Ghost Novels Based on True Stories

The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson

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Grave’s End: A True Ghost Story by Elaine Mercado

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House of Darkness, House of Light by Andrea Perron

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The Entity by Frank DeFelitta

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The Demonologist by Gerald Brittle

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Spindrift: Spray from a Psychic Sea by Jan Bryant Bartell

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This House is Haunted by Guy Lyon Playfair

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