Recommended Reading
If your interested in researching the paranormal, you need to start by reading all the information you can on the subject before you start going any further. Here is a list of great books to read on the subject. Of course there are several academic books on folklore listed, this is because you need to know how to recognize folklore from real claims. Enjoy...
Troy Taylor
2004 The Ghost Hunters Guidebook. Alton, Ill; Whitechapel Productions Press
Hess, David J.
1993 Science in the New Age: The Paranormal, Its Defenders and Debunkers, and American Culture. Madison, WI; The University of Wisconsin Press.
Christopher Balzano
2008 Picture Yourself Ghost Hunting. Boston, Mass; Course Technology
Joshua P. Warren
2003 How to Hunt Ghosts. New York, NY; Fireside Books
Judith Richardson
2003 Possessions: The History and Uses of Haunting in the Hudson Valley. Cambridge; Harvard University Press
R. C. Finucane
1996 Ghosts: Appearances of the Dead and Cultural Transformation. Buffalo, NY; Prometheus Books
Deborah Blum
2006 Ghost Hunters; William James and the Search for Scientific Proof of Life After Death. New York, NY; Penguin Books
Ball State Paranormal has recently had the privilege to speak with Kelly Shea of Ball State's Ball Bearings. She has put together a real interesting story on us. We would like to thank her for contacting us and the for the way she had presented her material.
Thanks Kelly!
