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Basic Concepts Children's Children's Books Colors Counting Design Early Learning IllustrationThis book's got it all--ghosts, disappearing hitchhikers, spontaneous human combustion, psychic detectives, haunted mines, vanishing ships, mysterious lights, death cars, and exorcisms. There's even a story of automatic writing.Whoever dreamed America's Midwest could be so haunted?Beth Scott and Michael Norman tell good stories, too. There is some repetition, which is to be expected in a collection of 120+ stories--it's...
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Who doesn't enjoy a good ghost story? For the most part, it doesn't even matter if the story is true or not. Perhaps the best thing about this book is the fact that its authors are not trying to prove or disprove any of the stories. Each tale speaks for itself. Some are somewhat funny, almost all of them are weird, and a few of them are downright spooky. As an added bonus, we learn a little bit about the history of the...
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It is rare to find a book that purports to relate "true" ghost stories that does so in a way that neither accepts nor denies out of hand the veracity of the stories. Sources are quoted, stories related, narratives spun without any editorial voice saying "this is folklore" or "this is fact". I guess at my age I don't need to know whether ghosts really exist to be fascinated in them. As Carl Sagan said, (paraphrased) "I...
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I love how this book is divided by States! Some of the stories in my state were really close to home. It made me want to go check it out for myself! I read the entire book and it was fantastic! I'm looking forward to another book by the same authors, because they're true story accounts are so chilling!
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