Where The Ghosts Are: The Ultimate Guide to Haunted Houses from America's First Ghosthunter

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In these pages, paranormal researcher Hans Holzer documents more than fifty locations where he has personally investigated ghosts, often with the assistance of a psychic. Complete with photos and details about each spectral phenomenon as well as the stories of the ghosts themselves, this book tells who they were and why they are found in each location. Where the Ghosts Are allows you to visit such fascinating sites as- *America's most haunted house, the California Whaley House *The ghosts in New Jersey's "Spy House" *The ghosts at the Octagon in Washington, D.C. *Toronto's haunted nightclub *The haunted frigate U.S. Constellation in Baltimore Harbor *The ghosts at St. Marks-in-the-Bouwerie in New York City *The ghosts of Longleat Palace, Bath, England And many more INCLUDES DOZENS OF HAUNTING PHOTOS! Praise for Hans Holzer, Ghost Hunter "Hans Holzer understands the rules of ghostly behavior perhaps better than anyone else. It is his business to investigate hauntings." -- Leonard Nimoy "I became obsessed by Hans Holzer, the greatest ghost hunter ever. That's when the idea of my filmGhostbusterswas born." --Dan Aykroyd "Hans Holzer is a marvelous ghost hunter, who has added countless discoveries to the paranormal fields." -Ghost Hunting Reviews

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Hans Holzer (1920-2009) was born and raised in Vienna, Austria, before moving to the United States. He became fascinated by the supernatural at an early age through the stories his uncle told him. His research took him to haunted houses all over the world, including the notorious Long Island house that inspired the film The Amityville Horror. After earning a master's degree in comparative religion and a doctorate in parapsychology at the London College of Applied Science, he went on to teach parapsychology at the New York Institute of Technology. He was a Wiccan high priest as well as a vegan. Known as "the Father of the Paranormal," he wrote over 140 books on psychic phenomena, including Ghost Hunter, America's Restless Ghosts, Ghosts I've Met, and Life Beyond. He wrote, produced, and appeared in a number of television documentaries, including NBC's In Search Of. . . . He lived in New York City.