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48 of 48 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Suprisingly Good Ghost Stories, April 22, 2002
I finally decided to try this book out after months of passing it up. I'm disappointed in myself for doing so, it turned out better than expected.So I expected some really bad "not-scary" ghost stories. Okay, so a lot of 'em aren't scary, but they're still good. USA Weekend's editor's had readers write in with their personal experiences with ghosts. After receiving over five hundred stories, and publishing only six for their Halloween Special, they came up with this book, including the top one hundred stories. Stories range from throughout many types of ghosts. A lot of the stories are one-time encounters, while a few lasted as long as a family was in a home. There are the scary, midnight stories with entity attacks, but then there are the sad, heartfelt stories of entities who can't find their way out because they are looking for something. This did turn out to be better than expected. Just a lot of "real" ghost stories for you to read while going to sleep, having a slumber party, or working that third shift in a huge building all by yourself (like me!). ~Natalie Kilpatrick
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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fluffy but fun., January 9, 2004
If you are looking for ghost investigations, haunted sites to inspect, stories with a lot of depth, or just some really frightening ghost stories, this is not the book for you. These are stories submitted to USA Today by its readers and they have crammed 100 stories into a little over 200 pages so it is obvious that most of these stories are less than two pages long. For the most part these are "When I was a little girl..." or, "One night when I was alone in the house..." stories. In other words, the stories are short and sweet and straight to the point. A few of these writers had indeed done some research and found out just why the ghost might have been there or who it might have been, but not many.On the other hand this is a fun book and I enjoyed it immensely. The stories generally come straight from the eyewitnesses and have the definite sound of truth. Most of the stories try to be scary, but aren't really, except for the story of the secret door. That one was indeed rather eerie and the best chapter by far is the one titled Hauntings, which contained the secret door story. Some of the stories never tried to be scary but were quite touching. They say love never dies and some of these stories bring that to mind. You really won't learn much from this book but you will have a blast reading it. For the serious student of the paranormal this book will be a let down but for the rest of us who like good ghost stories it's a winner.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Ranges from the truly unnerving to somewhat mushy., November 15, 1998
By A Customer
The editors at USA Weekend have collected what they feel to be the best "true" ghost stories from their dedicated Sunday readers.The results range from the unsettling (spectres who make their presence known only at night in frightening form) to the overly sentimental (loved ones sending sweet help from beyond). But thanks to those who share the more unpleasant asepcts of sharing a living space with the unhappily deceased,the book proves to be a mostly enjoyable read for those with an interest in the subject.Reading the collection alone at night will provide enough chills to keep you looking over your shoulder.So order this title and you are likely to find quite a few stories to tell after "lights out".
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