About this title: Called America's real-life ghost hunter, the author of "Ghosts Among Us" documents more than a dozen stories of paranormal apparitions that reveal themselves on the other side of the looking glass.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780740773853ISBN:0740773852
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Pub
Date Published: 2008-08-01
ISBN-13:9780740773853ISBN:0740773852
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Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 231 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780740773853ISBN:0740773852
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: ANDREWS & MCMEEL
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780740773853ISBN:0740773852
Description: New. Called America's real-life ghost hunter, the author of "Ghosts Among Us" documents more than a dozen stories of paranormal apparitions that reveal themselves on the other side of the looking glass. read more
"Four stars. I like Leslie Rule's ghost story collections over others of the same kind for several reasons. She interviews those who claim to have had the encounters and I like her in-depth, detailed, and emotion-filled recounts. I prefer them over the books stuffed with quick, summerized, and emotionless accounts of spooky happenings. The author includes many of her own b/w photos of the various haunted locations that do a wonderful job of adding to the fun and spooky flavor of her book! The author sometimes includes the psychic envolvement in her book's recounted tales, and I really don't have much faith in those who claim to be sensitive. I like hard, scientific evidence. The author will sometimes draw conclusions, or is quick to believe other's drawn conclusions of identities of ghosts, ect, when there just isn't any evidence to support them. There are several stories where there was mention of wierd, unexplainable phenomenon captured by the camera's of those experiencing the hauntings, but those photos are absent from the book. Makes me wonder if they actually happened and why they were not used as part of the book. Overall an easy and fun read!"
"OK, I confess -- ghost/haunting books are my "guilty pleasure"! This one lives up to Rule's previous standards. The time-and-space-defying-biscuit story made for a fun finale!"
"*I received this book as part of the LibraryThing Early Reader Program.
If you love real life ghost stories and tales of haunted houses, hospitals and highways this is an excellent book for you. A compendium of tales of apparitions and mysterious happenings the book is cut into small, easy to digest pieces and often includes contact information for the restaurants, hotels and stores that claim to have ghostly residents.
Rule does offer some research into the possible identities of the ghosts, as well as token information on area ghost hunters and enough contact information to plan a ghost theme vacation.
She doesn't offer a skeptic's point of view or attempt to make the otherworldly scientific (aside from mentioning EVPs and batteries draining on investigations). She does include many interesting pictures that while not supernatural are mood setting.
If you don't like tales of hauntings then you won't find anything new here. But ghost fans can be insatiable and this is a fine starting place or addition to a fan's library."
"I have tried reading numerous books on hauntings and ghosts, but never enjoyed any as much as I enjoyed Leslie Rule's "Ghost in the Mirror: Real Cases of SPirit Encounters". Unlike many of the other books I have read on the subject, "Ghost" is written in a conversational style. As you read, you feel like you might be watching a television program, or chatting with your friends about ghost stories. In comparison, many other books are extremely dry, overly researched, and just flat out boring.
This book was anything but boring.
Starting with the foreward, which I almost never read, the book had my attention. The forward is written by Ann Rule, Leslie's mother, and was very intriguing. The introduction by Leslie is also intriguing and makes you excited to read the book. The chapters were organized first by telling a ghost story involving mirrors, and then seamlessly blended in other ghost stories throughout the chapters.
This is a perfect book to read if you only a have a little bit of time here and there (or for bathroom reading) as most of the ghost stories are only a page or two. Leslie Rule does research to enhance the ghost stories, but this never feels like a burden to read - it always feel like you are just getting more interesting backstory into the ghosts that she is talking about.
I went into reading this book thinking it would be dry, boring, and about like all of the other books I have read on hauntings. Instead, I found it to be very readable, interesting, and scary. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a good scare, likes ghosts stories, or just wants to get in the mood for Halloween. I couldn't be happier that I found such a great book of ghost stories and I plan to seek out Leslie Rule's other ghost books as this one was so much fun."
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