Ghosts: True Encounters from the World Beyond

by Hans Holzer

Overview

Join paranormal expert and storyteller extraordinaire Hans Holzer as he explores ghostly manifestations of every variety and delves into the true nature of "the other side." In this groundbreaking book—featuring eye-opening photographs of ghostly apparitions and visitations—Holzer presents hundreds of case histories, tips on interpreting sounds and other signals from the beyond, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781579124014
Publisher:	Running Press Book Publishers
Publication date:	09/01/2004
Pages:	768
Sales rank:	417,177
Product dimensions:	7.25(w) x 9.25(h) x 2.00(d)

About the Author

Professor Hans Holzer, Ph.D., is the author of 120 books, including The Truth About Witchcraft, The New Pagans, Hans Holzer's Travel Guide to Haunted Houses, and Witches. He died in 2009.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	11
Chapter 1	The Nature of Life and Death	13
Chapter 2	What Every Would-be Ghost Hunter Should Know	23
Chapter 3	Ghosts and the World of the Living	29
Chapter 4	What Exactly Is a Ghost?	45
Chapter 5	Famous Ghosts	57
1	The Conference House Ghost
2	The Stranger at the Door
3	A Visit with Alexander Hamilton's Ghost
4	The Fifth Avenue Ghost
5	The Case of the Murdered Financier
6	The Rockland County Ghost
7	A Revolutionary Corollary: Patrick Henry, Nathan Hale, et al.
8	The Vindication of Aaron Burr
9	Assassination of a President: Lincoln, Booth, and the Traitors Within
10	A Visit with Woodrow Wilson
11	Ring Around the White House
12	The Ill-Fated Kennedys: From Visions to Ghosts
13	Michie Tavern, Jefferson, and the Boys
14	A Visit with the Spirited Jefferson
15	Major Andre and the Question of Loyalty
16	Benedict Arnold's Friend
17	The Haverstraw Ferry Case
18	"Ship of Destiny": The U.S.F. Constellation
19	The Truth About Camelot
20	Her Name Was Trouble: The Secret Adventure of Nell Gwyn
21	Ghosts Around Vienna
22	The Secret of Mayerling
23	Royalty and Ghosts
24	A Visit with Robert Louis Stevenson
25	Bloody Mary's Ghost
26	Spectral Mary, Queen of Scots
27	Renvyle
28	Is This You, Jean Harlow?
29	Do the Barrymores Still Live Here?
30	The Latest Adventures of the Late Clifton Webb
31	The Haunted Rocking Chair at Ash Lawn
32	A Visit with Carole Lombard's Ghost
33	Mrs. Surratt's Ghost at Fort McNair
Chapter 6	This House is Hunted	233
34	The Bank Street Ghost
35	The Whistling Ghost
36	The Metuchen Ghost
37	A Greenwich Village Ghost
38	The Hauntings at Seven Oaks
39	The Central Park West Ghost
40	The Ghosts at St. Mark's
41	The Clinton Court Ghosts
42	Hungry Lucy
43	The House Ghost of Bergenville
44	The Riverside Ghost
45	Ocean-Born Mary
46	The Ghosts of Stamford Hill
47	The "Spy House" Ghosts of New Jersey
48	The Strange Case of the Colonial Soldier
49	The House on Plant Avenue
50	The Whaley House Ghosts
51	The Ghost at the Altar
52	A Ghost's Last Refuge
53	The Octagon Ghosts
54	The Octagon Revisited
55	The Integration Ghost
56	The Ardmore Boulevard Ghosts
57	The Ghost Who Refused to Leave
58	The Haunted Motorcycle Workshop
59	Encountering the Ghostly Monks
60	The Somerset Scent (Pennsylvania)
61	The House of Evil (New York)
62	The Specter in the Hallway (Long Island)
63	The Bayberry Perfume Ghost (Philadelphia)
64	The Headless Grandfather (Georgia)
65	The Old Merchant's House Ghost (New York City)
66	The House on Fifth Street (New Jersey)
67	Morgan Hall (Long Island)
68	The Guardian of the Adobe (California)
69	The Mynah Bird (Canada)
70	The Terror on the Farm (Connecticut)
71	A California Ghost Story
72	The Ghostly Usher of Minneapolis
73	The Ghostly Adventures of a North Carolina Family
74	Reba's Ghost
75	Henny from Brooklyn
76	Longleat's Ghosts
