Phantom Messages: Chilling Phone Calls, Letters, Emails, and Texts from Unknown Realms

by William J. Hall, Jimmy Petonito

Imagine these eerie phantom
Discover life-altering direct contact by phone, computer, TV, radio, letter, and other mediums. From whom? Entities, loved ones, extraterrestrials, and bizarre beings from the past or future. They take photos, deliver warnings, cause havoc, transcend time, and more. At times you can hear past and future events in progress. Sometimes messages are friendly and welcoming, such as Thomas Harden from the year 1521. Other times? Your worst nightmare. Join William Hall and Jimmy Petonito on a mission to unravel the mysterious world of impossible communication. You'll hear from witnesses and experts on scientific and paranormal theories, examine evidence and case characteristics, and share real life paranormal messages of hope, terror, time slips, and wonder. Bonus author investigations are also included. If you enjoy hauntings and UFO phenomena, you'll love exploring the unforgettable Phantom Messages !

Genres: Paranormal

240 pages, Paperback

Published September 1, 2018

Reviews

[Carol · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hauntings, aliens, and other unexplained phenomena are encountered in strange new ways in this unique investigation into paranormal contact. As Hall and co-author, Petonito reveal, when your cell-phone rings out, the caller may not be human...Nick Redfern, author of The Slenderman Mysteries

I have always loved a good, well told, ghost story. During my childhood, my friends and I spent hours in the local cemetery hoping to encounter something supernatural...we got lots of mosquito bites but not one single ghost ever appeared.

I have found that almost everyone likes, or at least is interested, in the details of a good ghost story. The difference here we have to remember... is these two authors present to us these events as having some semblance of the truth ...at least to the people they had gathered the information from. I would be the last, and the most unqualified to say they aren't true...but the authors only had other people's accounts, didn't appeared to have asked many questions about what they were told, and many of the people giving the accounts were under a great deal of distress at the time they "experienced" these things.

In spite of the interesting subject matter, too often the reader has to guess what point the authors are trying to make. I'm sure it wasn't, but the research appears to have been rather thin, and the authors rarely questioned whether the anomalies might simply be technical glitches...or they forget that grieving people simply WANT to receive a sign from a departed loved one and a blank text message or a phone call with static isn't necessarily the sign they wanted, no matter how much the grieving person wants to believe.

The stories will produce chills aplenty, and they are entertaining, but I wouldn't put 100% faith in them being true. But...who really knows?

[Rosa Davis · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was okay. Some of the stories were interesting to read. Others were kinda boring and hard to follow. I didn't like that some jumped from incident to the next without warning. I also was not a fan of the organization of the book.

[Victoria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting book about the paranormal and other worlds. I enjoyed it.

[Alex Parham · Rating 2 out of 5]

Poorly researched, poorly cited, poorly written and poorly punctuated, and oh so redundant.

[Brenda Ozog · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like it cause I have my own personal story in it LOL
It's a paranormal book

[Graham Clayton · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book discusses cases of Instrumental Transcommunication (ITC), which is apparent communication with discarnate entities through the use of electronic devices or other technologies. Because sound technology was invented before visual image technology, much of ITC is a history of electronic voice phenomenon (EVP).

Multiple cases are listed, followed by a summary containing the following elements:

CHARACTERISTICS
MESSAGE TYPE:
FREQUENCY:
OTHER PHENOMENA:
FROM:
WITNESSES: NO
ELEMENTS:

Unfortunately, I had to give up reading because the majority of cases were repetitive and often amounted to very little tangible evidence. Multiple Google searches failed to find any other sources for many of the events, while the handful of hits showed that several of the cases cited in 'Phantom Messages' were hoaxes/frauds. Another issue was that several witnesses had received multiple different versions of ITC - what would make them susceptible to this?

A disappointing book about a possibly interesting topic.

[Jesse Bollinger · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a pretty interesting book on a fascinating topic. I really enjoyed reading about all the different cases that were covered.

[Nichol Riccardello · Rating 2 out of 5]

this contains a few interesting stories but it's overall pretty poorly written and could have used a LOT of editing. the "research" is also mostly laughable. not worth the read.