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- Is there really such a thing as a true ghost story? The strange tales in this book are all based on actual reports by people who believed they had been haunted by ghosts or poltergeists.
- Stories are illustrated with maps and diagrams.
- Gripping and engaging for readers who prefer real life to fiction.
- Is there really such a thing as a true ghost story? The strange tales in this book are all based on actual reports by people who believed they had been haunted by ghosts or poltergeists.
- Stories are illustrated with maps and diagrams.
- Gripping and engaging for readers who prefer real life to fiction.
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Due to publisher restrictions the library cannot purchase additional copies of this title, and we apologize if there is a long waiting list. Be sure to check for other copies, because there may be other editions available.
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Introduction
The first detailed account of a haunting, complete with an ancient apparition dragging clanking chains behind it, was put down in writing by a Roman author almost 2,000 years ago. Since then, ghost stories have been told by people all over the world. These include accounts of hauntings by the spirits of people who are still alive, as well as hauntings by the dead.Today, research suggests that around one in ten people claim to have seen a ghost, which adds up to a figure of many millions worldwide. Still, many more haven't, and plenty of them are all too ready to insist that ghosts don't exist. So how 'true' are the hauntings described in this book? Certainly, the people who witnessed the stories claimed they were true. Among these witnesses were well-respected, educated individuals such as doctors, clergymen and magistrates, all of whom could find no natural explanation for the weird things they saw. In many cases their stories are particularly compelling because they opened themselves up to professional ridicule by insisting they had witnessed supernatural events. Of course it is always possible that the witnesses in this book did not have all the facts, or simply mistook a natural phenomenon for a supernatural one. There's no such thing as a guaranteed ghost. And, oddly enough, the very uncertainty surrounding their reports may be what gives tales of hauntings their lasting appeal. Did Lord Tyrone really come back from the dead to keep a promise to his sister? Was the poison that killed Jack Bell in 19th-century Tennessee really administered by a phantom hand? Were the moving coffins of Barbados actually shifted by r estless spirits? This book doesn't claim to have the answers. Instead, it tells the tales as they were reported at the time. It's up to you to decide for yourself whether or not these extraordinary stories are 'true'.
About the Author-
Paul Dowswell started writing at Time-Life in London then moved to Usborne to work as an editor and writer of children's non-fiction. After eight years he went freelance, writing information books for everyone from the National Trust and Hodder & Stoughton, to Scholastic's Literacy Time classroom material and Microsoft's DVD Encarta encyclopedia.
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