I Never Believed In Ghosts Until . . .
by Editors of USA Weekend
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Author: Editors of USA WeekendEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1992-09-01
ISBN: 0809238403
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
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Summary: 5 Stars
I confess, I still don't believe in ghosts. I keep an open mind, but so far, I'm not convinced.
Nevertheless, I love true ghost stories. I don't try to debunk them, nor do I see them as any kind of evidence for an afterlife. I just enjoy them.
I own a large and rapidly growing collection of books of true ghost stories. This one is my favorite. USA Weekend, a nationwide "magazine" included as a weekly newspaper supplement, asked readers to submit their true ghost stories for a special Halloween feature. Over 500 stories were submitted; they ended up printing only six of them. That seemed a shame, so they decided to publish a book with a larger selection.
I'm not quite sure why I enjoy this book so much. Perhaps it's the sheer variety. There are one hundred stories - more than the average book of ghost stories. They come from all over the country; there are even a few that take place in other countries. Some of them are stories that have been passed down in families for generations; others are very recent. The narrators are young and old, so the tales cover a very wide timeframe (but are none the nebulous "legends" you get in some books). Some of the ghosts are friendly, even loving; others are unnerving, if only because they are unknown. A few are downright evil. Some of the hauntings are subtle; others are downright Spielbergian. It's a great mix. Most of the stories are fairly short and easy to read - which makes them addictive. It's hard resist reading "just one more."
Sadly, they've never done a sequel. I wish they would. Either do another "Halloween special," or make another book out of the 400+ stories previously submitted that weren't used in this book.
Summary of I Never Believed In Ghosts Until . . .
100 of the most spine-tingling ghost stories collected from USA WEEKEND readers across America.
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