Hundreds of books are available that recount reported encounters with ghosts. The accounts range from brief summaries to detailed accounts. Here is a small sampling:

Hans Holzer, More Where the Ghosts Are: The Ultimate Guide to Haunted Houses. New York: Citadel, 2002. See also many other books by this author.

Michael Norman and Beth Scott, Historic Haunted America. New York: Tor, 2001. See also other books by these authors. Frank Spaeth, ed., Phantom Army of the Civil War and Other Southern Ghost Stories. St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn, 1997.