A definitive enquiry into ghostly manifestations and evidence of 'the other side', in which the world's leading authority on the subject presents hundreds of case studies A classic work by the world's leading expert on ghosts, with more than 250,000 copies in print, is being reissued to coincide with the release of the newest Ghostbusters movie. INTRODUCTION 11(2) CHAPTER ONE The Nature of Life and Death 13(10) CHAPTER TWO What Every Would-be Ghost Hunter Should Know 23(6) CHAPTER THREE Ghosts and the World of the Living 29(16) CHAPTER FOUR What Exactly Is a Ghost? 45(12) CHAPTER FIVE Famous Ghosts 57(176) 1 The Conference House Ghost 2 The Stranger at the Door 3 A Visit with Alexander Hamilton's Ghost 4 The Fifth Avenue Ghost 5 The Case of the Murdered Financier 6 The Rockland County Ghost 7 A Revolutionary Corollary: Patrick Henry, Nathan Hale, et al. 8 The Vindication of Aaron Burr 9 Assassination of a President: Lincoln, Booth, and the Traitors Within 10 A Visit with Woodrow Wilson 11 Ring Around the White House 12 The Ill-Fated Kennedys: From Visions to Ghosts 13 Michie Tavern, Jefferson, and the Boys 14 A Visit with the Spirited Jefferson 15 Major Andre and the Question of Loyalty 16 Benedict Arnold's Friend 17 The Haverstraw Ferry Case 18 "Ship of Destiny": The U.S.F. Constellation 19 The Truth About Camelot 20 Her Name Was Trouble: The Secret Adventure of Nell Gwyn 21 Ghosts Around Vienna 22 The Secret of Mayerling 23 Royalty and Ghosts 24 A Visit with Robert Louis Stevenson 25 Bloody Mary's Ghost 26 Spectral Mary, Queen of Scots 27 Renvyle 28 Is This You, Jean Harlow? 29 Do the Barrymores Still Live Here? 30 The Latest Adventures of the Late Clifton Webb 31 The Haunted Rocking Chair at Ash Lawn 32 A Visit with Carole Lombard's Ghost 33 Mrs. Surratt's Ghost at Fort McNair CHAPTER SIX This House Is Haunted 233(308) 34 The Bank Street Ghost 35 The Whistling Ghost 36 The Metuchen Ghost 37 A Greenwich Village Ghost 38 The Hauntings at Seven Oaks 39 The Central Park West Ghost 40 The Ghosts at St. Mark's 41 The Clinton Court Ghosts 42 Hungry Lucy 43 The House Ghost of Bergenville 44 The Riverside Ghost 45 Ocean-Born Mary 46 The Ghosts of Stamford Hill 47 The "Spy House" Ghosts of New Jersey 48 The Strange Case of the Colonial Soldier 49 The House on Plant Avenue 50 The Whaley House Ghosts 51 The Ghost at the Altar 52 A Ghost's Last Refuge 53 The Octagon Ghosts 54 The Octagon Revisited 55 The Integration Ghost 56 The Ardmore Boulevard Ghosts 57 The Ghost Who Refused to Leave 58 The Haunted Motorcycle Workshop 59 Encountering the Ghostly Monks 60 The Somerset Scent (Pennsylvania) 61 The House of Evil (New York) 62 The Specter in the Hallway (Long Island) 63 The Bayberry Perfume Ghost (Philadelphia) 64 The Headless Grandfather (Georgia) 65 The Old Merchant's House Ghost (New York City) 66 The House on Fifth Street (New Jersey) 67 Morgan Hall (Long Island) 68 The Guardian of the Adobe (California) 69 The Mynah Bird (Canada) 70 The Terror on the Farm (Connecticut) 71 A California Ghost Story 72 The Ghostly Usher of Minneapolis 73 The Ghostly Adventures of a North Carolina Family 74 Reba's Ghost 75 Henny from Brooklyn 76 Longleat's Ghosts 77 The Ghosts at Blanchard 78 The Ghosts of Edinburgh 79 The Ghostly Monk of Monkton 80 Scottish Country Ghosts 81 The Ghost on the Kerry Coast 82 Haunted Kilkea Castle, Kildare 83 The Ghosts at Skryne Castle 84 Ghost Hunting in County Mayo 85 The Ghost at La Tour Malakoff, Paris 86 