Ghostly Adventures: Chilling True Stories from America's Haunted Hot Spots [Paperback]

Christopher Balzano (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2008

There are certain towns that we all associate with ghost stories and sightings. But creepy encounters happen everyday all throughout this country-in towns that you may never have heard of, to normal people, just like you!

With Ghostly Adventures, you can travel to these terrifying towns and share in the scare. Let ghost guru, Christopher Balzano, be your guide through the jaw-dropping true tales that happen all around the U.S., in places like:

• the Boston hotel where old Mr. Parker returns to check on his guests
• the lost village of Dudleytown, Connecticut, where all residents vanished without a trace
• the Summerwind Mansion in northeast Wisconsin, whose secret compartment housed a man's corpse for years

Terrifying true tales and frightening facts come together to create hours of eerie entertainment that you can read on your own or out loud with friends. With Ghostly Adventures, you can stop just wondering about ghosts and get to know them yourself!

Christopher Balzano: is a teacher and folklorist. He has been investigating the unknown for twelve years and is currently running the Massachusetts Paranormal Crossroads website. His writing has appeared in The Haunted Times, Mystery Magazine, as well as Unexplained Paranormal Magazine. His investigations have been covered by The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, The Standard Times, and Worchester Magazine. Balzano lives in Boston, MA.

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About the Author

Christopher Balzano is a teacher and folklorist living in the Boston area. He has been investigating the unknown for twelve years, and he is a regular on several paranormal radio shows, he has also appeared in documentaries and television specials on the supernatural.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media (August 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1598696793
• ISBN-13: 978-1598696790
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,199,198 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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More About the Author

Christopher Balzano is a teacher and folklorist living in the Boston area. He has been investigating the unknown for fourteen years and running Massachusetts Paranormal Crossroads, a website dedicated to the paranormal and local folklore of Massachusetts, for more than five. His writing has appeared in such respected publications as "The Haunted Times" and "Mystery Magazine" as well as "Unexplained Paranormal Magazine." His investigations have been covered by "The Boston Globe," "The Boston Herald," "The Standard Times," and "Worchester Magazine;" he has been asked to speak about urban legends and the paranormal at conferences throughout New England. He is a regular on several paranormal radio shows, including "The Ghost Chronicles" and "Spooky Southcoast" and has appeared in documentaries and television specials on the supernatural. He was one of the featured writers in Jeff Belanger's Encyclopedia of Haunted Places and contributed to the collection Weird Hauntings and the soon to be released, Weird Massachusetts. His writing and research have also been featured in Thomas D'Agostino's Haunted New Hampshire and Haunted Massachusetts and the recently released Ghostly Tails from America's Jails.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Just Fair, October 26, 2008

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Linda Limpert (Wilmington, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ghostly Adventures: Chilling True Stories from America's Haunted Hot Spots (Paperback)

This is billed as "chilling true stories", yet the first 75 pages seem to be just general info aimed at people not very familiar with the paranormal, and the last 40 or so pages are glossary, index etc. It's ok, but had I actually had it in my hands in a store instead of buying by mail, I would not have spent the money.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A short trip across haunted America, July 10, 2010

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Morgan Cahall "so many books so little time" (Delaware, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ghostly Adventures: Chilling True Stories from America's Haunted Hot Spots (Paperback)

Review:
I found this book to be interesting. It actually focused on some of the less known haunting out there instead of the usual high profile cases that have been written about over and over (ex: resurrection Mary and the rail road crossing that ghost children are said to push stalled cars over to safety). This book also goes into to some of the technical details of ghost hunting such as the various apparitions that can manifest and some of the tools of the trade. If you interested in the paranormal or want a better understanding of what all those people on TV are running around doing, this is a good place to start.

My only real problem with this book is that the editing could have been a bit better as some of the sections just seemed out of context or left me scratching my head trying to figure out what they were talking about. Other than that there is a ton of web links to look up, a glossary of terms and a glossary of ghost hunting organizations across the country and a fold out map of places ghost hunters can visit. I would recommend this to any one who is looking for a good ghost story book and those who want to learn a little bit more about how the ghost hunters do their hunting. M.a.c