Encyclopedia of Haunted Places was the first directory to be written by dozens of the world--s leading paranormal investigators. Research notes, location background, firsthand accounts, interviews with leading paranormal researchers, and many anomalous photographs featuring ghostly manifestations comprise the hundreds of haunted listings in this directory. Now in its second edition, the Encyclopedia of Haunted Places has been updated with dozens of new listings, new information on existing haunts, and a comprehensive directory of paranormal investigators. For years, paranormal investigative groups have been studying their local ghosts with scientific equipment as well as with psychics and séances. This directory is a repository of some of their most profound cases. From across the United States, Canada, and many spots around the globe, ghost investigators tell of their sometimes harrowing experiences, share their research, and give readers an overview of both well-known and obscure haunted locales. From private residences to inns and restaurants, battlefields to museums and libraries, graveyards to churches, Encyclopedia of Haunted Places offers supernatural tourist's a guide to points of interest through the eyes of the world's leading ghost hunters. Jeff Belanger is one of the most visible and prolific researchers of legends and lore today. A natural storyteller, he’s the award-winning, Emmy-nominated host, writer, and producer of the New England Legends series on PBS and Amazon Prime and is the author of over a dozen books (published in six languages). He also hosts the award-winning New England Legends weekly podcast, which has garnered over four million downloads since its launch and ranks in the top half percent of all podcasts for popularity, according to Listen Notes . Belanger’s books include the bestsellers The Fright Before Christmas, Weird Massachusetts, Our Haunted Lives, The Call of Kilimanjaro,Who’s  and Haunting the White House? He founded Ghostvillage.com in 1999―one of the web’s most popular paranormal destinations―and he’s a noted speaker and media personality. He was featured in the one hundredth episode of Stories from the Stage on PBS, he’s given a TEDx talk in New York City, and he spoke at MENSA’s national conference. Belanger has also written for newspapers such as the Boston Globe and USA Today and has served as the writer and researcher on numerous television series, including every single episode of Ghost Adventures (twenty-five seasons and counting), Paranormal Challenge , and Ghost Adventures:Aftershocks on Travel Channel, and Amish Haunting on Destination America.