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Ghosts Among Us: True Stories of Spirit Encounters
Leslie Rule

Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2004 - 240 pages

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interesting

When I started out in this book, the first ten pages didn't really draw my attantion. Antway, reading further in the book, I must admid that it did hold, and could keep my attention! The story's are written quite well, and if you are interested in the subject, this is a must read!


Entertaining, not the best

Having grown up in a haunted house, I'm a little picky when it comes to other peoples' ghost stories, so maybe I'm harder to please, but this book just did not have enough hard evidence to satisfy me. There are too many instances of "some say..." and "legend has it...," and while these little asides can be entertaining, I'm much more interested in real eye-witness accounts.

While I loved stories like the children on the carousel as well as some of the letters from real people, there were just not enough of these first-hand accounts to create any substantial goose bumps. There was too much unconvincing speculation that seemed to be reaching for credibility in stories that were just too vague, and simply lacked the in-depth detail to be considered serious documentation.

I did enjoy the historical info and was pleased with Ms. Rule's ability to round up eye-witnesses who were not only willing to share their real names, but were also willing to be photographed. However, there were too many unsatisfying half-page blurps which relied heavily on hearsay, and I thought the theory of the carousel as an energy vortex was just too over the top.

Overall, this was entertaining, but not one of the best collections I have come across. Perhaps it should have been called "Ghosts and Legends Among Us." If you are looking for a book full of ALL first-hand accounts that will really send chills down your spine, try "Nantucket Ghosts" by Blue Balliett.


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very interesting story

Leslie Rule is a very exciting, talented writer with tougue-in-cheek wit.This book cntains some very interesting and eerie stories that keep you clinging on every word and awaiting what will happen next.


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Macabre and fascinating, Ghosts Among Us offers true-life, haunting accounts of eerie visitations and paranormal experiences along with artistically shot black-and-white photographs of haunted sites.

The personal, firsthand reports and chilling, full-length stories are bolstered by sidebars of actual accounts of "Ghosts in the News." Each chapter explores mysterious events-events that the reader will find hard to pass off as mere coincidence.

In her quest to uncover explanations for each incident, Leslie Rule extensively researched library archives and interviewed credible witnesses, historians, renowned psychics, and parapsychologists. Throughout Ghosts Among Us, Rule's findings are mesmerizing. She writes about being raised in a haunted house. "To top that," Rule explains, "[my mother] introduced me to a serial killer when I was fourteen." The reader is invited to skip ahead to learn about that chilling episode . . . but the pages prior to that offer their own gripping, spell-binding encounters.




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