{"product_id":"book-a-curious-presence","title":"Book: A Curious Presence: An Explanation of Ghosts and the People who Haunt Them","description":"\u003cp\u003eBooks start shipping\u003cb\u003e October 6th.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA spellbinding, inquisitive journey into the nature of the unseen for anyone as curious about the afterlife as they are about life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHauntings happen. But why? Are they caused by ghosts, or something else? What is a ghost, anyway? After centuries of ghost-hunting by experts and amateurs alike, are we any closer to knowing?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike many, Margo MacDonald once believed that all hauntings were the work of restless spirits, but after two decades spent engaging with firsthand accounts of paranormal encounters — and having a few of her own — she has more questions than answers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMacDonald asks: Why are we haunted by tragedy but not by joy? If a ghost lives in a house but no one experiences it, does it make a haunting? And what does our desire to believe in ghosts say about us?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith insight and humor, \u003ci\u003eA Curious Presence\u003c\/i\u003e explores the theories that have shaped MacDonald’s understanding of hauntings and the paranormal. Told through conversations with skeptics, sensitives, parapsychologists, investigators, and haunted-house dwellers — interwoven with vivid accounts of real experiences and visits to famously haunted locations — MacDonald proposes an unsettling idea: Perhaps it isn’t the places that are haunted, but the people who move through them. Perhaps we have more in common with ghosts than we think.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargo MacDonald\u003c\/b\u003e is a storyteller and paranormal consultant for the Haunted Walk. She’s a co-creator and host of Alone in the Dark investigations and a frequent guest on paranormal podcasts. In addition, she’s a multi-award-winning performer and writes plays inspired by queer women’s history. Margo lives in Toronto, ON.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECW Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41897010954373,"sku":null,"price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/8114\/4709\/files\/ACuriousPresence.jpg?v=1790110316","url":"https:\/\/the-haunted-walk-gift-shop.myshopify.com\/products\/book-a-curious-presence","provider":"The Haunted Walk Gift Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}