Echoes of a Haunting: A House in the Country

By Clara M. Miller

Book Overview

In the first place, the house doesnt even look haunted. With these words, a different world opens up to readers as it did some twenty nine years ago for an unsuspecting family from Buffalo, New York.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738808032
• ISBN13: 9780738808031
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Xlibris
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

Terrifying.

I'm from the town in the book so I've gathered alot of information on it and actually taken two tours of the house. None of them impressed me. It was, essentially, a group of "open minded people" convinced they were "feeling some sort of energy" and had suddenly become psychic. Power of suggestion, in my opinion. I've actually had a long discussion with the tour guide, who's a very interesting man (in a good way), so I was a little disappointed when he started talking about his theories on why the house is haunted, which I disproved with about 10 minutes of research. Bummer. That being said, this book scares the living hell out of me. It's the only book I could never read right before bed. I haven't read it in years, I only remembered because my little brother is reading the "Revisited" edition and told me-having remembered a conversation I assume we had-that he couldn't read it before bed either. I scare myself a little easily sometimes, but I've never been scared of a book. I actually knew Michael when I was little-my father and uncle grew up with the family-but probably haven't seen him in 10 years. I believe there was something happening at that house. I don't believe there's a raging hell in that house now, however. ...yet this book is still terrifying.

I'm shocked

I really shouldn't pay too much attention to reviews anymore, most of these are terrible. I can't get enough books about real hauntings by people who lived through them, and this one is one of the best. I don't know how these people stayed as long as they did. If I heard ghost outside my window talking about me, I'd of been long gone. This books is truely creepy.

Kept me on the edge of my seat

I have lived in Olean, NY my entire life, and have heard many stories about this house. I have seen the house, I have talked to people that have had strange experiences on and near the property. A few years ago I had the oppurtunity to read Clara's book, and I can agree with some of the other reviews it was difficult to put down. I read the book in about two days. The book is formatted like a diary, which I thought was interesting. It is pretty spooky, and will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Her house as an adult and my house as a child

From the viewpoint of someone who moved in after this family, I thought the book was well written. This book brought back some memories and visions that were forgotten over the years. It was a book that made me see the house that I knew as home all over again and in a totally different light. My parents always had an explaination for any of the little perks that happened while we lived there. I could not put this book down. I have read the book, gave a copy of the book for a gift, asked friends to read it, and will be ordering another copy for my children. This book put me back in the house that I knew as a child and gave me goosebumps. My whole family has either read the book or are ordering the book. We have all had similiar responses to this book. It is great reading for anyone, as it is intriguing not scary. It puts you at the scene and is written in a way that keeps you interested. Eventhough I knew how the story would end, I could not put the book down until I had read the whole book. I just wish that I hadn't read the book so fast. I am looking forward to anymore books that Clara Miller will be writing. I can only hope that they are just as good. I truly believe, as the author said, that this house has some sort of force in and around it. Eventhough these strange things happened to her family in that house she felt a sense of love for that house. I feel the same way about that house and I will always think of that house as being my home no matter who lives there. I have never thought about my emotions regarding the house until this book. Now I wonder what hold this house really has on people. Two families afraid of this house but yet in love with this house (I can only speak for myself from my family when I say afraid of the house). As a child I had heard alot of stories about this house and the family that had lived there from the people of this small, country town and thought, as everyone else did, that this family was crazy. So, of course, I had to order the book to see what kind of lies were being told about my house. I was truly surprised when I related so well to everything that was written about my house. Through the author's words and description of my home she touched a core part of me that I never expected when I ordered the book. All in all this book is a must read for anyone and everyone. Don't miss out on this tremendously spectacular and easily understood reading (the Diary form made it very easy to put yourself there and more interesting than chapters).

Great Reading

This is a great book. As you read along you'll wonder what can happen next as situations become more and more unexplainable by the day. It is well written, and well researched by the author since she did experience it first hand. Great stuff.