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.
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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 unavailableIsles of Scilly Folk Tales
Isles of Scilly Folk Tales gathers stories from an island community long separated from Cornwall by 25 miles of rough sea. Mike O’Connor presents Scilly as a distinct cultural world, where local storytelling preserves memories…
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Cover unavailableJack the Ripper – Newspapers from Hull Volume 1
This collection examines the Whitechapel murders through coverage preserved in Hull’s newspapers. Contemporary reporting offers a view of how the case was communicated beyond London and how a regional readership encountered the unfolding events. Covell…
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Cover unavailableJack the Ripper – Newspapers from Hull Volume 2
The second volume follows reports about Jack the Ripper in Hull’s newspapers from 1889 to 1988. Local, national and international scares show how the name continued to circulate long after the Whitechapel murders. Historical press…
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Cover unavailableJack the Ripper – The Black Magic Myth
Robert D’Onston Stephenson’s life, travels and association with the Jack the Ripper case are the subjects of this detailed historical investigation. Covell examines stories and claims attached to Stephenson using a broad collection of primary…
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Cover unavailableJack the Ripper – The Hull Connection
This study examines links between Hull and the Whitechapel murders, bringing a regional perspective to the extensive literature on Jack the Ripper. Covell explores connections involving people associated with the case and the city’s history.…
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Cover unavailableJack the Ripper and the Maybrick Family
Covell examines the Maybrick family, the death of James Maybrick and the controversy surrounding a purported Jack the Ripper diary and watch. Contemporary press accounts and primary material inform an investigation into the family’s connections…
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Cover unavailableKent Folk Tales
Kent Folk Tales gathers traditional stories and local legends from across the county, linking them to the beliefs, values and everyday outlook of earlier Kentish generations. Tony Cooper presents folklore as something shaped by the…
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Cover unavailableKent Ghosts
Kent Ghosts is a regional account of reported hauntings and ghost lore connected with the county of Kent. Its subject places it within the tradition of county-based supernatural writing, where apparitions and haunting claims are…
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Cover unavailableKent Stories of the Supernatural
Kent Stories of the Supernatural gathers reported paranormal incidents and supernatural traditions from across the county. W. H. Johnson includes accounts such as The Bromley Poltergeist and Time Slips, alongside a report associated with Silver…
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Cover unavailableKent Urban Legends
Neil Arnold examines Kent’s modern folklore through stories of phantom hitch-hikers, sinister apparitions, mysterious creatures and tales repeated as fact. Among the accounts are motorists’ reports of a hitch-hiker on Blue Bell Hill, the claim…
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Cover unavailableLakeland Folk Tales for Children
Taffy Thomas gathers twenty folk tales rooted in the landscapes and communities of Cumbria. Dragons appear around Scafell Pike and Rydal Cave, while Grasmere provides settings for tales of cat fishers, a ghost, a swan…
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Cover unavailableLancashire Folk Tales
Lancashire Folk Tales gathers traditional stories tied to the county’s towns, landscapes and legends. Jennie Ruth Bailey and David England retell accounts ranging from the Phantom Voice at Southport and the Leprechauns of Liverpool to…
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Cover unavailableLancashire's Ghosts and Legends
Terence W. Whitaker’s Lancashire’s Ghosts and Legends gathers reports of ghosts, demons, spirits, witches and the devil from across the county. Its material ranges from local traditions and contemporary accounts to stories rooted in Lancashire’s…
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Cover unavailableLeather Apron, Jack the Ripper, and the Whitechapel Murders of 1888
Before the name Jack the Ripper became notorious, London’s East End was gripped by stories about a figure called Leather Apron. Covell examines the origins of that name and the people associated with the scare.…
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Leave This House: The Frightening True Story of the Birmingham Poltergeist
Lee Brickley recounts his investigation of reported poltergeist activity at a family home in Gravelly Hill, Erdington, during a week in 2021. The book follows the witnesses and the events they described, placing the Birmingham…
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Cover unavailableLegends of Dorset
Legends of Dorset gathers traditional stories and beliefs associated with the county, presenting Dorset as a landscape shaped by local memory, oral tradition and inherited lore. Polly Lloyd’s collection belongs to the regional folklore tradition…
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Cover unavailableLeicestershire Folk Tales for Children
Tom Phillips retells folk tales rooted in Leicestershire, drawing on stories attached to its towns, roads, buildings, forests and fields. The collection asks how a goddess became a witch, why the nine o’clock horses roam…
