Do you like campfires and ghost stories? Maybe true crime? Well take a listen to this audiobook. The stories (which I started listening to on Halloween) kept me both entertained and on the edge of my seat. I like podcasts like Lore and this had a similar feel as very well researched and in depth.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Andrews McMeel Audio for gifting me an audio ARC of the latest book by Leslie Rule and narrated by Lisa Flanagan - 4 stars!

This audiobook contains ghost stories from the author's previous four books as well as updates and additions. Never having read these books, I was intrigued to listen to all these different stories from around the country, divided into chapters devoted to hotels, amusement parks, restaurants, etc.

I started listening to this on Halloween and finished on All Souls Day - how perfect is that? While I'm a huge fan of the infamous Ann Rule and her daughter, Leslie, I had only read her true crime book so all of these stories were new to me. No matter what you think about ghosts and spirits, this book will make you wonder. The author has meticulously researched all of these events and gives you the facts as she knows them. Fascinating to listen to and the narration by Lisa Flanagan was perfect!

If you like Ed and Lorraine Warren’s books and listening to ghost stories around a campfire, this book is for you. These ghost stories were researched and well presented and a blast to listen to.
The stories are short enough that I was able to listen to one in between my projects for the day. They made for a much more entertaining drive to the dentist! Lol! However, I did confuse myself a couple times when the previous story ended and a new one began without me. The narrator was great, and delivers without making it seem boring or too dramatic.
I would rate this a 4/5 stars. Mainly because I have caught myself wishing for something like the Warren’s books but more down to earth and here it is!
I would recommend this to all my ghost hunters and those who love to be intrigued by the paranormal.
Thank you #HauntedInAmerica for the goosebumps and to #NetGalley for providing me with a free copy to listen to so I could share my opinions 👍😊

Like a little paranormal bump in the night? Like the feeling of someone’s hot breath caressing you neck only to turn and find no one there? Still jump from your door to the bed, terrified of the hand that may just reach out and grab you? Then this will be right up your alley!

Leslie Rule has definitively done for paranormal research what her mother Ann Rule has done for serial killers … put them square on the map and in your face.

I loved how not only did she include some of her favorite haunts from Ghosts Coast to Coast, and how she’s also provided updates as she’s found them, hammering in that Rule not only does her research, but KEEPS researching to provide any additional information. For those brave souls that love a good haunt, she’s even provided addresses, phone numbers and email addresses for some of the spooky amusement park ghosts.

The narrator, Lisa Flanagan, does a spectacular job of delivering Rule’s voice as well as adding a hauntingly, chilling flair as she navigates tales that range from fascinating to terrifying to even the disturbing.

This is a great addition for all those people who love a good ghost hunt, haunting, or eerie adventure. I will definitely be recommending this audiobook as. a paranormal dream.

Thank you so much to #NetGalley, #AndrewsMcMeelAudio, and of course the talented #LeslieRule for sending me this advanced audiobook in exchange for my honest opinions.

I thoroughly enjoyed this audiobook not only did the author write about the hauntings but also about any evidence to support the hauntings or anything that happened that would explain it. She has some truly fearful hauntings and some not scary at all and somewhere just a little odd but All make for a great listen. If you’re interested in proof of hauntings I just like a good old haunted story you’ll love this audiobook as I said not all of the stories were scary but all were so worth hearing about. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and highly recommend it I thought the narrator had such a great tone to her voice and made it that much more great to listen to. I receive this book from NetGalley and the publisher but I am leaving this review voluntarily please forgive any mistakes as I am blind and dictate my review.

Rule does for ghosts what her mother, Anne Rule, did for serial killers. She delves into numerous ghost stories and legends in this audiobook that pulls from four of her other ghost books, with some new, updated content. Fun and engaging

This collection of real-life ghost sightings and paranormal phenomena is comprised of material sourced by author Leslie Rule from personal accounts of hauntings and other spooky incidents.

The book is exactly what it purports to be, which will probably work well for those who are super into this kind of stuff. For me it’s always better in theory than in practice, because most real life ghost stories just aren’t as good as most fictional ghost stories, and also because a whole book of these is just too much of the same thing. There is so much similarity in the accounts and even in the way they are structured that they all run together after a while.

I read this in audiobook form, which was probably a mistake. Because the stories tend to run together, they would likely be best in small doses. Read a few at a time, set the book down and read something else, come back to them later. Practically speaking this isn’t really how we typically consume audiobooks and would be much easier to achieve with a physical book. Which is a bummer because I love the idea of something like this in audio form for the campfire ghost story atmospheric effect.

That said, the audiobook version is well-narrated and Rule did a good job of sourcing material. This may just be a case of too much of a good thing.

Leslie Rule is a goddess, just like her mother was. This was clearly well researched and gave me a lot to think about. I wish I had half her talent.
And the narrator chosen for this performance is one of the best around. She did an amazing job.