Book description
Watch out! Here comes another mammoth book to thrill you and chill
you and to frighten you to within an inch of your life! It comes
bumping out of the night ... from John Robert Colombo, the master of
the macabre! This new compendium delivers excitement and delight to
everyone who finds the unknown and the inexplicable fascinating,
baffling, and frightening.
The Big Book of Canadian Hauntings offers readers true,
first-person accounts of the appearances (and the disappearances!) of
ghosts and spirits as well as considerations and discussions of their
effects on observers. Some told-as-true tales are reprinted from
newspapers and periodicals of the past, but the majority of the
stories, which come from every region in Canada, are based on
eyewitness reports of the present that are appearing here for the
first time and are based on the compiler's ongoing research.
So whether you believe in ghosts, spirits, spooks, spectres, or
poltergeists, or not, after reading these narratives contributed by
Canadians from all walks of life, you definitely won't be indifferent
to them.
John Robert Colombo has been called "Canada's Mr.
Mystery". A respected and prolific writer, editor, TV host, and
anthologist, he is the author of numerous books on the supernatural
and the paranormal, including Haunted Toronto, Ghost Stories of
Ontario<.i>, and The Big Book of Canadian Ghost
Stories. Colombo is the recipient of the Harbourfront
International Literary Award and holds an honorary doctorate from
York University. He has been quoted as saying: "I do not
believe in ghosts and spirits. I do not disbelieve in ghosts and
spirits. I am interested in ghosts and spirits." He lives in
Toronto.
