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Haunted Places
True Encounters with the World Beyond
Dr. Hans Holzer

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
September 25, 2012 / ASIN: B00963TAVC [Kindle]
Biographies & Memoirs, History, Paranormal
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Reviewed by Linda Morelli

I worked in parapsychology in Washington, DC, during the early 70s when I first discovered Dr. Hans Holzer’s work on ghosts, psychic healing, witchcraft and a myriad of other topics that fall into the category of parapsychology. Naturally, I had a natural interest in the field and have several psychics, all of whom were aware of Hans Holzer. It’s an understatement to say that Hans Holzer is a prolific writer, but then, the topics he discusses are endless. My favorite just happens to be hauntings.

Dr. Holzer explains that ghosts aren’t limited to houses. Crossroads have long been associated with hauntings, as well as forests, ships, train tracks and even planes (recall the ghost of Flight 401). Eerie and unbelievable as it might seem to some, ghostly lights and strange apparitions can appear with no likely natural explanation. What’s left is the supernatural, and that’s what Dr. Holzer discusses in his latest release, Haunted Places.

I enjoyed reading about Dr. Holzer’s investigations. He approaches with a more scientific attitude and is often accompanied by his wife, Catherine, and psychic Sybil Leek. There’s the Maco Light that floats above a railroad track in Wilmington, NC, most likely the headless ghost of railroad conductor Joe Baldwin. Then there’s a woman on a train traveling from Vienna to
Zurich, Switzerland,; or the ghostly visitor in a garden in Lynwood, California,; or ghostly monks that haunt a valley. Then there’s the Viking landing in New England, a haunted organ in Connecticut, and even a haunted lady on television.

I enjoyed reading these ghostly events, told in short story style, from a professional researcher’s point of view. Yes, Hans Holzer believes in the psychic realm, and if you’re a skeptic, once you’re done with this book, you may just believe it in too.

Reviewer Linda Morelli is the award winning author of three published romance novels.
Reviewed 2013
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