Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Getting pushed down the stairs by unseen hands? An old spirit hag sitting on your chest, holding you down? Strange glowing ectoplasm escaping from a grave? Don't believe everything you hear . . . but then again, some things can't just be brushed off.
Come aboard the ghost bus and get a glimpse of Chicago's ghostly goings-on. With a healthy dose of skepticism, professional ghostbuster Adam Selzer takes you on a tour of his famously spooky town and the realm of the weird. Tag along with your tour guide Selzer, bus driver and improv comic Hector, psychic detective Ken, and prolific author Troy Taylor as they uncover cool evidence of the supernatural. Entertaining and thought-provoking, this book will make believers and skeptics alike want to tromp through their local cemetery to see if it's really haunted (or just dark and creepy).
Synopsis
Do ghosts really exist, or is ghostly phenomena just strange stuff that gets blamed on dead people? Giving you the real story, professional ghostbuster and skeptic Adam Selzer of Weird Chicago Tours delves into a mysterious death at a former funeral parlor, nightly ghost sightings at Hull House, and more. Proving that not all ghost hunters are kooks (some are just geeks gone wild), Selzer showcases true spooky tales worldwide, a history of hauntings, the art of ghost hunting, and cool evidence of paranormal phenomena and the supernatural. These ghost stories will make you want to investigate that cemetery down the road to see if it's haunted--or just dark and creepy.
Any remotely spooky place that people sneak into in order to get wasted will eventually turn up on a TV show, website, or book about ghosts.--Selzer's First Theorem