Review: Too little and inaccurate info
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 12 2, 2012
I was expecting a lot more information on each place. This isn‘t so much a book as it is more of a list with just a few brief paragraphs, inaccurate and vague ones at that. I can‘t speak for the other locations mentioned but being a native Californian I have been both to the Whaley and Winchester houses several times, as well as having read several books and seen quite a few documentaries on them.Mr. Blair‘s description of the Whaley house ghosts are laughable for anyone who has actually been there. Most of the spirits there are not “warm and friendly.“ The spirits of the Whaley family themselves are said to be harmless but the house is also said to be filled with the angry spirits of those who were tried there when Mr. Whaley used his home as court house.There is one spirit in particular who people call “Yankee Jim“ who was tried and hanged in the house itself. Yankee Jim has reportedly attacked many visitors who experience the sensation of being strangled and come away from the experience with finger and hand prints on their throats. Not to mention the demonic presence that supposedly inhabits one of the Whaley children‘s dolls.Jason Blair‘s description of the Winchester house, while accurate on the types of tours the house offers, hardly mentions any of the ghost activity on the property. During the many tours I have taken there I have heard many stories ranging from appearances of the ghostly Sarah Winchester herself, to ghost lights floating about the place at night, to ghostly figures showing up in photographs taken by guests. Mr. Blair‘s book, if it can be called that, mentions none of this.Despite it being free, this book isn't worth the download. More accurate and extensive information can be found just by Googleing these locations.