'Ghost Hunter's Bible' will interest ghosthunting enthusiasts

Earlier today, I finished reading Trent Brandon’s 2004 book, “The Ghost Hunter’s Bible: The Definitive Edition,” and I enjoyed this non-fiction look into the world of ghosthunting.

Originally published in 2002 by Zerotime Publishing, this 175-page book covers a wide variety of paranormal topics, including how to conduct a ghosthunt, simple ghosthunting techniques, ghosthunting tools, how to interview witnesses, capturing ghosts on film and video, electronic voice phenomena, how to use an electro-magnetic field detector, parapsychology, common mistakes that many ghosthunters make and over 40 pages of famous ghost stories.

The book also contains an interesting list of paranormal organizations from around the world as well as a quick reference guide. I was especially interested in Brandon’s list of books that he referenced while writing the book.

Books that were referenced in “The Ghost Hunter’s Bible” included:

- “Afterlife” by Colin Wilson (1985)

- “The Amityville Horror” by Jay Anson (1977)

- “The Amityville Horror Conspiracy” by Stephen Kaplan and Salch Roxanne Kaplan (1995)

- “The Bell Witch” by Charles Bailey Bells (1934)

- “The Complete Book of Devils and Demons” by R.N. Leonard Ashley (2001)

- “The Complete Haunted House Book” by Tim Harkleroad (1998)

- “Crime Scene Search and Physical Evidence Handbook” by Richard H. Fox and Cunningham L. Carl (1992)

- “The Demonologist” by Ed Warren

- “A Dictionary of Ghosts” by Peter Haining (1982)

- “The Encyclopedia of Ghosts” by Daniel Cohen (1984)

- “The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits” by Rosemary Ellen Guiley (1992)

- “The Encyclopedia of Witches and Witchcraft” by Rosemary Ellen Guiley (1989)

- “Enigma of Borley Rectory: Britain’s Most Haunted House” by Ivan Banks (1996)

- “The Enigma of the Poltergeist” by Raymond Bayless (1967)

- “ESP, Hauntings and Poltergeists: A Parapsychologist’s Handbook” by Loyd Auerbach (1986)

- “The Evidence of Phantom Hitchhikers” by Michael Gross (1984)

- “Gazetteer of British, Scottish and Irish Ghosts” by Peter Underwood (1985)

- “The Ghost Hunter’s Guide” by Peter Underwood (1987)

- “The Ghost Hunter’s Handbook” by Troy Taylor (1998)

- “Ghosts and How to See Them” by Peter Underwood (1993)

- “Ghosts of Gettysburg I, II, III, IV, V” by Mark Nesbitt (1991-2000)

- “The Grief Recovery Handbook: The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce and Other Losses” by Russell Friedman and John W. James (1988)

- “Harper’s Encyclopedia of Mystical and Paranormal Experience” by Rosemary Ellen Guiley (1991)

- “Haunted Places: The National Directory” by Dennis William Hauch (1996)

- “Haunting of Borley Rectory” by E.J. Dingwall, Kathleen M. Goldney and Trevor H. Hall (1956)

- “Hauntings and Apparitions” by Andrew MacKenzie (1982)

- “Hidden Files: Law Enforcement’s True Case Stories of the Unexplained and Paranormal” by Sue Kovach (1998)

- “The Holy Bible”

- “Life After Loss: Conquering Grief and Finding Hope” by Dianne Arcangel and Raymond A. Moody Jr. (2001)

- “The Limits of Influence: Psychokinesis and the Philosophy of Science” by E. Stephen Braude (1997)

- “The Most Haunted House in England” by Price Harry (1990)

- “Mysteries of the Unknown: Phantom Encounters” (Time Life Books) (1988)

- “Ouija: The Most Dangerous Game” by Stoker Hunt (1992)

- “The Paranormal Sourcebook: A Complete Guide to All Things Otherworldly” by E. Charles Sellier and Joe Meier (1999)

- “Parapsychology: Science or Magic? A Psychological Perspective” by E. James Alcock (1981)

- “Parapsychology: The Controversial Science” by R. Brough (1991)

- “Plutarch: Lives of Noble Grecians and Romans, Vol. 1” (Modern Library Series) by A.H. Clough (editor) and John Dryden (translator) (1992)

- “Poltergeist: A Study in Destructive Haunting” by Colin Wilson (1993)

- “Quantum Questions: Mystical Writings of the World’s Great Physicists” by Ken Wilber (1984)

- “The Seen and Unseen” by Andrew MacKenzie (1987)

- “Unexplained!” by Jerome Clark (1999)

- “Witches – An Encyclopedia of Paganism and Magic” by Michael Jordan (1998)

In the end, I enjoyed reading “The Ghost Hunter’s Bible: The Definitive Edition” and would recommend it to anyone in the audience with an interest in ghosthunting or the paranormal. How many of you have had the chance to read this book or any of the others listed above? What did you think about them? Which did you like or dislike? Which would you recommend? Let us know in the comments section below.