Do you believe in ghosts? Whether you are a believer or a skeptic, the stories of the supernatural in Ghosts Among Us: True Stories of Spirit Encounters will keep you riveted. Macabre and fascinating, Ghosts Among Us offers true-life, haunting accounts of eerie visitations and paranormal experiences along with artistically shot black-and-white photographs of haunted sites. The personal, firsthand reports and chilling, full-length stories are bolstered by sidebars of actual accounts of "Ghosts in the News." Each chapter explores mysterious events-events that the reader will find hard to pass off as mere coincidence. In her quest to uncover explanations for each incident, Leslie Rule extensively researched library archives and interviewed credible witnesses, historians, renowned psychics, and parapsychologists. Throughout Ghosts Among Us, Rule's findings are mesmerizing. She writes about being raised in a haunted house. "To top that," Rule explains, "[my mother] introduced me to a serial killer when I was fourteen." The reader is invited to skip ahead to learn about that chilling episode...but the pages prior to that offer their own gripping, spell-binding encounters. Leslie Rule, daughter of true-crime author Ann Rule, has had a lifelong fascination with the paranormal. Her previous writing success includes Coast to Coast Ghosts, two suspense novels, and over 50 feature articles in national magazines. Her photography has appeared in the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and Cosmopolitan. Leslie Rule is a professional photographer and the author of seven books with paranormal themes. She has also written dozens of articles for national magazines, including Reader's Digest . The daughter of best-selling true-crime author Ann Rule, Leslie grew up in a haunted house where her lifelong fascination with the paranormal began. She lives in the Seattle, Washington, area. Online: www.ghostygirl.com Author: Rule, Leslie. Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pages: 240 Publication Date: 2004-08-01 Edition: 1 Binding: Paperback MSRP: 14.99 ISBN13: 9780740747175 ISBN: 0740747177 Language: en Store Location: General Non Fiction "Book cover image may be different than what appears on the actual book."