Peter H. Aykroyd spent his childhood watching his family's parlor séances through the crack of a basement door. Here, for the first time, Aykroyd tells the strange and delightful story that inspired his son Dan to make the megahit, Ghostbusters. Part history, part family legend, A History of Ghosts interweaves the family history marked by a fascination with ghosts with the larger narrative about the role the paranormal has played in our culture.
A must–read for anyone who's ever wondered what happens to us after we pass, or heard a bump in the night and suspected it might be something supernatural.
