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Shadows of the Western Door: Haunted Sites and Ancient Mysteries of Upstate New York

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As a native and former inhabitant of the Buffalo area with an avid interest in the Paranormal, I bought this book with high expectations and wasn't disappointed. Winfield's extensive research and obvious passion on the subject of odd and paranormal places in Western New York brings the stories alive. From Old Fort Niagara to the Roycroft, Winfield does a good job of condensing each subject into a few pages. Although many of the locations and stories were familiar to me, Winfield managed to inject a lot of new and interesting information into the book. The book is fascinating and an easy read. Just enough flowery prose to give a punch and the language is easily understandable. The only objection I have to the book was that Winfield could have gone a bit more in depth. It was almost as if his publisher limited the length of the book. I'm hoping Winfield writes a Shadow of the Western Door II and delves deeper into the many mysteries in Western New York.

Being a curious Western NYer, I loved this book. If you like this book, you should also try Spirit of the Great Hill. I love ghost stories, so this book is perfect. This book takes you into the scary and eery past of corners of WNY. Haunted Houses, witches, ghosts, spirits, UFO's-this book has it all!

I am a firm believer in the "spirit world", and always love reading Mason Winfield's books. He lives near Buffalo, NY -where I am from- and have spoken to him personally. He shakes up your "spiritualism" and even throws in a few laughs when telling tales from our local area. I enjoyed reading the book and find his info very interesting!