Encyclopedia Of Haunted Places: Ghostly Locales From Around The World (Paperback)

by Jeff Belanger (Compiler, Editor) "Ghosts are everywhere..." (more)
Key Phrases: Belanger Founder, Civil War, New York (more...)

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Product Description
The Encyclopedia of Haunted Places is the first directory to be written by dozens of the world's leading paranormal investigators. Research notes, location background, first-hand accounts, and many anomalous photographs featuring ghostly manifestations comprise the hundreds of haunted listings in this directory. For years, paranormal investigative groups have been studying their local ghosts with scientific equipment as well as with more esoteric methods, such as psychics and séances. This directory is a repository of some of their most profound cases. From across the United States, Canada, and many spots around the globe, ghost investigators tell of their sometimes harrowing experiences, share their research, and give readers an overview of both well-known and obscure haunted locales. From private residences to inns and restaurants, battlefields to museums and libraries, graveyards to churches, The Encyclopedia of Haunted Places will offer supernatural tourists a guide to points of interest through the eyes of the ghost hunters. This reference also offers names, addresses, phone numbers, and Web addresses to each location covered. Feeling brave? You may just want to stop and visit some ghosts on your next trip. Jeff Belanger is a voracious fan of the unexplained. He's been studying and writing about the supernatural for regional and national publications since 1997. Belanger is the founder of Ghostvillage.com, the Internet's largest supernatural community, which attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors per year. He's the author of: The World's Most Haunted Places: From the Secret Files of Ghostvillage.com (New Page Books 2004), and The Encyclopedia of Haunted Places (New Page Books 2005).

About the Author
Jeff Belanger has been studying and writing about the supernatural for regional and national publications since 1997. He's the founder of Ghostvillage.com, the largest supernatural community on the Web, and the author of more than 10 books, including The World's Most Haunted Places, Our Haunted Lives, and The Ghost Files. Belanger lectures throughout the United States and has appeared on more than 100 radio and television programs worldwide, including The History Channel, The Travel Channel, Living TV (UK), The Maury Show, The CBS News Early Show, National Public Radio, The BBC, Australian Radio Network, Coast to Coast AM, and The `X' Zone. He currently haunts Massachusetts with his wife, Megan, and daughter, Sophie. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 357 pages
• Publisher: New Page Books (August 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564147991
• ISBN-13: 978-1564147998
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #471,559 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The PERFECT resource for ghost hunters!, October 14, 2005

By	Ghost Girl - See all my reviews

Finally!
I love this book -- I've been ghost hunting for years now and I can't believe it took this long to see a directory come out that's written by the actual ghost hunters. I only wish there were more locations in my state, but I guess if the book covered every haunted location there is with this level of detail the book would be about a million pages. I also love some of the ghost photos with some of the entries!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hauntings around the globe?, July 22, 2007

By	Veronica Rothwell (Melbourne, VIC, Australia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is a bit more informative with it's text and local addresses. The ghost lore and hauntings are better but i still think they need to devote a little more text involving more of the reported phenomena and hauntings that have taken place. Interesting text with the people who have investigated the haunted locations, but it needs more details to give the reader a bigger sense of the spook factor.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Starter Reference, June 7, 2008

By	Robert A. Debellis "GASP Founder" (Gaithersburg, Maryland United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Encyclopedia of Haunted Places: Ghostly Locales from Around the World (Hardcover)

This is an excellent book for beginner paranormal student or those with paranormal interests. It is also an extensive collection of haunted locations that are typically found in individual books, so purchasing this book can save you money. Although the book tries to include world-wide locations, its focus is mainly the United States. I would imagine that readers interested in foreign haunted locations would be disappointed with this book. Still, I recommended it full heartedly for use as starting source of paranormal investigations. There are more reportedly haunted places than one can imagine!