Ghosts True Encounters from the World Beyond

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.

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.

INTRODUCTION

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CHAPTER ONE The Nature of Life and Death

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CHAPTER TWO What Every Would-be Ghost Hunter Should Know

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CHAPTER THREE Ghosts and the World of the Living

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CHAPTER FOUR What Exactly Is a Ghost?

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CHAPTER FIVE Famous Ghosts

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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 SIX This House Is Haunted

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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 SEVEN Haunted Places

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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 EIGHT Haunted People

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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 NINE Stay-Behinds

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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 TEN Poltergeists

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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 ELEVEN Ghosts That Aren't

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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 TWELVE Psychic Photography-The Visual Proof

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Communications 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

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