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The Worlds Most Haunted Places: From The Secret Files Of Ghostvillage.com | 
 enlarge | Author: Jeff Belanger
Publisher: New Page Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 54463
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 255
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.7
ISBN: 1564147649
Dewey Decimal Number: 133.109
EAN: 9781564147646
ASIN: 1564147649
Publication Date: August 2004
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Product Description
Ghostly legends abound wherever history has made its mark-from battlefields to monuments, prisons to inns. If these places have existed for centuries or more, and if they are where history-especially tragic history-was made, ghost stories will inevitably follow. The World's Most Haunted Places: From the Secret Files of Ghostvillage.com explores the history, folklore, and ghostly legends behind some of the world's most fascinating points of interest. Objective, educational, and entertaining, Ghostvillage.com's founder, Jeff Belanger, speaks with witnesses, psychics, and ghost hunters who tell their stories and share their research on haunted places around the globe. Take a world tour of history, the supernatural, and the macabre. You will explore libraries, museums, restaurants, inns, and landmarks from North America, South America, Europe, and Australia. But be careful: The World's Most Haunted Places may make you a believer!
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 Secret files???.... what a joke! April 23, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this book mostly because of the wording of secret files. What "secret??? All the "stories" in this book have been done to death.... nothing new, nothing secret, nothing wonderful or scary about this book, the only secret I could find was trying to stay awake while reading it! Don't waste your money on what so many have all ready written about.
 Temporary Cure for Insomnia October 15, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm not even sure why I bought this book; perhaps because it was so cheap at the bookstore (I bought it from the bargain books section). Maybe because it mentioned several local "haunted places" that I'm familiar with (Queen Mary, the Whaley House, and the Hotel del Coronado)? Frankly, I still don't know why, but I did read it. Overall, the "World's Most Haunted Places" is one of those books that makes for good reading for the "little room" - short blurbs on a variety of allegedly "haunted" places located in English speaking countries (with one exception - the catacombs of Paris, France).
The book did nothing for me except to help put me to sleep at night. Sure, it was "fun" but really did not have much substance. The writing was stilted and the "cute" little comments that concluded each story grew weary very, very quickly.
On another note, I found that the use of "BCE" (before "common" era) and "CE" ("common" era) in place of the traditional BC and AD to be very annoying. I don't know why people who are trying to pretend that they're "scholars" need to use such politically correct (but, to me offensive) terminology. The author's writing style was quite stilted and was often a chore to get through.
Would I recommend this book to others? Probably not unless they are seeking a temporary respite from insomnia: oh well.
Interesting book May 22, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
For some reason this book really made me want to travel and visit some of these places, I plan to start with the Whaley house next month and Queen Mary after that.
The book doesn't go into more than a few pages per place, but it makes you want to research more about each place, it certainly sparks interest, and even if you do not believe in ghost it's just a cool little bit of history mixed with folklore.
One really great thing about this book, the author gives you contact information, so if you are like me and wish to visit, you can contact them.
 The Worlds Most Haunted Places November 9, 2006
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed this book. It goes to show you that haunted places
are all over, not in just one place.
If you are interested in this subject at all, I would suggest you get
this book.
You will enjoy it I'm sure.
Scary and Satisfying! August 4, 2006
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
Jeff Belanger writes about the world's most haunted places in this book with satisfying detail and supporting stories from people who experienced the haunting. This book covers castles, mansions, pubs, hotels and more. He delves into the history of each place - something that is often missing from other books about ghosts. I highly recommend this book if you love to read about ghosts.
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