Ghost, paranormal and folklore books
Books about ghosts, folklore, witchcraft, paranormal research, dark history and the unexplained across Britain and Ireland.
1,217 books found
Cover unavailableHaunted Teesside
Haunted Teesside gathers reported ghost stories from the towns and villages scattered along the banks of the River Tees. Rebecca Hall, writing as a paranormal investigator, records eyewitness sightings in abandoned factories and mines, alleged…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Theatres of East Sussex
Haunted Theatres of East Sussex brings together reported apparitions and eerie traditions linked to the county’s theatres, piers and other entertainment venues. Tina Lakin sets these accounts against a history of performance that stretches from…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Tunbridge Wells
Haunted Tunbridge Wells gathers reported ghost stories from Royal Tunbridge Wells and the surrounding Kent villages, placing local folklore alongside the area’s long history. Neil Arnold covers locations including The Pantiles, Groombridge, Sissinghurst, Southborough, Pembury…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Tyneside
Haunted Tyneside gathers reported ghost stories from across the region, covering apparitions, unexplained phenomena and poltergeist activity. Darren W. Ritson includes accounts associated with Tynemouth Priory, Newcastle’s Jin Jameson and the haunting of Willington Mill.…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Tyrone
Haunted Tyrone gathers reported hauntings and paranormal accounts from across County Tyrone, ranging from disturbances at a farmhouse near Gortin in the Sperrin Mountains to a reputed apparition in a locked room at Knocknamoe Castle…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Waters
Haunted Waters gathers reported hauntings associated with rivers, streams, lakes and pools across Great Britain and Ireland. Elliott O'Donnell focuses on water-bound locations where ghost stories, local traditions and accounts of apparitions have become attached…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Wearside
Haunted Wearside gathers more than 50 reported ghost encounters from Sunderland and the surrounding Wearside area. Darren W. Ritson combines eyewitness testimony with accounts of attempts to find evidence for ghostly activity, presenting local stories…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Wigan
Haunted Wigan gathers reported ghost stories from the town and surrounding region, drawing on both historical and contemporary sources. Its settings include former cotton mills and public houses, places associated with Wigan’s industrial and social…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Wiltshire
Haunted Wiltshire gathers reported ghost stories from the county’s historic buildings, ancient sites and rural landscapes. Keith Wills covers claimed manifestations at Devizes Castle, a supposed haunting by a dwarf at Lacock Abbey and a…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Wirral: Volume 1
Haunted Wirral: Volume 1 gathers 51 reported tales from across the Wirral peninsula, ranging from apparitions and phantom figures to doppelgangers, premonitions and accounts of reincarnation. The collection treats the area as a setting for…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Wirral: Volume 2
Haunted Wirral: Volume 2 gathers reported ghost stories connected with the Wirral peninsula, presenting local accounts of apparitions and other uncanny experiences in a regional setting. The book belongs to Tom Slemen’s wider series of…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Worcestershire
Anthony Poulton-Smith’s A–Z survey gathers reported hauntings from across Worcestershire, combining historical material with interviews conducted with local witnesses. The accounts range from apparitions and poltergeist activity to unexplained sounds, sudden chills and stories involving…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Worthing
Haunted Worthing gathers reported encounters and local traditions from the seaside town and its surrounding countryside. Among the accounts are an eight-foot monk apparently reading a prayer book, a young girl whose hair is stroked…
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Cover unavailableHaunted York
Haunted York gathers reported apparitions and uncanny traditions from one of England’s most historic cities. Rupert Matthews covers stories attached to York Minster, where a medieval stonemason is said to remain, and the Treasurer’s House,…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Yorkshire
Haunted Yorkshire gathers reported ghost stories, local legends and darker historical tales from across the county. Nick Tyler discusses ghostly hounds on the North York Moors, a phantom highwayman in Sheffield, the Oxenhope spectre and…
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Cover unavailableHauntings
Peter Underwood examines several of Britain’s most closely documented haunting cases, combining historical accounts with the findings of his own investigations. The cases include reported activity at Hampton Court, the demon drummer associated with Bedworth,…
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Cover unavailableHauntings and Apparitions
Hauntings and Apparitions examines reported ghost sightings and haunting experiences through the evidence gathered around individual cases. Andrew MacKenzie considers apparitional figures, recurring experiences and claims linked to particular places, including the well-known Cheltenham case,…
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Hauntings: A Book of Ghosts and Where to Find Them
Historian Neil Oliver travels across the British Isles through haunted castles, coastlines and old battlefields, tracing ghost stories and the history of the places that keep them alive. His reflections ask why some locations seem…
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Cover unavailableHerba Mythica
Herba Mythica gathers myths, legends and folk tales about sacred healing plants, bringing together 63 stories from 31 storytellers across 27 countries and four continents. The collection ranges from creation myths and goddess traditions to…
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Cover unavailableHere's Nessie!
