Ghost and Hauntings	Here are some of the best books that I own. So.. sit back and enjoy scaring the devil out of yourself.
	Complete Idiot's Guide to Ghosts and Hauntings You're no idiot, of course. You know Casper was a friendly ghost and that the Phantom Hitchhiker is someone you'd rather not meet on a deserted highway late at night. But when it comes to knowing the authentic roots of ghost stories-and which ones remain unexplained to this day-you don't stand a ghost of a chance. Don't get spirited away yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ghosts and Hauntings is an eerie investigation into the firsthand accounts, legends, literature, and dramatic works surrounding the world of ghosts.
	The Ghost Hunter's Guidebook: The Essential Guide to Investigating Reports of Ghosts and Hauntings This manual is the essential guide to conducting paranormal research, written by a real-life ghost hunter with years of experience in the field. The book provides a step-by-step guide to conducting investigations of haunted spots, plus tells how to know if you location is really haunted. It also answers questions like: How to use ghost detection devices? What is the most common type of haunting? Why do some ghosts wear clothes? How do you capture ghosts on film? How to get rid of ghosts? And much more, including a history of ghost research! Don't just read about ghosts and haunted houses...Go out and find your own!
	The Ghost Hunter's Bible: The Definitive Edition 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 a ghost hunter should have and exactly what they must do on every investigation. This book will teach you the correct methods of conducting a paranormal 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. With this book you will not be left in the dark!
The Field Guide to North American Hauntings	The Field Guide to North American Hauntings Now, for the first time, here is a fully functioning field guide for those courageous investigators who wish to observe and interact with supernatural beings and the spirit world. Drawn from all available evidence, including recent research and sightings, modern urban legends, and Native American mythology and folklore, this book describes in detail over 100 haunted sites and their resident specters. Brimming with useful advice and practical tips for the ghost hunter, The Field Guide to North American Hauntings provides vital information for those seeking to encounter ghosts.
Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits	Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits This volume presents alphabetically arranged entries for ghosts, disembodied spirits, haunted places, spiritualist mediums, and parapsychological investigators. Bibliography. Index.
	Spooky Stories of Haunted Houses, Phantom Spirits, Unexplained Mysteries and More The Everything Ghost Book features: A directory of haunted inns, hotels, and historic places anyone can visit Real-life stories of friendly and not-so-friendly ghosts The tools and technology used to study paranormal activity Tips for determining if you've seen a ghost or if your house is haunted The best ways to detect and expose a ghostly hoax A day in the life a ghost hunters. This collection of ghostly tales will have skeptics and believers alike pulling the covers over their heads!
	Witch's Guide to Ghosts and the Supernatural This book not only chronicles this author's fascinating, and at times terrifying, personal experiences with haunted houses and ghostly encounters, but it also provides authentic Witches' spells, rituals, charms, herbs, and oils to conjure, banish, and protect against the spirits of the dead. With the aid of this book, you will learn how to properly communicate with spirits, know how to recognize and interpret messages from the dead who appear in dreams, see how to investigate a haunting like professional ghost-hunters do, and much more. It will help you explore the dangers associated with obsession and possession, and let you gaze upon the world of spiritualism from its early days in Victorian-era England to the present.
	True Encounters with the World Beyond This hefty volume of haunted houses and locations, from the suburbs of New York City to the major cities of Europe, are described through 162 accounts. Learn about ghostly occurrences and manifestations of all kinds including apparitions, psychic impressions, and "phantoms of the living," and see the ghostly images in documentary b&w photos.
	CONFESSIONS OF A GHOST HUNTER This unsettling book chronicles Taylor’s adventures, and misadventures, with paranormal research, recounting his own personal experiences with ghosts, hauntings, haunted houses and more. You’ll find the stories to be compelling, often humorous and sometimes chilling as Taylor recalls his first paranormal investigation, his trips to famous haunted places, his experiences with witnesses, houses that weren’t haunted, and real ghosts! In addition to Taylor’s accounts of his own experiences, each chapter includes new information on conducting your own investigations with new insights, theories and ideas on how best to track down authentic evidence of ghosts!
	Beyond the Grave: The History of America's Most Haunted Graveyards This book was unique, highly interesting, well researched, and very scary! The author has assembled a large collection of very frightening episodes of hauntings that take place in spooky old graveyards all across America. As an avid reader of true ghost stories, I was impressed with the fact that Mr. Taylor had included so many stories in this book that I had never heard of before and that is always a plus.
