Overview
Equally informative for both the novice and the more experienced paranormal adventurer, Ghost Hunter's Guide to Los Angeles offers visitors and residents a chance to see beyond the surface of usual tourist haunts. Numerous sites of natural disasters, criminal activity, suicides, and other tragic events abound in the greater Los Angeles area, providing hundreds of opportunities for ghost hunting. Ghost hunter Jeff Dwyer suggests sites from Hollywood to Long Beach, as well as spots in nearby San Diego and Santa Barbara, and describes in simple terms how to look for and interact with supernatural phenomena. For the nonbeliever, this book can guide one to interesting and unusual spots that other travelers might miss.Synopsis
Numerous sites of natural disasters, criminal activity suicides, and other tragic events abound in the greater Los Angeles area, providing hundreds of opportunities for ghost hunting. In Ghost Hunter's Guide to Los Angeles, avid ghost hunter Jeff Dwyer suggests accessible sites from Hollywood to Long Beach, as well as local and visitor haunts in nearby San Diego and Santa Barbara, where you can research and organize your own ghost hunt. More than one hundred haunted spots, complete with handy checklist, procedural tips, and anecdotal evidence of previous sightings at each location, are suggested here. The guide describes in simple terms how to look for and-in case of an encounter-interact with supernatural phenomena. It also lists special tours, events, and other resources for further exploration. Even for nonbelievers, this comprehensive, offbeat guidebook is as useful for locals as it is for new residents and tourists, suggesting interesting and unusual spots that other might miss.