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Books Inc./Opera Plaza

601 Van Ness (at Golden Gate)
San Francisco, CA 94102

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Region: Hayes Valley/ Tenderloin

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We’ve asked a lot of people living or working in allegedly haunted places whether they’ve experienced anything ghostly, and the answer is often immediate and absolute: No. Nothing. Not even close. Then the back-pedaling begins. It starts with a phrase like, There was this one time, though ... and ends with something like ... I just knew someone was there. That’s what most of ghost-hunting is: standing still in dark places, waiting for tiny sensations, sounds, or visions — not being pushed down the stairs by a translucent guy with a long beard and red eyes wearing a tattered black overcoat. Jeff Dwyer knows this. He also knows a lot of places to look for ghosts, and some advanced ways to digitally record subtle (and possibly paranormal) things that our all-too-human eyes and ears might miss. Dwyer wrote the Ghost Hunter’s Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area, which includes data on more than 100 places where paranormal activity has been reported. Dwyer has visited a lot of these places and had ghostly interactions there himself. He has also done similar research for volumes on wine country, gold country, the Central Coast, Los Angeles, Seattle, and New Orleans. Today he talks specifically about San Francisco’s haunted history. But don’t worry — it’s a daytime appearance, so if you’re really spooked you have plenty of time to get home before dark.
Mon., Oct. 31, noon, 2011