Here's Nessie! brings together Karl P. N. Shuker's writings on the Loch Ness monster, presenting the case's history, controversies and competing explanations. The book considers proposed identities for Nessie, from plausible zoological possibilities to more…
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Cover unavailableHerefordshire Folk Tales
Herefordshire Folk Tales gathers thirty fairy tales and legends rooted in the county’s oral tradition, preserving stories shaped by local memory and storytelling. David Phelps brings together accounts of strange happenings, old beliefs and attempts…
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Cover unavailableHeroes of Ireland in Myth and Legend
Heroes of Ireland in Myth and Legend presents Irish heroic tradition through stories, figures and themes drawn from folklore, mythology and legendary history. Dáithí Ó hÓgáin places these accounts within the cultural world that shaped…
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Cover unavailableHexy B*tch
Hexy B*tch is Daisy May Cooper’s memoir of a long-standing fascination with ghosts, spirits, astrology, tea leaves and paranormal activity. It follows her investigations into haunted houses, conversations with people who claim to communicate with…
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Cover unavailableHighland Folk Tales
Highland Folk Tales gathers traditional stories linked to the Scottish Highlands, where legends associated with Gaels, Picts and Vikings remain connected to particular places. Bob Pegg’s collection includes accounts of fairy people in green hills,…
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Cover unavailableHistoric Building Mythbusting
Historic Building Mythbusting examines the stories attached to Britain’s old buildings and tests them against architectural, archaeological and historical evidence. James Wright considers why familiar claims take hold, how they change over time and what…
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Hollow's Hauntology: A Compendium of Mythological Creatures and Paranormal Phenomena
Evelyn Hollow brings together 80 supernatural and mythological figures from cultures around the world, treating them as more than a simple catalogue of monsters. Across eight themed sections she explores vampires and revenants, shapeshifters, ghosts…
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Cover unavailableHoly Wells in Britain: A Guide
Janet Bord’s guide covers 300 surviving holy wells across England, Wales and Scotland, describing their histories, traditions and place in the British landscape. Many were associated with local saints and became part of the medieval…
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Cover unavailableHorse Power and Magic
Horse Power and Magic records the working lives and traditions of East Anglian horsemen through memories gathered from older agricultural workers. George Ewart Evans describes how heavy horses were managed, trained and used on farms,…
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Cover unavailableHow to Build a Haunted House
Why do some buildings become haunted in our imagination while others do not? Caitlin Blackwell Baines traces the history of the haunted house through architecture, folklore, literature and popular culture, exploring famous locations including Hampton…
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Cover unavailableHow UFOs Conquered the World: The History of a Modern Myth
How UFOs Conquered the World traces the modern UFO myth from Kenneth Arnold’s 1947 sighting, when reports of flying objects were transformed by newspaper coverage into the flying-saucer phenomenon. David Clarke combines social history with…
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Cover unavailableHuman Electromagnetic Interference
Human Electromagnetic Interference introduces the SLIDER effect, a subject presented through the author’s research into alleged interactions between people and electromagnetic phenomena. The book focuses on defining this effect and setting out the questions surrounding…
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Cover unavailableIf This Be Magic
If This Be Magic centres on a 1951 medical case in which a young hospital doctor used hypnosis to treat a patient with a rare and debilitating skin disease. The apparent recovery was documented in…
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Cover unavailableIgor and the Twisted Tales of Castlemaine
After leaving his abusive employer, Frankenstein's assistant Igor seeks a new life in the cursed town of Castlemaine. There he encounters Esmerelda, an innkeeper's dangerous daughter, and an assortment of supernatural threats. Five connected adventures…
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Illustrated Tales of Devon
John Husband gathers Devon legends and unusual local history, from Dartmoor pixies and the Devil to the Hairy Hands of the moorland roads. His photographs accompany stories of places, people and customs across the county.
