How to be a Ghost Hunter

by Richard Southall

So you want to investigate a haunting? This book is full of practical advice used in the author's own ghost hunting practice. Find out whether you're dealing with a ghost, spirit, or an entity...and discover the one time when you should stop what you're doing and call in an exorcist. Learn the four-phase procedure for conducting an effective investigation, how to capture paranormal phenomena on film, record disembodied sounds and voices on tape, assemble an affordable ghost-hunting kit, and form your own paranormal group. For anyone with time and little money to spend on equipment, this book will help you maintain a healthy sense of skepticism and thoroughness while you search for authentic evidence of the paranormal.

Genres: Paranormal, Ghosts, Nonfiction

168 pages, Paperback

First published March 31, 2003

Reviews

[Kaine Andrews · Rating 2 out of 5]

Claiming to be any fresh ghost hunter's essential how-to guide, the book itself reads more like a checklist of basic information; that in itself isn't necessarily a crime, but when it's information that could be found nearly anywhere with a quick Google search, it seems superfluous. The use of sometimes-confusing language (when discussing EVPs, for example, we refer frequently to "ghost recording," which does not reference the act of recording the EVPs, but rather to a type of spirit) and occasional errors in the "recommended gear" section (the one that really jumped out at me was stating that the use of "Microsoft Photoshop" could be helpful) didn't help much.
Overall, there wasn't much substance here. Certainly nothing that warranted a whole book. A brief pamphlet or a simple web page could have conveyed the same and not felt padded, plus would have given more opportunity to fix errors or update as times change.

[Sherri Bowyer]

Good Informational Book

Very informative. Interesting points
Would like to have heard more about personal ghost hunting experiences. Would like to have learned more about hauntings in Ohio.

[Claudia Loureiro · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a straight-forward, helpful and interesting small book. He gives very good tips about ghost hunting without a lot of the drivel that can accompany books of this type. I recommend it, especially to beginners. I gave it four stars because almost all the information in it can be found online although I enjoyed the body language tips when interviewing eyewitnesses.

[Jackie · Rating 2 out of 5]

The most entertaining part is the appendix of forms and questionnaires, including a permission to investigate and waiver of liability form.

[Rhonda · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good book to introduce you into ghost hunting.