Millions of Americans believe in the paranormal-and even skeptics have heard a bump in the night and suspected it might be something supernatural.

Successful TV shows such as Medium and Ghost Hunters are proof that our national obsession with ghosts is here to stay. Aykroyd introduces the reader to notable mediums while telling the story of the development of spiritualism, interweaving a personal history marked by a fascination with ghosts and spirits with the larger. Such legendary figures as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini appear and vanish.Įveryone loves a good ghost story. Aykroyd (Author of A History of Ghosts) Discover new books on Goodreads See if your friends have read any of Peter H. Describes the history of ghost-hunting and searching for proof of spectres, spirits and ghosts in some of the supposedly most-haunted sites of the past 500. Part history, part family legend, 'A History of Ghosts 'starts in 1848 in upstate New York, where the spiritualist craze first began. Aykroyd introduces the reader to notable mediums while telling the story of the development of spiritualism, interweaving a personal history marked by a fascination with ghosts and spirits with the larger narrative about the role the paranormal has played in our culture. Part history, part family legend, A History of Ghosts starts in 1848 in upstate New York, where the spiritualist craze first began. A History of Ghosts: The True Story of Seances, Mediums, Ghosts, and Ghostbusters ISBN-13:9781605298757 Edition:First Edition Publisher:Rodale Books. Here, for the first time, Aykroyd tells the strange and delightful story that inspired his son, Dan, to make the mega-hit, Ghostbusters. Aykroyd introduces the reader to notable mediums while telling the story of the development of spiritualism, interweaving a personal history marked by a fascination with ghosts and spirits. Peter Aykroyd spent his childhood watching his family's parlor s ances through the crack of a basement door.

A History of Ghosts by Peter H. Aykroyd