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 unavailableConfessions of a Ghost-Hunter
Confessions of a Ghost-Hunter presents Harry Price’s personal account of how he became involved in ghost-hunting and psychical research. Alongside reminiscences of his early interest in magic and reported paranormal experiences, he considers dreams, fairies,…
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Cover unavailableConvent Crescent
Teenage siblings Adam and Lilith find refuge at their grandfather’s home in northern England, beside an abandoned guesthouse with a disturbing past. After his death, their story becomes entangled with a brutal convent school in…
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Cover unavailableCork Folk Tales
Kate Corkery gathers folk stories from across County Cork, drawing on recorded folklore, historical sources and local reminiscences. The collection includes tales of the Goddess Cliona, the Hag of Beara and the giant Mac Mahon,…
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Cover unavailableCornish Folk Tales
Cornish Folk Tales follows Anthony James, a travelling ‘droll teller’, as he journeys around Cornwall during one glorious summer. His route provides the framework for stories rooted in the Duchy’s tradition of itinerant storytellers, who…
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Cover unavailableCornish Folk Tales for Children
Mike O’Connor retells 20 Cornish folk tales through Jamie, the son of a travelling droll teller who crosses the county hearing stories of legends, ghosts and marvels. The collection is intended for children aged 7…
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Cover unavailableCornish Folk Tales of Place: Traditional Stories from Mid and West Cornwall
Anna Chorlton retells traditional stories rooted in the landscapes of Mid and West Cornwall, from cliff tops and sandy shores to granite villages, mines and open moorland. The collection brings together accounts of lovesick giants,…
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Cover unavailableCornish Folk Tales of Place: Traditional Stories from North and East Cornwall
Anna Chorlton retells traditional stories rooted in North and East Cornwall, where rugged coasts, moors, tors and sandy shorelines provide the settings. The collection includes reports of powerful mermaids, spiteful witches, crafty smugglers and woeful…
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Cover unavailableCornwall's Haunted Houses
Cornwall’s Haunted Houses brings together accounts of twelve houses associated with haunting reports, adding one haunted field to the collection. Margaret Caine and Alan Gorton place each location within its local and domestic history, rather…
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Cover unavailableCountry Folklore: Northumberland
This source collection brings together printed accounts of Northumberland folklore, arranged by subject rather than presented as a continuous narrative. Its opening sections cover tree and plant superstitions, goblindom, witchcraft, leechcraft, magic and divination, preserving…
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Cover unavailableCountry Lore and Legends
Country Lore and Legends gathers English tales rooted in particular places, drawing on the larger county-by-county work The Lore of the Land by Jennifer Westwood and Jacqueline Simpson. Its entries bring together local myths, legends…
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Cover unavailableCounty Durham Folk Tales
County Durham Folk Tales gathers traditional stories from across a varied landscape, moving from rugged coastlines and limestone cliffs to remote moorland, pastoral dales and settled coalfields. The county’s places provide settings for tales shaped…
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Cover unavailableCounty Durham Strange but True
County Durham Strange but True brings together curious people, places, customs and reported phenomena from across the county. Robert Woodhouse ranges from Gertrude Bell’s achievements and the story of Durham’s musical dwarf, Count Joseph Boruwlaski,…
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Cover unavailableCrop Circles: A Mystery Solved
Crop Circles: A Mystery Solved examines the British crop-circle phenomenon, beginning with the appearance of formations and the mythology that grew around them. Jenny Randles considers reports from fields in southern England, including Wiltshire and…
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Cover unavailableCuchulainn and the Crow Queen
This retelling of the Irish Ulster Cycle traces Cúchulainn from his disputed birth to the battle of the bulls and his final death. Along the way, it presents the young champion’s defence of Ulster, his…
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Cover unavailableCumbrian Folk Tales
Cumbrian Folk Tales gathers stories rooted in the landscapes, characters and traditions of Cumbria, from Long Meg and John Peel to hobs, fairy figures and the oak men. Taffy Thomas retells tales shaped by the…
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Cover unavailableCunning Folk and Familiar Spirits
Emma Wilby examines familiar spirits in early modern Britain, considering the accounts associated with both helpful cunning folk and people accused of witchcraft. The book traces how magical practitioners were said to meet spirit allies,…
