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NEW YORK, NY -- Following the monstrous success of the original HAUNTED HISTORIES COLLECTION, A&E Home Video is set to unearth an all-new, all-terrifying installment of supernatural phenomenon -- just in time for Halloween! From the tortured spirits who haunt American homes and a historical alchemist and grave robber who yearned for the secret elixir of life to eyewitness accounts of actual zombies, HAUNTED HISTORIES COLLECTION: VOLUME 2 investigates the facts supporting the world’s most ghoulish, real-life tales. The space-saving five-disc set includes over five hours of bone-chilling phenomena and is priced to disappear off shelves for $24.95SRP.

From bone-chilling interviews with eyewitnesses who have felt the presence of restless ghosts, seen the walking dead, or participated in spirit possession rituals to expert testimony from historians, scientists, biomedical researchers and psychics – you don’t have to believe in ghosts to be spooked by these terrifying tales. HAUNTED HISTORIES COLLECTION: VOLUME 2 features in-depth investigations of the world’s scariest stories, including: “Haunted Houses”, “In Search of the Real Frankenstein”, “More Haunted Houses: Tortured Souls and Restless Spirits”, “Voodoo Rituals”, and “Zombies”, and provide spine-tingling evidence for the unlikeliest of paranormal terrors.

Haunted Houses – A murdered slave girl still wanders Myrtles Plantation in Louisiana, a betrayed Redcoat spy roams New York’s Raynam Hall, and seventeenth-century witch hunter George Corwin curses Salem sheriffs to this very day. Dramatic recreations and expert historians provide insight into these vexed spirits trapped between two worlds.

More Haunted Houses: Tortured Souls and Restless Spirits – Over a century ago, a family of immigrants were burned to death—could the killers’ descendents still be haunted by the victims? Does the ghost of a conspirator in Lincoln’s assassination still haunt the U.S. Army? Psychics, scholars, and eyewitnesses tell stories from beyond the grave.

Zombies – Could there be a real-life basis for the existence of zombies? A biomedical researcher, a voodoo priest, and experts on Haitian culture consider the possibilities and reveal astonishing true stories of zombie encounters.

Voodoo Rituals – Famed for the practice of divination, animal sacrifice, and spirit possession, and brought to the Western Hemisphere by enslaved Africans, voodoo is much maligned and often misunderstood. Now, an expert practitioner returns to a remote corner of Africa to show the roots of a religion rarely seen by the uninitiated.

In Search of the Real Frankenstein– HISTORY™ presents the true tale Johann Konrad Dippel, a brilliant and troubled scientist caught up in the dark world of alchemy and grave robbing. This original mad scientist dug up fresh corpses from the nearby cemetery and dragged them to his laboratory in Castle Frankenstein to test out his formulas in search of the secret elixir of life.

A&E Home Video, part of the Consumer Products Division of A&E Television Networks (AETN) is a video distributor of non-theatrical programming, featuring collectible DVD editions of the high quality programming from A&E Network and HISTORY™, as well as acquired classic programming. A&E Home Video brings the best of critically acclaimed entertainment presented in award-winning packaging to the special interest category. For more information about ordering these and other titles from the A&E Home Video Collection, call (212) 206-8600 (TRADE ONLY). Consumers please call 1-800-423-1212 (A&E). In addition to placing orders by phone, A&E Home Video products may be purchased over the World Wide Web at ShopAETV.com.