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"Author Stacy Horn dissects all the things that go bump in the night - ghosts, poltergeists, your ex-boyfriend Klaus - in [her] macabre book." - Marie ClaireA fascinating, eye-opening collection of "Investigations into Ghosts, Poltergeists, Telepathy, and Other Unseen Phenomena, from the Duke Parapsychology Laboratory," Unbelievable by Stacy Horn explores sciences remarkable first attempts to prove - or disprove - the existence of the paranormal. A featured contributor on the popular NPR program "All Things Considered," Horn has been praised by Mary Roach, bestselling author of Spook, for her "awe-fueled curiosity [and] top-flight reporting skills." Horn attacks a most controversial subject with Unbelievable - a book that will appeal to armchair scientists as well as fans of TVs Medium, The Ghost Whisperer, and Crossing Over with John Edward.
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In the 19th century, New York City's poor, insane, sick and punishable were thrown together and warehoused on the same narrow, two-mile-long island in the East River. It didn't go well. I spent a few years researching just what went on in the insane asylum, prisons and hospitals there, but it was quite a challenge. Most of the records were destroyed. I lucked out here and there however, like coming across diaries from former wardens, and prison records thought to be lost.My new book Damnation Island reads like a horror story, but it's all true.
