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 unavailableThe UFO Conspiracy
The UFO Conspiracy: The First Forty Years surveys the modern UFO story from the flying-saucer reports of 1947 to the official and public debates of 1987. Jenny Randles covers landmark claims including Roswell, sightings over…
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Cover unavailableThe UFO Files
Hull’s reported aerial mysteries are examined from 1801 to 2018 through witness accounts, newspaper material and official records. Topics include early airship scares, a reported 1967 landing, mass sightings in the 1970s and the Hull…
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Cover unavailableThe UFO Files: The Inside Story of Real-Life Sightings
The UFO Files traces more than a century of British reports of unexplained objects and lights, using accounts preserved in Ministry of Defence records. David Clarke follows the changing language and official response surrounding aerial…
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Cover unavailableThe UFO Reality
The UFO Reality examines the physical evidence associated with reported UFO sightings, asking how much weight can be given to witness testimony, photographs and other traces. Jenny Randles considers both claims of genuine unexplained activity…
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Cover unavailableThe Unexplained
The Unexplained surveys reports of cryptids, paranormal claims and unexplained phenomena from Britain and around the world. Karl P. N. Shuker includes Bigfoot, lake monsters, the chupacabra, the yeti, the thylacine and other creatures whose…
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Cover unavailableThe Unexplained: Some Strange Cases of Psychical Research
Andrew MacKenzie examines reported psychical phenomena through a series of case studies, considering both the testimony surrounding them and possible explanations. The opening discussion addresses hallucinations and physical causes, setting an investigative tone rather than…
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Cover unavailableThe Uninvited: An Exposé of the Alien Abduction Phenomenon
The Uninvited examines reported alien-abduction experiences alongside the wider history of UFO claims, tracing links between older folklore, the contactee movement and modern accounts of encounters with non-human beings. Nick Pope considers how governments, scientists…
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Cover unavailableThe Vampire's Bedside Companion
The Vampire’s Bedside Companion brings together vampire lore, reported evidence and fictional invention, moving between Transylvanian tradition and modern British legend. Its opening material visits Sighisoara, the Black Church and Bran Castle, while later sections…
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Cover unavailableThe Virgin
Geoffrey Ashe examines the cult of the Virgin Mary, tracing how she has been represented as the Blessed Virgin, Queen of Heaven, Madonna and spiritual mother. The study considers Marian devotion through ancient myth, Christian…
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Cover unavailableThe Visions of Isobel Gowdie
Emma Wilby examines Isobel Gowdie’s 1662 confessions at Auldearn, placing one of Scotland’s most vivid witchcraft testimonies within its legal, religious and folkloric setting. The study asks how much of the recorded material reflects Gowdie’s…
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Cover unavailableThe White Goddess
The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth sets out Robert Graves’s theory that a recurring goddess figure stands behind much European poetry and myth. He associates her with birth, love and death, and…
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Cover unavailableThe Witch in History: Early Modern and Twentieth-Century Representations
Diane Purkiss examines how the figure of the witch has been interpreted from early modern England to the 20th century. The book considers the writing of witchcraft history, the myth of the ‘Burning Times’ and…
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Cover unavailableThe Witch-Cult in Western Europe
Margaret Murray’s 1921 study presents the theory that the people accused of witchcraft in Britain were members of an organised, pre-Christian religion. Rather than surveying every European tradition, it concentrates on British records and attempts…
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Cover unavailableThe Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present
Ronald Hutton traces beliefs about witchcraft from the ancient world through medieval Europe, the early modern witch trials and modern interpretations. Rather than treating the witch as a fixed figure, he examines how ideas about…
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The Witches of St Osyth: Persecution, Murder and Betrayal in Elizabethan England
Marion Gibson reconstructs the witchcraft accusations that divided St Osyth and neighbouring Essex communities in 1581–82. Sixteen women and one man were accused of sorcery, while Ursley Kempe and Elizabeth Bennett were taken to Chelmsford…
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Cover unavailableThe York Ghost Walk
This guide by Sheila Walsh and MJ Wayland follows York’s ghost stories through the city’s historic streets and buildings. Designed as a self-guided walk, it combines familiar locations such as the Shambles with less widely…
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Cover unavailableTheatre Ghosts
