Fear: A Ghost Hunter's Story

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 260 pages
• Published by: Atriad Press January 1, 2005
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0974039446
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0974039442
• Book Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Weighs: 9.6 ounces

Product Description
Cemeteries, abandoned asylums, prisons, ships, hospitals, battlefields, caves, mines, office buildings, and homes are the sites of paranormal occurrences in this collection of stories from a ghost hunter by trade. Beginning with a childhood spent in a haunted house, this personal account includes episodes from traveling and exploring haunted places, including stories of hearing disembodied voices, watching balls of dancing light, and being physically injured by spirits. The stories are corroborated by other participants in the ghost hunts as well as photographs. Guidelines for aspiring ghost hunters and tips for capturing apparitions on film are included.

About The Author
Kriss Stephens lives in the New Orleans area. When not investigating hauntings for her next book or speaking at conferences, she can be found in the woods looking for her latest obsession; bigfoot.

Reader Reviews
Most books of this type, including the very best of the genre, are for the most part second hand accounts of ghostly encounters. In other words, the author has interviewed people who have had a run in with a ghost and the author then relates the story in book form. On occasion one will run into a book that was written by a person who had been closely involved with the haunt in question but even then the author usually just happened to move into the wrong house. Kriss Stephens on the other hand, actively hunts ghosts and has taken her team to some of the most haunted places in the world. The only other author of ghost books that I have run into who does this is Hans Holzer who is considered by many to be the foremost authority in this field. Dr. Holzer however comes nowhere near Ms. Stephens when it comes to contagious enthusiasm for the subject at hand. While reading this book one can just feel the enthusiasm and excitement bursting off of the page and it is hard not to get caught up in the author's excitement. It turns out that Stephens grew up in a haunted house and it seems that she has been chasing ghosts ever since. Working with several TV shows including MTV's "Fear" has allowed her the opportunity to travel extensively in search of her elusive prey and has given her access to areas that most people will never see. She seems to be quite fearless in the pursuit of her goal as she wanders around in places that most people, myself included, would fear to tread. In the process she has encountered numerous entities and has even been physically attacked on occasion, including a pair of scratches that are shown in a photograph. The photographs are another thing that makes this book so spectacular. There is page after page of photos taken at the sites being investigated and many show a large number of anomalies that just shouldn't be there. Even the pictures that are quite normal help to add to the ever so creepy atmosphere of this book. I do wish that she had managed to get a shot of Old Green Eyes at Chickamauga however because I have always wondered just what he looks like. But alas, even this author wasn't brave enough to take on this green-eyed monster. I would also be remiss if I didn't mention this book's modern take on the Bell Witch which provided a very refreshing look at the possible modern day activities of this most famous of hauntings. There were only a couple of things that I would like to see change in future editions of this book, the first being a good editing to remove several typos. I would also like to see something along the lines of a cast list because it is sometimes hard to keep up with all of the author's ghost hunting friends. Finally, a small caption under some of the pictures in which the anomaly is hard to see might help out some of us with old and weak eyes. If these minor problems are addressed this book will in my opinion belong in the top five percent of all ghost books ever written.