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Cover unavailableCunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic
Cunning Folk examines the practical magic used across medieval and early modern Europe, where cunning folk offered help with problems ranging from lost property to illness. Tabitha Stanmore presents these practitioners as working figures within…
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Cover unavailableCures and Curses
Cures and Curses examines disability in folklore and folk tales, bringing disabled characters from the margins to the centre of traditional storytelling. Its collection includes accounts shaped by curses that need breaking, punishments inflicted on…
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Cover unavailableCures and Curses: Ritual and Cult at Holy Wells
Cures and Curses examines the rituals, beliefs and traditions surrounding holy wells, with particular attention to healing, divination and cursing. Janet Bord considers why springs were associated with saints, how their waters were believed to…
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Cover unavailableCuriosities of Cambridgeshire
Curiosities of Cambridgeshire is a county guide to the buildings, structures and objects that fall outside the familiar local landmark. Ian MacEachern includes architectural follies such as Hobson’s Conduit, the Wale Obelisk, the Moon Gate…
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Cover unavailableCursed Britain: A History of Witchcraft and Black Magic in Modern Times
Cursed Britain examines how witchcraft, curses and black magic persisted in Britain after the decline of formal witch trials. Thomas Waters follows beliefs and accusations from the 19th century into the 20th century and the…
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Cover unavailableCurses, Coincidences & Malign Influence: A Parapsychological Perspective
Peter McCue looks at curses, disturbing coincidences and claims of malign influence through a parapsychological lens. The book considers unusual cases and the difficult question of whether apparently connected events are chance, psychology or something…
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Cover unavailableDál Riada Folk Tales
Dál Riada Folk Tales gathers stories linked to the ancient Gaelic kingdom stretching from north-east Ireland across Argyll and the Hebrides to Skye. Its coastal world is shaped by seafaring warriors, Viking raiders, island communities,…
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Cover unavailableDancing with Trees
Dancing with Trees gathers retold folk tales from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, tracing old connections between people, place and the more-than-human world. Its stories draw on a range of traditions, including Celtic, Norse, Aesopic,…
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Cover unavailableDangerous Ghosts
Dangerous Ghosts presents Elliott O'Donnell’s accounts of apparitions and other supernatural entities said to threaten people mentally or physically. Rather than developing a theory of haunting, the book assembles anecdotes presented as true, while acknowledging…
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Cover unavailableDark Folklore
Dark Folklore examines the darker edges of British belief and custom, bringing together accounts of folk ghosts, historic witchcraft, folk horror and superstition. Its subjects include the Old Hag tradition and the ways demons were…
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Cover unavailableDark Spirits: Monsters, Demons & Devils
Dark Spirits: Monsters, Demons & Devils gathers reported encounters, folklore and historical accounts involving malevolent beings. Richard Estep ranges from Scotland’s Loch Ness Monster and the Yeti of Asia to vampires associated with Transylvania and…
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Cover unavailableDark Tales of Old Newcastle
Dark Tales of Old Newcastle gathers accounts from the darker side of Newcastle upon Tyne’s past, moving between recorded history, local belief and grim anecdote. Pamela Armstrong covers plagues and disasters, reports of ghosts and…
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Cover unavailableDay of the Dead: Tales of Death and Dying, to Disturb, Perturb and Delight
This Portsmouth Writers’ Hub anthology brings together twenty writers in twenty-eight stories concerned with death and dying. Ghosts, horror and dark humour give the collection a range of approaches to its central theme. Coedited by…
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Cover unavailableDead Haunted: The Collection
Claire Barrand brings together supernatural stories inspired by reported hauntings and eerie events, with a strong flavour of Gothic and haunted Wales. The collection mixes ghostly storytelling with the atmosphere of real places and traditions,…
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Dead Teenager Movie
Horror film fan April joins friends for a weekend in a remote West Cork house while a string of murders haunts Cork city. Cethan Leahy’s young adult slasher plays with movie lore, local rumours and…
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Cover unavailableDeath by Supernatural Causes?
