Amazon Schiffer Publishing-Paranormal Petersburg Amazon Barnes and Noble Category:  Vision/Metaphysical Publisher: Schifer Publishing ISBN-10:  0764349422 Type: Non-Fiction Pages: 208 Copyright: September 28, 2016 ISBN-13: 9780764349423 Travel to Petersburg, Virginia, and the surrounding areas of Colonial Heights, Hopewell, Prince George, Dinwiddie, and nearby Ettrick-Matoaca, Enon, and Chester to discover what spirits, monsters, UFOs, and legends await the unwary. Includes 58 color images. Travel to Petersburg, Virginia, and the surrounding areas of Colonial Heights, Hopewell, Prince George, Dinwiddie, and nearby Ettrick-Matoaca, Enon, and Chester to discover what spirits, monsters, UFOs, and legends await the unwary. Why are the Union and Confederate spirits still fighting the Civil War in the battlefields? Who is the lady in blue who haunts Weston Plantation House? Learn what the phantoms at Peter Jones Trading Post will do to keep from being photographed. Drink tea with runaway slaves still hiding on the top floor above the Blue Willow Tea Room. Are Edgar Allan Poe and his bride still on their honeymoon at Hiram Haines Coffee and Ale House? Why does the Goatman stalk young lovers? Meet the ghosts of Violet Bank Museum that greet guests at the house. Hauntingly active as they share space with the living, the dead refuse to give up their undead residency. Excerpt The Investigation The night of the investigation at The Bistro at Market and Grove on July 12, 2014, across the street, Carol Smith, Julia Ogle, Leonard Price, and I met in the parking lot. A full moon hovered in the sky above. Since we weren’t supposed to go into the Bistro restaurant until 10 p.m., we gathered our equipment and made our way over to Peter Jones Trading Post. Our recorders already on, I turned on my ghost box and began asking questions to see if any spirits still lingered. Carol and the other two used their flashlights to read the posted signs for tourists about the ruin’s history. I asked, “Is there any spirit still here?” A male voice came across the scanning waves. “Jacob.” I said, “Is Peter Jones still here?” Peter Jones did not reply, so I said, “Jacob? Can you talk to me?” He answered, “Jacob.” Two other, different male voices followed his. “Phillip.” “Harry.” I pressed, “Peter? Is Peter here?” Nothing from Peter Jones came across the box. We wandered down the street, ending up by a stone bench with bars crossing the front. I dropped all but my ghost box on the bench. “Jacob? Jacob, are you one of the Confederates or Federal soldiers held prisoner here during the Civil War?” “Yes.” “Tell us anything you want us to tell us. Are you a Confederate soldier? A Union soldier?” The box stopped scanning. Occasionally, I found spirits could turn off the ghost box, whether due to not wanting to talk to us or some other reason. Sometime, I wondered if they were maybe drawing the power from the batteries and electronics. Julia asked: “Who was here during the War? Confederate? Federal?” A man with a deeper voice than the others said, “Both.” “Was Jacob one of the Federals or a Confederate?” “Yes.” That did not answer my question, just that he was a soldier. Then the same man’s deep voice came across the box, saying, “You must…” I questioned, “You must what? We must go?” I heard the man say, “Yes.” I asked if we could take picture and then we would leave them alone. I searched in my pink bag for the camera in its soft case, but it was not inside. It had to be still in my car, so I told my friends that I was heading back to the parking lot to fetch it. Carol’s equipment was still in her vehicle, so we all left the structure. (We had a freaky paranormal experience in the parking lot that you can read about in The Bistro at Market and Grove chapter.) What is left of the building can be found at the corner of Old and Market Streets in what might be called a small park setting. It doesn’t cost to visit and who knows, maybe the phantom of Peter Jones or some Civil War prisoners might talk to you. You never know.

Book Review: Paranormal Petersburg
This is done on video by Barry at Gnostalgia.com, and the review can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3zvJmhW2cE

A Southern Feast of All Souls—Encountering the Souls of Petersburg
When the producers and designers for Steven Spielberg’s recent film Lincoln, were scouting for historic landscapes to use in the film, Petersburg, Virginia came in very high on the list. It can often be difficult to find cities where lines of historic buildings are uninterrupted by modern intrusions, though Petersburg has those. Along with these lines of historic structures the city also has ghosts, many of them. Author Pamela Kinney set out recently to meet some of them.
Kinney is very lucky in her investigations. She seems to be able to capture really great evidence often without the myriad equipment that other investigative teams often lug about. She’ll go into a location with a voice recorder, a camera, and perhaps a Ghost Box. After asking a few prescient questions, she’ll often leave with some interesting answers. While some authors, myself included, simply investigate from the comfort of their desk or a library table, Kinney does the footwork to personally meet many of the ghosts herself.

The range of sites covered in Paranormal Petersburg, Virginia & the Tri-Cities Area provides a unique view into the plethora of hauntings in Petersburg and the surrounding area including Colonial Heights, Dinwiddie, Hopewell, Chester and Ettrick-Matoaca. Included in this book are Civil War sites, historic churches, a sushi restaurant, theatres, an old motel, cemeteries, and a splendid collection of historic homes. Lavishly illustrated with color photographs, the book is a fun and informative guide to this most historic region of Virginia.

http://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/night-sweats-3-local-books-that-are-perfect-for-halloween-reading/Content?oid=2253808
My book's part of the three book review by Style Weekly:
One of the best ways to avoid raking leaves or dealing with the rotted pumpkins on your porch is to curl up on the couch with a good book. This Halloween, some writers have made it easier for you to claim that the reading is timely and simply can’t be put off any longer. So let your neighbors scowl and pull out your scariest tome. Here are some new stories with local connections to get you started:

“Paranormal Petersburg: Virginia and the Tri-Cities Area” (Schiffer) is the most recent release from Richmond’s prolific ghost hunter, Pamela K. Kinney. Part guidebook, part travelogue, “Paranormal” takes readers through Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Hopewell and Chester in search of haunted spaces.

Kinney makes her footsteps easy to follow, detailing her equipment and methods. She reminds the aspiring ghost hunter to bring extra batteries for recording devices, “as the spirits suck the power out of them to manifest.”

As with her previous two books on Richmond ghosts, Kinney diligently seeks and frequently finds phantoms. Some stories she recounts second-hand, and others she tells as first-person narrative.

A few of the latter conversations will test your credulity. One French ghost proves his Frenchness by saying “oui,” and Kinney helpfully explains to the ghost of a black Confederate soldier that African-Americans are free now.

But whether Kinney’s paranormal investigations leave you with goose bumps or the giggles, the book will certainly inspire some day trips down Interstate 95.

Readers will learn the stories behind the oddly shaped 1817 Trapezium House in Petersburg and a 1685 structure in Colonial Heights, considered the oldest brick house in Virginia. Note that the Swift Creek Mill Theatre stages plays to entertain living guests, too. And Hopewell is full of historical significance and beautiful river views.

“Paranormal Petersburg” is a great addition to your day-trip tote and available at Chop Suey Books and Fountain Bookstore. Kinney will be at Fountain on Oct. 28 to sign copies.