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| Hell House: & Other TRUE Hauntings from Around the World | 
enlarge | Authors: Alison Rattle, Allison Vale Publisher: Sterling Category: Book
Buy New: $9.95 (23.42 RON)
Avg. Customer Rating: 2 reviews Sales Rank: 626959
Media: Hardcover Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 208 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6 Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.4 x 1
ISBN: 1402763107 Dewey Decimal Number: 133 EAN: 9781402763106 ASIN: 1402763107
Publication Date: August 5, 2008 Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping Promotion: Buy 4 eligible items in the 4-for-3 promotion offered by Amazon.com and get 1 of them free. Terms and Conditions Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Product Description
The chilling title of this hair-raising volume refers to the real-life Hell House of New Orleans—a mansion haunted by the ghosts of tortured and murdered slaves. But that’s only one of the 43 forbidding locations documented within these pages. Bold readers are invited to go on a world-spanning tour of haunted places, to meet ghosts, apparitions, and spirits such as the Windigo of the remote Canadian forests, which possesses unwary travelers and compels them to eat human flesh. Here also are such horrors as the moving coffins of Barbados, the Hungry Ghosts of China, and other bizarre manifestations of the spirit world. Truly a feast of shudders and thrills for all fans of the supernatural.
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Unjoyable, but uneven. September 27, 2008 This book is enjoyable, but I found it unevenly written. The parts about ghosts in America and Europe weren't particularly interesting - the stories chosen not especially original. One thing left me unsure just how well the book was researched. A picture accompanying a story about a haunted house in New Orleans, Hell House itself, showed a ghost on a stairway. This picture is actually the famous picture of the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall, who resides in Norfolk, England. This, and another misplaced picture, made me question the entire book and it's photos. -On the other hand, the stories from Asia, South America, Africa, and Australia were very interesting. I have never heard any of them and found that part fascinating. So two-thirds of the book was superb. -I am glad to have the book, when all is said and done. -85 Snazzes on the 100 Point Snazz-o-Scale.
An interesting book. August 25, 2008 0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am interested in ghost stories. This book had a combination of them, each written well.
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