4/5 *Fun* Set But Buy Only On Sale...
  by Alex Honda (Los Angeles, CA USA)
I bought the HAUNTED HISTORIES COLLECTION DVD set because it was on sale here on Amazon. I love the History Channel and since it was October, I figured I'd add this set to my DVD library.

With the exception of "Vampire Secrets" (with a printed running time of 100-minutes but more like 90-minutes) all of the episodes are under one-hour. The five shows are in plastic clamshell cases and come in a larger cardboard cover box, like in the photo.

Even though I enjoyed the shows, I would only advise buying this set when it's on sale. Most of the episodes were produced in 1997 and don't have the fancy digital gadgets featured in most of the paranormal shows on television today, so the shows "Hauntings" and "Poltergeist" seem a little dated.

"Vampire Secrets" was pretty cool and, if the copyright date on the back of the cover is correct, is the most recently produced show of the bunch. Even though it covers the history of vampires and the romantic idolization of the fabled blood-sucker, it was created much too early to cover the new vampire craze with younger girls and boys--like with the "Twilight" books and movie, and in anime.

"The Haunted History Of Halloween" was the show I enjoyed the most because there was great footage of Halloween parades and "trick or treaters" from yesteryear. There was also press footage of celebrity Halloween parties and you get to see children of the stars, like Liza Minnelli and Candace Bergen when they were kids. It also talks about how Halloween came about throughout the years.

Get it when it's on sale!

4/5 excellent
  by Rhonda Sue Mcafee (Corydon, Indiana)
this set is very interesting, I enjoy watching stories on hauntings and vampires and Halloween, along with some others

5/5 Haunted Histories
  by Russell Ketcher
The documentries are very well put together so if you like documentries and things that are hard to explain, then you'll love this.

5/5 dadioka
  by D. Folks (omaha, ne United States)
A really nice collection at a great price.
Hours of entertainment for the whole family.

5/5 Report Resource
  by penpanda (Payson, AZ United States)
I bought this set for my teen to use as a info source. She was writing a report on the Salem Witch Trials. The dvd on that was helpful. Halloween is her favorite holiday.