A companion story to the original True Haunting. True Haunting 2 is from the voices and experiences of Marsha, the stay-at-home wife, and Dan, one of the longer-term tenants from the first floor apartment and includes material left out of the first book. A factual account written by a best-selling author, featuring the birth of televised paranormal! This is the story of a true haunting. It was the first ever televised paranormal event by NBC in 1971. A young couple purchases a building that was built and occupied by a ...
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A companion story to the original True Haunting. True Haunting 2 is from the voices and experiences of Marsha, the stay-at-home wife, and Dan, one of the longer-term tenants from the first floor apartment and includes material left out of the first book. A factual account written by a best-selling author, featuring the birth of televised paranormal! This is the story of a true haunting. It was the first ever televised paranormal event by NBC in 1971. A young couple purchases a building that was built and occupied by a single family that refused to relinquish their hold, even after death. Investigated and verified by experts, this residence brought chaos to the lives of those who chose to reside there. Unlike a horror novel, this chronicles what a real ghostly experience truly is. Long before the laws of disclosure, a young couple winds up in the midst of strange occurrences, and survives. True Haunting was a 40+ year project, starting from the time we moved out. The book broke all sorts of records and even launched itself into television. The paranormal was not something people discussed back in the 70's, and it certainly didn't have the acceptance and toleration people have for it today. But, about twenty-five years later, society was a slightly more accepting. Now, the writing will not stop. Thousands of emails have poured in asking about Marsha's story; and, we're happy to say that after publishing True Haunting, the Dave in the book--actual name: Dan White--contacted me 40 years later and we have since rekindled a lost relationship that was once hindered by business and the darkness that was encompassed within the house. Thus, True Haunting 2 was born!
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I just finshed reading Psychic Courier by Mary Lou Emami about Joseph DeLouise the psychic who Edwin Becker reached out to in 1971 to help get rid of bad spirits in the house on Campbell St. in Chicago! Mary Lou was good friends with Joseph DeLouise and shares her oustanding story. I honestly could not put this amazing story down and finished in 2 days. AND Guess what? Edwin Becker wrote the Forward to Psychic Courier!! Please keep em coming and Thanks!!
This is a great story we True Haunting fans have been yearning for and now it's come to fruition! I couldn't stop reading and half through reading it a second time. There are some terrific photos of Ed and Marsha Becker during this timeframe when they lived in the haunted house on Campbell St in Chicago, Illinois Dec 1970 to Sep 1972.
For me the creepiest was when Dan/Dave the first tenant got insect bite marks all over his legs but once he move into the other room the bite marks stopped. No spoiler here. Just read the book.
I'd like to know more about this Mrs. Scott and the apartment that was so covered in dirt that Ed thought she might be growing vegetables as it was clean dirt. What Ed does next is spot on. No spoiler here either.
Who is the mysterious tenant left out of the book? Maybe this will be revealed later on.
If you haven't read True Haunting it is imperative you do so first! Then read True Haunting 2. Reading these in sequence you will gain the most knowledge and sequence of events first in Ed Becker's logical reasoning trying to explain the paranormal events in the first True Haunting. Then in True Haunting 2 you will learn the terrifying sequence of events Marsha Becker experienced and in her own words. In addition, you will learn first hand about Dave the first tenant and some of the paranormal that he encountered on the creepy first floor that no one wanted to go near.
Ed's Note and Introduction are superb! "It is advised that the reader first reads, TRUE HAUNTING, as this was written assuming the reader has knowledge of the basic story." Ed also gives us readers of what is to come in the book with a creepy tenant by the name of Mrs. Scott!! In the intro we fans learn more about Ed and Marsha and their thoughts on paranormal education and research and helping others. And also about Dan/Dave the first tenant.
True Haunting 2 gave me goosebumps! Especially when the crazy Myra entered Ed and Marsha's living area and approached Marsha head on. Myra had a look of plain and unadulterated evil expressed in her face and eyes. The outcome is something I didn't anticipate. And in Chapter Four - "Erase all the images created by Hollywood and TV in the last 45 years...all I was left to imagine was the image of a dead old man. A dead man touched me!" Marsha said.
Ed and Marsha Becker want to help others and make things better than before. Marsha makes rosaries and Ed does paranormal radio, you tube blogs, and answers each and every email. That is the kind of wonderful folks the Becker's are.
The photo on the back cover of True Haunting is actually the back of the house on Campbell street. The house still stands but I wouldn't want to go within a block of that house!
In conclusion, the first True Haunting is the best story I've ever read - bar none! I've read it four times! I've read hundreds and thousands of books but this one resonates with me because of the honesty, credibility, compassion, and just outstanding writing. Ed Becker is a great wordsmith and my favorite author. I have read Ed's eight other books and hoping very much Death Walker III comes out.
