THE GHOST HUNTERS BIBLE

Everything that you wanted to know about ghosts, and some things that you didn't want to know!  Incredible descriptions give you a first hand look into the world of the paranormal. The Ghost Hunter’s Bible was written to help people understand and deal with the phenomenon of ghosts, poltergeists and other paranormal entities. It presents facts and methods, covering in detail, what you need to have and exactly what you must do on a ghost hunt. Learn what it takes to study ghosts and become a ghost hunter. This book will teach you the correct methods of conducting an investigation, from using the proper specialized equipment to finding the ghosts. It will prepare you for everything that you might encounter on a ghost hunt.

THE GHOST HUNTER'S GUIDEBOOK
The Essential Guide to Investigating Ghosts & Hauntings by Troy Taylor
(Revised Third Edition -- 2004)

The author and ghost researcher delves once more into the field of paranormal investigation with the new, updated and expended edition of his bestselling guide. Taylor has expanded on all of the original material from past volumes and has added new information on investigation techniques, ghost detection equipment, cameras, researching haunted history and more. The book explores step by step methods for investigating homes, buildings and graveyards; authentic methods of obtaining paranormal photos, video and EVP; real-life cases of ghost activity; best uses for 35mm and digital cameras; spirit communications and ghost watches – and just about anything a ghost hunter needs to know!

THE BOOK OF GHOSTS

This Book is for Intermediate and Advanced Ghost Hunters.  From the founder of Zerotime Paranormal Research and author of The Ghost Hunter's Bible comes The Book of Ghosts. This richly illustrated, comprehensive guide to the world of ghosts is the result of over a decade of ghost research. It tackles who ghosts are and why they haunt. From the first to last page, the primitive fear of ghosts is unleashed. The Book of Ghosts is an enlightening and sometimes terrifying examination of the unique personalities of the countless ghosts that haunt the world.

GHOST TECH

The Essential Guide to Paranormal Investigation Equipment

This entertaining and informative book offers a wealth of practical information on basic equipment operations, the ins and outs of using the equipment during investigations and much more. The book explores the nature of ghosts, temperature detection devices and how to use them, the uses and misuses of EMF meters, recording the voices of the dead, using cameras for investigations, recording the paranormal on video, various types of equipment and how to use it and much more! This is a must-have book for anyone with an interest in ghost research and the proper use of the scientific equipment that has become so prevalent in the supernatural field. It is an essential guide to paranormal research and the perfect addition to any ghost hunter's tool kit!

The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits, Second Edition Featuring more then 500 entries, The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits is a mesmerizing compendium of worldwide paranormal activity. With explanations of strange phenomena from both folklore and modern scientific research, it examines famous hauntings, historical figures and events, and myths and legends surrounding ghosts and spirits in different cultures. This edition covers recent breakthroughs and incidents, new information about important myths, and current research into ghosts and other paranormal occurrences. What's more, the forewords are by Tom Perrott, former Chairman of the Ghost Club and Troy Taylor, President of the American Ghost Society.

Spirit Orb Phenomena : Fact or Fiction?
by Anthony Kevan SercombeA book full of information on spirit orbs. The term is discussed and the confusion exsisting within the literature clarified. Also there are 98 quite intruiging colour photographs displayed.Ghosts have always fascinated humans if only because they have offered the possibility of finding out more about life on the other side. Spirit Orbs, though are less known, Anthony Kevan Sercombe's "Spirit Orb Phenomena: Fact or Fiction?" is a pioneering work in this field.  Put simply, spirit orbs are images of humans which can be captured with camera. The writer takes the trouble of sharing how easily spirit orbs can be easily confused with reflected light on camera and other natural anomalies, however it  made clear that spirit orbs images are definitely different to some tricks of the light.

THERE IS NO DEATH

 If you want to know about the history of EVP/ITC, if you would like to read about the experiences people have had with these phenomena and if you would like to learn how to record for the paranormal voices and images, you will want to read this book.

Phone Calls From the Dead 
by Wendy Brenner "His mission was simple: to destabilize scientific paradigms by assembling a multivolume collection of every scientific anomaly ever recorded-an Encyclopedia of Anomalies, the most comprehensive,..."

Breakthrough: An Amazing Experiment in Electronic Communication with the Dead, Konstantin Raudive

This is the book that brought information about EVP to the public. Voice phenomena were accidentally discovered in Sweden by Friedrich Jürgenson in 1957.  Jürgenson showed Raudive how to record the voices and the book is the results of six years of research into the phenomena.  A dead persons voice appears during playbacks of tape recordings on which no such voices were audible at the time of the original recording. These voices often state their names and may be identified as male or female, but all speak very much faster than is normal and employ a curious speech rhythm.

