Ghost Hunting: True Stories of Unexplained Phenomena from The Atlantic Paranormal Society

by Jason Hawes, Grant Wilson, and Michael Jan Friedman

The Atlantic Paranormal Society, also known as T.A.P.S., is the brainchild of two plumbers by day, paranormal investigators by night: Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson. Their hair-raising investigations, fueled by their unique abilities and a healthy dose of scientific method, have made them the subject of a hit TV show: the SCI FI Channel's Ghost Hunters.

Now their experiences are in print for the first time, as Jason and Grant recount for us, with the help of veteran author Michael Jan Friedman, the stories of some of their most memorable investigations. The men and women of T.A.P.S. pursue ghosts and other supernatural phenomena with the most sophisticated scientific equipment available -- from thermal-imaging cameras to electromagnetic-field recorders to digital thermometers -- and the results may surprise you. Featuring both cases depicted on Ghost Hunters and earlier T.A.P.S. adventures never told before now, this funny, fascinating, frightening collection will challenge everything you thought you knew about the spirit world.

• ISBN10: 1416571515
• ISBN13: 9781416571513
• Publish Date: 2 October 2007
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Imprint: Pocket Books
• Format: eBook
• Pages: 352
• Language: English

Reviews

[Mystereity Reviews]

Not bad. Having watched Ghost Hunters for many years, I was familiar with most of the stories as well as the behind the scenes drama.

The stories in the book are all taken from investigations TAPS has done both on camera and on the show. The book was apparently mostly written by Jason with a few sentences on the end from Grant. I have to say, a golden opportunity was lost to have Grant add his point of view on each case. Instead, his remarks were pretty much, "yeah, yeah totally." Pretty pointless.

Once the cases (and the show) got into when GH started using gadgets (like a Geiger detector? Apparently ghosts give off radiation? Whatever.) it jumped the shark. They went from being a team that would try to debunk paranormal activity to a team that lost their shit whenever something changed temperature on the thermal camera.

Overall, an entertaining book but nothing that stands out.as new information. Would probably appeal more to kids or teenagers or people who have never watched the show. Or really rabid fans of Ghost Hunters.