Hauntingly True Stories

Updated September 24, 2025
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Hauntingly True Stories

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Haunted hikes of New Hampshire
O'connor, Marianne.
Paper Book
O'Connor shares more than trail mix with her readers as she recounts the ghost stories, legends and lore associated with some of NH's premier hiking trails. Families will want to get up off the couch and out into the woods to explore these haunts for themselves.
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,...
Walking haunted London : 25 original walks exploring London's ghostly past
Jones, Richard Glyn.
Paper Book
These twenty-five original spooky walks and tours in and around London feature a wealth of detail on ghostly people and places both past and present, from Jack the Ripper to Pluckley, the most haunted village in England. Walking Haunted London includes atmospheric photographs, information on...
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
Ghosts are among us. On the other side of death, the spirits of departed souls have been part of human myths and beliefs as long as anyone can recall. Some of the most powerful and affecting images in fiction are of ghosts, spirits, visitations from beyond the veil of death.Ellen Datlow, an editor...
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
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...
In search of the paranormal : the Hammer House murder, ghosts of the clink, and other disturbing investigations
Estep, Richard
Paper Book
From exploring the Tower of London to investigating a haunted Colorado firehouse, paranormal researcher Richard Estep takes you behind the scenes for an up-close-and-personal encounter with a fascinating legion of hauntings. This collection reveals some of the most chilling, captivating, and...
The haunting of twentieth-century America
Birnes, William J.
Paper Book
In this sequel toThe 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...
The ghost lab : how bigfoot hunters, mediums, and alien enthusiasts are wrecking science
Hongoltz-Hetling, Matthew.
Paper Book
A surprising and compelling journey into the business of paranormal investigation, and the state of scientific literacy in America. In 2010, a sleepy small-town business plaza in rural New Hampshire rented space to an unusual tenant: a ghost laboratory. The...
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...
Maleficium : witchcraft and witch-hunting in the west
Napier, Gordon
Paper Book
Europe in the 1500s and 1600s was an ascending, expanding civilisation, poised to become globally dominant, and destined to produce the Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution. Confident mercantile republics and opulent monarchies alike seemed to be flourishing. But it was also a Devil-haunted...
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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