America's Haunted Universities: Ghosts that Roam Hallowed Halls
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Every campus has its ghosts. These are their stories.
From haunted libraries to doomed dorms, journalist Matthew L. Swayne has scoured the country for the creepiest ghost encounters at our bastions of higher education. This guide explores the strangest and most enduring stories, complete with first-hand accounts from ghost hunters and the tales behind the hauntings as they’ve been handed down through the generations.
Meet long-dead college faculty who just can’t get enough research time, coeds who met untimely ends, the carnivorous Penguin man, the ghostess with the mostess, and a supposed poltergeist named “Monkey Boy.” Turn off the lights and get ready for the chilling stories of the scariest places on the most popular American colleges.
Matthew L. Swayne
Matthew L. Swayne (State College, PA) is a journalist who currently works as a research writer at Penn State. He has also worked on writing projects with Paranormal State's Eilfie Music. Matthew is the author of five books, including Haunted World War II.
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Reviews for America's Haunted Universities
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Entries are concise...sometimes unfortunately so. Some stories mentioned beg to be fleshed out--the mere taste readers are given is simply not enough in some cases. The brevity of these entries are mostly beneficial, though--in the case of these special ones, either the item should not be mentioned, or it shuold be described in better detail and another item taken out. For the most part, though, the stories are engaging, with just enough skepticism to make the author authoritative while maintaining an enjoyable believability.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5There is more than one reason why you should be carefully choosing the University you want to attend. Some might be a good choice career-wise, but then there's all that poltergeisting which might be a bit annoying when you're trying to learn for exams. Encounters of the spooky kind have apparently scared students throughout the years and in America's Haunted Universities Matthew L. Swayne now presents a collection of paranormal events in dormitories and classrooms, and of course libraries too.Tongue in cheek and wildly entertaining, the author isn't trying to proof that these places are actually haunted, but instead he compiled a mix of unexplained occurrences that are often based on folktales and urban legends of the haunting kind. Of course a few real ghost stories might have slipped in as well, but maybe it's just an old building settling that explains the eery creaking and moaning in the walls at night.I must admit I was happy to see that the author doesn't try to convince readers that all those ghostly encounters are the real thing. Though you're free to take every word at face value, if you wish.While the book claims to be a comprehensive collection, to me it seemed a rather haphazard assortment of incidents, some all too brief, maybe a paragraph long, while others were more extensive. Apart from that, however, this has been a truly amusing read for me.In short: A hauntingly fun read!