Be Very Very Quiet...We're Hunting Ghosts
Categories: Local Interest , Nonfiction , Horror & Supernatural
A little bit like Elmer Fudd "huntin' wabbits", here we go on the trail of phantom phenomena.
Get the basics on ghost hunting in The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ghosts and Hauntings (2004) by Tom Ogden, a surprisingly entertaining collection of ghost stories, evidence, and instruction on tracking down supernatural phenomena. You can also consult Joshua P. Warren's How To Hunt Ghosts (2003), listing what to look for and the equipment you need to find it and prove it.
Maybe you are having trouble finding a ghost. There are guides to haunts, such as Ghosthunting Ohio (2004) by John B. Kachuba that takes you around the state to visit documented ghostly places. Haunted Hoosier Trails (Wanda Lou Willis, 2002) is a similar guide to Indiana. William Linwood Montell's Haunted Houses and Family Ghosts of Kentucky (2001) is a collection of stories and folk history from our neighboring Commonwealth to the south.
Happy Hunting! ...or should that be "Happy Haunting"??
A lot of people believe, and after reading these books maybe you will, too!
- Dancing With the Dark:True Encounters with the Paranormal, by Masters of the Macabre (1999), ed. by Stephen Jones. Horror writers such as Stephen King, Ramsey Campbell, and H.P. Lovecraft writing about true ghostly happenings.
- A guide to worldwide phenomena, compiled by Jeff Belanger, is entitled Encyclopedia of Haunted Places: Ghostly Locales from Around the World (2005). It's a fascinating compilation of believable encounters and sightings.
- The Enigma of Borley Rectory (1996), by Ivan Banks. This supposedly Haunted House and scene of evil doings has been debunked, but it is fascinating to read about nevertheless!
- Poems Bewitched and Haunted (2005) Moody.
Interested, competent people have formed a family of ghosthunting societies that perform scientifically based searches for paranormal evidence. The most well-known is The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS); they are featured in the SciFi Channel's reality series Ghost Hunters, due to start its 3rd season in October.
