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Like the Mummy rousing from his tomb...
Like the Wolfman running under the full moon...
After 40 years, the terrors and horrors of Strange
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STRANGE
GUESTS
By Brad Steiger
Introduction
by Ivan T. Sanderson
Foreword by Loren Coleman
Anomalist
Books
Trade Paperback,
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ISBN: 1933665173
168 pages
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Poltergeists
are the most physical and tangible phenomena in the field
of paranormal research. “Poltergeist” is German for
a noisy ghost, an
entity that can throw objects, toss furniture around the room, and even
attack people. Some poltergeists have demonstrated
incendiary
abilities and caused fires. In certain instances, poltergeists have
developed voices that give evidence of a clever, mischievous
intelligence behind the phenomenon.
For
thousands of years, poltergeist victims, exorcists, clerics, and
psychical researchers have debated whether the frightening, violent
disturbances are caused by ghosts, demons, elementals, or some burst of
psychokinetic energy released by the human mind in an expression of
frustration, hostility, repression, or corrupted creativity.
In 1965, Brad Steiger's newspaper column on the paranormal
attracted the attention of Ivan T. Sanderson, noted zoologist, Fortean,
and explorer of the strange and unknown. Sanderson encouraged Steiger
to write a book dealing exclusively with poltergeist cases, and with
Sanderson as his mentor, Steiger agreed to enter the eerie reality that
is the domain of the most bizarre phenomenon in all of psychical
research.
Released originally in 1966 – now with a Foreword
by Loren Coleman and an Afterword by Brad Steiger – Strange
Guests has the distinction of being the first of Steiger's
now more than 160 books that dealt exclusively with the
paranormal.
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What
they're
saying...
"Strange
Guests will
force you to completely rethink the poltergeist phenomenon. Brad
Steiger explores both legendary and obscure ghost cases from around the
world as only he can. His gripping narrative style takes readers inside
the haunts and explores the poltergeist activity from the perspective
of the witnesses who (mostly) lived through it. Throughout the history
of paranormal research, there are very few who can match the
credibility and reputation of Brad Steiger." – Jeff Belanger,
Founder of Ghostvillage.com and author of The World's Most
Haunted Places
“Brad Steiger is the master storyteller extraordinaire when
it comes to true tales of the supernatural and of unexplained
occurrences. This prolific and highly acclaimed author truly has no
real equal in this branch of the literary field. Strange
Guests is a genuine early Steiger classic about legendary
poltergiest cases like the Bell Witch, Slawensick Castle and many other
haunting tales that should definitely send innumerable chills and
shivers up and down your spine!” – Brent Raynes,
Editor of Alternate Perceptions and author of Visitors
From Hidden Realms
"Steiger
has made a
judicious selection...his style of
reporting is fresh...This is a valuable collection of poltergeist
reports, well written and informative."
– David Techter, Fate
Magazine
"[The
book] is written in an involving style that gives the reader the
feeling of being present during the action....This reprint
edition...has bonuses...[including] a new afterword by Brad Steiger...a
good introduction to the topic [of poltergeists]." – Peter
Hassall, Fortean Times
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