Ghost Hunting with Derek Acorah

by Derek Acorah

The UK's number one TV psychic is back with a fascinating and compelling guide to ghost hunting. With tips and hints on tools, locations, and types of spirit activity a budding ghost hunter might encounter, Acorah provides a remarkable guide with plenty of brilliant and absorbing stories of his own encounters. Derek Acorah, well-known from the television programme "Most Haunted," has written a guide to ghosts that will fulfil your every ghost-related desire! Whether you want to find your very own ghost, learn more about how Derek does it, or just share more of Derek's exciting experiences with the spirit world, Ghost Hunting With Derek Acorah is sure to satisfy you! Along with numerous entertaining and occasionally frightening true-life accounts of Derek's own experiences with ghosts, Ghost Hunting With Derek Acorah will give you intriguing insights into Derek's world and the world of the spirits. The book
- Information of different types of ghost you may encounter, such as residual energy, anniversary ghosts, poltergeists and the spirit people.
- Hints on how to prepare and what tools to use.
- Where to go to find ghosts, with examples of some of the best places to find a ghost in the UK such as Chingle Hall, Goosnargh, Rufford Old Hall, Ormskirk, Lancs, Speke Hall, Liverpool, and Smithills Hall, Bolton, Lancashire.
- Information on which ghosts you might encounter and their history.

Genres: Nonfiction, Spirituality, Paranormal

255 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2005

About the author

Derek Acorah was a professional Spirit Medium. He captivated audiences by communicating with dead people with the aid of his Ethiopian spirit guide, Sam. He was one of Britain's most respected paranormal investigators.

Reviews

[Gary · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this fascinating book, Britain's most well known psychic medium explains some of his experiences with ghost hunting and informs the reader what ghost hunting is all about. Chapter 1 talks about Preparation for ghost hunting explaining to the beginner the equipment that they need and other preparations necessary. Chapter 2 talks about the different varieties of ghosts that exist: Residual energy, Anniversary ghosts, Crisis ghosts, Ghosts who walk through walls, and Spirit People. Derek writes about the apparent ghost activity at the Tower of London there are two anniversary ghosts: The phantom of Lady Jane Grey is said reappears a as white pear shape, every February 12, the anniversary of her execution. and the horrific murder of Margaret Countess of Salibsury is said to be reenacted every 27 May. Residual energy can be explained by the the more emotional or or tragic events that have taken place at a property, the stronger the energies that are absorbed by the building.

Derek talks about situations where there was no haunting at all, and it was all a hoax set up by people for one reason or another. He has a chapter discussing Ouija boards, and in Chapter discusses poltergeists who often appear at the home of a child in early puberty, who is experiencing anxiety or frustration, Derek relates one or two events of this sort that he has been called in to observe and if possible solve.
He explains the different how Ghostly Communication such as Seances, Table tilting, Dowsing rods and pendulums, Scrying, Automatic writing and the Tarot.
Then he describes the different locations where he has come across ghostly activity such as Haunted Hotels, the Workplace, our Homes , theatres and night clubs. There is a fascinating section of ghosts of animals. As Derek explains, animals too have spirits and pass into the spiritual realm after death and have life experiences which are reenacted.
There is a really interesting chapter on Ghosts of long ago, where Derek talks about his visits to places such as Vale Royal Abbey, Smithill Hall and Pompeii, and experienced psychic reenactments of the past.
A bonus of the book were the beautiful poems I discovered by a friend of the Acorah's Patricia Smith, who after reading this book has become one of my favourite poets! She writes a tragic poem about the Holocaust following Derek's visit to Ann Frank House and heartwarming poem about the spirits of departed pets called the 'Paw on the Stair.

[Tracey · Rating 2 out of 5]

Disappointing. More about 'how to' rather than actual experiences

[Bruce Schoenfeld · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ghost Hunting with Derek Acorah

I enjoyed Derek Acorah on the Television, and his writing does a wonderful job of mirroring his colorful and interesting personality into the cases he discusses. He is a fantastic Medium that knows how to treat his subjects with respect and concern while still having a good time.

[Ronald · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some interesting accounts of the author's work, I felt that by the end of the book he was running out of material. Interestingly ch 18 contained accounts of haunted sites in the UK...none of which the author had visited.

[Rita · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a fun read about Acorah's psychic travels throughout Great Britain. Having watched many episodes of the show "Most Haunted" it is interesting to hear the background of some of the sites.

[Emma Roeyaboat · Rating 3 out of 5]

Easy reading. Enjoyed it but felt it was lacking something. Not sure what, but something missing, maybe to brief.

[ZEN · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s good for a casual read. Just for entertainment… obvious controversies aside it did pass away an evening with bottle of wine