Explore books about ghosts, hauntings, folklore, witchcraft and paranormal history across England. From famous haunted cities to local legends and county traditions, this collection can be narrowed by region, county, town and subject.
427 books found
Cover unavailableHaunted London Underground
Haunted London Underground gathers reported ghost stories from stations, abandoned lines and forgotten railway spaces beneath the capital. David Brandon and Alan Brooke set these accounts against the network’s development, including its early railways, closed…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Luton and Dunstable
Haunted Luton and Dunstable gathers reports from across two Bedfordshire towns, covering haunted roads, buildings, open spaces, UFO sightings and locally connected mediums. Paul Adams brings together earlier traditions and modern testimony, including apparitions on…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Manchester
Haunted Manchester gathers local ghost stories around the city’s streets, buildings and surviving historical landmarks. Flecky Bennett, the performer behind Manchester’s ghost walks, introduces reports and traditions attached to places including Chetham’s Library and Manchester…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Newcastle
Haunted Newcastle gathers more than 45 reported ghost stories from the city centre and nearby areas, linking folklore and haunting claims to Newcastle’s historic streets and buildings. The accounts range from poltergeists, apparitions and curses…
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Cover unavailableHaunted North Cornwall
Haunted North Cornwall gathers reported apparitions and other uncanny experiences from the county’s northern coast and countryside. Michael Williams covers places including Bodmin Moor, Tintagel, Morwenstow and Bude Castle, setting their stories against the landscapes…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Northumberland
Haunted Northumberland gathers reported accounts from across the county, bringing together apparitions, poltergeist activity, curses, spirits, boggards and other unexplained events. Darren W. Ritson draws on both historical and contemporary sources, presenting local stories rooted…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Nottingham
Haunted Nottingham gathers reports of ghostly appearances, unexplained events and other strange occurrences from the city and its surrounding areas. Andrew Wright presents Nottingham as a place where stories of haunting have become attached to…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Oxford
Haunted Oxford gathers reported apparitions and ghost traditions associated with one of England’s most storied cities. Rupert Matthews presents Oxford as a place where colleges, churches, streets and historic buildings have accumulated tales of spectral…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Places of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Haunted Places of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire gathers reports of ghosts, phantoms, spectres and poltergeists from two neighbouring English counties. Rupert Matthews divides the book into four sections, covering the northern and southern parts of Bedfordshire…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Places of Devon
Haunted Places of Devon gathers reported ghost stories and accounts of haunted locations from across the county. Rupert Matthews focuses on Devon’s places associated with apparitions, lingering legends and local traditions, presenting the material as…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Places of Dorset
Rupert Matthews surveys reported hauntings from across Dorset, bringing together stories attached to houses, ruins, roads, towns and other county locations. The book treats Dorset as a landscape where ghost lore has accumulated around places…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Places of Kent
Haunted Places of Kent gathers reported ghost stories from across the county, linking apparitions and uncanny traditions to recognisable locations. Among its accounts are the alleged ghost of Charles Darwin at Rochester’s Corn Exchange, a…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Places of Nottinghamshire
Haunted Places of Nottinghamshire gathers reported ghost stories from across the county, linking apparitions and unsettling incidents to roads, hotels, castles and historic buildings. The accounts range from the tale of Bessie Sheppard, said to…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Places of Shropshire
Haunted Places of Shropshire gathers reported ghost stories from across the county, bringing together accounts linked to local buildings, roads and other places. Rupert Matthews presents these tales as a collection of regional haunting traditions,…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Places of Warwickshire
Haunted Places of Warwickshire gathers reported ghost stories from across the county, bringing together accounts associated with towns, cities and historic locations. Rupert Matthews includes tales connected with Coventry, Rugby, Royal Leamington Spa, Warwick and…
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Rupert Matthews gathers reported hauntings and ghost stories from across Wiltshire, ranging from historic houses and churches to roads, shops and open country. The locations include Malmesbury, Pewsey, Warminster, Salisbury and Swindon, placing each account…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Places of Yorkshire
