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[ SECRET POST #2902 ]

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Secret #1 reminded me that I've been looking for fictional stories involving paranormal investigation for a while. You know, the ones where ghosts and psychic powers are absolutely real, and there's this person/group of people wandering around investigating and solving problems with them. Anyone got any recs?

I've seen Ghostbusters, obviously, and things like Stephen King's 'Rose Red', the anime 'Ghost Hunt' (one of my favourites), and you can probably put 'Mononoke' and 'Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales' here as well. My sister recently showed me 'The Conjuring'. Things in that vein are very welcome.

If you're into anime Mushishi might be a good shout, even if it's not entirely in the standard genre vein.

Protagonist wanders across historic Japan solving peoples supernatural problems, al of which become a self contained character study.

Mushishi is goddamn fantastic, seconding this rec. Super chill, super well done.

AYRT

I've actually seen Mushishi, yes. It's amazing. All drifting and eerie and poignant. I adore it madly.

It has a different feel to most supernatural stories, though. More ... natural? Environmental? The mushi feel more like exceedingly weird animals/plants/bugs than your standard horror spirits. Which isn't at all bad, just different to what I'm used to.

Are you looking specifically for the classic "paranormal" narratives or would worlds where magic in the broader sense of the word is real be up your valley, too? Because Mononoke isn't really the kind of thing I envision when I think of what you've described in the first paragraph.

AYRT

I thought Mononoke was fairly close, actually. The Medicine Seller wanders around various historical periods dealing with supernatural problems caused (largely) by mortal misdeeds, investigating the crimes that caused them and using that knowledge to exorcise (or something close) the spirits. So it's not too far away. But yeah, it's got a wider range of the supernatural than many ghost stories, so a broader vein is fine as well.

Ah, yes, I see!

Well, my initial idea was probably too far away - Rivers of London deals with magic more than it does with sins, hauntings etc. - but, uh, maybe Max Frei, the Labyrinths of Echo series? It is fantasy, but big chunks of these books strike me as something that might interest you. The heroes are policemen in a fantasy world where loads of magical fuck ups happen on a daily basis; the main protagonist was sort of teleported into this world from the regular one, and now he has to adapt to the local life. The first book features ghosts and other things that could be considered supernatural, though it isn't, strictly speaking, all about the paranormal.

... I had never heard of that, and it sounds fascinating. A bit more fantasy than I was looking for, yes, but interesting enough to make up for it. Thank you!

I hope you like it, nonnie. This series had a major impact on me when I was younger, so I'm always happy when people consider giving it a go.

Supernatural?

It was great for the first couple of seasons, yeah. It shifted genre a bit into more 'apocalyptic dystopia' later on, though?

X-Files.

yep

Oh, this is right up my alley.

There's Warehouse 13, The Middle Man, X-Files, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Millennium, Friday the 13th (the series), Teen Wolf, Angel, Reaper and Constantine just off the top of my head.

There's a British film called "The Awakening" that's sort of like that. Also a U.S. series called "A Haunting" which frequently contains a brief bit about investigation but focuses more on the story and the families who experience it. "The Haunting in Connecticut" was loosely based on an investigation by Ed and Lorraine Warren, much like "The Conjuring" was.

And very recently, the Sleepy Hollow tv series.

I remember liking Poltergeist: The Legacy back when it aired (late 90s) though I haven't seen it since and can't vouch for whether teen me had taste. It was about of group, kind of like the Watchers in Buffy, but more proactive, who work in a large gothic style manor in San Franciso and investigate weird shit under the pretense of researching antiquities.

Have you read Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files? It's a book series and I think he's up to volume 10. It's really good, especially book three (Grave Peril) and beyond.

Since you mention anime, you'll probably like Witch Hunter Robin, if you're not already familiar with it. It's got an interesting structure, where the first half of the series is a paranormal investigation case-of-the-week format, and the second half is a thriller/mystery about the inner workings of the witch hunting organization.

When I rewatched it this year for the first time in ages, what it actually reminded me the most of was Fringe. Fringe is more SF than fantasy, but it takes almost the exact same shift in format/focus.

The set-up of both "Shinrei tantei Yakumo" and "Majin tantei nougami neuro" are similar to that of Ghost hunt.

"Tenpou ibun ayakashi ayashi" is a sort of ghost hunters anime.

Simon R. Green's "Ghostfinders" series. The first one is "Ghost of a Chance." I think his Secret History series might be up your alley too; the first one is "The Man with the Golden Torc."

Seconding Dresden Files, but I think it's up to book 15 now, not just 10. The first one is "Storm Front."

Anton Strout's Simon Canderous series. The first one is "Dead to Me."

Rob Thurman's Cal Leandros series. The first one is "Nightlife."

...yes, I read a lot of urban fantasy, why do you ask?

Red Lights with Cillian Murphy and Robert DeNiro
Tale of Two Sisters
It's not quite what you're talking about but Natsume Yujincho is sometimes similar.

Maybe try London Falling, by Paul Cornell. It's about four police officers who gain psychic powers during an investigation, and they decide to use their police training and procedures to make use of the information they gain.

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