Book Reviews: Seeking Spirits: The Lost Cases of The Atlantic Paranormal Society

There are a lot of good things about this book that were improvements over the last book. All of the cases are cases not seen on Ghost Hunters. That’s a big plus. The cases were new to us, and they were a very interesting read. Jay and Grant both cases where they had evidence of ghosts, and cases they debunked. After all, not every house they come to is haunted. The cases ranged from some that really broke my heart to cases that made me laugh out loud. All’s I’ll say is that on one of the cases, a guy was having a **really** good time. It was really neat to see how Jay and Grant debunked some of the cases. Some of the debunking cases, I’d like to have seen on the show, but they didn’t have the show back then.

I also liked how Grant told us of his first real paranormal experience. I don’t want to say to much of it here because I don’t want to spoil it, but man, it was an interesting read. I wish him the best of luck on it. (You have to read that part of the book to know what I mean.)

It was also interesting to see how Jay and Grant first met Krysten and Steve.

I also like that part at the end of each chapter entitled, “Ghost Hunter’s Manual” This is the part were they tell tips of Ghost Hunting to people just starting out in the paranormal field. It was a really nice touch.

For me, the book feel short in some places. One of the biggest places it fell short for me is the use of the word “globules”. We all know how they feel about orbs, and I’m glad they feel the way they do about them. For me, the problem is that Grant said how globules are signs of the paranormal. Grant gave a definition of the word “globules” and to me, it’s the same definition as the word “orbs”. The same thing. So how can “globules” be good, and “orbs” not be good.

We know that TAPS really doesn’t do an investigation from a religious angle, which to me is fine. Again, the problem is that most of the cases, the guys will call in a “sensitive” to cleanse a house. According to them, it’s the only way to “cleanse” a house. However, in the show, the guys tell the family to “come together to get rid of the ghost”. To me is sounds like their covering their bases. Either you use “sensitives” or you don’t. You can’t have it both ways.

In some of the investigations, we’re told that the guys collected EVP’s. I just wish we were told what the EVP’s said. That would have added so much to the book and hook the reader in further. Granted, on some of the cases, we did learn what the EVP’s were, but for most of the cases we’re never told what they said, rather, “we collected some EVP’s.”

If you watched the show, we know that they bought an Inn, and it’s haunted. We get a lot of detail on that part of the book. I just feel that, that part of the book is awfully self serving. They know that people will come and want to investigate it, and I know that it won’t be cheap. Like I said, for me, it was very self serving on their part.

This next part isn’t Jay and Grant’s fault, but this book needed a better editor. There were a lot of typos in it.

One part I really liked, the “Lost Ghost Hunter’s Episode”. That was a very interesting read. It mentions once case that we’re told about on “Next week on Ghost Hunters…..” but it was never aired. Now we know what happened, and it was an interesting read. I really liked it.

Over all, as I put, it has 4 stars. I like it, well, most of it. Is it perfect? No. That being said, if you’re a fan of the show and want to see the early days of TAPS and read about their investigations, then go and pick this book up. I doubt you’ll be sorry, I know I wasn’t. Overall, I liked it.