Organised around Yorkshire’s different areas, this collection brings together accounts of haunted locations from across the county. Andy Owens explores the region through the ghost stories associated with its places, assembling a local guide to…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Plymouth
Haunted Plymouth gathers reported ghost stories from the city and its surrounding districts, combining historical traditions with contemporary accounts and investigation records. Its three sections cover the Historic Barbican, the city and locations beyond it,…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Pubs in Devon
Haunted Pubs in Devon gathers reported ghost stories connected with public houses across the county. Drawing on material collected during the authors’ field expeditions, Sally and Chips Barber present pub-based accounts within the wider setting…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Salisbury
Haunted Salisbury gathers reported apparitions, manifestations and spirit encounters from the medieval city and its surrounding hinterland. The cases are linked to historic buildings and familiar local settings, placing Salisbury’s ghost stories within the area’s…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Scarborough
Haunted Scarborough gathers reported apparitions, local legends and unsettling tales from one of Yorkshire’s best-known seaside resorts. Mark Riley covers stories involving poltergeists, mummies and the ominous figure known as the Headless Man, alongside the…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Scunthorpe
Haunted Scunthorpe gathers reported ghost stories from the town and nearby villages, tracing accounts from the 1700s to cases linked with family homes today. Jason Day includes material from his own case files, including previously…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Sheffield
Haunted Sheffield gathers reported ghost stories told by Steel City Tours’ ghost walkers, Mr and Mrs P Dreadful, placing Sheffield’s pubs, theatres and public buildings at the centre of the book. The accounts include a…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Southampton
Haunted Southampton gathers reports of ghostly apparitions and unexplained occurrences from the city’s history and surrounding area. Penny Legg traces stories attached to historic buildings, former institutions and places shaped by Southampton’s long military and…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Spalding
Haunted Spalding gathers reported ghost sightings, unexplained experiences and paranormal investigations from the Lincolnshire town and its surrounding villages. Gemma King combines local testimony with background on the history of the places involved, including Spalding’s…
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Cover unavailableHaunted St Albans
Haunted St Albans gathers reported supernatural experiences from the city and its surrounding area, arranging them by location and setting. Paul Adams covers roads, open spaces, public houses, hostelries, houses and historic buildings, alongside accounts…
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Cover unavailableHaunted St Ives
Haunted St Ives gathers reported apparitions, manifestations and alleged encounters with ghouls and spirits from the Cornish town. Arranged in an A–Z format, Ian Addicoat’s collection brings together both familiar tales and less well-known accounts…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Stevenage
Haunted Stevenage gathers reports of ghostly activity from Old Stevenage, New Stevenage and the surrounding Hertfordshire countryside. Paul Adams covers unexplained sightings, local traditions and attempts to find evidence behind the stories, drawing on both…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Stockton
Haunted Stockton gathers reported ghost stories and supernatural accounts connected with Stockton-on-Tees, drawing on both historical records and contemporary sources. The material includes apparitions, manifestations and other claims of unexplained activity linked to the town…
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Haunted Suffolk
Haunted Suffolk gathers reported apparitions, poltergeist activity and other supernatural encounters from more than 150 locations across the county. Pete Jennings draws on historical and contemporary sources, bringing together local traditions alongside accounts attributed to…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Sunderland
Haunted Sunderland gathers more than 100 reported ghost stories from Sunderland and nearby settlements, including Cleadon, Boldon, Hylton and Rythorpe. Rupert Matthews covers local traditions and alleged encounters ranging from the Havelok Road poltergeist, linked…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Surrey
Haunted Surrey gathers reported apparitions, hauntings and related supernatural accounts from locations across the county. Rupert Matthews draws on historical and contemporary sources, bringing together both familiar legends and less widely known stories connected with…
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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 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 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 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 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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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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