True Tales of Ghostly Encounters

Introduction xiii Messages 1(34) Communication from the Other Side Night of the ``Living'' 1(2) Don't Worry 3(2) The Doxology 5(1) Temper, Temper! 6(1) Father's Love and Blessing 7(3) I Got the Message 10(1) Grandpa Called 11(1) The Blackboard Ghost 12(2) I Learned a Lesson 14(2) When Dreams Become Reality 16(4) Big Ben Rang Again 20(1) ``Threading It Backwards'' 21(1) The Ghost, Ouija, and Grandpa 22(2) Afterlife Is Beautiful 24(1) A Call for Babe 25(2) Hurry with the Headstone 27(1) Electronic Visits 28(1) A Gift of Reassurance 29(3) The Phoning Nun 32(3) Apparitions 35(34) Return Visits by the Departed Moral Support 35(2) A Comfort? 37(1) The Shining Form 38(1) The Comeback 39(2) Father Martin's Message 41(1) Grandfather's Cane 42(1) The Visitor 43(2) Meeting after Death 45(1) He Kissed My Hand 46(2) My Friend Maria 48(2) Diane 50(1) John Returned 51(1) Dad's Visit 52(3) My Dead Return 55(3) The Third Daughter 58(2) A Walk in the Park 60(2) Sister, Goodbye 62(3) Gramps Kept His Promise 65(1) In Both Worlds 66(3) Warnings 69(20) Saved by the Dead Hunter's Angel 70(1) ``Tell Dave Forty-Seven'' 71(2) Lady of the Third Dimension 73(4) ``Mom, Please'' 77(1) King Oswald's Gray 78(2) Phone Call from Beyond 80(2) Obeying His Command 82(2) The Man in Black 84(1) Brother-in-Law's Warning 85(4) Unfinished Business 89(34) Promises Kept; Tasks Completed after Death Jimmy, Is That You? 89(2) Visiting Grandparents 91(1) Plea for Forgiveness 92(2) The Missing Documents 94(2) What Had He Left Behind? 96(1) Final Flight 97(2) On the Midnight Shift 99(2) Strings from Heaven 101(2) Still in the Family 103(2) Checking Out the Bride 105(1) The Gift in the Highboy 106(2) Father Told Me 108(2) Grandfather Remembered 110(2) Grandmother's Spinet 112(1) The Trunk 113(2) Great-Grandma's Bed 115(1) The Shaking Bed 116(3) Promise Made and Kept 119(4) Children and Ghosts 123(22) Spiritual Experiences of Young People An Angel for Lauryn 123(4) I Talked to the Lady 127(2) Southern Comfort 129(2) Impromptu Visit 131(2) A Fine Arrangement 133(2) Little Boots 135(3) Mom 138(2) A Homestead Revisited 140(5) Visions 145(20) Personal Experiences of the Afterlife and Past-Life Memories The Three Men 146(2) Another Chance 148(2) I've Been Here Before 150(2) I Remember Death 152(2) Flight of the Soul 154(1) My Reincarnated Son 155(3) Up the Wide Staircase 158(1) What an Experience! 159(2) Past-Life Lodge 161(4) From Long Ago 165(24) Stories from the Past Grandpa's Ghost 165(2) A Ghost Led Me to Water 167(2) Not Flesh and Blood 169(2) Reappearing Ring 171(2) Visitation 173(1) I'll Return to Heaven 174(3) Scolding Spirit 177(2) ``Surviving'' the Johnstown Flood 179(1) As Grandfather Left 180(2) The Brothers' Farewell 182(1) Dad Went to Hell 183(6) Companions 189(22) Cases of Animal Survival Return of Wimpie 189(2) Cuppy's Hissy Fit 191(1) Twin Accidents 192(3) King Returns 195(1) Poncho 196(2) The Phantom Cat 198(2) Pepper 200(1) Your Neighbor Shot Me! 201(2) Zuza Said Goodbye 203(2) Frosty Came Back 205(1) My Friend, the Medium 206(2) Our ``Dead'' Cat 208(3) Permanent Occupations 211(12) Spirits at Work The Boss from the Beyond 211(3) The Night Joe Died 214(2) There Is No Death 216(4) The Phantom Semi 220(3) Restless Spirits 223(32) Ghost Stories! Haunted in California 223(3) Spectral Lovers 226(1) Ghost Who Tooled Around 227(2) Haunted Harold House 229(3) The Punch 232(2) Lucinda, Child of Long Ago 234(1) Vision in the Cottage 235(2) The Covers-Up Ghosts 237(3) Catholic School Rebels 240(1) Amanda 241(2) Candy's Mansion 243(2) Ghosts in Residence 245(3) The Mayor 248(1) My Experience with a Ghost 249(1) Ghost to the Rescue 250(2) Someone Lives with Us 252(3) Curtain Calls 255(18) Supernatural Communication at the Moment of Death The Glow in the Corner 255(5) Last Visit 260(1) Grandaddy's Last Visit 261(2) ``Packed and Ready'' 263(2) Stranger at His Side 265(3) The Considerate Spirit 268(1) Grandfather Smiled 269(2) No Time to Come In 271(2) Blessings 273(22) Gifts from the Departed The Apport 273(2) My Father's Message 275(2) The Blue Sweater 277(1) Mother Insisted 278(2) Angelic Answers 280(2) The Bookmark 282(1) Grossmutter's Instruction 283(1) A Gift from India 284(2) May Ree 286(3) Clara! 289(2) Life's Heart 291(4) Afterword 295