Death by Supernatural Causes? examines reported deaths, disappearances and unexplained incidents attributed to paranormal or UFO-related causes. Randles and Peter Hough consider the disappearance of Australian pilot Frederick Valentich, accounts involving alleged alien abduction, reports…
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Cover unavailableDeeper into the Occult
Deeper into the Occult examines reported occult phenomena through case histories and questions about how such claims might be understood. Peter Underwood discusses haunted music, vampires, superstitions, and the practices of dowsing and divining, alongside…
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Cover unavailableDefiant Irish Women
Defiant Irish Women presents the stories of five Irish women remembered for ruthless actions, political cunning or violent resistance to the restrictive conventions of their times. Eddie Lenihan brings together history, legend and oral storytelling…
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Cover unavailableDemystifying the Oracle
Demystifying the Oracle examines Ouija boards from practical, psychological and paranormal perspectives. Steve Higgins presents the competing ideas that spirit boards may be harmless toys, tools for communication with the dead, or dangerous occult instruments,…
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Cover unavailableDenbighshire Folk Tales
Fiona Collins gathers Denbighshire stories shaped by the county’s castles, wells, hills and historic communities. The collection includes reported hauntings at Bodelwyddan Castle, the White Lady of Dyserth, a corpse candle at Melin y Wig…
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Cover unavailableDerbyshire Folk Tales
Derbyshire Folk Tales gathers traditional stories associated with the county, from the regional legend of ‘The Derby Ram’ to local versions of familiar tales such as ‘Beauty and the Beast’. Pete Castle organises the collection…
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Cover unavailableDerry Folk Tales
Derry Folk Tales gathers stories from County Derry drawn from historical sources and newly recorded local reminiscences. Its subjects range from the legends of St Columba and the skeleton on Derry’s coat of arms to…
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Cover unavailableDevils in the Details: On Location with Folk Tales in England’s Forgotten County
Rory Waterman goes into the Lincolnshire landscape to investigate thirteen folk tales where they were supposedly born. Devils in the Details combines folklore, local history and travel writing to uncover the people, places and traditions…
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Cover unavailableDevon Folk Tales for Children
Devon Folk Tales for Children gathers stories rooted in the county’s rivers, farms, moors and wild coastline. Its cast includes goblins tinkering in old ore mines, pixies playing along pack routes trodden by Dartmoor ponies,…
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Cover unavailableDevon Ghost Tales
Devon Ghost Tales gathers stories shaped by the county’s oral traditions and landscapes, from windswept moorland and rugged coastlines to moonlit roads. Janet Dowling retells accounts involving a voice beyond the grave, a ghost poised…
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Cover unavailableDevon's Forgotten Witches
Devon’s Forgotten Witches examines accusations of witchcraft recorded in the county between 1860 and 1910, drawing on newspaper reports and archive material. Tracey and Mark Norman bring together cases involving ordinary people whose lives were…
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Cover unavailableDevonshire Characters and Strange Events
Sabine Baring-Gould gathers stories of Devonshire people, customs and incidents, concentrating on lesser-known figures rather than the county’s celebrated historical worthies. The subjects range from Maria Foote and the impostor Caraboo to John Arscott of…
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Cover unavailableDevonshire Folk Tales
Michael Dacre’s collection brings together thirty tales rooted in Devonshire folklore, local tradition and the county’s long history. Some were gathered from residents, while others have developed through repeated tellings, giving the book the feel…
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Cover unavailableDictionary of Earth Mysteries
Dictionary of Earth Mysteries is an A–Z reference to Britain’s ancient sites, legends, customs and earth-mystery traditions. Janet and Colin Bord bring together entries on stone circles, burial grounds, ley lines, the Green Man and…
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Cover unavailableDictionary of the Supernatural
Peter Underwood’s Dictionary of the Supernatural is an A–Z reference work covering the language, history and reported manifestations of occult and paranormal belief. Its entries range from alchemy, apparitions and Atlantis to demonology, the Devil,…
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Cover unavailableDo You Believe in Ghosts?
Do You Believe in Ghosts? introduces younger readers to reported hauntings and the question of whether ghosts exist. Danny Robins considers poltergeists, apparitions, messages from the spirit world, ghost photographs and even a reportedly haunted…
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Cover unavailableDonegal Folk Tales
Donegal Folk Tales brings together traditional stories associated with County Donegal, placing legends within the landscapes that shaped them. Joe Brennan’s collection ranges from Balor of the Evil Eye and stories of St Colmcille to…
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