Ghosts, Hauntings and Possessions: The Best of Hans Holzer, Book 1

by Hans Holzer, Raymond Buckland (Editor), Connie Hill (Editor)

Now, a collection of the best stories from bestselling author and psychi investigator Hans Holzer--in paperback format. Accounts in Volume i the exact transcript of what transpired in a seance confrontation with Elvis Presley a year after his ddath, the omens surrounding the deaths of Robert and John Kennedy, and much more.

Genres: Ghosts, Paranormal, Horror

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Hans Holzer, whose investigations into the paranormal took him to haunted houses and other sites all over the world, wrote more than 140 books on ghosts, the afterlife, witchcraft, extraterrestrial beings, and other phenomena associated with the realm he called “the other side.” Among his famous subjects was the Long Island house that inspired The Amityville Horror book and film adaptations. Holzer studied at the University of Vienna, Austria, and at Columbia University, New York, earning a master’s degree in comparative religion. He taught parapsychology at the New York Institute of Technology. Holzer died in 2009.

Reviews

[Daniel · Rating 1 out of 5]

If this is truly the best of Hans Holzer, then I think I've read all the Holzer I need to read. This anthology, edited by Raymond Buckland, of some of Holzer's writings on ghosts, apparitions, possessions, and the like contains very little content of any merit. Instead, what you get in these pages is a mish-mash of vague assumptions and suggestions alongside surprisingly few actual ghost stories, with a touch of Holzer's own beliefs about possession thrown in at the end. Several chapters on ghosts of the American Revolution era barely even touch on the famous individuals referred to, the material on premonitions (such as the deaths of Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy) is ridiculously vague and unconvincing, and information gleaned from séances (particularly one with the spirit of Elvis Presley) possess nothing to actually make them remotely believable. The only haunted location that gets a decent treatment is the Waverley House. Honestly, if I had picked up a manuscript of this book with no knowledge of the author and editor, I would have presumed the writer to be someone seeking to make Hans Holzer look bad.

[Barbara Holford · Rating 1 out of 5]

Bad. Very Bad.