Theatre Ghosts gathers reported hauntings linked to theatres in Great Britain, treating backstage traditions and alleged apparitions as stories attached to working performance spaces. Roy Harley Lewis’s account includes a tale associated with London’s Old…
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Cover unavailableThey Walk At Night: Real British Ghost Stories
This collection surveys British ghost stories, uncanny legends and places with supernatural reputations. Wayland considers black-eyed children, screaming skulls, haunted Oxford colleges, a phantom ship and stories from the Scottish Borders. Brief accounts are accompanied…
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Cover unavailableThirteen Famous Ghost Stories
Thirteen Famous Ghost Stories is an anthology of 13 classic tales of ghosts, apparitions and supernatural disturbance, edited and introduced by Peter Underwood. It brings together distinguished writers from the 19th and early 20th centuries,…
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Cover unavailableThirty-Two Words for Field
Thirty-Two Words for Field examines the Irish language’s close relationship with landscape, memory and traditional knowledge. Manchán Magan considers the 32 words used for different kinds of field, including geamhar for a field of corn-grass,…
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Cover unavailableThis Haunted Isle
This Haunted Isle examines ghost stories and legends attached to Britain’s historic buildings, including houses, castles and mansions whose architecture and past have encouraged generations of haunting reports. Peter Underwood presents these traditions as testimony…
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Cover unavailableThis House Is Haunted: The Investigation of the Enfield Poltergeist
Guy Lyon Playfair’s account follows the Enfield poltergeist investigation from the first disturbances in a north London council house in 1977. Reported events included unexplained knockings, doors opening and closing, objects being thrown across rooms…
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Cover unavailableTime Storms: Amazing Evidence for Time Warps, Space Rifts and Time Travel
Time Storms examines reported experiences in which people appear to move across time or space, including accounts involving missing hours or days. Jenny Randles proposes that such incidents may reflect a recurring phenomenon she calls…
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Cover unavailableTime Travel
Time Travel: Fact, Fiction and Possibility examines whether movement through time belongs solely to speculative fiction or might have a basis in science. Jenny Randles considers theories about the nature of time, alongside ideas concerning…
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Cover unavailableTipperary Folk Tales
Aideen McBride gathers legends, local lore and traditional stories from across County Tipperary, linking the county’s landscapes with Ireland’s older myths. The collection begins with tales of the first settlers and Fionntán’s escape in the…
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Cover unavailableTree Dogs, Banshee Fingers and Other Irish Words for Nature
Tree Dogs, Banshee Fingers and Other Irish Words for Nature gathers Irish terms for animals, birds, fish, insects, plants and the wider natural world. Manchán Magan shows how these words can carry vivid observations, folklore…
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Cover unavailableTree Folk
Tree Folk gathers folk tales, songs and lore connected with the trees of Britain and Ireland. Lisa Schneidau follows the wheel of the year, tracing a living tradition shaped by seasonal change and the enduring…
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Cover unavailableTrees of Ghostly Dread
Trees of Ghostly Dread gathers Elliott O'Donnell’s accounts of apparitions, folklore and reported hauntings connected with trees. The subject is treated as a meeting point between ghost stories and older beliefs about the presence or…
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Cover unavailableTrue Leeds Ghost Stories
True Leeds Ghost Stories gathers reported paranormal accounts connected with the city of Leeds, bringing together stories that range from familiar local lore to lesser-known incidents. Chris Wade presents these accounts as tales of alleged…
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Cover unavailableTudor Folk Tales
Tudor Folk Tales brings together stories from sixteenth-century chapbooks, cheap print and oral traditions, alongside commentary on the society that produced them. Dave Tonge uses Tudor court records, including evidence from Norwich, to illuminate attitudes…
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Cover unavailableTwilight of the Godlings: The Shadowy Beginnings of Britain's Supernatural Beings
Twilight of the Godlings examines how Britain’s fairies, elves and other supernatural beings took shape across centuries of cultural change. Francis Young considers the influence of Roman religious traditions, Germanic folklore and Christianisation, arguing that…
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Cover unavailableTwin Telepathy: The Psychic Connection
Twin Telepathy: The Psychic Connection examines reports that twins, especially identical twins, can share thoughts, sensations, dreams or reactions despite being apart. Guy Lyon Playfair brings together historical cases, personal testimonies and investigations into claims…
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Cover unavailableTyne and Wear Folk Tales for Children
