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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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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
OK but.....,
By full moon (Connecticut) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ghosts of the Bridgewater Triangle (Paperback)
...not quite what I expected. I've always been very interested in the haunted reputation of that area, and was excited to see a new book on the topic. I was anticipating new occurances to keep me up at night too scared to sleep. However, not much was new to me, unfortunately. This book seemed to constantly refer to Charles Robinson's unsurpassable tome, "Ghost Files of New England". It's easy to write a book containing that many examples from ANOTHER book, but that does not make it worthwhile for the reader unless they hadn't read the first book. And anyone interested even remotely in New England paranormal I'm certain has read the granddaddy of ghostly research, Charles Robinson.
One exception would be the spooky chapters on the former insane asylums. The story of the metal-on-metal noises in the middle of the night that kept stopping at a neighboring home really gave me the creeps. Some of the witnesses in this book didn't seem all that credible either, somehow. To me, teenagers drinking and partying in a cemetery at night aren't the most reliable witnesses after one too many beers. And some of the other witnesses even said they captured spirit pictures or interesting orbs, and the author mentions glowing gravestones and other phenomenon, but surprisingly, no pictures of any strange things were included in this volume. The illustrations were simply photos of the locations discussed. The chapter about the ghostly hitchhikers was not scary at all. He comes one step from discounting this altogether, by telling of the various similar legends, with subtle differences, all around the country. This book also had a lot of typos. No big deal, but worth mentioning because there were enough to be distracting. So it was an OK book, but Charles Robinson's was far better.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Actually Quite Interesting,
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This review is from: Ghosts of the Bridgewater Triangle (Paperback)
Having lived in this part of Massachusetts all my life, I found the book to be of great interest to me. Considering that there are not many books that discuss this topic, I find it disturbing to see a negative review. If you have nothing nice to say...well you know the rest. Anyway, if you are looking for some additional information on the Bridgewater Triangle, I would sugget taking this book for a test read. I congratulate the Author, as it is not easy to put yourself out there. Well done!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great hometown book!!,
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This review is from: Ghosts of the Bridgewater Triangle (Paperback)
Being from Bridgewater, my kids love to hear the tale of the Bridgewater Triangle. This is an easy read book for all ages. Plenty of detail!!
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