Journey Into Darkness...Ghosts & Vampires of New Orleans (Paperback)

~ Kalila Katherine Smith (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

Best regional ghost book. -- Fate magazine

Product Description

The documentation of haunted & vampire stories in New Orleans. These have been obtained through police reports, city archives, personal accounts and paranormal investigations. The stories, history and paranormal data are from the Haunted History Tours in New Orleans. All stories were investigated by Katherine Smith. Photographs of spirits throughout the book. Complete directory of haunted bars & hotels in New Orleans.

Product Details

• Paperback: 167 pages
• Publisher: DeSimeon (October 1, 1998)
• ISBN-10: 1883100046
• ISBN-13: 978-1883100049
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #842,843 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, It Kept Me So Interested!, February 17, 2002

By	J. Makowsky (Cleveland, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews

For all of us who love Ghosts, Vampires, Voodoo, and all that good stuff, then this is the book to read. If you live in New Orleans or not, it is a great book. I really enjoyed the many famous and not famous ghost stories of New Orleans. The parts on Voodoo were extremely intersting. It kept my interest because it told me about a religion I never new about. The vampire portion of the book taught me about Vampires and things I never knew, or would have even thought about. This book provoked thought and interest. I love it and I give it five stars. It is a tantalizing piece of literature which I would recommend for anyone to read, new ager or not, New Orleans resient or not! It was great.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book, December 13, 2000

By	Frederick Drake "rickismyname" (Tallahassee, Fl.) - See all my reviews

Very informative and interesting. After recently visiting New Orleans for the fist time I was interested in learning more about the rumors of ghosts. This book gives street names and adresses of the buildings talked about and detailed history of the buildings and previous buildings that were in the same locations. Easy to read and hard to put down. I suggest reading this before you go or while you are in New Orleans.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great counterpart to the tour, March 8, 2001

By	Geoffrey R. Maher "pizzfister" (Palatine, IL United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this book after attending the 2 hour Vampire Walking Tour of New Orleans, and this book is a perfect companion piece to it. The book is fairly detailed and highly (if somewhat unsettlingly)graphic. A lot is chronicled in 140 pages or so, and the stories are fascinating and easy to read. One slight gripe I had was that some of the stories that get only one paragraph in the book get a full blown detailed account on the tour, which is why I guess they sell it after the tour is over. Overall, very very good.