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

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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.

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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