Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places
by Brad Steiger
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Author: Brad SteigerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-08-01
ISBN: 1578591465
Number of pages: 640
Publisher: Visible Ink Press
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- Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places
- Brad Steiger
- the Bell Witch, Borley Rectory, the monster of Glarris Castle
- Brad Steiger appears frequently on radio and television, and bimonthly as a guest on the nationally syndicated Jeff Rense Show, answering listener questions about mysterious events.
- most extensive accounting of true stories
Book Reviews of Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places
Book Review: The Best Book to Add to a Paranormal Collection!
Summary: 5 Stars
Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places, by Brad Steiger is an amazing book for its price. The 580 pages are packed with haunted locations from every corner of the United States, photos of locations and researchers, references to movies, and bibliography stock full of books related to the paranormal. Steiger wrote Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places in a way that gives readers a buffet table of stories around the United States without having to buy multiple books.
The book is divided into the contents section, an introduction to the book, thirty chapters ranging from haunted homes and public buildings, hotels, inns and motels, poltergeists, roads and public highways, churches, cemeteries, and burial grounds, animal spirits and many other categories, and ending into four appendices and an index.
The introduction is five and a half pages which gives a brief story about the activity in his family's home while his children grew up, a few paragraphs on capturing evidence of spirits, and the five types of spirits according to Steiger; Sprit residues, spirits of the dead, poltergeists, spirit parasites, and spirit masqueraders. The introduction is a quick read, and builds a sturdy bridge connecting to the chapters.
The only negative I have about Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places is that if you are looking for large number of locations in one area, it is difficult to. Many of the locations are spread out across the country, requiring a far drive to visit numerous locations.
Each chapter contains a story and history of the haunted location and if available, a picture of the location, and researchers who have visited the location. Each listing averages out to be one to three pages. Some are as short as half a page, while some may be up to ten pages. Every listing has material that grabbed my attention and gave me the important details and facts, without losing my attention. As a reader, if a book wanders from the subject I tend to become easily distracted. This never happened with Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places.
In the back of the book are four appendixes that tie in well to finish up Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places. Appendix A lists quick synopsis about haunted locations across the country. Each listing is a quick paragraph giving the key facts, and the state and town the location is in. Appendix B is a directory to ghost hunters, researchers and resources. Appendix C is a listing of movies and media related to the paranormal. The final appendix, D, contains every source used as a reference.
If a reader asked me for one book to recommend buying for a national directory of haunted locations, Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places would be the book. No paranormal book collection could be complete without it! I give Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places 5 out of 5 stars.
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In addition to rounding up the usual suspects, including the Bell Witch, Borley Rectory, the monster of Glarris Castle, and Gef, the mongoose/poltergeist on the Isle of Man, this book includes much that is new for the dedicated ghost aficionado.
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