  Roads to Eternity, Sarah Estep EVP, Electronic Voice Phenomena, is real. Spirits can communicate with us from beyond the grave and author Sarah Estep has the proof. She has had more than 20,000 contacts with the spirit world, and has caught EVP on tape recorders, her computer, her TV, and even her telephone. Hear it for yourself on the Roads to Eternity bonus CD included with the book.

After We Die, What Then? George Meek

After centuries of being taboo, the subject of our survival of death has once again become popular. After We Die, What Then? is a comprehensive examination of the nature of death and the proof of our survival. This edition has been expanded to present the latest findings in the field, not just in mediumship but also in electronic communication. This book establishes the continuity of life as fact, not speculation. It also contains fascinating information about what happens to consciousness after the death of the physical body -- and answers 50 common questions about life after death.

Phone Calls From The Dead, D Scott Rogo and Raymond BaylessAre these actual phone calls from the dead…two highly respected, veteran parapsychologists – undertook and intense two-year investigation into this puzzling phenomenon…Rogo and Bayless conclude that these enigmatic phone calls actually do occur – and are probably more common than most people would like to think.  Furthermore, it appears that these calls are only one form of contact in a long history of inexplicable electronic phenomena.

 Field Guide to Spirit Photography – The Essential Guide to Camera’s in Paranormal Research by Dale Kaczmarek,. Ghost Research Society Press and Ghost Research Society .    

The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits by John and Anne Spencer, Great Britain: by BCA by arrangement of Headline Book Publishing PLC 1992.  

 The World's Most Incredible Stories, The Best of Fortean Times Published by Barnes and Noble, Inc. by arrangement with Eddison Sadd Editions 1992.

The Ghost Hunters Guidebook- The Essential Guide to Investigating Ghosts & Hauntings,  Alton, IL: Whitechapel Productions Press 2004

How to Hunt Ghosts - A Practical Guide by Joshua P. Warren, New York, NY: Simon & Schuster 2003

  The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Ghosts and Hauntings by Tom Odgen, Indianapolis, IN: Alpha Books 1999.

 Ghost Hunting in Kentucky and Beyond – Experience the Unexplained by Patti Starr, Kuttawa, KY: McClanahan Publishing House 2002.        

 Parapsychology: The Controversial Science by Richard Broughton, New York: Baltimore Books 1991

Paranormal People - The Famous, the Infamous, and the Supernatural by Paul Chambers,  UK: Blandford 1998.  

Ghost Encounters – Finding Phantoms and Understanding Them by Cassandra Eason,   UK: Blandford 1997.

Angel in the Darkness by SharonRenae

A profound spiritual story for all ages, Angel in the Darkness, gives a new insight and perspective to the concept of the duality of good and evil.  This story will open your hearts and possibly shake your foundations of belief.

Haunted Places: The National Directory
From Maine to Hawaii, this fascinating book leads you to more than 2,000 haunted places, many of them open to the public, in all fifty states. You'll find ghosts famous and obscure from the lawless days of the Gold Rush, from the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and the Roaring Twenties--even ghosts who first appeared in the 1990s. Entries are organized alphabetically by state and are referenced to an extensive bibliography of sources. Addresses, phone numbers, and travel directions are provided for all sites.

Real Hauntings: True American Ghost Stories
Hans Holzer's Real Hauntings continues his account of true, authenticated case histories of hauntings throughout the United States. Where his previous book deals primarily with historical personages and places, this new volume introduces us to the average American.

Complete Book of Ghosts and Poltergeists
This book takes us into the world of the dead and the "undead." Within you will read about hauntings from the departed who have returned, to poltergeists who fling objects and persecute the living. This book will entertain with its range of stories--for the believer and skeptic alike. It will impress you with its wide scope of research on the subject

Things You Always Wanted to Know about Angels, Demons, and the Afterlife
Longtime believers, new Christians, and skeptics alike will enjoy this fun, fact-filled book of biblical knowledge from Bible trivia buff and best-selling author, Stephen Lang. In 1,001 Things You Always Wanted to Know About Angels, Demons, and the Afterlife, Lang addresses such subjects as "why angels are depicted with wings," "where the idea of purgatory originated," "whether Christians can be demon-possessed," and "the notion of guardian angels." Readers will find all this information and more right at their fingertips in this topically organized, intriguing book that will whet their appetite for further investigation.

The Skeptic's Dictionary by Robert Todd Carroll, Robert T. Carroll

Paranormal Borderlands of Science (1981) edited by Kendrick Frazier. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books.

Science Confronts the Paranormal (1986) edited by Kendrick Frazier. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books.

The Hundredth Monkey and Other Paradigms of the Paranormal (1991) edited by Kendrick Frazier. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books.

Online Material

Paranormal About.com

Acadine Archive

Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained

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Mysteries, Legends and the Paranormal

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X-Project Paranormal Magazine

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