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 unavailableListen to the Land Speak
Listen to the Land Speak examines how Irish mythology, language and landscape preserve ways of understanding place, nature and identity. Manchán Magan travels through bogs, across rivers and over mountains, tracing stories and traditions associated…
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Cover unavailableLiverpool Ghosts and Ghouls
Liverpool Ghosts and Ghouls gathers reported ghost and ghoul stories connected with the city, presenting them in the compact Liverpool Dossier format. Its subject sits alongside the local history, crimes, characters and mysteries that occupied…
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Cover unavailableLives to Remember: A Case Book on Reincarnation
Lives to Remember centres on the reported hypnotic regression of Peggy Bailey, an ordinary housewife who appears to recall three earlier identities. The accounts begin with Sally Fraser in 18th-century Devon, continue with Liza Bloggs…
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Cover unavailableLondon Folk Tales
London Folk Tales gathers thirty stories linked to Greater London, moving loosely from legendary beginnings to tales rooted in more recent memory. Helen East draws on oral history, local reminiscence, written sources and folklore collections,…
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Cover unavailableLondon Folk Tales for Children
London Folk Tales for Children brings together traditional tales, ballads, imagined histories and stories gathered from Londoners past and present. Anne Johnson and Sef Townsend range from the River Thames and Tower ravens to the…
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Cover unavailableLondon Lore: The Legends and Traditions of the World's Most Vibrant City
London Lore surveys the capital’s folklore by district, bringing together ghost stories, local superstitions, annual customs, legends and traditional beliefs. Steve Roud ranges from the City of London and Westminster to the capital’s western, northern,…
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Cover unavailableLondon Urban Legends
London Urban Legends gathers the rumours, warnings and modern folk tales attached to the capital, from royal gossip and criminal lore to stories beneath its streets. Scott Wood considers how such narratives take shape, circulate…
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Cover unavailableLondon's River Tales for Children
London’s rivers provide the setting for this collection of historical and traditional stories, spanning Roman times to the present day. The book considers the Thames alongside lesser-known waterways that have been forced underground as the…
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Cover unavailableLong Ago by Shannonside
Long Ago by Shannonside gathers stories about the people, places and heroes of County Clare, preserving local memories that might otherwise have disappeared. Much of the material comes from Jimmy Armstrong, whose knowledge of the…
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Cover unavailableLongford Folk Tales
Longford Folk Tales gathers legends, folk customs and local lore from across County Longford, spanning early Irish tradition and more recent memory. Philip Byrne includes stories of saints, deities, fairies, devils, kings, ghosts and the…
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Cover unavailableLooking for the Aliens
Looking for the Aliens examines the idea of extraterrestrial life through psychological, imaginative and scientific perspectives. Peter Hough and Jenny Randles consider how alien communication might work, how humanity could respond to contact, and what…
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Cover unavailableLothian Region Terror Tales
Lothian Region Terror Tales takes John S Tantalon beyond central Edinburgh into the wider Lothians and neighbouring parts of Scotland. Drawing on local ghost stories, folklore and strange experiences, the book explores haunted places across…
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Cover unavailableLouth Folk Tales
Louth Folk Tales gathers ancient legends, local traditions and more recent stories from County Louth, ranging from fairy lore to saints’ legends and dark historical memory. Doreen McBride includes accounts of leprechauns, a fairy horse,…
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Cover unavailableLove Spells and Lost Treasure: Service Magic in England from the Later Middle Ages to the Early Modern Era
Tabitha Stanmore examines practical magic in England between the 14th and 17th centuries, focusing on spells performed for useful purposes and often for payment. Drawing on many hundreds of recorded instances alongside imaginative and didactic…
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Cover unavailableMagic: A Very Short Introduction
Owen Davies examines magic as both an idea and a practice, tracing how it has been defined, debated and used across cultures and historical periods. The book considers supernatural belief, religious miracles, illusion, superstition and…
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Cover unavailableMagpies & Red Skies: The Enchanting Origins of 100 Superstitions
Magpies & Red Skies examines 100 superstitions from around the world, tracing the traditions and beliefs behind familiar acts of luck and avoidance. Its examples include finding a penny, saluting magpies, hopping over cracks, knocking…
