The Great Ghost Hunter

The Great Ghost Hunter gathers reported encounters and legends from Elliott O'Donnell’s long career as a writer and investigator of alleged hauntings. The collection draws on more than 60 years of personal investigations, bringing together accounts of haunted houses, phantom animals, vengeful ghosts and spirits said to remain tied to the earthly world.

Alongside individual cases, O’Donnell includes traditional ghostly material, presenting apparitions and uncanny incidents in the direct storytelling manner associated with his work. The subjects range from disturbances connected with buildings to animal manifestations and claims of hostile or troubled spirits. Edited with Harry Ludlam’s contribution, this edition offers a representative selection from one of Britain’s best-known early 20th-century ghost hunters, while leaving the reports to stand as accounts rather than established fact.