Dark World: into the shadows with the lead investigator of the Ghost Adventures Crew

(Note: This will probably be the longest post since I'm impatient about writing the blog, I decided to write the blog while I was reading the book.)

Well what can one say about Zak Bagans' book Dark World: into the shadows with the lead investigator of the Ghost Adventures Crew? Other than the long title (which everyone shortens to Dark World) it is the most terrible book I've ever read.............TOTALLY KIDDING YA'LL!!!!!!!

Honestly it is a very good book. I highly recomend this book for anyone wanting to take up ghost hunting. Bagans wrote this well. He doesn't try to convert non-believers in ghosts but tries to bring everyone together to try find the answers together. He really makes you think and come to your own conclusion. Perfect example and I am taking this from his book: time. It's not a perfect straight line like we make we make it to be to put history in order on a time line (even then time line kinda does have little branches but you get the idea). I recommend reading up that section at the beginning, to explain would take a while and I would end up rambling.

Here's another thing.... I actually had to look something up just to make double sure that I read it right. It was about the temporoparietal of the brain. I knew he knew what he was talking about but I still had to check. It's pretty much when your mind plays tricks on you.

Here's something interesting: I saw a consistent mention of an emotional pull at times while investigating. While this can occur thanks to the entities and spirits, I wonder if he's considered that he just might be an empath. Yeah he's a tough guy but, come on he does have a touch of a soft side. Who knows, he might be an empath for the spirits that he comes into contact with like I am for the living (however I haven't been around as many spirits nor on as many lockdowns as he has.....yet).

I do like how he describes his experiences. Sometimes when I'm watching Ghost Adventures and they say they felt something like a cold breeze go right through them. Okay describe it for us viewers who aren't there with you to experience it. Thankfully, Bagans has described what it feels like to get hit with that. So now I know what they feel, which makes since now of their reactions. So thank you Zak :)

I like very much how Bagans explains what Imprint theory is and Ley lines and all of what he mentions in the book. It really makes you think about the world around you and paranormal research could hold in store for the future.

A couple of his expriences gave me Goosebumps as I read the book. Poveglia Island, Bobby Mackey's Music World and the demon lair of Sin City are just to name a few (I do also want to say thanks for mentioning Louisiana in your book Zak I was hoping we would be and we would be glad to have ya'll back). Now the demon lair and Bobby Mackey's I did watch out of order but I caught on quickly when I watched the rerun of the Bobby Mackey lockdown. The tune "Three Blind Mice" was hummed by an unseen force and I remember stopping the DVR and finding the demon lair episode. After rewinding it a few times just to make sure I wasn't hearing things, sure enough it was there too. Couple of my theories: demons talk to each other and plot what they can do next or demon A from one place finds out where in the world you're gonna be next and asks demon B for passage into their territory. They think it's a cat and mouse game between them and the paranormal investigators where demons are the cats (because they come when they feel like it not when told) and the investigators are the mice (totally blind in darkness with only night vision to guide them). I'm glad the tune was caught by Ghost Adventures and mentioned in the book. It is quite possible that demons are watching us like we watch those reality TV shows. It's creepy to think about that but it might be true.

Here's something else that got me thinking: stone tape and water tape theories. I'll you read it on you're own but it makes sense with water and paranormal activity. My favorite haunted location is the Myrtles Plantation in St. Franciscille Louisiana. It once stood next to a river and now has a man made lake with a little bridge to get to the gazzebo at its center. Added to that LA is one big giant swamp because the water table is so high (hence why we bury our dead above ground). For me this place is a paranormal hotspot. According to Bagans' book water holds memory and muscle memory is the water molecules in our body that holds the memory of a rutine. Ok that makes sense. Musicans (both instrumental and vocal) have a kind muscle memory. We have to practice to know the keys on a clarient (any instument really, I used to play the clarinet) and when to breathe. Same with singers, we practice not only to make sure we know the words but to know when to breathe and hit the right notes. All of that is not just memory of the brain. So why can't spirits have energy stored in water molecules for their memories?

One more point I will bring up and this is also mentioned in the book: the future of paranormal research. I'm gonna try to help out as best as I can to spread the message. To all paranormal ingestigators (present and future) share your findings with other paranormal groups so this field can grow ya'll (or at least try to reach out to each other, ya'll might learn something from each other). I would love to open up a research lab for ya'll (I probably wouldn't be able to because I would be on the investigator side and not unbias) but investigators should reach out to one another and keep this field alive and not just pop culture phase. Imagine the questions that could be answered.

Bagans keeps the mood of the book light at times by an occasional saying like his Spidey senses were tingling during an investigation or by rambling a bit. And there were quite a few phrases that I did laugh at.

Overall this book would be a great book to read when it's raining and all you have next to you is a lamp and your under a blanket in an attempt to keep you warm from the chills you get from this book.

Now I want to go learn the history of New Orleans and face my fears and go on my own little ghost trip.....might go back to the Myrtles. When I do, that will be another post.