A funny thing happened on the way to heaven : (or, how I made peace with the paranormal and stigmatized zealots and cynics in the process)

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Taylor, Corey.

ISBN:

9780306821646

Publication Information:

Boston : Da Capo Press, c2013

Physical Description:

233 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Cold house ; But first let's meet our contestants ; The mansion ; One night in Farrar ; Paranormal paralysis and paranoid parameters ; Foster Manor ; Wine and spirits with friends ; A haunting in New York? ; Beyond the fringe ; The kids on the circle ; You'll have to pay for another five minutes.

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Rock musicians -- United States

Parapsychology.

Ghosts

Haunted places

Summary:

In this book, Corey Taylor undertakes something never before attempted in the history of rock superstardom. He takes you with him as he journeys undercover through various ghostbusting groups who do their best to gather information and evidence about the existence of spirits. Some are more credible than others, and, frankly, some are completely insane, but all are observed with appropriate seriousness as Taylor attempts to better understand some of the spooky things that have happened to him in his life. Especially that night at the Cold House. But that is not all folks. Taylor once again gives you a behind-the-scenes tour of his crazy life and the many beyond the grave events he has encountered. You will be shocked how often Slipknot has been invaded by the supernatural. Taylor also touches on his religious background and how it led him to believe in much more than the Man in the Sky.

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Slipknot and Stone Sour singer Corey Taylor's New York Times bestselling journey into the world of ghosts and the supernatural
Corey Taylor has seen a lot of unbelievable things.
However, many of his most incredible experiences might just shock you. For much of his life, the Grammy Award-winning singer of Slipknot and Stone Sour and New York Times bestselling author of Seven Deadly Sins has brushed up against the supernatural world. Those encounters impacted his own personal evolution just as much as headlining at Castle Donington in front of 100,000 people at Download Festival or debuting at #1 on the Billboard Top 200.

Since growing up in Iowa, his own curiosity drew him into situations that would've sent most people screaming scared and running for the hills. He's ballsy enough to go into the darkness and deal with the consequences, though. As a result, he's seen ghosts up close and personal, whether while combing through an abandoned house in his native Iowa as a child or recording an album in the fabled Houdini Hollywood Hills mansion. He's also got the memories (and scars) to prove it. For somereason, he can't seem to shake these spectral stories, and that brings us to this little tome right here...

At the same time, being an erudite, tattooed, modern Renaissance Man, he was never one for Sunday Service. Simply put, he's seen ghosts, but he hasn't seen Jesus. Taylor especially can't find a reason why people do the insane things they do in HIS name. That's where everything gets really interesting.

His second book, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven , compiles Taylor's most intimate, incredible, and insane moments with the supernatural. His memories are as vivid as they are vicious. As he recounts these stories, he questions the validity of religious belief systems and two-thousand-year-old dogma. As always, his rapid-fire writing, razor sharp sense of humor, unbridled honesty, and cozy anecdotes make quite the case for his point. You might end up believing him or not. That's up to you, of course.

Either way, you're in for a hell of a ride.

Author Notes

Corey Todd Taylor was born in 1973 in Des Moines, Iowa. He is best known as the lead singer and lyricist of Slipknot and Stone Sour. He is a founding member of Stone Sour and has released five studio albums with that band. Taylor joined Slipknot in 1997 to replace their original vocalist, Anders Colsefni. He has worked with several bands including Junk Beer Kidnap Band, Apocalyptica, Anthrax, Aaron Lewis of Staind, and Soulfly. He has written several books including Seven Deadly Sins: Settling the Argument Between Born Bad and Damaged Good, You're Making Me Hate You: An Uncommon Guide to Common Sense, and America 51: A Probe into the Realities That Are Hiding Inside the Greatest Country in the World.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (3)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Heavy metal frontman Corey Taylor of Slipknot and Stone Sour fame offers this fascinating insider look at paranormal investigation and how the otherworldly has affected his life. Taylor's performance ability is undeniable, and he's clearly comfortable talking about even the most bizarre and outrageous subjects with ease, making this an absolutely compulsive listen for fans of his music or the macabre. Taylor's delivery is straightforward and unabashed. While the subject matter is, for the most part, quite dark-e.g., spirits and ghost busting-Taylor brings an air of nonchalance to his reading that allows humor and dark comedy to abound. A Da Capo hardcover. (July) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Kirkus Review

Slipknot singer sees dead people. Apparently, Taylor (Seven Deadly Sins: Settling the Argument Between Born Bad and Damaged Good, 2011) has backstage passes to the spirit world that not many of us are privileged enough to get: He not only sees ghosts on a regular basis, but he's also convinced that the same spooks are haunting him everywhere he goes. His first recollection of seeing ghosts was around the age of 9, when he and some friends went on a Goonies-like adventure to a scary-looking old house in his suburb. In that house, he saw his first sinister apparition, which seemed to be an old man who wanted the young whippersnappers out of his house. From then on, according to Taylor, his life has been one big spook-tacular extravaganza filled with supernatural occurrences. (Later in the book, the author does his tedious best to scientifically prove that these spirits can, in fact, walk the terrestrial plane among us.) Taylor recalls stories about seeing a shadow man in a cornfield trying to attack him; he was once pushed down the stairs by a malevolent, otherworldly force; every time he buys a new Munsters-style mansion, it turns out to be haunted by the spirits of dead children. To Taylor's credit, all these anecdotes about his close encounters with the spirit world are told in exacting detail, and you certainly want to believe him. Unfortunately, insecurity about how his theories and stories will be received comes to the fore in a big way: Taylor alternates between annoying self-deprecation and smug self-congratulation, spending too much time on humorless, expletive-laden rants against those who would dare question his place among the elite few who have regular interface with supernatural beings. Mostly fun campfire ghost stories marred by pseudo-scientific babble and a self-conscious rock-star attitude.]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Library Journal Review

Taylor's (Seven Deadly Sins) sophomore offering promises ghost stories galore, but the lead singer of metal band Slipknot takes a while to deliver the chills. He begins with his childhood exploration of a neighborhood spook house with friends, then diverges for a lengthy spiel on atheism (he's for it). Taylor's an entertaining narrator, but he's written two books in one. Once he returns to his exploration of the world of modern ghost hunters, the listener's patience is rewarded. With Slipknot's The Document, a career retrospective CD/DVD scheduled for release this fall, Taylor is tagging all bases of multimedia. Verdict Recommended for larger libraries.-Kelly Sinclair, Temple P.L., TX (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Cold House	p. 1
But First LetÆs Meet Our Contestants	p. 23
The Mansion	p. 45
One Night in Farrar	p. 67
Paranormal Paralysis and Paranoid Parameters	p. 89
Foster Manor	p. 111
Wine and Spirits with Friends	p. 131
A Haunting in New York?	p. 153
Beyond the Fringe	p. 169
The Kids on the Circle	p. 191
You'll Have to Pay for Another Five Minutes	p. 213
Acknowledgments	p. 235

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