Historic Haunted America | 
 enlarge | Authors: Michael Norman, Beth Scott
Publisher: Tor Books
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Pages: 672
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Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.1 x 1.3
ISBN: 0812564367
Dewey Decimal Number: 133.10973
EAN: 9780812564365
ASIN: 0812564367
Publication Date: October 15, 1996
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Amazon.com Review
These are some of the most compelling true ghost stories from North America. While some of the ghosts written about here have settled down or moved on, many of them are still active. While not exactly terrifying, these tales are fascinating in the fact that they are all true, backed up with eyewitness testimony. If you prefer a book which you can use as a reference source rather than a caffeine substitute, this is one you should pick up.
Product Description
Historic Haunted America is an engrossing investigation into North American ghost legends, a comprehensive documenting yesterday and today's most shocking hauntings in the United States and Canada.
From the ghost-ridden forts in Old Tucson to the "Inn of the 17 Ghosts" near Philadelphia, from the haunted plantations of Louisiana and Georgia to a haunted community playhouse in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Michael Norman and Beth Scott tell stories of the past and present so terrifyingly real that even the most skeptical reader will believe.
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 Most Boring Ghost Book EVER October 17, 2008
I picked this up because of positive review here and was severely disappointed. The stories are by and large extremely dull and often ill-selected.
One can fine better and more accurate versions of most of these tales on the web, and one of the stories from Oregon was in fact a piece of short FICTION originally published in about 1811.
 Hope He Makes Me Pilgrim January 7, 2008
The occult in Christianity deals with things like ghosts, UFOs, hauntings and witch hunts. This book is excellent for beginners to the Christian occult, about historic hauntings in America going back as far as the 1800s. Filled with racist content, most of these documented cases involve families from racial minorities I'm assuming killed by white pilgrim settlers. As for the religion pilgrim, there are no more than 9 million in America today, about 60 million worldwide; it's like Catholic taken to an extreme and they've earned the right to do whatever they want as framers of the United States Constitution. An occasional chill will set in reading this, from the racism to third world minorities. I like it, not love it it is really good for Christian occultism. Would recommend it.
 P.T.- Great book January 28, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love a good scare. This is a great book if you like true haunting stories.
awesome book January 16, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
i think both books are very good to read because they give you some good insight about real place's that are said to be haunted.I think the reader will enjoy this one or both books because not only will they get caught up in the book but might want to go visit to the place they are reading about.I definitley recommend all of the books.I love all ghost books,they rock!!!!! they get a big 2 thumb's up from me!!!!!!!
Find a ghosts near you. April 9, 2004
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Michael Norman and Beth Scott have written several books about ghosts and they are all well written and fun to read. Sadly, Beth Scott has passed away and their collaboration has thus ended, but it was good while it lasted. This book is very well researched and convincing. There is even a bibliography, which is unusual for this type of book. There are not however a lot of bone chilling, now I can't sleep type of stories in this book. That is because this is a book of historic hauntings. Some are still current and ongoing but many of the spooks found within these pages have long since vanished as have many of their haunts. Still, wherever eyewitnesses could be quoted, they were. That always adds to the validity of a ghost sighting. There are stories to be found here from every state of the Union and every province of Canada, so chances are one of the locations mentioned will be near you. Most interestingly, some of the old stories are updated with new information. For example, most everyone has heard of the Bell Witch but assume it is gone. Norman and Scott have not only examined strange occurrences that are still happening in the Bell Witch Cave but also have talked to some descendants of John Bell. I knew of the happenings in the Cave but was not aware that some in the Bell family believe the Witch is still involved with their clan. Could the Bell family still be haunted? According to this book they just may be. Unfortunately the authors can't resist putting a few old Indian legends in the book. Some phenomena like the humming river are still active and the legends are an interesting explanation of the cause. Still, many of the old Indian legends were never ghost tails to begin with and just do not belong in this type of book. I may harp on this topic a little too much but it is one of my pet peeves. This is not the best of this duo's books but it is still well worth a read. This pair views their topic with a bit of skepticism, which if not overdone is a good thing. Their writing is clear and they don't ramble on with useless information just to fill up space. We owe quite a debt to Norman and Scott for all their work collecting ghost stories over the years and their books deserve to be on any ghost aficionado's bookshelf.
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