Ghastly and Ghostly Devon

Ghastly and Ghostly Devon gathers reported ghost stories connected with places across Devon, presenting the county as a landscape of haunted locations and remembered apparitions. The booklet belongs to a series of regional titles by Sally Barber and Chips Barber, whose other works include studies of Dartmoor, Exeter and haunted pubs in Devon.

Its compact format is supported by numerous illustrations and photographs, giving the collection a visual record of the places and stories it discusses. Rather than treating supernatural claims as established fact, the book preserves them as local accounts associated with Devon’s towns, buildings and countryside. It offers a brief, image-led introduction to the county’s ghost-lore and reported hauntings.