	True Stories of America's Haunted Inns and Hotels Readers intrigued by the supernatural and eager to spend some quality time with ghosts may be tempted to pick up Frances Kermeen's Ghostly Encounters: True Stories of America's Haunted Inns and Hotels, but this "guide" offers little that hasn't been covered more eloquently elsewhere. From floating, disembodied torsos to menacing, Chucky-like dolls, Kermeen, the former owner of a haunted antebellum mansion, has ostensibly seen and heard it all either firsthand or secondhand through other innkeepers and their guests. However, her clunky, clich -ridden writing often mars the narration of these "sightings." When relaying one of her earliest encounters, for example, Kermeen writes: "In an instant, the room turned icy cold, and I felt terror in the air."
	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.
	Haunted Places In almost every town in America there are places where strange things happen. The perfect companion to The International Directory of Haunted Places, this revised and updated edition of Haunted Places is both a fascinating and unusual travel guide as well as an indispensable casebook for those interested in the paranormal. From buildings and parks believed to have resident ghosts and poltergeists to areas where Bigfoot or UFO sightings are most frequently reported, Haunted Places will lead you to more than 2,000 sites of paranormal activity across the United States. Organized alphabetically by state, each entry is referenced to an extensive bibliography of sources-with descriptions, addresses, phone numbers, Web sites, and travel directions provided for all locations.
	Real-Life Encounters with Troubled Spirits Everyone has heard ghost stories in the course of his or her life. Although some people are true believers, many others are skeptical of such dark and unearthly tales. In Hauntings!: Real-Life Encounters with Troubled Spirits, parapsychologist Dr. Hazel Denning offers a believable way of looking at these inexplicable visitors, providing irrefutable evidence to support the occurrence of paranormal phenomena. The book doesn't just tell stories of haunted houses, channeling, psychic attacks, possession, and witchcraft-it tells them from the tormented, earthbound spirits' points of view!
	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.
	Grave's End: A True Ghost Story This book is the true story of how one family tried to cope with living in a haunted house. It also describes how, with the help of parapsychologist Dr. Hans Holzer and medium Marisa Anderson, the family discovered the tragic and heartbreaking secrets buried in the house at Grave's End.
	Coast to Coast Ghosts An employee of the St. James Hotel in New Mexico watches in shock as a toe-headed toddler with a disfigured face disappears into the floor. This is just one of the paranormal mysteries Leslie Rule, whos Mother is author Ann Rule,shares with us in her book - a result of extensive interviews and research uncovering the reasons behind ghost sightings across the country. Coast To Coast Ghosts features dozens of spine-freezing, real-life ghost stories and about 50 black-and-white photographs taken by Rule herself of haunted sites from Washington State to California and from New Orleans to Key West. Coast to Coast Ghosts will deliver the fright you seek.
	Chilling Tales from American Homes "Ghostwriter" Nancy Roberts spins fascinating tales about 24 haunted houses all over America. Based on interviews with regular people who have experienced actual ghostly goings-on, these stories will make you sleep with the lights on. Around the campfire or in the safety of your own home, read about the Lizzie Borden House in Fall River, Massachusetts, where the gruesome murders of Andrew and Abbey Borden were committed by their daughter Lizzie...or were they? Or the Red Brook Inn in Old Mystic, Connecticut, where a jealous widow's spirit gets her "sweet" revenge on her husband's seventy-fifth birthday!
	Ghost: Investigating the Other Side Bestselling author Katherine Ramsland turns her keen and curious eye to the phenomena of ghosts to uncover the truth behind a number of supernatural "sightings". Ramsland's extraordinary investigative memoir takes readers directly into the world of ghost hunting and paranormal activity, offering an unflinching account of this mysterious world. On the track of an authentic "haunting," Ramsland encounters psychics, shamans, voodoo practitioners, and high-tech ghost hunters eager to reveal how to contact spirits. But through her own daring experiments, Ramsland is able to penetrate the supernatural mystery that has inspired paranormal investigations worldwide.
	True Ghost Stories True Ghost Stories provides careful analyses of various hauntings, separating the factual from the fake, the real from the imagined. You'll discover that ghosts can not only appear, but that they can contact us and even touch our lives. Presenting the view that time is ongoing, not something that ends in the past or begins in the future, Steiger suggests that ghostly apparitions may often be replays of history. Regardless of your experience with ghosts, True Ghost Stories gives you an invaluable resource for understanding this fascinating and uncanny phenomenon. It gives you significant facts about ghosts and even reveals features of their nature.
	Ghost Ships True stories of seafaring adventure, intrigue, and mystery... A hundred years' worth of real-life shipboard hauntings, mysteries, and catastrophes -guaranteed to shiver your timbers.
