Though not an author by profession, Walter Hubbell did write a book detailing his experiences in what was claimed to be a “true and real haunting”.
The Great Amherst Mystery (also known as The Haunted House : A True Ghost Story) written by Walter Hubbell, claimed to be a true account of a notorious case of reported poltergeist activity in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada between 1878 and 1879. It was the subject of an investigation by Walter Hubbell, an actor with an interest in psychic phenomena, who kept what he claimed was a diary of events in the house, later expanded into a popular book.