Echoes of Past Lives

About the Book

Echoes of Past Lives: True Hauntings of the South is a collection of experiences that the members of the Alabama Foundation for Paranormal Research have had on their excursions to various haunted sites. Every trip has had its surprises. Ghosts are curious entities ready to "show" themselves in ways that almost always catch the observers off guard. Sometimes they have entertained, and sometimes they have frightened, but every encounter has been a learning experience for the AFFPR Team.

In this book the AFFPR tell about a conversation with the spirit of an eight-year-old girl asking for help because she is "scared". They tell of "the meanest teacher in the school" who may still be calling roll long after the school is closed. And they tell of a battle supposedly finished 140 years ago that may still be in progress.

As the authors take you through their various ghostly encounters, it becomes quite obvious to the savvy reader that a multidisciplinary effort is required to know all we can know about these denizens of the shadow world. Physics, history and psychology as well as skills in photography, videography, and sound recording are all very much a part of a successful ghost hunt and a successful ghost find.

About the Author

Ronnie L. Nixon holds a degree in chemistry from Middle Tennessee State University. He is a member of the Alabama Foundation for Paranormal Research and the Inner Circle of the International Ghost Hunters Society. He is also a Fellow of the National Speleological Society. His first encounter with a ghostly presence was at Chapel Hill, Tennessee in 1967, and he has had a profound interest in paranormal phenomena since that time.

Shaun P. Nichols is an honour graduate of the Ardmore High School class of 1997. He is Vice President and Co-Founder of the Alabama Foundation for Paranormal Research. His paranormal encounters started at an early age of seven. He has been studying and investigating the paranormal for many years now and continues to devote his time to try to provide solid evidence that life does truly exist beyond the grave.

Philip B. Brownell is a native of Huntsville, Alabama and is President and Co-Founder of Alabama Foundation for Paranormal Research. His interest in ghosts began at a very young age while reading such books as the 13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffery series by Kathryn Tucker Windham. From this sparked a deep passion for the field of paranormal research.