From the publisher's website: A host of competing Western theories regarding ghosts and hauntings—from scientifically-based information to paranormal research—can make it difficult for readers to consider wide-ranging sources. This guide offers a comprehensive exploration of investigative frameworks that span traditional and historic paranormal interpretations as well as psychological, environmental and physical models. Extensive documentation and detailed case studies assess reported hauntings from multiple perspectives, weighing possible paranormal causes against natural explanations.
Through the incorporation of diverse perspectives, the volume presents anomalous case studies as critically and objectively as possible. Readers curious about ghosts, paranormal investigators seeking deeper contextual and analytical grounding as well as scholars engaged in empirical studies of unexplained phenomena will find a structural foundation for evaluating evidence and making informed conclusions regarding paranormal research.
Further information at the publisher's website: McFarland.