Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #76633 in Books
• Published on: 2004-01-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 114 pages

Synopsis
"A collection of chilling stories...eerily believable and truly spooky...very strongly recommended..."--Midwest Book Review Most people think of ghosts as rare, elusive creatures that are more or less inaccessible to the average Joe. Sure, we read about them, watch TV shows about them and tell stories about them, but we'll probably never run into one--right? Don't be so sure. Even if you've never personally encountered a ghost, chances are you know someone who has. The Ghost Next Door takes a revealing look into the lives of average, everyday people from across the country who have had experiences in the realm of the unexplained. Whether you're a true believer in ghosts or a hard-nosed skeptic, you're sure to get a chill or two when you read about the woman who was visited by her grandfather...on the night of his funeral! Or the man who was forced to move by a troublesome spirit...only to find it had followed him! As you make your way through these and other genuinely spooky stories, you'll probably find that ghostly encounters are a lot more common than you had imagined. Could there be a "haunted house" in your town? Perhaps on your very street? Maybe even right next door?

Customer Reviews

NOT AT ALL WHAT IT PROMISES TO BE..
`EVERYDAY PEOPLE` JUST HAPPEN TO BE THE WRITER`S FRIENDS AND RELATIONS, WORKMATES ETC - AND PERSONALLY I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT ONE PERSON CAN KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD A GHOSTLY ENCOUNTER...
THE BOOK IS VERY SHORT - NOT MUCH IN IT REALLY - DEFINATELY NOT WORTH THE MONEY.
THUMBS DOWN.

Splendid book -- No false advertising
I'll have to disagree with "fatmanupnorth" about this book. The subtitle is "True Stories of Paranormal Encounters from Everyday People" and that's exactly what it is. The subtitle is NOT "True Stories of Paranormal Investigations from Everyday People". I got what I expected based on the title, and was quite pleased with it. This book is written better than most other books I've come across in this genre, and there is no "filler" information, which is probably why it's a bit thin. On the whole, this book was quite an entertaining and, at times, chilling read.

Too thin and lacking any in depth investigation.
I am sorry not to go along with everyone else who has reveiwed this book but I thought for one it was too short and it wasn't in depth enough to be a thouroughly compelling read. It is a collection of stories that any of us could put together with a little bit of time on our hands. The collection of stories is from people who the author either works with or family members reciting stories along the lines of "well I have never experienced anything myself but a friend of a friend heard that something happened". We can all exploit local legends and call them "other worldly experiences". There were a couple of stories that were interesting but overall the book was too short and the stories were too watered down and not in depth enough to give them any real credibility.