The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ghosts & Hauntings, 2nd Edition [Mass Market Paperback]

Tom Ogden (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 7, 2004

A Halloween favorite spooks up a new and expanded edition.

 

A unique guide to the world of the paranormal, The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Ghosts and Hauntings is a perennial favorite. Now updated, revised, and expanded with new information on ghost hunting and observing, this new edition includes new tips on gathering and recording paranormal data, and a new section devoted to “faking it”—showing readers how to haunt their own houses to amuse and

bewilder friends.

 

• Expanded appendixes featuring new Internet sites devoted to the paranormal, as well as modern-day “haunted houses” open to the public

•  Additional information on the origin of spiritualism and its followers

• Strong seller for Halloween season

• Completely reorganized for easier reading and referencing

 

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

You're no idiot, of course. You know Casper was a friendly ghost and that the Phantom Hitchhiker is someone you'd rather not meet on a deserted highway late at night. But when it comes to knowing the authentic roots of ghost stories--and which ones remain unexplained to this day--you don't stand a ghost of a chance. Don't get spirited away yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ghosts and Hauntings is an eerie investigation into the firsthand accounts, legends, literature, and dramatic works surrounding the world of ghosts. In this Complete Idiot's Guide, you get: --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Tom Ogden is an internationally lauded magician and comedian. Two-time winner of the coveted “Parlour Magician of the Year Award” by Magic Castle in Hollywood, he has appeared on television shows such as The World’s Greatest Magic II and The Great Magic of Las Vegas.  Mr. Ogden lives in Hollywood, California.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Alpha; 2 edition (September 7, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592572502
• ISBN-13: 978-1592572502
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #732,942 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars For once a book that lives up to its name, March 6, 2002

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M. Williams "Ghosthunter" (McConnellstown, Pennsylvania United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ghosts and Hauntings (Mass Market Paperback)

I was very disappointed with this book. I am a ghosthunter by profession and bought this book out of curiosity. It is full of misconceptions anf false information. For anyone looking for serious information on the spirits and ghosts around us, I would not recommend this book. For those looking for some fun reading around the campfire this book is better suited for this purpose. For once I can say that a book lives up to its name....the author should research a little more........

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Unfortunately will not make idiots any wiser, August 8, 2002

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Duliniel (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ghosts and Hauntings (Mass Market Paperback)

I have to say I was surprised at all the factual errors in this book. I know there are no "facts" in paranormal investigations, but this book gets actual "facts" wrong when discussing people and places. Queen Elizabeth I is not buried at Windsor Castle; she's entombed at Westminster Abbey. This is just one small example of MANY inaccuracies found in this book.

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't bother, May 31, 2002

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the wolverine "x-men fan" (Long Island , NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ghosts and Hauntings (Mass Market Paperback)

This is probably one of the worst ghost books I have ever read. Perhaps it is trying to live up to it's title, since it assumes the reader does not know any definition for ghosts or hauntings or anything in between and chooses to act as if this book will give you all the answers. It doesn't give any. Most of the book is spent on small snippets of useless information in an effort to "tell you alot". If you want to read a real ghost book, go pick out anything by Hans Holzer, or perhaps "Gravesend",or "Haunted Heartland" or ANY other book on ghosts and hauntings but this one.