	Historic Haunted America "Historic Haunted America" is an engrossing investigation into North American ghost legends, a comprehensive compendium documenting yesterday and today's most shocking hauntings in the United States. The authors tell stories of the past and present so terrifyingly real that even the most skeptical reader will believe.
	I Never Believed In Ghosts Until . . . Good ghost stories can make your hair stand on end, but there's nothing scarier than a true ghost story. Last Halloween USA Weekend asked readers to share their most mysterious encounters. This spellbinding collection presents the 100 best entries and includes tales of haunted houses, possessed objects, ghosts, unseen spirits, and more.
	Ghosts of New England A renowned investigator of the paranormal offers 32 spine-tingling encounters with the phantoms of New England, from the lonely plains of rural Maine and the bustling old city of Boston to the Connecticut countryside.
Complete Book of Ghosts and Poltergeists	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.
	Haunted Britain and Ireland This book covers a wide area and includes stories of genuine hauntings from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. The writers style is fresh and readable, each tale is accompanied by hauntingly black-and-white photo. The author's fascination with ghosts is very well done and very apparent in this beautiful book.
	The Haunted Realm: Echoes from beyond the Tomb The Haunted Realm is a collection of startlingly atmospheric photographs of eerie sites throughout England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. Houses and mansions, castles and abbeys: internationally acclaimed photographer Simon Marsden has left no stone unturned in his quest to capture the ghostly nature of these strange places. Accompanying the photos is his fascinating commentary on the apparitions and spirit manifestations that have been reported at each particular site - as well as the strange, often macabre real-life events said to be the cause of the hauntings.
	Ghosts of the Old West Noted Montana author Earl Murray delves into the realms of the supernatural, with tales of a Civil War soldier who demands silence from tourists during his war-strategy meetings; La Llarona, the Weeping Woman, who roams the hills of the Spanish Southwest; and a wolf-girl spotted near Del Rio, Texas.

Maryland, and the surrounding states	Are you from Maryland? Are you sure you know all you want to know about our little state? It is what you don't know that may frighten the poo out of you.
	Ghosts and Haunted Houses of Maryland This volume does fill a void in Maryland. Most do not think of such a small state as having ghosts but with all of the Civil War battles that prevailed in neighboring Virginia, it predominates the local bookstore shelves in this category of regional interest. GHOSTS & HAUNTED HOUSES OF MARYLAND satisfies an eclectic need for its section of the country.
	Mothman and Other Curious Encounters On November 15, 1966, this huge, red-eyed creature with wings appeared over Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Thus began thirteen months of otherworldly mystery, madness, and mayhem for the people of Point Pleasant, culminating in the collapse of the Silver Bridge, which left 46 dead. But contrary to popular belief, Mothman is not unique. Here for the first time, investigator Loren Coleman looks at the precursors of Mothman, like the Flatwoods Monster of 1952, then brings the story up to date, detailing the sightings of the spawn of Mothman, some as recent as September 2001.
	Ghosts and Haunts of the Civil War Thirty-six stories of haunted battlefields, ghostly sightings, phantom soldiers, and fatal visions--unexplained phenomena forming one of the most intriguing oral traditions of the Civil War.
	A collection of tales of the blue and gray that enable the reader to visit famous Civil War battle sites. I HAVE NEVER HAD ANYTHING SCARE ME THAT MUCH!!. READ IT WITH THE LIGHTS ON...IF YOU DARE!
	Phantom Army of the Civil War Features 35 of the best Southern ghost stories ever to appear in FATE Magazine. You will meet angry ghosts, still looking for answers as to why they are no longer alive ... phantoms roaming the countryside searching for their lost loves ... grandmothers protecting their kin from beyond the grave ... From Tennessee to Texas, and Louisiana to Virginia, these tales are filled with a flavor and tone that is truly and uniquely Southern.
	Show Me One Soul: A True Haunting When the Stallings family found the large "handyman's special" home on Evergreen Avenue it seemed to them as being perfect. They never expected that the strange things that took place in the house could be associated with a haunting. It was when one of the family members dared God to show him just "one soul that could return from the dead" that the haunting began with such force. The haunting affected every member of the family, as well as friends and neighbors. They managed for ten years with the many "ghosts" that lingered on the property - some benevolent, many malevolent

Angels	All the beauty of Angel lore Read about the good, bad and yes even the ugly fallen ones
	A Dictionary of Angels: Including the Fallen Angels In the midst of the remarkable revival of interest and belief in angels comes this handsomely illustrated reference work--the fruit of 16 years of research in Talmudic, gnostic, cabalistic, apocalyptic, patristic, and legendary texts. "A wacky and wonderful compendium of angelic lore.
