Personal Experiences
Ghost Book Author at Ripley’s
New York author Linda Zimmerman holds a B.S. in Chemistry and a Master’s degree in English Literature, but what really gets her excited is ghosts. Searching for them and writing about the experiences.
Zimmerman was on hand at Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! Museum Saturday March 13, signing copies of her latest book, a special 10th anniversary edition of the Ghost Investigator series.
Zimmerman’s latest release details 25 of her favorite cases from the previous nine Ghost Investigator volumes, and includes a new section on St. Augustine haunts, with Ripley’s historic Castle Warden as the backdrop for at least one tale. The castle, which now houses the original Ripley’s museum, was built in the 1800’s as a family home, was later turned into a hotel by Pulitzer Prize winning author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, and has been investigated for its reported paranormal activity by several groups, including T.A.P.S., the stars of the Ghost Hunters TV show on the SyFy Network. Zimmerman has hopes for her own TV show based on her series of books and may shoot part of the pilot episode in St. Augustine.
Zimmerman initially received honors for her books on American history, but while delivering a series of history lectures for the bicentennial of Rockland County in southern New York’s Hudson Valley, she was asked about local ghosts and legends. Linda says she told the one ghost story she knew, and then received a call several days later with “the excited voice on the other end of the line saying, ‘I hear you give ghost talks!’, so I researched a few more ghost stories, told those, word spread, and by the end of the series, more people were showing up to hear about the ghosts than the history. From that point, my research into ghosts took on a life of its own, but the scientist in me wanted to personally conduct investigations.”
The entire Ghost Investigator series and the new 10th Anniversary edition are available at www.amazon.com and at www.ghostinvestigator.com. Contact Linda directly at lindazim@optonline.net. If you mention Ripley’s, Linda will sign your copy and ship it free.
For more information, contact Ralf Ingwersen at Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! at (904) 824-1606 or ingwersen@ripleys.com.
