Millions of Americans believe in the paranormal-and even skeptics have heard a bump in the night and suspected it might be something supernatural. Aykroyd with Angela Narth Introduction by Dan Aykroyd Ebook See all formats & retailers Chapter 1 Ghosts at Home: The Home Circle The sights and sounds of that childhood scene came tumbling back to me one mild winter afternoon more than 50 years later. Successful TV shows such as Mediumand Ghost Huntersare proof that our national obsession with ghosts is here to stay.

Such legendary figures as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini appear and vanish.Įveryone loves a good ghost story. Read A History of Ghosts: The True Story of Sances, Mediums, Ghosts, and Ghostbusters by Aykroyd, Peter H. Aykroyd introduces the reader to notable mediums while telling the story of the development of spiritualism, interweaving a personal history marked by a fascination with ghosts and spirits with the larger narrative about the role the paranormal has played in our culture. A History of Ghosts Peter Aykroyd spent his childhood watching his familys parlor sances through the crack of a basement door. Part history, part family legend, A History of Ghostsstarts in 1848 in upstate New York, where the spiritualist craze first began. Part history, part family legend, A History of Ghosts starts in 1848 in upstate New York, where. Here, for the first time, Aykroyd tells the strange and delightful story that inspired his son, Dan, to make the mega-hit, Ghostbusters. Here, for the first time, Aykroyd tells the strange and delightful story that inspired his son, Dan, to make the mega-hit, Ghostbusters. Peter Aykroyd spent his childhood watching his family's parlor seances through the crack of a basement door. Peter Aykroyd spent his childhood watching his family's parlor séances through the crack of a basement door.

A History of Ghosts by Peter H. Aykroyd