Do spirits feel & think? Does death automatically promote them to a paradise-or as some believe, a hell?

"24 year old ed Becker purchases a house for himself and his expecting wife; a two-flat apartment building, which would allow them to live in one apartment and rent the other. What Ed doesn't know, is that there are already tenants residing in this building that he cannot evict ... Skeptical and street-smart, Ed has a difficult time coming to the realization that this apartment is home to the paranormal. As tensions begin to build between his spouse and himself, he attributes the stress to the new lifestyle they had accumulated, as both property owners and new parents. Coupled with the efforts of working long hours and restoring a dilapidated home, Ed ignores the unusual happenings that have no viable explanation. And what happens when something that wants to be noticed goes unacknowledged? Things escalate ... Read this hauntingly true story, of one of the earliest televised exorcisms in the nation, brought to the forefront by NBC. Interviewed and reported by nationally known news correspondent, Carole Simpson, and conducted by nationally known psychic Joseph DeLouise and exorcist, Rev. William Derl-Davis. Go behind the scenes of the known history of this truly haunted home--one that shattered the dreams of a young couple, and the family that can never leave it."--Page 4 of cover

From the vaults of FATE Magazine come true stories of encounters with ghosts, phantoms, and haunted places. An elderly waitress silently serves breakfast to two friends at an eerily deserted diner--and the next day, the friends discover the diner is out of business and slated for demolition. A phantom train still blows its whistle more than fifty years after a gruesome accident. And a grandfather's spirit brings a warning that saves his family from a deadly house fire. Over the past sixty years, FATE magazine has published thousands of true ghost stories--personal accounts from ordinary people who have had extraordinary run-ins with the spirit world. This collection features the best of these spine-tingling, bizarre, heartwarming, and sometimes humorous haunting experiences. These frightening firsthand reports include tales of: Ghostly Apparitions Messages from the Dead Dream Visitations Near-Death and Out-of-Body Experiences Haunted Places Spirits Helping the Living Vortexes, Time Slips, and Portals to Other Dimensions Spirit Guides and Angels

Twenty-five real-life tales of hauntings and ghostly encounters across America, by the author of Houses of Horror and Ghost Hunter’s Strangest Cases. Hans Holzers Real Hauntings continues his account of true, authenticated case histories of haunting throughout the United States. From the restless shade of a sea captain on Cape Cod, to the remorseful parishioner at St. Mark’s in New York City who is unable to forget her extramarital affair, to the little girl ghost of Landsdowne, Pennsylvania, who can’t quite understand what happened to her world, Real Hauntings chronicles the fascinating and dramatic accounts of the true experiences that ordinary people have had with the world beyond our own. New Hampshire, Virginia, California, Louisiana, Minnesota—ghostly encounters can occur anywhere and to anyone. Among the many remarkable encounters in Real Hauntings is the story about the ghost of a young girl killed during a wild party in Hollywood; the testimony of tenants at an eighteen-century carriage house in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen regarding the several ghosts they have encountered; and the account of the piano-playing phantom in an old house in Arkansas. In all, twenty-five true, witnessed accounts are reported here by Dr. Hans Holzer.

Discusses the hauntings of various houses throughout the United States.

Haunted America will answer your burning questions about ghosts...you know, the ones you've been dying to ask, but were too afraid to. Carefully blends historical facts with terrifying tales of true hauntings, strange stories of unexplained events, and bizarre bits of paranormal phenomena that are sure to make a believer out of the staunchest skeptics. Spine-tingling tales of unseen visitors that are still attached to this earthly plane, even from beyond the grave. Learn about the Seaford Poltergeist, a prankster spirit who enjoyed pestering a 1950s family. Read about the Watseka Wonder, the true tale of a young girl who became possessed by the spirit of a dead girl. Discover the restless spirits of Rogues' Hollow, where 19th-century coal miners worked hard and played harder. Find out who haunts the White House, and investigate the most haunted places in America...if you dare. Padded hardcover, 272 pages.

Hauntings is a compendium of real ghost stories by Rebecca E Kidger who has worked as a television researcher on popular ghost and paranormal programmes. This book is about experiences of haunted historical houses in England, haunted pubs, haunted civil war battlegrounds - a combination of Rebecca's research skills to track down real sightings of ghosts with her personal interest in history.--Amazon.com.