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Cover unavailableIllustrated Tales of Northumberland
Northumberland's landscapes and historic buildings form the background to this illustrated survey of local legends and unusual stories. Kirkup explores traditions associated with places such as Dunstanburgh Castle and Sewingshield Crags, including the tale of…
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Illustrated Tales of the Black Country
Helen Harwood explores the Black Country through its local legends, historic curiosities and supernatural tales. From Dudley Castle’s ghosts to industrial landmarks and long-lived customs, the illustrated book presents the region’s distinctive stories and identity.
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Cover unavailableIllustrated Tales of Wales
Illustrated Tales of Wales gathers myths, legends and folk stories linked to the country’s landscapes, traditions and cultural memory. Mark Rees includes medieval tales from the Mabinogion, Arthurian mythology, stories of giants and dragons, and…
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Cover unavailableIllustrated Welsh Folk Tales for Young and Old
Peter Stevenson gathers Welsh folk tales rooted in coastlines, bogs, lakes and mountains, presenting them in the lively manner of an oral storyteller. The collection includes rowdy mermaids and drowned lands in Cardigan Bay, an…
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Cover unavailableImagining the Pagan Past: Gods and Goddesses in Literature and History since the Dark Ages
Imagining the Pagan Past examines how British gods and goddesses have been represented from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. Marion Gibson follows their appearances through chronicles, poetry, novels, plays, scientific writing and scholarly…
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Cover unavailableIn Search of Biddy Early
In Search of Biddy Early records the stories surrounding Biddy Early, the County Clare herbalist, healer and seer whose reputation became part of Irish folklore. Lenihan follows accounts of her cures, prophetic abilities and the…
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Cover unavailableIn Search of Britain's Haunted Castles
In Search of Britain’s Haunted Castles gathers reported hauntings and ghost traditions from more than 60 castles across Britain. Marc Alexander and Paul Abrahams pair each account with historical background, showing how stories of spectral…
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Cover unavailableIn Search of Ghosts
Darren W. Ritson visits reputedly haunted places around Britain, combining interviews with witnesses and accounts of his own travels. Locations range from Exeter Castle and the Tower of London to Edinburgh’s Mary King’s Close and…
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Cover unavailableIn Search of Prehistoric Survivors
Karl P. N. Shuker examines reports of animals thought to have vanished from the fossil record, asking whether some might still survive in remote habitats. The coelacanth provides a documented starting point: a fish once…
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Cover unavailableIn Search of the Supernatural
Peter Travis’s In Search of the Supernatural is a collection of reported hauntings drawn from his own investigations and from accounts supplied by friends and acquaintances. The emphasis is on incidents presented as carefully examined…
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Cover unavailableInto the Occult
Into the Occult surveys a broad range of occult and psychical subjects, from astrology, graphology and palmistry to Tarot, phrenology, clairvoyance and telepathy. Peter Underwood also considers the role of mediums, the meaning attributed to…
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Cover unavailableInto the Uncanny
Into the Uncanny examines reports of paranormal experiences through four cases Danny Robins has not previously covered on television or in his podcast. The investigations include a poltergeist case in Rome, a haunted house in…
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Cover unavailableInvestigating the Paranormal
Investigating the Paranormal brings together Tony Cornell’s field investigations of reported hauntings, poltergeist activity and mediumship. Its principal sections cover hauntings, poltergeists and mediums, followed by further psychical-research material drawn from cases encountered during Cornell’s…
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Cover unavailableInvestigating the Unexplained
Investigating the Unexplained is a practical guide to ghost hunting by paranormal writer and investigator Steve Higgins. It covers the methods used during investigations, along with the equipment and tools commonly brought to alleged haunted…
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