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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:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 98851
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
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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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| Customer Reviews:
if you like ghost tales...... December 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book, with its great cover with the glowing red eyes, was given to me by a good friend. She knows I love ghost stories, and anything ghost related. There are lots of interesting stories in here, and I devoured this book with enthusiasm. The book covers stories from all over the world. Some of the more local ones are legendary, but the tales from other countries are the ones that I found the most interesting, both for their history and "ghost factor". I would have liked to see more pictures to go with the stories, but other that that, the book was well written and a fun read.
 Unjoyable, but uneven. September 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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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