Haunted Wolfsegg Fortress, Bavaria 87 A Haunted Former Hospital in Zurich 88 The Lady from Long Island 89 The Ghost of the Olympia Theatre 90 The Haunted Rectory 91 The Haunted Seminary 92 The Ghostly Sailor of Alameda 93 The Ghost Clock 94 The Ghost of Gay Street 95 The Ship Chandler's Ghost 96 The Ghost-Servant Problem at Ringwood Manor 97 The Phantom Admiral 98 The Ghosts in the Basement 99 Miss Boyd of Charles Street, Manhattan 100 The Haunted Ranch at Newbury Park, California 101 The Narrowsburgh Ghost 102 The Ghost in the Pink Bedroom 103 The Poughkeepsie Rectory Ghost 104 The Ghost at West Point 105 The Stenton House, Cincinnati 106 The Ghost at El Centro 107 The Ghostly Stagecoach Inn 108 Mrs. Dickey's Ghostly Companions 109 The "Presence" on the Second-Floor Landing 110 The Oakton Haunt 111 The Restless Ghost of the Sea Captain 112 The Confused Ghost of the Trailer Park 113 The Ghost Who Would Not Leave 114 The Ghost at Port Clyde 115 A Plymouth Ghost 116 The Ghosts at the Morris-Jumel Mansion CHAPTER SEVEN Haunted Places 541(52) 117 The Case of the Lost Head 118 The Woman on the Train (Switzerland) 119 The Lady of the Garden (California) 120 The Ghost Car (Kansas) 121 The Ghostly Monks of Aetna Springs 122 Who Landed First in America? 123 The Haunted Organ at Yale 124 The Ghost on Television 125 The Gray Man of Pawley's Island (South Carolina) 126 Haunted Westover (Virginia) 127 The Case of the I.R.A. Ghosts 128 The Last Ride 129 The San Francisco Ghost Bride CHAPTER EIGHT Haunted People 593(38) 130 The Strange Death of Valerie K. 131 The Warning Ghost 132 Jacqueline 133 The Wurmbrand Curse 134 Dick Turpin, My Love 135 The Restless Dead 136 The Devil in the Flesh (Kansas) 137 The Case of the Buried Miners 138 The Ghostly Lover 139 The Vineland Ghost 140 Amityville, America's Best-Known Haunted House CHAPTER NINE Stay-Behinds 631(36) 141 When The Dead Stay On 142 Alabama Stay-Behinds 143 Arkansas Stay-Behinds 144 Georgia Stay-Behinds 145 A Tucker Ghost 146 The Howard Mansion Ghost 147 The Stay-Behinds: Not Ready to Go 148 Rose Hall, Home of the "White Witch" of Jamaica 149 There Is Nothing Like a Scottish Ghost 150 The Strange Case of Mrs. C's Late but Lively Husband 151 The Ghost of the Little White Flower 152 Raynham Hall 153 The Ghost of the Pennsylvania Boatsman CHAPTER TEN Poltergeists 667(40) 154 The Devil in Texas 155 Diary of a Poltergeist 156 The Millbrae Poltergeist Case 157 The Ghosts of Barbery Lane 158 The Garrick's Head Inn, Bath CHAPTER ELEVEN Ghosts That Aren't 707(34) Contacts and Visits by Spirits When the Dead Reach Out to the Living Unfinished Business When the Dead Help the Living 159 Vivien Leigh's Post-Mortem Photograph 160 How the Dead Teacher Said Good-bye Bilocation or the Etheric Double of a Living Person Astral Projections or Out-of-Body Experiences Psychic Imprints of the Past 161 The Monks of Winchester Cathedral 162 The Secret of Ballinguile CHAPTER TWELVE Psychic Photography-The Visual Proof 741(18) Communications from Beyond through Photography: Track Record and Test Conditions The Mediumship of John Myers Authentic "Spirit Pictures" Taken at Seances Spirit Photography at a Camp Some Unexpected Spirit Faces Photographing Materializations The Physician, Catherine the Great, and Polaroid Spirit Photography Mae Burrow's Ghostly Family Picture A Ghostly Apparition in the Sky The Parish House Ghosts BOOKS PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED BY HANS HOLZER 759