‘A History of Ghosts’ explores paranormal past The father of Dan Aykroyd

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reveals what inspired ‘Ghostbusters'

Everyone loves a good ghost story, right? That’s what Peter H. Aykroyd is banking on with his new book, “A History of Ghosts: The True Story of Seances, Mediums, Ghosts, and Ghostbusters.” The father of actor Dan Aykroyd tells a strange story — part history, part family legend — that inspired his son to make the film “Ghostbusters.” Here is an excerpt.


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1. Thanks, MagickMuffin!

Sounds good. I'm going to dig into it later after work.

Here's one for you. It's not a real, real ghost story, relayed more on the scientific side, but the sightings of ghosts of Irish laborers since the 1800s helped archeologists find where they were buried in a Philadelphia suburb.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114144197

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2. I think Larry King is doing something on ghosts tomorrow, too...

I guess it is Halloween...
but I really wish, the mass media would stop portraying the so called "paranormal' as being something to be scared of.

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