Description
Will Storr doesn't believe in ghosts. Not, that is, until he is sent on a journalistic assignment to follow Lou Gentile, a Demonologist from Philadelphia. What Will expects to be a straightforward piece, poking gentle fun at an amusing eccentric, turns into a terrifying nightmare of spectral ghost lights, suburban possession and horrific demonic growling. It is an experience that instantly demolishes all of his safe, adult preconceptions.
In an effort to unravel what happened, Will sets out on a journey to find the truth about ghosts. He meets spiritualists, trance mediums, professional paranormal investigators, expert druids, a sceptical monsterologist and a pair of black magic vigilantes from Worthing. He stays in a haunted pub, a medieval priory and a couple of graveyards, and spends a week in the most paranormally-troubled house in Britain. He takes part in séances and vigils; tries out divining rods, ouija boards and experiments with Electronic Voice Phenomena. He seeks out sceptical voices from the worlds of clinical psychology and philosophy. He also visits the legendary ghost investigator Maurice Grosse, goes on set with TV's Most Haunted, and is exorcised in Rome by the Vatican's chief exorcist.
Will's journey is full of bizarre, terrifying and hilarious experiences. From the sceptics to the professionals to the out-right quacks, each encounter fascinates, entertains and leads him to new insights into life, death and what might come after.
ISBN:9780091901738
