Ghost: Investigating the Other Side

With the same open and personal style that won her much praise for Piercing the Darkness, Katherine Ramsland turns her keen and curious eye to the phenomena of ghosts to uncover the truth behind a number of supernatural "sightings". Written in the bold tradition of participatory journalism, Ramsland's extraordinary investigative memoir takes readers directly into the world of ghost hunting and paranormal activity, offering an unflinching account of this mysterious world. On the track of an authentic "haunting," Ramsland encounters psychics, shamans, voodoo practicioners, and high-tech ghost hunters eager to reveal how to contact spirits. But through her own daring experiments, Ramsland is able to penetrate the supernatural mystery that has inspired paranormal investigations worldwide.

Katherine Ramsland has written eleven books and numerous articles, reviews and short stories. She holds master's degrees in forensic psychology and clinical psychology, and a Ph. D. in Philosophy. She has been a therapist and psycho-educator, and for many years taught philosophy at Rutgers University. Among her books are Prism of the Night, the bestselling biography of Anne Rice, and The Vampire Companion, a guidebook to Anne Rice's novels. She has also written a biography of Dean Koontz and the journalistic expose, Piercing the Darkness: Undercover with Vampires in America Today. She lives in Pennsylvania.