Ghosts: True Encounters with the World Beyond

by Hans Holzer

Book Overview

Join paranormal expert and storyteller extraordinaire Hans Holzer as he explores ghostly manifestations of every variety and delves into the true nature of "the other side." In this groundbreaking... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1884822649
• ISBN13: 9781884822643
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
• Length: 761 Pages
• Weight: 6.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.4" x 9.0" x 11.2"

Customer Reviews

Top Hans Holzer

If you have followed Hans Holzer's books through the years, you know every other ghost writer comes up wanting. As always, this book does not disappoint. If you have read his other books, you will find much of this repetious of stories that have appeared in other titles, but that does not detract from the enjoyment of having so many good tales or reports (depending on your beliefs) in one location. A fine book for reading outside on a warm day, or indoors on a winter's night.....depending on what you think that creak in the floor was last night.... Enjoy

Excellent reading for those with inquiring minds

Good research, great stories (and plenty of them), make this worth purchasing and keeping. Not only will the extensive collection of incidents and hauntings hold your interest, the definitions of types of spirits and the Do's and Don't of encountering them are absolutely fascinating. And who knows, the information could come in handy one day! Informative enough to consider a study guide , but long enough to provide hours and hours of reading satisfaction. I have read my copy three times in five years, and always look forward to the next time.

The Complete Hans Holzer

I like to refer to this book as the complete Hans Holzer because it appears to be compilation of his books mostly from the 60's and 70's, but the stories are still fascinating to read. If you want scary ghost stories, try something in the Michael Norman series, but if you want to read about actual investigations of hauntings, I highly recommend this book. A HUGE book with over 750 pages printed on high quality paper and lots of photographs, there is enough material here for at least three books!

A truly great book.

I'm an 18 year old high school student and I borrowed this book from my shop teacher. I expected it to just be a collection of ghost stories, but I was pleasantly surprised at just how fascinating it was. The real cases of hauntings are great too but the best thing is reading about Dr. Holzer's ideas on death. I never really believed in Heaven or Hell and things like that, but I always felt there was something there after death. For all my life I have had ideas on death and they will always be changing untill the day I die. But this book taught me some fundamental things I'll always remember. If you're just looking for ghost stories you may or may not want this book, but if you are really looking for a reason or idea on life and death you should get this book. It is fascinating.

The Absolute Authority on Paraphsychology

An excelent book, by an excelent author, over 100 True stories complete with transcripts from seances, photographs, descriptions of ghostly phenomena, and also how to tell ghosts from non ghosts. The book covers all kinds of spirits and tells about each one of them. Covering famous ghosts like bloody mary,robert louis stevenson, even the guy who played MR BELVEDERE!!! Chapters include THE NATURE OF LIFE AND DEATH, WHAT EVERY WOULD-BE GHOST HUNTER SHOULD KNOW, GHOSTS AND THE WORLD OF THE LIVING, WHAT EXACTLY IS A GHOST, FAMOUS GHOSTS,THIS HOUSE IS HAUNTED, HAUNTED PLACES, HAUNTED PEOPLE, STAY BEHINDS, POLTERGEISTS, GHOSTS THAT ARENT, AND PHSYCHIC PHOTOGRAPHY-THE VISUAL PROOF. The most thorough ghost guide I have ever read