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Ghosted : a social history of ghost hunting, and why we keep looking / Alice Vernon.
Van Pelt - New Book Display BF1031 .V47 2025
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vernon, Alice, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ghosts--History.
- Ghosts.
- Parapsychology--Investigation.
- Parapsychology.
- Haunted places.
- Haunted places--History.
- Parapsychology--Investigation--History.
- Parapsychology--Investigation--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 298 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury Sigma , 2025.
- Summary:
- A social, historical and scientific exploration of ghost-hunting, and why our fascination with the paranormal is as timeless as the ghosts we hope to find.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Enter the šance room
- Spirit committees
- Haunted houses
- The ghost in the stereoscope
- Summerland
- The ghosts of war
- The ghost laboratory
- The poltergeist next door
- Haunted objects, haunted people
- Who you gonna call?
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781399418706
- 139941870X
- OCLC:
- 1542783579
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