True Ghost Stories

by Hans Holzer

Paperback

First published February 1, 1993

About the author

Hans Holzer, whose investigations into the paranormal took him to haunted houses and other sites all over the world, wrote more than 140 books on ghosts, the afterlife, witchcraft, extraterrestrial beings, and other phenomena associated with the realm he called “the other side.” Among his famous subjects was the Long Island house that inspired The Amityville Horror book and film adaptations. Holzer studied at the University of Vienna, Austria, and at Columbia University, New York, earning a master’s degree in comparative religion. He taught parapsychology at the New York Institute of Technology. Holzer died in 2009.

Reviews

[Teresa Grabs · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hans Holzer never fails to deliver a great tale of regional ghosts and haunts.

[Elizabeth Kukshtel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book off and on for 7 years and finally finished! I appreciate the nonfiction approach to this topic and the variety in length of the stories. I do think the author is a little full of himself though. It's always interesting to read people's supernatural accounts and compare them against historical research.