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Ghost in the Mirror: Real Cases of Spirit Encounters | 
 enlarge | Author: Leslie Rule
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 271510
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7
ISBN: 0740773852
Dewey Decimal Number: 133.10973
EAN: 9780740773853
ASIN: 0740773852
Publication Date: August 1, 2008
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"Whether they are bumping about our attics, hitchhiking on a moonlight road, or fraternizing with our reflections, ghosts tantalize us with their secrets." --Leslie RuleMeet Leslie Rule--America's real-life ghost hunter with a penchant for sharing authentic, spine-tingling stories of the paranormal. The Gallup Organization reports that more than 32 percent of Americans have seen a ghost. More than half the population believes in the spiritual, cosmic, or supernatural. To Leslie Rule, such revelations come as no surprise. Rule has spent more than a decade researching specters and spirits and has chronicled her ghostly tales in three previous titles, Coast to Coast Ghosts, Ghosts Among Us, and When the Ghost Screams. Inside Ghost in the Mirror, Rule documents more than dozens of stories of paranormal apparitions that reveal themselves on the other side of the looking glass. Rule's painstaking archival research presents factual clues to each haunting, along with her own dramatic black-and-white photographs that capture the eerie unrest of the scenes she explores.
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 Perfect for Real Life Ghost Lovers November 13, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
*I received this book as part of the LibraryThing Early Reader Program.
If you love real life ghost stories and tales of haunted houses, hospitals and highways this is an excellent book for you. A compendium of tales of apparitions and mysterious happenings the book is cut into small, easy to digest pieces and often includes contact information for the restaurants, hotels and stores that claim to have ghostly residents.
Rule does offer some research into the possible identities of the ghosts, as well as token information on area ghost hunters and enough contact information to plan a ghost theme vacation.
She doesn't offer a skeptic's point of view or attempt to make the otherworldly scientific (aside from mentioning EVPs and batteries draining on investigations). She does include many interesting pictures that while not supernatural are mood setting.
If you don't like tales of hauntings then you won't find anything new here. But ghost fans can be insatiable and this is a fine starting place or addition to a fan's library.
 Not as good as I had expected. November 10, 2008
This book started out with very interesting stories of personal encounters with spirits, but after the first few chapters, the stories became more general accounts about haunted hotels and other public places. Many of the establishments have been sited in other books and on tv shows. In other words, the later chapters are a bit boring.
Not really Scary for a Ghost book November 7, 2008
I read the book, and i was a bit dissappointed in it. I did not find this the least bit scary at all. I expected more out of it, i mean it was ok, but it could have been better.
 True ghost stories October 21, 2008
Leslie Rule's fourth book relating true cases of hauntings is a compelling read. I don't read much non fiction but when I do, this is exactly the kind of book I like to seek my teeth into. At first, I was skeptical about the subject of ghosts in mirrors; how many stories of a ghost in the mirror can you put in a book before it becomes tedious? The author proved me wrong with her chronicling of a diverse selection of real cases of spirit encounters. It made for a spooky and sometimes uplifting read.
Leslie Rule's writing style makes it easy to turn the pages and I found myself chomping through the book furiously, chapter after chapter. She covers it all, from all across the US, exploring hauntings through the eyes of children, in hospitals, on the road, in windows, in places of business, hotels and in her own home. I've always believed in ghosts and although I've never actually seen or heard one, I've felt their presence on a few occasions when I was a child. Reading about all these accounts just reaffirmed that the dead do sometimes linger here on earth among us. None of the cases are embellished or rendered scarier; Rule sticks to the facts. There are very few cases of poltergeists as most ghosts tend to be satisfied to merely amble about, rarely manifesting themselves for more than a few seconds. Some of the ghosts in this book are just flat out terrifying and reading about them gave me gooseflesh. It was also uplifting to read about some people's encounters with specters of their kin assuring them that everything was fine. The warmth radiated through the pages in these instances. The author also documents cases where ghosts don't even know that they are dead. Ghost in the Mirror is also filled with pictures of haunted locations and people who have encountered spirits.
Whether you're fascinated by ghosts and paranormal phenomena or just looking for realistic accounts of ghostly encounters, Ghost in the Mirror is worth your time. The author has done a good deal of research to put this book together and it shows. A highly recommended read.
Alan Draven,
Author of Bitternest
Editor of Sinister Landscapes
Great bunch of ghost stories! October 11, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have tried reading numerous books on hauntings and ghosts, but never enjoyed any as much as I enjoyed Leslie Rule's "Ghost in the Mirror: Real Cases of SPirit Encounters". Unlike many of the other books I have read on the subject, "Ghost" is written in a conversational style. As you read, you feel like you might be watching a television program, or chatting with your friends about ghost stories. In comparison, many other books are extremely dry, overly researched, and just flat out boring.
This book was anything but boring.
Starting with the foreward, which I almost never read, the book had my attention. The forward is written by Ann Rule, Leslie's mother, and was very intriguing. The introduction by Leslie is also intriguing and makes you excited to read the book. The chapters were organized first by telling a ghost story involving mirrors, and then seamlessly blended in other ghost stories throughout the chapters.
This is a perfect book to read if you only a have a little bit of time here and there (or for bathroom reading) as most of the ghost stories are only a page or two. Leslie Rule does research to enhance the ghost stories, but this never feels like a burden to read - it always feel like you are just getting more interesting backstory into the ghosts that she is talking about.
I went into reading this book thinking it would be dry, boring, and about like all of the other books I have read on hauntings. Instead, I found it to be very readable, interesting, and scary. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a good scare, likes ghosts stories, or just wants to get in the mood for Halloween. I couldn't be happier that I found such a great book of ghost stories and I plan to seek out Leslie Rule's other ghost books as this one was so much fun.
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