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Cover unavailableLincolnshire Folk Tales
Maureen James gathers Lincolnshire stories rooted in landscape, local custom and remembered belief. The collection ranges from tales of significant stones and rural fools to accounts of strange creatures, weather lore and people whose names…
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Cover unavailableLincolnshire Folklore, Myth and Magic
Lincolnshire Folklore, Myth and Magic gathers the county’s ghost stories, legends and customary beliefs, setting them against fens, woods, marshes and coastal landscapes. Lucy Wood includes accounts of phantom horsemen on the roads, will-o’-the-wisps appearing…
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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Cover unavailableMysteries of the Mersey Valley
Mysteries of the Mersey Valley gathers reported mysteries and anomalous events associated with the Mersey Valley, bringing together local folklore, unexplained incidents and UFO-related accounts. The emphasis is regional rather than global, connecting strange reports…
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Cover unavailableMysterious Cornwall
Mysterious Cornwall gathers reported hauntings, legends and unexplained traditions from across the county, moving well beyond ghost stories. Its subjects include witches, piskies, mermaids, mysterious beasts, sacred wells, lost treasure, Cornish saints, giants, devils and…
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Cover unavailableMysterious Gloucestershire
Mysterious Gloucestershire presents an A–Z survey of the county’s towns and villages, bringing together places, stories and reported events associated with its darker folklore. Mark Turner examines crumbling manor houses, castles, ruins, ancient woods and…
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Cover unavailableMysterious Northumberland
Mysterious Northumberland gathers reports, traditions and stories linked to the county’s supernatural and unexplained lore. Rupert Matthews covers ghosts, witchcraft, big-cat sightings, folklore and accounts of the little people, arranging the material by subject while…
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Cover unavailableMysterious Yorkshire
Mysterious Yorkshire gathers reports, legends and folklore from across the county, ranging from spectral creatures to unexplained animal sightings. The Barguest is said to patrol woods, fields and towns, while the 2006 Church Fenton Tiger…
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Cover unavailableMystery Animals of the British Isles: Kent
Neil Arnold examines Kentish reports of strange creatures, folkloric monsters and animals that resist straightforward identification. The book brings together accounts of phantom hounds, dragon traditions, exotic-cat sightings and other reported beasts associated with the…
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Cover unavailableMystery Animals of the British Isles: London
Neil Arnold gathers reports of anomalous animals linked with London, bringing together older traditions, newspaper stories and more recent eyewitness accounts. The cases range from alleged exotic big cats and covert menageries to giant rats…
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Cover unavailableNew Forest Myths and Folklore
New Forest Myths and Folklore brings together two strands of the area’s storytelling tradition: myths and legends of the Old Forest, followed by later folktales. Brice Stratford traces stories associated with the Ytene, King Arthur,…
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Cover unavailableNorfolk Folk Tales
Hugh Lupton gathers thirty-three tales connected with Norfolk’s churches, villages, waterways and historic landscapes. The collection moves from the Callow Pit Coffer and the Potter Heigham Drummer to stories of witches, holy wells, bells and…
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Cover unavailableNorfolk Folk Tales for Children
Norfolk Folk Tales for Children gathers traditional stories reworked by professional storyteller and historian Dave Tonge. The tales draw on the county’s places, people and distinctive dialect, while introducing younger readers to the way folklore…
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Cover unavailableNorth Cornwall Fairies and Legends
North Cornwall Fairies and Legends gathers 13 folklore-based tales centred on Cornish piskeys, fairy folk and local legends. Enys Tregarthen places these accounts in recognisable landscapes, including Tintagel, Padstow, Rough Tor and Dozmare Pool, where…
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Cover unavailableNorth Country Ghosts and Legends
North Country Ghosts and Legends gathers reported hauntings and local legends from northern England, linking supernatural traditions with the region’s communities, buildings and industrial past. Terence W. Whitaker includes an account from Heaton Chapel, near…
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Cover unavailableNorth Yorkshire Folk Tales
North Yorkshire Folk Tales gathers legends and traditional stories from across the county, ranging from the open Yorkshire Dales to its towns and cities. Ingrid Barton arranges the material around recurring figures and themes, including…
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Cover unavailableNorthamptonshire Folk Tales
Kevan Manwaring gathers Northamptonshire stories spanning local history, legend, ghost tradition and myth. The collection includes the Great Fire of Northampton, a farmer who outwits a bogle, and the reported last execution of witches in…
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