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Haunted History: Haunted Histories Collection (Hauntings / Vampire Secrets / Salem Witch Trails / The Haunted History of Halloween / Poltergeist) (History Channel)

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I love when the History Channel begins airing its stable of paranormal shows heavily around Halloween. This is a great bargain for five DVDs. "Vampire Secrets" is the excellent 2-hour program from 2006 (100 minutes), while the other four are hour long shows (50 minutes). This is worth it just for "Vampire Secrets" and "The Haunted History of Halloween." Either one of these two DVDs purchased separately cost as much as this entire set. The others in this series are quite good too...they include slightly older shows from the mid 90's about poltergeists, hauntings, etc. Some of which I don't remember seeing before. For the price, it is well worth it!

I purchased this DVD set for a friend of mine who is into the hauntings, vampires, etc. She thought it was the neatest gift that anyone has ever given her! She loved all of the videos and claims they were very interesting and scary in some of them. Definitely worth the money!

This is a great addition for any paranormal collection. I especially enjoyed the "The Haunted History of Halloween" and " Salem Witch Trials" from the History Channel. If you like to know the history end these 2 are for you. From Vampires to Hauntings this collection has it all. I give it an A++.

This is a great collection of History Channel documentaries pertaining to the paranormal. Compared to the prices for buying the DVDs individually ($19.99+), this is a hell of a bargain! In this collection you're pretty much getting each DVD for $4.00. I don't know who could argue with that.

I bought the HAUNTED HISTORIES COLLECTION DVD set because it was on sale here on Amazon. I love the History Channel and since it was October, I figured I'd add this set to my DVD library.

With the exception of "Vampire Secrets" (with a printed running time of 100-minutes but more like 90-minutes) all of the episodes are under one-hour. The five shows are in plastic clamshell cases and come in a larger cardboard cover box, like in the photo.

Even though I enjoyed the shows, I would only advise buying this set when it's on sale. Most of the episodes were produced in 1997 and don't have the fancy digital gadgets featured in most of the paranormal shows on television today, so the shows "Hauntings" and "Poltergeist" seem a little dated.

"Vampire Secrets" was pretty cool and, if the copyright date on the back of the cover is correct, is the most recently produced show of the bunch. Even though it covers the history of vampires and the romantic idolization of the fabled blood-sucker, it was created much too early to cover the new vampire craze with younger girls and boys--like with the "Twilight" books and movie, and in anime.

"The Haunted History Of Halloween" was the show I enjoyed the most because there was great footage of Halloween parades and "trick or treaters" from yesteryear. There was also press footage of celebrity Halloween parties and you get to see children of the stars, like Liza Minnelli and Candace Bergen when they were kids. It also talks about how Halloween came about throughout the years.

Get it when it's on sale!

This is a great box, i got it for christmas....If you like hauntings & ghost stories this is the boxset for you....also great to hear about the past history. Love It....

This is a great set of DVD's. If you like haunting's and other true stories you will love this. I got these for a gift and I watch one every night.
Haunted History - Haunted Histories Collection (Hauntings / Vampire Secrets / Salem Witch Trails / The Haunted History of Halloween / Poltergeist) (History Channel)

Haunted History was purchased primarily for the Halloween segment which I had my substitute teacher show to my World History class on Oct 31st while I was away on a trip. I previewed the video before showing it and felt it gave a nice treatment of the subject. The other videos I consider a bonus and made this a good buy. All are good as would be expected from History Channel.

I really enjoyed my Haunted History videos. They were both informative and interesting. Since Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, I especially enjoyed that video. I would recommend this set to anyone interested in hauntings, vampires or witches. They give a historical account of all these "scary" things. Very nice set to own.

I used to watch these every year on the History Channel. Its to bad they dont run them during Halloween anymore, or at least make new ones. Some new insight on Salem would be nice.