Jul 31, Sandy May rated it liked it. A nice little collection of "spooky" stories. Mostly ghost stories, things I could see being told around a campfire. I don't know what to think about ghosts, but that doesn't really matter. The ghost stories weren't the ones that really weirded me out.
The story about the unexplained fires and spontaneous combustion freaked me out. The story about the psychic detective was especially interesting.
There's no way to A nice little collection of "spooky" stories. There's no way to tell if any of these stories are true, or just old local legends, but that doesn't make them any less interesting. It's probably a mix of truth and legend. Most of the stories seemed to be from the mids to the early to mids. That makes it sort of difficult to research them in much depth. I googled a few of the stories, but I'm not interested enough to hunt down all the books in the bibliography. Maybe just the stuff about the body-switching, that was the story that really fascinated me.
Anyway, overall a good collection of midwest ghost stories, though I was a bit disappointed with the selection of stories for Ohio though I might be biased, being from Ohio. Apr 14, Granny rated it really liked it Shelves: folklore-magic. A large collection; divided state by state, of ghost stories from across the American Midwest. These stories are written along the lines of local folklore and legends. This is not a bad thing; but if you are looking for a more scientific analysis of ghostly phenomena, I would take a pass on this book.
But it is a lively and entertaining book, lots of stories, lots of local history tidbits. With a healthy suspension of disbelief, this is an enjoyable volume. May 21, Sabrina Rutter rated it it was amazing Shelves: favorites , paranormal-nonfiction. This was a fun read, full of very scary stories!
Feb 26, Rebecca rated it really liked it. Well written. The stories in this book are just that They are the stories and legends told in the places mentioned. The authors did not intend this to be a documented telling of "true hauntings," replete with investigations and deep history searches, they intended it to be a bunch of really interesting tales that are told on dark and stormy nights.
And they are highly successful in doing just that. I gave it four stars for that reason. I much prefer investiga SO I much prefer investigative works of this type, or first-person accounts, but one cannot deny that these tales were very well told, indeed.
Jun 22, Natalie rated it really liked it Shelves: mystery , paranormal. I really had fun reading this. Yes, it's dated the book was published in the mid 80's and the stories are primarily from the 's to the mid 's, but that doesn't make them any less creepy or entertaining.
I appreciated how the authors separated the stories into the states they came from, and the states were in alphabetical order. The stories weren't written very well, but they didn't feel repetitive or stale. Every one felt new and fresh, and I was never bored or wanted to stop reading- I really had fun reading this. Every one felt new and fresh, and I was never bored or wanted to stop reading- however, at the same time, the selections aren't long and it was easy to pick up and put down.
I'd recommend this to anyone who loves ghost stories, or is looking for something easy to read after plowing through a long or particularly difficult novel. Shelves: dark-scary-or-mysterious-shit , history-is-not-a-social-science , own-it. Update : Nope, I just can't do it. This is now the second book that I am purposefully not finishing. I was just looking through some other folks' shelves, and you know, there are just too many good books to get to.
But it's just not scary. It's basically just recounting ghost stories from a Update : Nope, I just can't do it. It's basically just recounting ghost stories from all the Midwestern states. And what do ya know, they all have pretty much the same ghost stories as everywhere else in America I may have to not finish this. I've made it into Iowa and it really is just the same story over and over. Southern ghost stories are much better. It's the humidity. Mar 27, Nicole M.
I remember kids checking this book out of the library in elementary school. In an attempt to get into the Halloween spirit this year, I checked it out again. I think these stories were much scarier in the third grade.
The stories aren't particularly well written, although some are curious indeed. And it is always neat when you recognize a nearby site mentioned for me the Summit mansion in St. Still, I ended up getting bored and returning it to the library Maybe I will read the rest of I remember kids checking this book out of the library in elementary school.
Maybe I will read the rest of the states next Halloween. Jan 15, P. Winn rated it really liked it. This collection is best read with lights on and will leave goosebumps long after the last page is turned. The stories are based on actual events. Jul 30, Isidore rated it liked it Shelves: weird-non-fiction. Aside from an annoying addiction to exclamation points, the authors write well--so why do I feel the results are lacklustre?
Somehow the stories are too cozy, too undisturbing. The problem is not one of content, but one of style: Hauck has covered some of the same hauntings, and his accounts have a kick which eludes Scott and Norman, partly because he does not try to spin them out into short stories, but also because he knows how to highlight a dramatic detail: for instance, in telling about the Aside from an annoying addiction to exclamation points, the authors write well--so why do I feel the results are lacklustre?
The problem is not one of content, but one of style: Hauck has covered some of the same hauntings, and his accounts have a kick which eludes Scott and Norman, partly because he does not try to spin them out into short stories, but also because he knows how to highlight a dramatic detail: for instance, in telling about the Mason Court Apartments affair, Hauck zeroes in on the "two gray fingers" protruding through the floorboards--the most horrific element in the narrative, which pretty much gets lost in a welter of irrelevant detail in this book the authors even miss the greyness of the fingers, an important touch.
All in all, pleasant, if insipid fare. Aug 11, Jason Gusman rated it liked it. This is a neat little collection of places in the Midwest that had odd things happen in them. But there is a story in here that talks about 'The Light" by Watersmeet. Well, it's the exact same thing in another state :. None of the stories are really spooky or evil. A lot are innocent haunts involving civil war soldiers and normal thumps and fo This is a neat little collection of places in the Midwest that had odd things happen in them.
A lot are innocent haunts involving civil war soldiers and normal thumps and footsteps in the night. Overall a fun read when you really have nothing else around that is enticing. In other words, I wouldn't go out of my way to read it. Oct 12, Laura rated it really liked it Shelves: nonfiction. It's October so it's time for scary books about things which go bump in the night. I wasn't up for a heavy read The Exorcist , for example.
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