apparitions

"[Traces] local ghost stories back to Native American legends and then forward through horror tales both ancient and modern ... Revisits some of the best known haunted locales, as well as some of the most obscure creepy places, in America ... Includes chapters on ghostly books, movies, and television. Also included is an A-Z of reality-TV ghost hunts and a state-by-state gazetteer of haunted spots."--Provided by publisher.

For centuries there have been tales about haunted houses; sometimes there are multiple witnesses who insist they are telling the truth.

People have believed in ghosts since ancient times and recently paranormal investigators have developed methods to detect evidence of the spirit world.

"Stories of ghost encounters are told using eyewitness accounts in graphic novel format"--.

Psychologist Sam Towne, certain that the human mind has the psychic ability to create a ghost, assembles a group of eight people to test his theories and ends up fighting for his life against a powerful and deadly apparition.

This graphic novel the story of the White Lady ghost including the origins of this legend and related sightings.

Successful Manhattan science journalist Jeremy Marsh is invited to the tiny town of Boone Creek, North Carolina, to investigate a sighting of strange lights in a local cemetery and meets librarian Lexie Darnell, who causes the smitten Jeremy to make some difficult choices about his life.

Presents a black & white edition of the 1951 film version of "A Christmas Carol," the story of a miser who learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.

Esperanza, told that her daughter has died and not allowed to view the body, refuses to believe the child is dead, and embarks upon a quest--spurred by the words of a saint who appeared to her in the oven door--that challenges her faith and transforms her life.

Labels common stories about ghosts as fact or fiction and teaches readers how to tell the difference between truth and rumors.