Jeff Belanger's Books
Jeff Belanger is a bestselling author known for exploring history, legends, and the paranormal. With titles like The World’s Most Haunted Places and his latest works, The Call of Kilimanjaro and The Fright Before Christmas, Jeff continues to captivate readers with unforgettable stories of the extraordinary.
Jeff Belanger is a celebrated author whose works delve into the fascinating realms of history, folklore, and the paranormal. With a career spanning over two decades, Jeff has published a diverse collection of books that uncover the extraordinary stories hidden within our world. His bestselling title, The World’s Most Haunted Places, has become a go-to resource for enthusiasts of the supernatural, while his deeply personal journey in The Call of Kilimanjaro inspires readers to embrace adventure and self-discovery.
Jeff’s most recent release, The Fright Before Christmas, shines a light on the eerie origins and traditions surrounding the holiday season, blending his signature style of meticulous research with a knack for storytelling that keeps readers enthralled. Whether unraveling ghostly tales, exploring historical mysteries, or diving into cultural legends, Jeff’s books offer something for everyone who seeks to uncover the fascinating stories that shape our world.
The Fright Before Christmas
The Fright Before Christmas will delve into the folklore of Krampus and his friends with the elf-like Tomten and the goblinesque Karakoncolas. The Belsnickel is ready to hit us with his switch of sticks and Gryla may drag you back to her mountain lair. And watch out for the Yule Cat ready to pounce! These are just a few of the yuletide beasties coming for us in The Fright Before Christmas in the hope they can save us from ourselves.
The Call of Kilimanjaro: Finding Hope Above the Clouds
An honest and engaging account of one amateur hiker's journey to spiritual transformation as he climbs to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro.
Encyclopedia of Haunted Places, Revised Edition: Ghostly Locales From Around the World
For years, paranormal investigative groups have been studying their local ghosts with scientific equipment as well as with psychics and seances. This directory is a repository of some of their most profound cases. From across the United States, Canada, and many spots around the globe, ghost investigators tell of their sometimes-harrowing experiences, share their research, and give readers an overview of both well-known and obscure haunted locales. From private residences to inns and restaurants, battlefields to museums and libraries, graveyards to churches, Encyclopedia of Haunted Places offers supernatural tourists a guide to points of interest through the eyes of the world’s leading ghost hunters.
Communicating With the Dead: Reach Beyond the Grave
This book is an objective and journalistic journey into the history and practice of spirit communication devices. Practitioners, scientists, clergy, and psychics all weigh in on the various means and materials used to make contact with the spirit world.
Who's Haunting the White House?: The President's Mansion and the Ghosts Who Live There
Welcome to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC…better known as the White House. From the outside, it looks innocent enough. But step through its front gate and you may be surprised by what you find! From ghostly sightings of Abigail Adams to strange doings in the Lincoln Bedroom, this new-in-paperback reissue of Who's Haunting the White House? showcases the spooky side of history--including new information about hauntings during the Bush and Obama administrations!
The World's Most Haunted Places, Revised Edition: From the Secret Files of Ghostvillage.com
The World's Most Haunted Places, Revised Edition explores the history, folklore, and ghostly legends behind some of the world's most fascinating points of interest. Now in its second edition, Belanger revisits some of the most famous haunts with new first-hand accounts, chapters, and locations. Ghostly legends abound wherever history has made its mark. Battlefields, prisons, asylums, national monuments--all of them have stories to tell. Their ghosts still lurk, demanding that we remember the past. They're real. They're out there. And Jeff Belanger has found them:
Our Haunted Lives: True Life Ghost Encounters
Ghost encounters are happening everyday to people everywhere, and the events prove that we are not alone. When people encounter what they perceive to be a ghost or spirit, their lives are forever changed. The ultimate question - Is there life after death? - has just been answered for them. Ghosts cross every culture and continent, and the belief in their existence is on the rise.
Nightmare Encyclopedia
Examines ideas about bad dreams found in different parts of the world, in different period’s of Western history, in recent clinical research, in current theories of the occult, and in popular films. Ghostly legends abound wherever history has made its mark. Battlefields, prisons, asylums, national monuments--all of them have stories to tell. Their ghosts still lurk, demanding that we remember the past. They're real. They're out there. And Jeff Belanger has found them:
The Ghost Files: Paranormal Encounters, Discussion, and Research from the Vaults of GhostVillage.com
In 1999, Ghostvillage.com was launched with the objective of exploring and openly discussing the subject of ghosts and the supernatural. What started then as six Web pages has exploded into more than 150,000 pages of personal encounters, research articles, and in-depth interviews with various experts, all supporting the existence of ghosts. Today, Ghostvillage.com is the largest and most popular supernatural Web site, according to Google. People from around the world have found a place to share their encounters, evidence, and thoughts on the paranormal.
The World's Most Haunted Places
The World's Most Haunted Places from the Secret Files of Ghostvillage.com by Jeff Belanger Fall River Publishers.
Weird Massachusetts: Your Travel Guide to Massachusetts' Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets
Massachusetts and weird: not too much of a stretch, some would say. But we dug a little deeper and found all kinds of local legends, bizarre beasts, surprising cemeteries, and uncovered the best kept secrets from all over the Bay State