The Complete Book of Ghosts by Roland, Paul -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Coverpage Titlepage Copyright Contents Introduction Chapter 1 Belief in the soul

Cults of the dead Sacred spirits Spirits in the Scriptures Ancient apparitions Restless spirits

Chapter 2 The night side of nature

Willington Mill The Fox sisters The birth of spiritualism A surplus of spirits The haunting of Charles Dickens Ghost lights The ghost club A ghostly intruder Concern from beyond the grave Suicide sighting Last Will and Testament A dispiriting response Time-delayed proof Frauds and fakes Spectral soldiers A ‘strange meeting’ The conversion of Conan Doyle The phantom fayre Mass materializations

Chapter 3 Living apparitions

The ‘stone tape’ theory In two places at once The absent MP Phantom forerunners Getting ahead of themselves Thought forms Crisis apparitions Escaping worldly bonds A ghost in the mirror Projecting his own ghost Inducing an out-of-body experience The astral visit A message from the other side The psychologist and the spirit Psychology and the paranormal The haunted cottage Out of this world Crisis of faith Voices from beyond Recording EVP The Pope’s parapsychologists

Chapter 4 Talking to the dead

Science and the spirit world Our sixth sense Convincing evidence Positive benefits Betty Shine The psychic cleric The soul rescuer John Edward Interpreting the spirits The Ouija board

Chapter 5 The uninvited - possession

The Vennum case Soul music The artist within The three Claras The question of reincarnation

Chapter 6 Haunted houses

The Bloody Tower The ghosts of Glamis Pursued by dreams Thirteen guests Borley Rectory The ghost-hunter’s book Weird night in a haunted house The White House Alcatraz The Edgar Allen Poe house Toys “R” Us

Chapter 7 Spooky sites

Haunted hotel The town too tough to die Tombstone’s spooky sites A glimpse into the past Sense of foreboding Published, and damned The ghosts of Glastonbury Ghosts of the London Underground Ghost flight Haunted Hollywood Their final bow Spooked celebrities Life imitating art Celebrity seance

Chapter 8 Ghost hunters

Harry Price - ghost hunter Most haunted Is your house haunted? How to see a ghost Speaking with spirits The ghost hunter’s tool kit How to conduct a ghost hunt Afterword

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