In addition to rounding up the usual suspects, including the Bell Witch, Borley Rectory, the monster of Glarris Castle, and Gef, the mongoose/poltergeist on the Isle of Man, this book includes much that is new for the dedicated ghost aficionado. Brad Steiger is one of the most foremost experts today on the subject of parapsychology and real ghosts. In this volume he presents a comprehensive study of ghosts, restless spirits and haunted places, as he explores the frightening and fascinating pathway to the world of spirits and hauntings. In the Introduction Steiger presents his own experiences with spirits and the paranormal. The author says that he himself grew up in a house with paranormal manifestations and saw his first ghosts when he was four years old. The positive side of the proof of spirits and the sightings are that this is evidence that there is indeed spiritual life beyond physical death. The author covers such subjects as "Encounters with Glowing Entities and Ghost Lights", known to the Egyptians as Sun Boats and in the Jewish Bible as Merkavah (chariots). The human spirit type may appear as orbs.