by Colin Dickey
I picked up Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places by Colin Dickey with the hope that it would be like the 13 Alabama Ghosts books I remember so fondly as a child (they still have the first in the series at the public library in my hometown). I don't fully believe in ghosts but I do fully ...
I can't decide if I was mis-sold on this book or not. It was about what I expected to read, I suppose, but not in the way I expected to read it. I dunno. I feel a little cheated but can't quite put my finger on why. Ghostland is an exploration of American history through some of the countries most...
I read this for the "Haunted Houses" square. "Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places" by Colin Dickey. I don't know what to say. This was a really well researched and thought out book by Colin Dickey. He provides enough information that made me want to do my own digging and research int...
Last year, I horrified someone. I didn’t mean to. She asked me why I was in Old Alexandria, and I said that I had read the Ghosts of Virginia series and was interested in the history. She gave me that disappointed look, that the one that says you are stupid. What she didn’t unde...
I was quite excited to spend my monthly Audible credit on this book; what a fascinating idea--reframing American history by examining our relationship with our landmark haunted locales. I, unfortunately, have returned it to Audible. Each house is well-chosen: the Lemp mansion, for example, as a ...
See this review and more at Mystereity ReviewsColin Dickey is on the trail of America's ghosts. Crammed into old houses and hotels, abandoned prisons and empty hospitals, the spirits that linger continue to capture our collective imagination, but why? His own fascination piqued by a house hunt in Lo...
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