Ghosts and Specters

Astonishing Legends vor 2 Jahren

0:00

40:14

“Whether you believe in ghosts or not—these stories are true.”
–Ghosts & Specters by Bruce and Nancy Roberts

Being a kid can be scary. In the premiere episode of
Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf, Richard takes us on a
nostalgic journey back to his childhood discovery of the book
that changed everything.

Travel back to 1974 as he recounts the pivotal moment when Aunt
Sally gifted him Ghosts & Specters by Bruce and Nancy
Roberts. This slim hardback, filled with haunting tales and eerie
photographs, ignited Richard's fear and imagination and sparked a
complicated lifelong fascination with the strange and unexplained
that would later fuel his screenwriting career.

While Ghosts & Specters by Bruce and Nancy Roberts may seem
unlikely to inspire an entire life, to Richard, it is anything
but. It started him on a journey into the unknown, and he’s never
looked back. Published by Doubleday, this collection of 10
stories describes ghostly apparitions and happenings paired with
ghoulish photographs that seem to creep right out of the pages
and into reality. Each tale within these pages transports readers
to a world where the inexplicable becomes possible, and fear
gives way to fascination (and then moves back to fear again).
Maybe YOU have a book just like this on your shelf. It terrified
you so completely that you couldn't put it down. Or, even
stranger, maybe this is the same book that brought you to this
podcast.

Join Richard as he reflects on the power of books that act as a
beacon into the unknown and the transformative journey that book
lovers and librarians can have in our lives.