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The science of ghosts : searching for spirits of the dead Cover Image Book Book

The science of ghosts : searching for spirits of the dead

Nickell, Joe. (Author).

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  • ISBN: 9781616145859 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 1616145854 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: print
    412 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2012.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-398) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: pt. 1 THE HAUNTING IMPULSE. ch. 1 Ghosts: A Brief History -- ch. 2 Naked Ghosts! -- ch. 3 Headless Ghosts I Have Known -- ch. 4 Experiencing the Other Side -- ch. 5 Entombed Alive! -- ch. 6 Ghostly Lore and Lure -- ch. 7 The Doctor's Ghostly Visitor: Tracking "the Girl in the Snow" -- ch. 8 Elvis Lives! Investigating the Legends and Phenomena -- ch. 9 Encountering Phantom Soldiers -- ch. 10 Conjuring Ghosts: The Haunting of Van Horn Mansion -- ch. 11 Animal Spirits --

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Lansdowne Library BF 1461 N53 2012 (Text) 26040002991673 Main Collection Volume hold Available -
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Acknowledgments 9(2)
Introduction: Toward A Science of Ghosts 11(6)
PART 1 THE HAUNTING IMPULSE
Chapter 1 Ghosts: A Brief History
17(8)
Chapter 2 Naked Ghosts!
25(6)
Chapter 3 Headless Ghosts I Have Known
31(10)
Chapter 4 Experiencing the Other Side
41(8)
Chapter 5 Entombed Alive!
49(10)
Chapter 6 Ghostly Lore and Lure
59(8)
Chapter 7 The Doctor's Ghostly Visitor: Tracking "the Girl in the Snow"
67(6)
Chapter 8 Elvis Lives! Investigating the Legends and Phenomena
73(8)
Chapter 9 Encountering Phantom Soldiers
81(6)
Chapter 10 Conjuring Ghosts: The Haunting of Van Horn Mansion
87(8)
Chapter 11 Animal Spirits
95(6)
PART 2 SPIRITED TRAVELS
Chapter 12 Ghost of an Alaska Murderer?
101(6)
Chapter 13 Lighthouse Specters
107(8)
Chapter 14 The Storied Lighthouse Ghost
115(4)
Chapter 15 Pirates' Ghosts: Aar-r-gh!
119(8)
Chapter 16 An Austrian Castle Haunted by Paracelsus?
127(6)
Chapter 17 Incarcerated Ghosts: Haunted Dungeons, Prisons, and Jails
133(8)
Chapter 18 Convict Specters at Alcatraz
141(6)
Chapter 19 Ghosts in the Mirror
147(8)
Chapter 20 Haunted Dutch Mines
155(4)
Chapter 21 Stage Fright: Theatrical Hauntings
159(12)
Chapter 22 Worldwide Hauntings
171(14)
PART 3 COMMUNICATION WITH THE DEAD
Chapter 23 A Skeleton's Tale: The Origins of Modern Spiritualism
185(10)
Chapter 24 Spirit Search: William James and the SPR
195(6)
Chapter 25 Ghostwritten Texts?
201(8)
Chapter 26 The Seances of "Hellish Nell": Solving the Unexplained
209(8)
Chapter 27 Seance Undercover
217(6)
Chapter 28 "Messages" from the 9/11 Dead
223(12)
Chapter 29 Synchronicities: A Pathologist among the Spirits
235(6)
Chapter 30 John Edward: Spirit Huckster
241(4)
Chapter 31 The Real "Ghost Whisperer"
245(4)
Chapter 32 Sylvia Browne: Does She Talk to the Dead?
249(10)
PART 4 GHOST HUNTING
Chapter 33 Ghost Hunting
259(10)
Chapter 34 Ghost Hunters
269(6)
Chapter 35 Scientific Investigations vs. Ghost Hunters
275(6)
Chapter 36 Ghost Hustling in Connecticut
281(6)
Chapter 37 Ghost Forensics
287(10)
Chapter 38 Photoghosts: Images of the Spirit Realm?
297(10)
Chapter 39 Ghostly Experiences: Magnetic Fields or Suggestibility?
307(2)
Chapter 40 Ghost Hunting's Other Side
309(4)
Chapter 41 Ghostly Endeavor: Ethical Issues Haunt Kentucky Press
313(6)
Chapter 42 Catching Ghosts
319(6)
Chapter 43 Poltergeist Attacks!
325(8)
Chapter 44 Rampaging Mind: The Seaford Poltergeist Case
333(10)
Afterword 343(2)
Appendix: The Haunted Mind---A Glossary of Mental States, Attitudes, and Perceptions Associated with Ghostly Encounters 345(10)
Notes 355(4)
References 359(40)
Index 399

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