Ghosts, Spirits, and Paranormal Investigation | p. 1 |
The Haunts of Lost Souls | p. 3 |
What Is That Thing? | p. 4 |
Spirits | p. 5 |
Ghosts | p. 5 |
Theories About Ghosts | p. 6 |
Spirit/Ghost Activity vs. Demon Activity | p. 9 |
Poltergeists and Hauntings | p. 13 |
Haunting, Possession, or Poltergeist? | p. 14 |
The Truth About Poltergeists | p. 15 |
Five Stages of a Poltergeist | p. 16 |
Latent/Dormant/Passive Stage | p. 16 |
Obvious/Detectable Presence | p. 17 |
Increased Kinetic Activity | p. 17 |
Intelligent/Individual Targeting | p. 18 |
Dangerous/Life-Threatening Kinetic Activity | p. 18 |
Theoretical Causes of Poltergeists | p. 19 |
The Enfield Poltergeist | p. 21 |
The Amityville Horror | p. 22 |
The Haunted Toy Store | p. 26 |
Sendagaya Tunnel (Japan) | p. 27 |
Japan: From Beyond the Grave | p. 29 |
Japan's "Ghost Season" | p. 30 |
The Night of 100 Spirits | p. 32 |
Revenge Spirits of Japan | p. 33 |
Oiwa-San: Hell Hath No Fury | p. 34 |
Ubume | p. 36 |
Funayurei; Last at Sea | p. 37 |
Samurai Ghosts | p. 38 |
Ghosts of the Genpei War | p. 38 |
The Wrath of Taira no Masakado | p. 39 |
Paranormal Investigation | p. 43 |
What Is Paranormal Investigation? | p. 44 |
Famous Paranormal Investigators | p. 45 |
Ed and Lorraine Warren | p. 45 |
Dr. Hans Holzer | p. 46 |
Ryan Buell | p. 46 |
Paranormal Societies | p. 47 |
New England Society for Psychic Research47 | |
The Paranormal Research Society (PRS) | p. 48 |
The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS) | p. 49 |
Seek the Truth, Not the Illusion | p. 50 |
Conducting Interviews | p. 51 |
Initial Research | p. 56 |
Possible Explanations | p. 57 |
Engaging the Phenomenon | p. 58 |
Tools of the Trade | p. 59 |
Basic Paranormal Investigation Kit | p. 59 |
EVP and RVP | p. 61 |
Photographic and Video Evidence | p. 62 |
Angels, Demons, and Spellcasters | p. 65 |
Angels | p. 67 |
The Metatron | p. 68 |
Seraphim or Cherubim? | p. 68 |
The Grigori | p. 69 |
Archangels | p. 71 |
Michael: The Angel Prince of Israel | p. 71 |
Gabriel: The Divine Trumpeter of Heaven | p. 73 |
Raphael: Protector of the Eden Tree | p. 76 |
Orifiel | p. 76 |
Zarachiel: Angel of Prayer | p. 77 |
Uriel: Angelic Light of God | p. 77 |
fallen Angels | p. 79 |
The Book of Enoch | p. 80 |
The Light Bringer | p. 80 |
The Demon of the Flies | p. 81 |
The Wicked Lord of Darkness | p. 82 |
Banished to Dudael | p. 83 |
Sons of the Fallen (The Nephilim) | p. 84 |
Demons and Exorcisms | p. 87 |
Demons vs. Fallen Angels | p. 88 |
Demon Possession | p. 88 |
Protection Prayers | p. 91 |
The Circle of Light | p. 91 |
The Prayer to the Archangel Michael | p. 92 |
The Twenty-Third Psalm | p. 94 |
Jabez's Prayer | p. 94 |
St. Benedict Medals and Sacred Objects | p. 95 |
Exorcisms | p. 96 |
The Legion Exorcism | p. 97 |
Recent Possession Case Files | p. 98 |
The Mistaken Exorcism of Anneliese Michel | p. 99 |
The Last Exorcism of Father Peter | p. 101 |
Necromancy | p. 105 |
Bringing Up the Dead | p. 106 |
Spirit Necromancy | p. 107 |
Séances and Ouija Boards | p. 108 |
Physical Necromancy | p. 110 |
The Necronomicon | p. 111 |
Saul's Dance with the Dead | p. 113 |
Reading the Living | p. 115 |
Faith Magic | p. 119 |
The Integrated Origins of Faith Magic | p. 120 |
The "Protection Deception" of Faith Magic | p. 120 |
Voodoo | p. 121 |
Santeria | p. 122 |
Espiritismo | p. 123 |
Monsters, Shapeshifters, and the Undead | p. 125 |
Cryptozoology | p. 127 |
What Are Cryptids? | p. 128 |
Humanoids, Apes, or "Other"? | p. 129 |