Tyne and Wear Folk Tales for Children gathers illustrated retellings rooted in the folklore of north-east England. Its stories range from witches and saints to evil fairies, the Devil and a remarkable flying donkey, with…
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Cover unavailableTyrone Folk Tales
Tyrone Folk Tales gathers traditional stories linked to County Tyrone, drawing on the county’s landscapes, history and storytelling traditions. The collection ranges from the Sperrin Mountains in the west to the flat peatlands of the…
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Cover unavailableUFO Crash Landing? Friend or Foe? The Rendlesham Forest Incident
Jenny Randles examines the reported UFO incident at Rendlesham Forest in Suffolk during December 1980, when unexplained lights were associated with an alleged close encounter and landing. The book reconstructs the events and considers what…
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Cover unavailableUFO Drawings from The National Archives
UFO Drawings from The National Archives presents selected images from Britain’s Ministry of Defence UFO files, placing witness sketches and paintings alongside letters, photographs and official reports. David Clarke considers how these pictures recorded alleged…
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UFO Investigation is a practical handbook for examining reported UFO sightings through organised fieldwork rather than speculation. It sets out general investigative principles, sources of information and the British UFO Research Association’s network for receiving,…
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Cover unavailableUFO Retrievals
UFO Retrievals examines reports of alleged UFO crashes, landings and subsequent recoveries, alongside claims that governments concealed craft, debris or occupants. Jenny Randles arranges the material chronologically, tracing stories from the 19th century through the…
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UFO's Werewolves & The Pig-Man: Exposing England's Strangest Location - Cannock Chase
Lee Brickley investigates the reported UFOs, werewolves and Pig-Man of Cannock Chase. The book brings together sightings, local stories and questions about the Staffordshire woodland's reputation for strange events.
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Cover unavailableUFOs and How to See Them
UFOs and How to See Them presents a practical field guide to watching the sky and assessing reports of unidentified aerial objects. Jenny Randles explains how familiar sights, including ordinary aircraft and other common aerial…
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Cover unavailableUFOs and Other Close Encounters
This illustrated introduction for younger readers explores UFO reports alongside wider questions about space and possible life beyond Earth. Short sections consider different kinds of close encounter, military sightings, natural explanations, hoaxes and the media’s…
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Cover unavailableUFOs of the First World War
Nigel Watson examines reports of phantom airships, strange aircraft, balloons and other unexplained aerial sightings recorded during the First World War. The book places these accounts alongside the rapid development of military aviation, where unfamiliar…
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UFOs Over Britain
UFOs Over Britain traces reported sightings across more than 110 years, beginning with the mystery airships recorded in 1909. Neil R. Storey follows the subject through wartime accounts, post-war encounters and later British cases, including…
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Cover unavailableUFOs, Aliens and the Battle for the Truth: A Short History of UFOlogy
Neil Nixon traces the development of UFO reports and the competing explanations offered for them. His concise history weighs celebrated encounters, unusual testimony and arguments for extraterrestrial visitors against sceptical interpretations. The updated guide also…
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Cover unavailableUFOs: A British Viewpoint
UFOs: A British Viewpoint examines reported sightings in Britain while placing them within a wider discussion of UFO research. Written by Jenny Randles and Peter Warrington, it considers how reports can be classified, from low-definition…
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Cover unavailableUnbroken, I May Sing
Barry McCann’s second collection follows people who discover disturbing worlds beneath familiar appearances. Childhood fears, imaginary companions, a mysterious webcam figure and a concealed village become routes into the uncanny. Across these stories, ghostly encounters…
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Cover unavailableUncanny Clydeside
MJ Steel Collins explores supernatural stories and darker history in Glasgow and the surrounding Clyde area. Poltergeists, railway ghosts and university hauntings appear alongside body-snatching and accusations of witchcraft in Paisley and Pollok. The collection…
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Cover unavailableUnearthly Disclosure
Unearthly Disclosure assembles Timothy Good’s investigations into reported UFO encounters, alleged alien contact and claims of concealed extraterrestrial activity. Its subjects include supposed subterranean and submarine bases, abductions, animal mutilations, genetic anomalies and government secrecy,…
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