Tuesday, 13 March 2018

Wassup people... Today I am going to talk about the legendary story book that maybe only the 90's kids will understand; "True Singapore Ghost Stories".


With a rating of 4.2* on https://www.goodreads.com/ , a trusted website for book ratings, this can be considered quite high of a rating for a book in its genre.


WITH over 1 million copies sold since 1989, True Singapore Ghost Stories is the most popular read in Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. In each book, Russell Lee compiles reports, stories and interviews about the supernatural. Light and entertaining, the books appeal to both children and mature readers. In December 2009, the Singapore National Library released a top-10 list of the most read books in Singapore  and 9 of the 10 titles on the list were True Singapore Ghost Stories books! Meanwhile, the well-loved, masked Russell Lee keeps his identity a secret, preferring to let the TSGS books do all the talking.



Most of the stories take place in Asia but some take place in other parts of the world. Lee also includes articles about the paranormal, featuring detailed investigations into the occult, witchcraft, vampires and other similar topics. Lee stresses that the articles are for reading pleasure, not research.


The author, Russell Lee till date remains a man of mystery. He has never revealed his identity and has never provided any picture of himself to the media. Some rumours say that he is a Caucasian man posing as a local Singaporean. Others say he is Jim Aitchison (aka James Lee), but this has never been substantiated. In the books, Lee swears he is Singaporean, with the "five stars and crescent moon imprinted on each blood cell". Whenever Russell Lee appears in public he is covered fully from head to toe and also wears (fittingly) a mystery mask.

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