Not one to usually pull over for a yard sale, I spotted a sign on a stack of boxes and books reading, “cheap books,” and immediately swerved over for a closer look. After only a few seconds of digging I came across the hidden gem, Ghost Hunters: True Stories from the World’s Most Famous Demonologists (notice I give you the full title here, I couldn’t fit it in my blog title, sorry). I’d heard of this book being a fan of the Warrens but I think it’s been out of print for a while because I couldn’t ever find it, even Amazon. But for a quick five bucks now I owned my own hardcover copy. Yes, that’s right, hardcover folks!

I took it home that night and read it cover to cover in one sitting. It was an extremely fast read. The book’s format bounces back and forth from interviews to your standard narrative, which actually broke the book up nicely.

The book begins with a brief history on the Warrens in the introduction. At the time of publication in 1989, the Warrens had done over three thousand investigations. Ed’s interest in demonology began with witnessing objects fly around his house as well as apparitons as a child. Lorraine’s experiences bagan in childhood as well, seeing lights around peoples head,  which she later learned these lights to be auras.

Then you start getting into the good stuff. And let me tell you, there’s a ton of paranormal here. They dish on everything from automatic writing, a telepathic Bigfoot case, an exorcism involving the dreaded Quija board, demonic possession, demonic infestation, and psychic visions. Ghost Hunters also covers many of the famous cases the Warrens have investigated such as The Devil in Connecticut, The Smurl family, Dudleytown, the Lindley Street poltergeists and the really, really famous Amityville, which pushed them into the public eye.

The only flaw in this book to me anyway was not enough meat on the bones. They don’t really go into detail about the cases, more of just a quick overview. But enough scary stuff to keep me up most of the night. For instance talon marks all over your bathroom, necrophilia,  the smell of raw sewerage, or the one that really got to me was the rape by a succubus.

So if you can manage to find it, check it out. It’s para-classic. Just make sure you’ve got some company while reading or at least a crucifix.

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