	The Encyclopedia of Angels: An A-to-Z The Encyclopedia of Angels covers every angel topic from Aaron to Zuriel. This heavenly volume lists the names, responsibilities, and orders of the cherubs as well as the various hierarchies which have been created throughout history. The Encyclopedia of Angels is the ultimate resource guide for all angel lovers and scholars.
	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.
	Fallen Angels and the Orgins of Evil Did rebel angels take on human bodies to fulfill their lust for the "daughters of men"? Did these fallen angels teach men to build weapons of war? That is the premise of the Book of Enoch, a text cherished by the Essenes, early Jews and Christians but later condemned by both rabbis and Church Fathers. The book was denounced, banned and "lost" for over a thousand years-until in 1773 a Scottish explorer discovered three copies in Ethiopia. Fallen Angels and the Origins of Evil takes you back to the primordial drama of Good and Evil, when the first hint of corruption entered a pristine world-earth.

Demons and Demonology	These books are not for the weak at heart. If you have a bad ticker... you may want to keep the lights on, that is if you are home alone.
	A Field Guide to Demons, Fairies, Fallen Angels, and Other Spirits They are powerful; they are protean; they are enchanting. And, to the uninformed, they are often invisible. This illustrated guide-the first of its kind-reveals the remarkable permutations of the demon and fairy species worldwide. Packed with lore about each demon, detailing its origins, the culture surrounding it, and its reputed antics and exploits, A Field Guide to Demons, Fairies, Fallen Angels, and Other Subversive Spirits is a fascinating exploration of global mythologies. Perfect for the armchair traveler and the intrepid, seasoned demon-spotter alike, this complete guide to subversive spirits offers a behind-the-scenes look at the devilish mishaps, impish irritations, and demonic devastations that punctuate our lives.
	Demonology: The Hierarchies of Hell This book contains countless entries for demons, devils, and other spirits of the night. You'll discover the origins of evil, why evil exists, and just how many falls actually occurred in Heaven. You'll finally discover the nature and story behind the Knights Templar's Baphomet, and you'll find the answer to the age-old question of whether demons really exist or not.
	Demon Lovers Proof of the physical existence of demons - for instance, through evidence of their intercourse with mortal witches - would provide strong evidence for the reality of the supernatural, the truth of the Bible, and the existence of God. Early modern witchcraft theory reflected a crisis of belief - a crisis that continues to be expressed today in popular debates over angels, satanic ritual child abuse, and alien abduction.
	Raising Hell: A Concise History of the Black Arts Here, in one spellbinding volume, is a history of the major occult arts - necromancy, sorcery, astrology, alchemy, and prophecy - as they have been practiced from ancient Babylon to the present day. Raising Hell weaves history with myths, quotes, anecdotes, and illustrations to provide a vivid chronicle of the evolution of the occult arts. From the origins of the pentagram and the sacred circle, to the incantations of necromancers, to the prophecies of Nostradamus, this definitive source offers a compelling look at the black arts ... and those who risked their lives - and some say souls - to explore them.
	Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Devils and Demons Containing around 1,800 entries this Dictionary covers, in one volume, all the important deities and demons from around the world. The gods of ancient mythology appear alongside the gods of contemporary religion, and `lesser' mythologies and religions are also fully covered. The author provides an extensive network of cross-references, allowing the reader to draw cross-cultural comparisons. The Dictionary will be an invaluable source of information for anyone interested in comparative religion or the diversity of religious views throughout the world.
Dictionary of Demons: A Guide to Demons and Demonologists in Occult Lore	Dictionary of Demons This book contains "historical, biographical, and factual information on demons. . . . Gettings includes pagan, occult, pre-Christian, and Christianevil spirits and devils. He has also added authorities on the occult and the demonic. Don't miss this one it will chill your bones.
	Monsters: An Investigator's Guide to Magical Beings Combining folklore, Western magical philosophy, and actual field experience, Monsters: An Investigator's Guide to Magical Beings is required reading for both active and armchair monster hunters. Between these covers you'll find a chilling collection of fiendish facts and folklore.
	Meeting the Shadow This a valuable anthology of insight into the aspect of shadow in all of our lives. With contributions from authors as diverse as the eminent mythologist Joseph Campbell to screenwriter/author Michael Ventura, this collection of writings provides a wonderful introduction to the concept of the shadow, and how it works in our relationships, creativity and sense of self. I especially appreciated the diversity of the authors and their various backgrounds. Each writer has offered a view of the shadow from their own unique perspective, giving the reader a true overview of how Jung's concept of the shadow can be recognised and interpreted along the many different paths we walk. The bibliography and list of contributors' work in the back of the book is a wealth of resources for further exploration.

