Summary: Katherine Ramsland is an author who has published 37 books and over 900 articles, most of which are in the genres of crime, forensic science, and the supernatural. She holds graduate degrees in forensic psychology, clinical psychology, and philosophy, and teaches forensic psychology at DeSales University. She has written on the subjects of serial killers, CSI, vampires, and ghosts. She is considered an international expert on serial killers. Prior to her career at DeSales, she was the director of one of the Clemente programs at Bard College, which assists people without means to get a start in college. She has also worked as a therapist and a crisis counselor, and taught philosophy at Rutgers University. She has appeared on most of the major TV networks and in The New York Times, and has been a repeat guest with host Ian Punnett on the popular national radio show Coast To Coast AM. Source of Bio Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_RamslandRamsland (author of numerous books on Anne Rice, vampirism and other ghoulish subjects) is just the sort of person you'd want to tell you a ghost story: credible, smart, sane and funny, neither a believer nor a skeptic. Cast as an adventure in "participatory journalism," the book begins with Ramsland's chance acquisition of a haunted silver ring.
