Drawing upon her decades of experience with historic houses, author Ann McDougall charts our fascination with ghosts from antiquity to YouTube,
pairing intriguing stories from individual museums with an objective
overview of the beliefs, approaches and techniques they typify. Neither an
acolyte nor a cynic, her attempts to contact the dead are compassionate
and clear-eyed. She approaches her investigations with sincerity while also
documenting frauds and charlatans, past and present.
A fresh take on a controversial topic, A Ghost in the Room combines
personal experience, evolving cultural trends and modern scientific
inquiry to explore the enduring human desire to communicate with the
dead.