Just Plain Weird	Have you ever wondered some strange stuff? Well, you are not alone... with these books you can take a walk on the abnormal side, trust me it's fun.
	Strange Deaths A great many things are dying very strangely all the time. A gleaning of ungraceful exits into the arms of Grim Reaper, Strange Deaths sets out to prove that the ways we die are sometimes more strange than the ways we live. The deaths range from unseemly to ironic--and sometimes downright tragic.
	Cemetery Stories Ramsland goes undercover and has conversations with mortuary assistants, gravediggers, funeral home owners, and other so that readers can delve into the fascinating and often morbid world of cemeteries. From the moment a hearse gets called to embalmings to putting bodies in the ground, Cemetery Stories gathers funny, strange, and often disturbing tales from cemeteries-and other places of the dead-all over the world.

Dreams and Interpretations	Do you have good dreams or bad dreams? I personally love to dream, most of my dreams are wonderful. But not all of them mind you. I did have a nightmare I was married once. Oh... no wait that was a real nightmare.
	The Dreamer's Dictionary: From A to Z... 3000 Magical Mirrors to Reveal the Meaning of Your Dreams Dreams - they belong to our most intimate experiences. In dreams our memories, the events of the day, and our fears and expectations for the future mingle in strange and baffling ways to challenge our understanding. Now this amazingly complete, alphabetically arranged bedside reference - the result of years of meticulous research through ancient and modern sources - offers clear, authoritative, and instant insight into the astonishing meaning of your dreams.
	Techniques in Lucid Dreaming Through years of experience and experiments, author Michael Szul has developed the ultimate how-to manual on lucid dreaming. Rich with new techniques and more precise information on older techniques, this book is a must have for all dream explorers.
	Dreamscape: Creating New Realities to Transform and Heal Your Life Dream interpretation enters the digital age with DreamScape: Creating New Realities to Transform and Heal Your Life. In this combination book/CD-ROM, Nicholas E. Heyneman, a professor of psychology at Idaho State University, provides both dream analysis and, through the CD-ROM, an electronic dream journal.
	Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming This book goes far beyond the confines of pop dream psychology, establishing a scientifically researched framework for using lucid dreaming-that is, consciously influencing the outcome of your dreams. Based on Dr. Stephen LaBerge's extensive laboratory work at Stanford University mapping mind/body relationships during the dream state, as well as the teachings of Tibetan dream yogis and the work of other scientists, including German psycholgist Paul Tholey, this practical workbook will show you how to use your dreams to: Solve problems; Gain greater confidence; improve creativity, and more.
	Creative Dreaming Dreams are more than just random images that play in your head at night. They are the source of inspiration and the transformation that can have a profound effect on your waking state. While everyone dreams, not everyone makes use of this unique resource. Patricia Garfield presents techniques and information, drawn from many dreamers and widely varied cultures and times, that will enable you ot plan your dreams ahead of time, influence them while they are occurring, and recall them and their lessons forever afterward. Creative Dreaming explains how to use your dreams as a tool for making changes, being creative, solving problems, and enhancing your life.
	Lucid Dreams in 30 Days What is lucid dreaming? To me it is like entering a dream world (that seems very real) where you have the power to create, alter, or remove material objects, alter time, and alter the laws of physics... such as defy gravity. I was skeptical... but now I know lucid dreaming is certainly a phenomena one can experience. The book is set up as a 30-day program to achieve lucid dreaming. It also covers keeping a dream journal (very important) and incubating dreams (so you can select dream topics in advance). The reader actually has assignments for each day.
	Lucid Dreaming: The Paradox of Consciousness Lucid Dreaming is both a review of these developments and a new contribution to the theoretical interpretation of the subject. Three main areas are covered: the phenomenology of lucid dreams (what it is like to be asleep and dreaming and to realise that you are doing so); the relationship between lucid dreams and other hallucinatory states; and the practical applications of lucid dreaming. Containing much fascinating first-hand case material, Lucid Dreaming illustrates how lucid dreams may be developed, and how the dreamer may acquire a degree of control over them.
	10,000 DREAMS INTERPRETED This an exploration of various dream images so that the dreamer can gain a better understanding of himself, his world, and his life. Three different interpretations are offered for most images: the conventional one, the psychological one, and then the spiritual one. By understanding all three meanings, the dreamer is able to understand the emotional content, the symbolism, and the reason for each dream image.