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

by Jason Hawes, Grant Wilson, and Michael Jan Friedman

Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson, heads of The Atlantic Paranormal Society, are plumbers by day and paranormal investigators by night. They are 'sensitives', people who can sense otherworldly phenomena that others can't. They combine their unique abilities with a healthy dose of skepticism in the Sci Fi Channel's #1 hit show, Ghost Hunters.

Ghost Huntingis an in-depth look at a number of Hawes and Wilson's most memorable investigations, some of which appeared on the show, and many of which did not. Hawes and Wilson travel across America visiting residences and public places both famous and mundane to determine whether they are really haunted. Unlike most paranormal investigators, Hawes and Wilson don't charge a fee for their services, and have no vested interest in finding a ghost. They set out to disprove a haunting, under the philosophy that if you try to prove supernatural phenomena, you can find evidence in almost anything. In this way, they uncover a number of false hauntings, attributable to everything from bad plumbing to outright hoaxes. But they also discover a number of genuinely haunted places using high-tech tools and rigorous scientific methods. With the help of veteran writer Michael Jan Friedman, Ghost Huntingassembles the very best of Hawes and Wilson's experiences - with fascinating, amusing, and sometimes frightening results.

• ISBN10: 1416541136
• ISBN13: 9781416541134
• Publish Date: 3 December 2007 (first published 2 October 2007)
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Imprint: Gallery
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 288
• 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.