Colin Dickey (Author of Ghostland)

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Colin Dickey grew up in San Jose, California, a few miles from the Winchester Mystery House, the most haunted house in America. As a writer, speaker, and academic, he has made a career out of collecting unusual objects and hidden histories all over the country. He鈥檚 a regular contributor to the LA Review of Books and Lapham鈥檚 Quarterly, and is the co-editor (with Joanna Ebenstein) of The Morbid Anatomy Anthology. He is also a member of the Order of the Good Death, a collective of artists, writers, and death industry professionals interested in improving the Western world鈥檚 relationship with mortality. With a PhD in comparative literature from the University of Southern California, he is an associate professor of creative writing at National ...more

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Average rating: 3.74 · 13,189 ratings · 2,195 reviews · 13 distinct works 鈥� Similar authors

	Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places 3.74 avg rating — 9,921 ratings — published 2016 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained 3.66 avg rating — 1,788 ratings — published 2020 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Under the Eye of Power: How Fear of Secret Societies Shapes American Democracy 3.89 avg rating — 784 ratings — published 2023 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cranioklepty: Grave Robbing and the Search for Genius 3.55 avg rating — 247 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Afterlives of the Saints 3.92 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Morbid Anatomy Anthology by Joanna Ebenstein (Editor), Colin Dickey (Editor) 4.39 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Land of Delusion: Out on the Edge with the Crackpots and Conspiracy-Mongers Remaking Our Shared Reality 3.48 avg rating — 21 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The End of Illustration: The Photographic Novels of Henry James by Colin Dickey, Michael Maloney 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Cranioklepty: Grave Robbing and the Search for Genius by Colin Dickey(1991-04-01) by Colin Dickey, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“We tell stories of the dead as a way of making a sense of the living. More than just simple urban legends and campfire tales, ghost stories reveal the contours of our anxieties, the nature of our collective fears and desires, the things we can鈥檛 talk about in any other way. The past we鈥檙e most afraid to speak aloud of in the bright light of day is the same past that tends to linger in the ghost stories we whisper in the dark.”
― Colin Dickey, Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places

tags: american-history, folk-tales, ghost-stories, ghosts

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“Ghost stories are a way of talking about things we鈥檙e not otherwise allowed to discuss: a forbidden history we thought bricked up safely in the walls.”
― Colin Dickey, Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places

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“A city obsessed by its ghosts seems to be weighted down by a conflicted view of the past. Something close to melancholy: a weight it can't quite let go of, a lingering sadness. And though we don't often think of the United States in these terms, this melancholy is as much a part of our history as our triumphs.”
― Colin Dickey, Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places

tags: america, american-history, ghosts

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