Review: Chills and thrills at the Beckham Hotel
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 12, 2013
I'm a huge fan of the Ghost Hunting Diaries and have read all of the earlier volumes. In Volume V, T.M. Simmons recounts her ghost-hunting expedition to the Beckham Hotel in Mineola, Texas. As always, the conversational style hooks the reader from the first page and the wealth of historical detail make this a great read. The Beckham is a historical building, a 3 story structure dating back to the 1880's.  Although the hotel is closed for renovation at the moment, the author enslists the help of the Chamber of Commerce in this small East Texas town. That was a smart move as the Chamber of Commerce quickly contacts the hotel's owner who grants permission for the paranormal investigators to camp out overnight. And what a night it is! The hotel is rumored to have resident ghosts, including a Lady in White, a dashing gambler who carries a deck of cards and a young girl who allegedly died in an accidental fall. The investigators set up EMF detectors and are rewarded with sightings. Readers will love a first-hand look into an historic hotel (rooms were five dollars a night) and the dynamics between the investigators and the resident ghosts is fascinating. An excellent first person account of how a paranormal research team operates.