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Cover unavailableMarfleet Murder Mystery
The death of Mary Jane Langley in 1891 is examined through the people, places and investigations surrounding her case. Covell follows the mystery between Hull, Marfleet and Preston, drawing attention to Victorian policing and the…
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Cover unavailableMayo Folk Tales
Tony Locke gathers tales rooted in the landscape and traditions of County Mayo, moving from Croagh Patrick and Clew Bay to the deep waters of Lough Mask. The collection brings together stories of legendary figures,…
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Cover unavailableMeath Folk Tales
Meath Folk Tales gathers roughly one hundred stories from across County Meath, linking local places with legend, history and oral tradition. Richard Marsh includes accounts of kings, saints and god-figures, alongside explanations for place-names and…
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Cover unavailableMedieval Folk Tales for Children
Dave Tonge adapts 22 medieval folk tales, arranging them around the seven deadly sins: envy, gluttony, lust, sloth, pride, greed and wrath. The cast includes proud princes, troubled doctors, grasping merchants, meddlesome cooks, heroic hounds,…
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Cover unavailableMediumship and Survival: A Century of Investigations
Alan Gauld examines the evidence used in psychical research to argue for, or against, survival after bodily death. His discussion centres on mediumship, with attention to investigations involving Leonora Piper and Gladys Leonard, as well…
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Cover unavailableMeeting the Other Crowd: The Fairy Stories of Hidden Ireland
Meeting the Other Crowd gathers Irish accounts of fairy belief as collected and presented by storyteller Eddie Lenihan, with Carolyn Eve Green. The stories treat the fairies as the Other Crowd, the Good People, the…
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Cover unavailableMemorials to the Dead: A Journey into England’s Most Unusual Graves
Kate Cherrell visits unusual graves across England to explore the lives, customs and acts of remembrance behind them. The illustrated journey includes unconventional monuments, performers’ memorials and surprising stories preserved in stone. Bringing together cemetery…
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Cover unavailableMerlin
Geoffrey Ashe examines Merlin’s origins, attributes and changing place within Arthurian tradition, from medieval texts to later interpretations. The book considers the prophet’s magical conception, dream-reading and prophecies, as well as his connections with King…
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Cover unavailableMIB: Investigating the Truth Behind the Men in Black Phenomenon
Jenny Randles examines reports of Men in Black appearing after UFO sightings and alleged alien encounters. The accounts describe mysterious visitors who question witnesses, display unsettling knowledge, issue warnings or attempt to discourage further discussion.…
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Cover unavailableMidlothian Folk Tales
Midlothian Folk Tales gathers traditional stories rooted in the county’s varied landscapes, from rugged coastlines and rushing rivers to uplands and broad valleys. Lea Taylor’s retellings connect place with tales of kings and queens, saints…
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Cover unavailableMidlothian Folk Tales for Children
Midlothian Folk Tales for Children gathers 16 stories rooted in the landscapes and traditions of the Lothians. Tim Porteus ranges from the Moorfoot Hills to the coast at Portobello, linking each tale to a particular…
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Cover unavailableMidwinter Folk Tales
Midwinter Folk Tales gathers traditional stories shaped by the cold, darkness and customs of the winter season. Taffy Thomas includes accounts such as the Legend of Tinsel, the Christmas Cat and the New Year’s Bell,…
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Cover unavailableModern Mysteries of Britain
Modern Mysteries of Britain surveys a century of reported strange events, covering cases recorded in Britain from around 1885 to 1985. Janet Bord and Colin Bord organise the book into 25 individual mysteries, allowing each…
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Cover unavailableModern Mysteries of Britain: One Hundred Years of Strange Events
Modern Mysteries of Britain examines a century of reported strange events across Britain, beginning in the late 19th century and continuing to the 1980s. Its 25 chapters consider separate subjects including ghosts, phantom black dogs,…
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Cover unavailableMonaghan Folk Tales
Steve Lally gathers tales rooted in County Monaghan, bringing together haunted places, fairy lore, ghosts and ominous local characters. The collection visits Castle Leslie, where stories speak of haunted rooms and fairy folk, and Rossmore…
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Cover unavailableMonster! - The A-Z of Zooform Phenomena
Monster! - The A-Z of Zooform Phenomena catalogues reported entities that appear in animal or quasi-animal form, occupying an uncertain space between folklore, apparition accounts and cryptozoology. Neil Arnold presents the material alphabetically, covering cases…
