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The Haunting of Alma Fielding

Poltergeist, circa 1930

The Haunting of Alma Fielding by Kate Summerscale

October 14, 2021 by xoxoxoe Leave a Comment

English woman Alma Fielding has had a hard life. She has had numerous health issues, is in a dull marriage and struggling financially. The world around her is in chaos, too – war with Germany seems imminent. And to add to all of her stress she seems to have attracted an at first mischievous, at times violent spirit – a poltergeist. Alma’s haunting has attracted the local newspaper, and also the attention of Hungarian emigre Nandor Fodor, a journalist turned psychic phenomena investigator. Fodor has created his […]

Filed Under: Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Ghost, ghost hunters, Kate Summerscale, paranormal and supernatural, supernatural, The Haunting of Alma Fielding

xoxoxoe's CBR13 Review No:6 · Genres: Horror, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Ghost, ghost hunters, Kate Summerscale, paranormal and supernatural, supernatural, The Haunting of Alma Fielding ·
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Gilley needs to be smacked

March 2, 2016 by NVVN Leave a Comment

MJ and her husband Heath return from vacation to find a cursed dagger is missing from their safe.  Turns out their friend Gilley loaned it to a museum because Gilley lacks sense.  Gilley is terrified of the supernatural and yet thinks it’s perfectly okay to loan a cursed dagger to a museum.  Naturally, the dagger is stolen from the museum, the ghost/demon inside of the dagger is set free and a museum worker is killed.  Nice work, Gilley! Oh, but the fun has only just […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: ghost hunters, murder, mystery

NVVN's CBR8 Review No:8 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: ghost hunters, murder, mystery ·
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