A History Of Ghosts

A HISTORY OF GHOSTS Peter Aykroyd with Angela Narth Foreword by Dan Aykroyd Release date: September 29th, 2009 ISBN: 9781605298757 $32.99 Hardcover 264 pages Non-Fiction / History Published by Rodale Distributed in Canada by H.B. Fenn and Company Ltd.

A HISTORY OF GHOSTS Peter Aykroyd spent his childhood watching his family's parlor séances through the crack of a basement door. Here, for the first time, Aykroyd tells the strange and delightful story that inspired his son, Dan, to make the mega-hit movie, Ghostbusters. Part history, part family legend, A History of Ghosts starts in 1848 in upstate New York, where the spiritualist craze first began. Aykroyd introduces the reader to notable mediums while telling the story of the development of spiritualism, interweaving a personal history marked by a fascination with ghosts and spirits with the larger narrative about the role the paranormal has played in our culture. Such legendary figures as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini appear and vanish. Everyone loves a good ghost story. Successful TV shows such as Medium and Ghost Hunters are proof that our national obsession with ghosts is here to stay. Millions of Canadians believe in the paranormal—and even skeptics have heard a bump in the night and suspected it might be something supernatural… About the Authors: Peter Aykroyd is a retired Government of Canada Senior Executive. He is the author of two previous books the Anniversary Compulsion and A Sense of Place. He lives on a plot of land 20 miles north of Kingston, Ontario, that has been in the family for 180 years. Angela Narth is a full-time writer of both fiction and non-fiction with seven books currently in print. She lives on the banks of the might Red River a few minutes south of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Dan Aykroyd, is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian-American comedian, actor, screenwriter, musician, winemaker and ufologist. He was an original cast member of Saturday Night Live, an originator of The Blues Brothers and Ghostbusters, and has had a long career as a film actor and screenwriter.

A History of Ghosts is a must–read for anyone who's ever wondered what happens to us after we pass, or heard a bump in the night and suspected it might be something supernatural. 1