rather that of a learned professional. The work is serious yet lively and engaging. It is by far the best book ever published on Chicago ghostlore and paranormality. Not an after dark book for the faint of heart. Two thumbs up.
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This book is fantastic! I took a ghost tour around Halloween and met someone who told me about this book. Of course, this is the revised addition. Not only do I own both copies, I have purchased many as gifts! You don't need to pay someone for a ghost tour. Buy the book and gather your friends and have a wonderful time! For those of you who are afraid, no need to be. This isn't a horror book! Chances of seeing a ghost, depends ... do you believe?
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IN RECENT YEARS, INCREASING NUMBERS OF HISTORIANS HAVE ALERTED US TO THE IMPORTANCE OF COLLECTIVE MEMORY AND POPULAR CONSCIOUSNESS, WHETHER EXPRESSED in the diverse ways of interpreting solid facts and figures or in the form of myths, legends, and stories. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
apparitional sightings, haunting legends, ley hunters, quarry pond, vanishing hitchhiker, paranormal activity, psi phenomena Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bachelors Grove, Archer Avenue, Resurrection Mary, Fort Dearborn, Hull House, North Shore, Lake Michigan, Cook County, Great Lakes, Resurrection Cemetery, Blessed Mother, Devil Baby, Sheridan Road, Chicago Tribune, Lincoln Park, Ursula Bielski, Archer Woods, Holy Family, Mary Worth, Queen of Heaven, Biograph Theater, Clark Street, John Kinzie, Lincoln Avenue, Native American New!
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IN RECENT YEARS, INCREASING NUMBERS OF HISTORIANS HAVE ALERTED US TO THE IMPORTANCE OF COLLECTIVE MEMORY AND POPULAR CONSCIOUSNESS, WHETHER EXPRESSED in the diverse ways of interpreting solid facts and figures or in the form of myths, legends, and stories. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
apparitional sightings, haunting legends, ley hunters, quarry pond, vanishing hitchhiker, paranormal activity, psi phenomena Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Bachelors Grove, Archer Avenue, Resurrection Mary, Fort Dearborn, Hull House, North Shore, Lake Michigan, Cook County, Great Lakes, Resurrection Cemetery, Blessed Mother, Devil Baby, Sheridan Road, Chicago Tribune, Lincoln Park, Ursula Bielski, Archer Woods, Holy Family, Mary Worth, Queen of Heaven, Biograph Theater, Clark Street, John Kinzie, Lincoln Avenue, Native American New!
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- Chicago Poems by Carl Sandburg on 4 pages
- Chicago: City on the Make: 50th Anniversary Edition, Newly Annotated by Nelson Algren on page 105, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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