77	The Ghosts at Blanchard
78	The Ghosts of Edinburgh
79	The Ghostly Monk of Monkton
80	Scottish Country Ghosts
81	The Ghost on the Kerry Coast
82	Haunted Kilkea Castle, Kildare
83	The Ghosts at Skryne Castle
84	Ghost Hunting in County Mayo
85	The Ghost at La Tour Malakoff, Paris
86	Haunted Wolfsegg Fortress, Bavaria
87	A Haunted Former Hospital in Zurich
88	The Lady from Long Island
89	The Ghost of the Olympia Theatre
90	The Haunted Rectory
91	The Haunted Seminary
92	The Ghostly Sailor of Alameda
93	The Ghost Clock
94	The Ghost of Gay Street
95	The Ship Chandler's Ghost
96	The Ghost-Servant Problem at Ringwood Manor
97	The Phantom Admiral
98	The Ghosts in the Basement
99	Miss Boyd of Charles Street, Manhattan
100	The Haunted Ranch at Newbury Park, California
101	The Narrowsburgh Ghost
102	The Ghost in the Pink Bedroom
103	The Poughkeepsie Rectory Ghost
104	The Ghost at West Point
105	The Stenton House, Cincinnati
106	The Ghost at El Centro
107	The Ghostly Stagecoach Inn
108	Mrs. Dickey's Ghostly Companions
109	The "Presence" on the Second-Floor Landing
110	The Oakton Haunt
111	The Restless Ghost of the Sea Captain
112	The Confused Ghost of the Trailer Park
113	The Ghost Who Would Not Leave
114	The Ghost at Port Clyde
115	A Plymouth Ghost
116	The Ghosts at the Morris-Jumel Mansion
Chapter 7	Haunted Places	541
117	The Case of the Lost Head
118	The Woman on the Train (Switzerland)
119	The Lady of the Garden (California)
120	The Ghost Car (Kansas)
121	The Ghostly Monks of Aetna Springs
122	Who Landed First in America?
123	The Haunted Organ at Yale
124	The Ghost on Television
125	The Gray Man of Pawley's Island (South Carolina)
126	Haunted Westover (Virginia)
127	The Case of the I.R.A. Ghosts
128	The Last Ride
129	The San Francisco Ghost Bride
Chapter 8	Haunted People	593
130	The Strange Death of Valerie K.
131	The Warning Ghost
132	Jacqueline
133	The Wurmbrand Curse
134	Dick Turpin, My Love
135	The Restless Dead
136	The Devil in the Flesh (Kansas)
137	The Case of the Buried Miners
138	The Ghostly Lover
139	The Vineland Ghost
140	Amityville, America's Best-Known Haunted House
Chapter 9	Stay-Behinds	631
141	When The Dead Stay On
142	Alabama Stay-Behinds
143	Arkansas Stay-Behinds
144	Georgia Stay-Behinds
145	A Tucker Ghost
146	The Howard Mansion Ghost
147	The Stay-Behinds: Not Ready to Go
148	Rose Hall, Home of the "White Witch" of Jamaica
149	There Is Nothing Like a Scottish Ghost
150	The Strange Case of Mrs. C's Late but Lively Husband
151	The Ghost of the Little White Flower
152	Raynham Hall
153	The Ghost of the Pennsylvania Boatsman
Chapter 10	Poltergeists	667
154	The Devil in Texas
155	Diary of a Poltergeist
156	The Millbrae Poltergeist Case
157	The Ghosts of Barbery Lane
158	The Garrick's Head Inn, Bath
Chapter 11	Ghosts That Aren't	707
	Contacts and Visits by Spirits
	When the Dead Reach Out to the Living
	Unfinished Business
	When the Dead Help the Living
159	Vivien Leigh's Post-Mortem Photograph
160	How the Dead Teacher Said Good-bye
	Bilocation or the Etheric Double of a Living Person
	Astral Projections or Out-of-Body Experiences
	Psychic Imprints of the Past
161	The Monks of Winchester Cathedral
162	The Secret of Ballinguile
Chapter 12	Psychic Photography--The Visual Proof	741
	Communication from Beyond through Photography: Track Record and Test Conditions
	The Mediumship of John Myers
	Authentic "Spirit Pictures" Taken at Seances
	Spirit Photography at a Camp
	Some Unexpected Spirit Faces
	Photographing Materializations
	The Physician, Catherine the Great, and Polaroid Spirit Photography
	Mae Burrow's Ghostly Family Picture
	A Ghostly Apparition in the Sky
	The Parish House Ghosts
	Books Previously Published by Hans Holzer	759