New Orleans Ghosts

but I wanted more. The chapters in the book were great and in one case the author was able to disprove one of the old stories. I wish the photos of ghosts were a little clearer, but I have to say the author did a good job, in most cases visiting the places where the ghosts haunted and even interviewing many of the people who were involved. In the epilogue Victor C. Klein debates about where ghosts come from. Are they our fears? Or somekind of electromagnetic energy? Are they really the dead, trapped in our world, or something from beyond our world? Footnotes, a nice bibliography and a small index completes the slim book.I would say that this is a great book if you live in New Orleans or plan to visit. Perfect for carrying around during a tour or tossing into a small bag.Only about 126 pages long, but being published in 1993 means most of the information is relatively updated when compared to other books on ghosts. The author points out that the city has changed. Old haunted houses have been torn down and new buildings are now where forests and swamps use to be.ENJOY!

I bought the book after the wonderful "New Orleans Ghost Tour" from the company above owned by Thomas Duran. Our tour was led by Christian. A fun informative guide. We went on July 19th 2001. My book was also signed. Very happy. They take you to movie sites too and there is a daytime cemetery tour.

This is an unusual documented collection of authentic stories that you'd find hard to believe. Luckily, I know the author to be an honest person, and when I asked him if these ghosts really DID exist he assured me that they do. Otherwise, I'd never believe it!

Victor Klein's book about some of the Crescent City's spectres offers me several plusses as a reader with a serious interest in an area's reputed haunts. Right up front in the table of contents, he lists addresses of sites said to be haunted. I don't have to scribble in my own list of clues to locations as with many books. When the owner of the property doesn't want the place identified, he marks the site "anonymous." Perhaps more haunted site owners would be willing to work with paranormal investigators if all of us showed equal respect for property and living people.Following the table of contents, Klein gives readers a map so we can see relative locations of sites he describes. For out of town visitors, this is a great help in pre-trip planning. Besides, I plot haunted locations in areas on maps, as part of possible relationships and questions I have about anomalous sites.Each investigative account gives a history of the haunting, plus the author's personal experiences and impressions. Background research leads him to label some stories as local myth, allowing us to enjoy this aspect of an area's culture. This lends veracity to his statements that other events seem inexplicable by present means of understanding them. The book's minor flaws are those of the publisher, not the author. A few photographs would show the named detail better if cropped closer to it and perhaps printed on a higher grade of paper. (Yes, that increases the book's cost.) More careful copy editing would eliminate annoying and sometimes confusing mistakes in copy. To the publisher's credit, the book is sized to tuck into a tote while touring the city and organized for ease of use.I find this book valuable as a planning aid for an upcoming trip to New Orleans. I think you will, too. Any book autographed by its author is a more welcome addition to my shelves. Any author who appreciates dogs and books, as does Klein with his German Shepherd and 8,000-book library, is one I'm predisposed to appreciate.