Gordon J. Lynch
Gordon J. Lynch wrote
Famous Ghosts and Haunted Places along with Diane Canwell and Jonathan Sutherland. The book relies on a well-researched history of its stories and a desire to share them with readers. This book features many common ghost stories that may be familiar to some, as well as lesser-known ones that are sure to surprise the reader.
The stories in the book include the haunting of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Alamo, the Gray Lady of Beaulieu, the haunting of the Oatmen Hotel in Arizona by actors Cary Grant and Carol Lombard, Cheyne Walk in Chelsea, and many more. The stories are short but are packed with facts and written well to keep the reader's attention. The stories also include photographs or artwork that help to illustrate the stories.
Famous Ghosts and Haunted Places covers stories from throughout history. From ancient kings and queens to modern celebrities. The book features the real story behind
The Exorcist. The 1971 novel and later movie are both fiction, but the story is based on some real-life exorcisms that were undertaken by Father William Bowdern in 1949 on a possessed 14-year-old boy. There is definitely some creative liberties taken in the writing, and most of the events in the film did not take place in the real exorcism. At the same time, Father Bowdern had strong reason to believe that the devil was present.
The Exorcist is one of the most famous and successful horror films of all time.
Lynch, Canwell, and Sutherland bring their expertise to these haunted houses, ghost animals, haunted shopping malls, and ghostly inanimate objects. There is an endless thirst for ghost stories and tales of haunted places in our culture, and these authors do a great job of bringing the stories behind them to the world in
Famous Ghosts and Haunted Places.
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