As a writer of paranormal books (about my own experiences with Earth bound ghosts and spirits who have crossed over), I've read a LOT of books in the genre. Many of them are about haunted places. Most recently, I enjoyed "Charleston's Ghosts" by James Caskey.This book stands out from most other books about haunted cities because the author is also an historian and it shows.
The book is well-written and extremely well-researched. Caskey will relay a story that has become "Legend" and then he hunted for the facts to support it. Too often, whenever I go on "ghost walks" in cities I wonder just how true stories really are, and if they can be proven. Caskey provides that proof or says when there's no record.
Since I write books about my own experiences, I am adamant about getting proof of the messages I receive so I have so much respect for this author.
The book is filled with so many places in Charleston, South Carolina that I think if you are a paranormal investigator, you could spend a week there!
The photos of the dwellings that accompany the hauntings (one in each chapter) allow the reader to envision the place and get a feeling for the story and occurrences.
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| Author James Caskey |
