• The Haunted House Diaries

  • The True Story of a Quiet Connecticut Town in the Center of a Paranormal Mystery
  • By: William J. Hall
  • Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu, Barry Press
  • Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
  • 3.7 out of 5 stars (135 ratings)

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The Haunted House Diaries

By: William J. Hall
Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu, Barry Press
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Nestled deep in Litchfield Hills, Connecticut, a 1790 farmhouse sits near the epicenter of a paranormal commotion. The family that resides there regularly encounters its own ancestors and strangers - human and nonhuman - who seemingly occupy the same physical space in our world while remaining in their own parallel worlds. When famous ghost hunters Ed and Lorraine Warren investigated, they dubbed it "Ghost Central".

Here's your chance to unlock and experience the private diary of farmhouse resident Donna Fillie. This amazing record spans five decades and recounts a parade of uncanny occurrences, including notes from old friends who insist they didn't deliver them; a grandson playing with an invisible - but very real - friend; and Donna awakening to phenomena at precisely 12:42 a.m. - an eerie correspondence to her house number, 1242.

This compelling work includes many other unexplainable details of a wide variety of phenomena that frequently occur in this otherwise normal area of Connecticut, which may also be the site of a secret military base.

©2015 William J. Hall (P)2016 Tantor

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Uh...UFOs do not = Hauntings

Sadly, I was not impressed by this book as a whole. The first quarter of the book was really great! I was hoping for more depth; specifically, why didn't the people living in that home INVESTIGATE the history of the house and/or the land. The owners continually asked, "why?" but never deemed the situation worthy enough to investigate in an archive/library...HELLO!?

Moreover, once it stepped over the line of hauntings to ETs/UFOs and whatnot, I checked out. This subject matter is not why I purchased this book on Audible...I wanted to hear of REAL accounts from people who lived in HAUNTED houses...

#punkrocklibrarian #audiobook #audible

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Subpar

I don't believe this book really stands out in the true horror genre. I'm a believer in ghosts and know that "real" ghost stories aren't of the level they show in the movies but this book was a bit boring. It seems to keep repeating the same themes and ideas in an attempt to keep going rather than end with a shorter book. The reader is awesome. I thought the performance was well done.

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Haunted house

This book is literally a 30 diary of experiences that occurred in a haunted house. Its not a scary book, but if you prefer real over a stoned authors demented imagination, then you should get this book.

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more

you get more than the story of the house haunting. UFOs and big foot and Multiverse are mentioned. halfway through the book.

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The narration is beyond horrible

The female voice is not human, it sounds like a computer - very flat, no voice modulation. I couldn't get beyond the bad performance to pay attention to the story. The male narrator is just as awful. Do not waste your money.

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1st Person Paranormal Activity and More!

I am a huge fan of true paranormal stories and a big fan of Richard Estep so I was new to the more personal diary format of this book. Turns out, I'm a fan! So thankful that someone took the time to diligently document their haunted house and was able to create this book. The format allows for the reader to really identify with the protagonist and get a realistic feel for what it would be like growing up and raising a family, in an actual haunted house. I was able to feel the narrator's frustration at the haunting as she expressed what I always expected, having a haunting that makes a big mess and won't clean up after itself. lol Just a nice detail that I always wondered about.
I was caught off guard by the ending chapters changing the format entirely and address paranormal theories as an ending note, but I'm glad I kept listening as the narrator's down to earth view of the haunting made her paranormal opinion more valid and relatable. I especially like the author including the notes about the first interview with the family!
If you too are a fan of real paranormal stories, or authors like Richard Estep, give this work a try!

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Really boring

Extremely boring, repetative, and droning story. I forced myself to listen through chapter 8 but have given up.

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odd book

this was an odd listen. apparently it is broken up in sections. first you hear diary entries with a little commentary. then you hear commentary. its an easy listen because you don't have to pay particular attention. some of the speculative commentary was interesting.

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Extremely slow

This is just another tale of an old haunted home, was not thrilling in the least. I didn't even finish...

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This is the second book I’ve listened to by William J. Hall and I enjoyed it as much as the book about Lindly Street. I believe that the paranormal exists although I have never personally seen a ghost. I’ve heard unexplainable moaning and heard a fantom cough at a few previous jobs I’ve been at but nothing I’ve seen. You can be a believer but be skeptical at each location that is rumored to be haunted. At a few points I had thought that Mr. Hall would have mentioned residual haunting in this book because some of the things he spoke of were what sounded like things that happened in the past but he didn’t say it. The way Donna spoke it sounds as if there are several spirits in her home and some are not very nice ones. But what was presented here doesn’t sound malicious to the family. Overall I really liked this book.

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