Hauntingly True Stories

Updated September 24, 2025
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Ghostland : an American history in haunted places
Dickey, Colin
Paper Book
One of NPR's Great Reads of 2016 "A lively assemblage and smart analysis of dozens of haunting stories... absorbing...[and] intellectually intriguing."--The New York Times Book Review An intellectual feast for fans of offbeat history, Ghostland <...
The ghost detectives' guide to haunted San Francisco
Auerbach, Loyd.
Paper Book
Revealing a side of the famed city that tourists rarely experience, this handbook uncovers a hidden realm of ghosts, apparitions, and paranormal phenomena in San Francisco. The guide delves into the haunted hotspots that unsuspectedly lie in the city's most famous landmarks and neighborhoods,...
Spooky New England : tales of hauntings, strange happenings, and other local lore
Schlosser, S. E.
Paper Book
Here we have a collection of unnerving tales of events that happened--and still do happen--in the collective back yard of the New England states. Accompanied by evocative illustrations, these compelling retellings of 30 popular folktales feature supernatural occurrences and ghosts of all sorts, from...
The dark : new ghost stories
Datlow, Ellen.
Paper Book
Modern audiences have long inured themselves to fear, trained themselves to shut off their childish nighttime terrors and scoff in the face of deliberate scares. But award winning anthologist Ellen Datlow--called "the genre's sharpest assembler of strange, dark fictions" by William Gibson, author...
Monster hunters : on the trail with ghost hunters, bigfooters, ufologists, and other paranormal investigators
Krulos, Tea
Paper Book
Do ghosts exist? What about the Bigfoot, or Skinwalkers? And how will we ever know? Journalist Tea Krulos spent over a year traveling nationwide to meet individuals who have made it their life's passion to hunt down evidence of entities that they believe exist, but that others might shrug off...
Demonic foes : my twenty-five years as a psychiatrist investigating possessions, diabolic attacks, and the paranormal
Gallagher, Richard E. (Psychiatrist)
Paper Book
The world's leading psychiatric authority on demonic possession delves into the hidden world of exorcisms and his own transformation from cynic to believer over the course of his twenty-five-year career. Successful New York psychiatrist Richard Gallagher...
The haunting of twentieth-century America
Birnes, William J.
Paper Book
In this sequel to The Haunting of America, national bestselling authors Joel Martin and William J. Birnes bring up to the present the story of how paranormal events influenced and sometimes even drove political events. In unearthing the roots of America's fascination with the ghosts,...
Atlas of cursed places : a travel guide to dangerous and frightful destinations
Le Carrer, Olivier
Paper Book
Atlas Obscura says this lushly illustrated New York Times bestselling guide to dozens of dangerous, eerie, and infamous locations is the perfect gift for "those who believe the world is still full of mysteries to investigate." Pick up the acclaimed...
Fringe-ology : how I tried to explain away the unexplainable--and couldn't
Volk, Steve.
Paper Book
"Fringe-Ologybrings a poet's eye to the frayed edges between the known and unknown, beliefand skepticism. . . . A dive into the paranormal even a hardcore skeptic like myselfcan enjoy." --Mat Johnson, author of Pym Takea strange and unsettling trip into the heart...
The devil's best trick : how the face of evil disappeared
Sullivan, Randall
Paper Book
Part true crime story, part religious and literary history, an investigation into the nature of evil and the figure of the Devil by acclaimed journalist Randall Sullivan Throughout history, humans have struggled to explain the evils of the world and the darkest parts of ourselves....
The apparitionists : a tale of phantoms, fraud, photography, and the man who captured Lincoln's ghost
Manseau, Peter
Paper Book
An NPR Best Book of 2017 "A rare work of historical nonfiction that is both studious and just plain entertaining."--Publishers Weekly, Top Ten Books of 2017 "An exceptional story"--Errol Morris,New York Times Book Review

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