How to Be a Ghost Hunter

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Llewellyn Worldwide, 2003 - Body, Mind & Spirit - 118 pages

So you want to investigate a haunting? This book is full of practical advice used in the author's own ghost hunting practice. Find out whether you're dealing with a ghost, spirit, or an entity...and discover the one time when you should stop what you're doing and call in an exorcist. Learn the four-phase procedure for conducting an effective investigation, how to capture paranormal phenomena on film, record disembodied sounds and voices on tape, assemble an affordable ghost-hunting kit, and form your own paranormal group.

For anyone with time and little money to spend on equipment, this book will help you maintain a healthy sense of skepticism and thoroughness while you search for authentic evidence of the paranormal.

 

Contents

GHOSTS SPIRITS AND POLTERGEISTS DEFINED
1
RESEARCHING A SUSPECTED HAUNTED AREA
25
PARANORMAL PHOTOGRAPHY
41
ELECTRONIC VOICE PHENOMENON
59
YOUR GHOST HUNTING KIT
69
FORMING A PARANORMAL GROUP
83
Forms and Questionnaires
89
Useful Websites for Ehost Hunters
101
Glossary
105
Bibliography
111
Index
113
Copyright

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About the author (2003)

Richard Southall is the author of How to Be a Ghost Hunter (2003), Haunted Route 66 (2013) and Haunted Plantations of the South (2015). He has also written articles for a number of periodicals, including Fate Magazine. To reflect his interest in writing about the unknown, Richard is a current member of the Horror Writers' Association, and he is a Bram Stoker Award nominee. In addition, he has been a featured guest on several national and international radio shows including The X-Zone Radio Show with Rob McConnel, Shadows of the Paranormal, Edge of the Unknown, and Spirited History with Leanne and Angela. Richard lives in northern West Virginia with his wife, daughter, and Australian Shepherd, and he has worked for over twelve years as a substance abuse therapist. In addition to being a member of the West Virginia Writers and Horror Writers Association, he is actively involved in his community and is a current member of the Freemasons and Scottish Rite.