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Ghosts Caught on Film: Photographs of the Paranormal? | 
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| Author: Melvyn Willin
Publisher: David & Charles
Category: Book
List Price: £12.99
Buy New: £4.78
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 14976
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8 x 6.7 x 0.6
ISBN: 0715327283
Dewey Decimal Number: 133
EAN: 9780715327289
ASIN: 0715327283
Publication Date: September 28, 2007
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Condition: Brand New. Shipped from UK Mainland. Delivery is usually 4 - 5 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail.
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 Not overly impressed July 14, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
There are some interesting photos in this book but I found quite a few instances where the author makes sweeping statements like 'mechanical failure can be ruled out' when discussing a blip on a piece of CCTV footage or 'why would a vicar choose to photograph someone dressed like they were wearing a Hallowe'en spook costume, and at the wrong time of year?' really naive and annoying. Machinery can develop faults at any time, and perhaps the vicar decided a bit more publicity for his church wouldn't be a bad thing?
Double exposure, lens flare, bits of dust and moisture in the air and mechanical failure can explain A LOT of photographical anomolies (not all, I accept). Leaving a camera to take a long exposure can give a person time to duck into and out of a photo leaving a spooky blurred/ semi transparent image behind.
But when all's said and done, if you're after a bit of light relief and a book to grace your coffee table at Hallowe'en, this book will probably put a smile on your kids face.
 Entertaining and of high quality December 12, 2007
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
This is a very enjoyable book. The photos are varied and highly intriguing. A few are famous ones and one or two thought to be fakes, whereas others are simply mysteries, with it seeming highly likely in many that a ghost really has been caught on film. The narration is excellent too; just the right length to read bit at a time, with intelligent analysis and historical background. All in all this is a super book and one which turned out to be even better than I had expected. Great fun, and eerie to boot!
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