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Cover unavailableMonstrous Tales: Haunting Encounters with Britain's Mythical Beasts
Monstrous Tales gathers nine new and original stories inspired by Britain’s mythical beasts and regional folklore. Its settings stretch from the beaches of Orkney and the Welsh mountains to the Derbyshire peaks and the Cornish…
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Cover unavailableMore Ghost Files
This second collection extends Mike Covell’s investigation of Hull’s alleged hauntings to religious buildings, hospitals, care homes, streets and community centres. The case studies connect reports of unusual activity with each location’s documented history, including…
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Cover unavailableMore Haunted Inns
Mike Covell returns to Hull’s historic drinking places, including Ye Olde Black Boy and Ye Olde White Hart, to examine their ghost stories and recorded pasts. Newspaper accounts, archival documents, maps and photographs support the…
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Cover unavailableMore Legends and Stories of Ireland
Samuel Lover’s second series of Irish tales brings together comic stories, local legends and encounters with the fairy world. It includes the seafaring adventures of Barny O’Reirdon, the rural tale “The Burial of the Tithe”,…
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Cover unavailableMost Haunted Castles
Most Haunted Castles examines the reported hauntings and histories of Britain’s castles, combining background on the buildings with accounts of paranormal activity. Yvette Fielding and the Most Haunted team’s investigations provide the framework, bringing together…
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Most Haunted Hotels
Yvette Fielding brings more than two decades of paranormal television and ghost-hunting experience to Most Haunted Hotels, the fourth book in her Most Haunted non-fiction series for younger readers. Fielding is best known as the…
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Cover unavailableMost Haunted Houses
Most Haunted Houses examines the reported hauntings and troubled histories of houses across Britain, from royal residences to the building described as the ‘Most Haunted House in Britain’. Yvette Fielding also recounts paranormal activity associated…
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Cover unavailableMost Haunted Theatres
Most Haunted Theatres visits nine British playhouses, combining their histories with accounts of reported apparitions and paranormal activity. The locations include London’s Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, the Oldham Coliseum, the Lyceum, the Tivoli, Winter Gardens,…
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Cover unavailableMurder, Magic, Madness: The Victorian Trials of Dove and the Wizard
Owen Davies examines the 1856 poisoning case of William Dove, a young tenant farmer who was tried and executed for murdering his wife, Harriet. The book follows Dove’s association with Henry Harrison, the so-called Leeds…
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Cover unavailableMy Haunted History
My Haunted History combines historical research with Penny Griffiths-Morgan’s personal investigations at 10 reportedly haunted locations across the UK. Each chapter sets a place’s past alongside the author’s experiences there, linking documented events with stories…
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Cover unavailableMy Life As A Scottish Paranormal Investigator
David Barrett describes how childhood experiences developed into a long-running interest in paranormal investigation. His memoir follows visits to reputedly haunted sites in Scotland, England, Ireland and Romania, including Inveraray Jail, Leap Castle and Bran…
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Cover unavailableMy UFO Youth
My UFO Youth follows Steve Higgins as he revisits the British UFO locations that shaped his teenage interests. His travels take in Rendlesham Forest, the Welsh village of Broad Haven, Warminster’s Cradle Hill, Avebury, Knap…
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Cover unavailableMysteries
Mysteries continues Colin Wilson’s investigation of occult, paranormal and supernatural claims begun in The Occult. He examines reports of ghosts, ghouls, poltergeists and psychic phenomena, alongside attempts to understand how such experiences might relate to…
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Cover unavailableMysteries and Sea Monsters
Mysteries and Sea Monsters gathers reports of ghost ships, phantom crews and creatures said to inhabit the world’s oceans. Graham Faiella examines traditions surrounding the Flying Dutchman, sea serpents and the many-tentacled kraken, placing these…
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Cover unavailableMysteries of Planet Earth
Mysteries of Planet Earth: An Encyclopedia of the Inexplicable surveys reported mysteries across three broad areas: the natural world, the supernatural world and the vanished world. Karl P. N. Shuker gives particular attention to lesser-known…
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Cover unavailableMysteries of Portsmouth
Portsmouth’s reported ghosts, UFO sightings, witchcraft stories and older legends are brought together in this illustrated local history. Matt Wingett considers newspaper accounts and inherited tales involving figures such as Arthur Conan Doyle and Helen…
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