Aquatic Cryptids | p. 130 |
Loch Ness Monster | p. 130 |
Champ | p. 131 |
Lake Van Monster | p. 132 |
Japanese Frilled Shark | p. 132 |
Chupacabra | p. 133 |
Two Sides to the Chupacabra | p. 133 |
The Chupacabra's Defenses | p. 134 |
Extinct Confirmed Cryptids | p. 134 |
The Tasmanian Tiger | p. 135 |
A Horse Is a à Zebra? (Quagga) | p. 135 |
Japan's Monstrous Plethora | p. 137 |
The Bakemono | p. 138 |
Ningyo: The Monkey-Faced Mermaid | p. 139 |
Ha-Inu: Toyotomi's Winged Dog | p. 140 |
Kama-Itachi: The Blade Wielding Weasel | p. 141 |
The Ravenous Oni | p. 142 |
Japan's Legendary Oni Slayer | p. 142 |
The Creepiness of Bakemono Women | p. 144 |
Yuki-Onna: The Snow Women | p. 144 |
Futa-Kuchi-Onna | p. 145 |
Rokuri-Kubi | p. 146 |
Kuchisake-Onna | p. 146 |
Vampires | p. 149 |
The Supernatural Vampire | p. 150 |
The Viral Vampire | p. 152 |
Psychic Vampires | p. 153 |
Revenants | p. 154 |
Vlad the Impaler | p. 155 |
Strangers in a Strange Land | p. 156 |
Betrayal by the Boyars | p. 157 |
The Rise of the Impaler | p. 157 |
A Legacy of Impalement | p. 159 |
Was Vlad Tepes a Vampire? | p. 159 |
The Plogojowitz Incident | p. 161 |
The Highgate Vampire Incident | p. 163 |
Poor Man's Guide to Killing a Vampire | p. 167 |
Zombies | p. 169 |
The Voodoo Zombie Hoax | p. 170 |
The Chiang-Shih | p. 172 |
Rise of the Viral Zombie | p. 174 |
The Modern Zombie Virus Concept | p. 175 |
How to "Re-Dead" the Reanimated | p. 176 |
Werewolves | p. 179 |
Lycoan's Curse | p. 180 |
Can Anyone Become a Werewolf? | p. 182 |
Supernatural Werewolf vs. Viral Werewolf | p. 183 |
Bill Ramsey: Werewolf of Southend | p. 183 |
More Than One Way to Kill a Werewolf? | p. 185 |
Silver Weaponry | p. 186 |
Wooden Stakes? | p. 188 |
Wolfs Bane: Werewolf Repellent | p. 189 |
Chop Him Up! | p. 189 |
Shapeshifters | p. 191 |
Therianthropy | p. 192 |
Bakeneko | p. 192 |
Africa's Were-Hyenas | p. 194 |
The Bultingin of Borno | p. 195 |
The Sudanese Were-Hyena | p. 196 |
The Ethiopian Bouda | p. 196 |
Tanuki | p. 197 |
Were-Lions of Africa | p. 200 |
Kitsune | p. 202 |
Liver Hunter (Kumiho of Korea) | p. 205 |
A Rooster for a Soul (Lithuania) | p. 206 |
Unexplained Phenomena | p. 211 |
Psychic Phenomena | p. 213 |
Mind-Body Connection | p. 214 |
That Really Burns- Her Up! | p. 214 |
The Planarian Experiment | p. 215 |
The Human Trinity | p. 216 |
Extrasensory Perception | p. 216 |
1882: The First Formal ESP Study | p. 217 |
The 1930 Rhine Experiments | p. 218 |
Precognition and Clairvoyance | p. 219 |
Retrocognition | p. 219 |
Déjà Vu | p. 220 |
Telepathy | p. 221 |
Telekinesis | p. 221 |
Spirited Away | p. 225 |
Unexplained Disappearances | p. 226 |
The Bennington Triangle | p. 227 |
Bermuda Triangle | p. 228 |
The Loss of Flight 19 | p. 228 |
A Desperate Transmission | p. 229 |
After They Vanished | p. 230 |
The Dragon's Triangle | p. 230 |
The Lost Colony of Roanoke (1587) | p. 231 |
Well, He Didn't Just Walk Away! | p. 232 |
Into Thin Air | p. 233 |
Inter-Dimensional Hippies? | p. 234 |
Unexplainable (Maybe?) Mysteries | p. 237 |
The Hum of Taos, New Mexico | p. 238 |
Spontaneous Combustion | p. 238 |
The Reeser Case | p. 239 |
The Martin Case | p. 240 |
The Bentley Case | p. 241 |
Human Involuntary Invisibility | p. 241 |
Sarita: The Glass Girl | p. 242 |
Crystal Skulls | p. 243 |
The Mitchell-Hedges Skull | p. 244 |
Other Crystal Skulls | p. 247 |
Appendixes | |
Glossary | p. 249 |
Paranormal Societies | p. 259 |
Index | p. 271 |
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