Paranormal author, Leslie Rule, explores what happens to people who die brutal, tragic or accidental deaths in When the Ghost Screams. It’s been a long time since I’ve read a collection of ghost stories and am reminded of why I enjoy them. The stories in this book come from true accounts of both infamous and obscure cases across the United States. Leslie wrote these stories in such a way that I felt that I could visualize the different time periods involved and almost feel the ghost’s presence through words of the narrator.

Some of the stories left me craving for more information about the locales, the people involved and the ghosts. My favorite section is Chapter Seven: Afraid of the Light, which involves the spirits of killers. The photographs scattered through the book are very good, although I wished that some of them were in color, especially the shot in Donner Memorial Park, where the ghost of a little boy peeks out from the bottom corner. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the paranormal, true crime and US history.