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Overshadows: An Investigation into a Terrifying Modern Canadian Haunting

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I recently bought this book and despite my habit of buying books and not reading them for a while, I read it quickly. It was such an entertaining story I could not put it down. The story of this property is truly horrifying and engrossing.

I loved the inclusion of many pendulum sessions that Palmisano included for us to read verbatim, so that we could "hear" what the spirits were saying. Foolish child that I was, having been obsessed with ouija boards, these were chilling to read, as though I had been communicating through the board myself. They provided a lot of story in few words, which was nice since this book spans a six-year investigation. As a story feature they are beneficial; as a research feature they initially turned me off. I was reminded of reading Harry Price's "The Most Haunted House in England" from the 1930s, where he uses spirit dialogue as evidence. I do not disbelieve that valid information can be obtained via pendulum, board, automatic writing etc. but I find it difficult to accept as solid evidence. Interestingly, in this case the information was verified by research into the property, and it was information that the researchers had no way of knowing. Hmmm. Points for Palmisano and his team.

Also reminiscent of Price's writing and research style was the matter-of-factness of this book. Both authors tell their stories in a similar fashion: "First we did this. We got this reading. How interesting. Pose a question? Then we concluded x." Palmisano's story flows a little better than Harry Price's Borley Rectory, and he does a much better job of incorporating EMF readings, temperature and weather conditions, who was present and sitting where, etc. It is not very distracting to the story itself, but for those who like no factual distraction whatsoever, this may not be the book you're looking for.

Being Canadian myself I was excited to finally read a case study of a truly scary haunting from my native country.

I was disappointed in the ending of the book, which simply drops off with the story seemingly solved but leaves the reader feeling as though the writer just lost interest. Or maybe that was a deliberate tactic - to make us want more of the story! So, Richard Palmisano...perhaps you could write a follow-up?

This book was recommended to me and my interest was immediately captured by Richard Palmisano's true story of this mulitiple haunting. Cannot wait to read his next book!

The book was very well written and very entertaining but at the same time, being a true story, leaves quite alot to ponder about life after death and the spirit world.

Definately "thumbs up" to Richard Palmisano!

I had this book read in a day! That fascinating! If you can get passover the typos and the amatuar writing it is interesting. I don't know if I could stay in that house or not. But I only wish there was a follow from the author, such as returning and talking with current residence etc...

I first saw this story on the discovery channel on a show called a haunting which is a very good show if you like ghost stories.
The book was a pretty good read not one of the best books on haunted houses but not bad. If you like ghost stories this book is pretty good.

What a disappointment, like a bait and switch. Starts out in its short first chapter exciting then changes subject (first chapter to have virtually nothing more to do with the story). Lots of disjointed "pendulum" conversations typed double or triple space stretching out the 150+ pages, that just didn't hold together and weren't even consistent. Spoiler alert, if this can be spoiled. Indian burial ground? Oh, never mind. Some one killed in 1906, forget it, move on. Woman died from abortion during some fictiously imagined-by-author abortion scheme, promised to be dug up, sorry, forgot. Guy die in war from T.B. Check. From one spirit to the next and no connection between them. And to be honest, this whole pendulum conversation started sounding a tad incredible -- because the questions were often compound or hard to follow, yet no spirit ever seemed to have a problem giving them the answer. Spelling out a variety of names. By the end, what a disappointment. Jumpled nothing but that there are spirits supposedly around this undefined area. And so what? They did nothing to help them, despite all their pendulum promises. If I were one of the spirits, I'd be ticked off.

I love books on true hauntings and read as many as I can get my hands on. This book was really hard to figure out; it kept jumping around from chapter to chapter, person to person, and event to event. It was difficult to tell exactly who or what the author was talking about at any given time. There were several times I was completely lost as to who or what the author was referring to. The grammar, spelling and punctuation weren't the best either. There were good investigative details about the haunting itself, though, and that's really the only thing that kept me reading until the end of the book.

The book drags a little to start, but picks up around chapter 5. A good book that can be completed in 1 night.

This case would have far more interesting if they had been able to research and tell the story of the entire property. Instead we only get hints that it is not only the writer and friends experiencing problems--others also have issues. The author only gets to investigate one other apartment on the premises. It would be interesting to see if there were more reports.

I LOVED THE SUSPENSE IN THE STORIES. THE WERE TO THE POINT AND LEFT NO DETAILS OUT. I ALSO ENJOYED READING ABOUT EACH SPIRIT THEY CONTACTED THAT LIVED IN THAT AREA AND IN THE HOUSE.

I received a confirmation email almost immediately with clear and specific instructions. The order arrived before promised and in mint condition. Very realiable person!

This book was amazing i couldn't put it down and when i was done reading it i wanted more!!