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TRUE GHOST STORIES

by

HEREWARD CARRINGTON

Author of "The Physical Phenomena of Spiritualism," "The Coming
Science," "Death: its Causes and Phenomena,"
"Death Deferred," etc.







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New York
The J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Company
57 Rose Street

Copyright, 1915, by
J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Company




  _To_
  MY DEAR FRIENDS
  THE MARSHALLS




CONTENTS


  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH                      7
  PREFACE                                  9

  CHAPTER I
  What is a Ghost?                         13
  The Terror of the Dark                   14
  What is a Ghost?                         18
  Historic Investigations                  20
  Death Coincidences                       21
  Are They Due to Chance?                  24
  The Explanation                          26
  Experimental Apparitions                 27
  Telepathic Hallucinations                32
  Ghosts Which Move Material Objects       37
  Photographs of Ghosts                    38
  The "Double" and the Spiritual Body      40
  What Happens at the Moment of Death      