The Dead Roam the Earth : True Stories of the Paranormal From Around the World

Captivating true accounts of the paranormal from all over the world Do you believe in ghosts? From incubi in Sumatra to exorcism in Sudan to spirits in our own backyard, The Dead Roam the Earth explores the fascinating variety—and uncanny similarity—of supernatural encounters in every corner of the planet, providing chilling accounts of real-life ghost sightings, haunted places, poltergeists, possessions, Mothmen, demons, witchcraft, ritualistic killings, and much more. Could so many people in so many places just be imagining things? In addition to its wealth of testimonials from ordinary people witnessing extraordinary things, this engrossing book presents the latest scientific attempts to make sense of the supernatural—including how electronic equipment has revolutionized spiritual communication—and finds the devil in the details. There's something there: ghosts and visitations Creatures of the threshold: monsters and angels Possessed: a new look at the ancient foe Sounds in the suburbs: poltergeists at work Ritual killing in the twenty-first century Armies of the night: witchcraft and warfare Multichannel spirits: technology and the supernatural The movie's curse Tying down the demon: exorcisms today Towards a world mind: the darkest modern myth of all? Afterword: the supernatural: the last free space?. From incubi in Sumatra to exorcism in Sudan to spirits in our own backyard, The Dead Roam the Earth, explores the fascinating variety--and uncanny similarity--of supernatural encounters in every corner of the planet, providing chilling accounts of real-life ghost sightings, haunted places, poltergeists, possessions, Mothmen, demons, witchcraft, ritualistic killings, and much more in the realm of the unexplained