Explore ghost books from across the UK and Ireland, including local hauntings, haunted houses, ghost stories and paranormal investigations. This collection brings together titles about supernatural history and the places where ghostly traditions have taken root.
448 books found
Cover unavailableElliott O'Donnell's Great Ghost Stories
Elliott O'Donnell's Great Ghost Stories brings together accounts drawn from the author's work as a writer and investigator of alleged hauntings. The collection combines reported apparitions with background on the places where they were said…
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Essex Ghost Stories
Set across the historic county of Essex, this collection brings together tales linked to places, legends and episodes from the county’s past. Its subjects include restless Vikings haunting former sparring grounds, a Canvey Island countryman…
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Essex Ghost Tales
Robert Hallmann’s collection sets tales of hauntings and dark local history across the Essex landscape, blending historical material, reported apparitions and imagined events. Its stories range from long-dead Vikings stirred by an eclipse to a…
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Essex Ghosts
Essex Ghosts gathers reported apparitions, uncanny encounters and local supernatural traditions from the county’s towns, villages and rural landscapes. Its focus is firmly geographical, linking ghost stories to the places where they were told and…
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Extreme Ghosts: Disturbing and Dangerous Paranormal Cases
Investigator Adam Bird, writing as A. N. Bird, examines reports of disruptive hauntings across Britain. His cases focus on families and the effects these experiences had on their lives. Bird also recounts his childhood experiences…
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Cover unavailableExtreme Hauntings
Extreme Hauntings brings together more than 30 reported British hauntings, ranging from 18th-century disturbances to cases from the early 21st century. Paul Adams and Eddie Brazil organise the material around classic hauntings, troubled spirits, haunted…
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Cover unavailableFamiliar Spirits
Familiar Spirits: Sexual Hauntings Through the Ages gathers more than 40 reported cases involving erotic encounters, intrusive apparitions and spirits associated with sexual activity. Colin Waters ranges from accounts of harmless naked figures to darker…
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Cover unavailableFamily Ghosts and Ghostly Phenomena
Family Ghosts and Ghostly Phenomena gathers Elliott O’Donnell’s accounts of apparitions and other reported supernatural disturbances linked with families, houses and inherited ghost traditions. Its subject matter belongs to the case-based tradition of early 20th-century…
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Cover unavailableGaelic Ghosts
Gaelic Ghosts gathers Scottish tales about apparitions, haunting encounters and other supernatural traditions. Sorche Nic Leodhas presents the material as folklore and storytelling rather than as an investigation of documented paranormal claims, giving the collection…
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Cover unavailableGazetteer of British Ghosts
Gazetteer of British Ghosts presents an A–Z survey of reported hauntings across the United Kingdom, linking ghost stories to specific houses, buildings and localities. Each entry identifies where an apparition was said to appear, considers…
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Cover unavailableGazetteer of British, Scottish & Irish Ghosts
Peter Underwood’s gazetteer catalogues legends, modern reports and alleged ghostly happenings from Britain, Scotland and Ireland. Arranged alphabetically, it gathers accounts linked to towns, valleys, lochs, lakes, mountains, rivers, historic castles and houses, making it…
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Cover unavailableGhastly and Ghostly Devon
Ghastly and Ghostly Devon gathers reported ghost stories connected with places across Devon, presenting the county as a landscape of haunted locations and remembered apparitions. The booklet belongs to a series of regional titles by…
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Cover unavailableGhost and Ghoul
Ghost and Ghoul presents T. C. Lethbridge’s personal accounts of reported paranormal incidents, examined as investigative problems rather than accepted as proof of the supernatural. His examples include apparitions and unsettling experiences on islands off…
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Cover unavailableGhost Hunter Walks in Dorset
Ghost Hunter Walks in Dorset gathers reported hauntings from across the county, linking ghost stories with towns, castles, fields, harbours and historic buildings. The accounts include two phantom men seen with a ghostly packhorse at…
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Cover unavailableGhost Hunter Walks in Kent
Ghost Hunter Walks in Kent gathers reported hauntings and ghost stories connected with places across the county. Its subject is local rather than theoretical, linking accounts of apparitions and other alleged disturbances with Kent’s towns,…
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Cover unavailableGhost Hunter: True-life Encounters from the North East
Darren W. Ritson records investigations carried out with his ghost-hunting team in North East England from 2003 onwards. Alongside case reports and the evidence the team believed it collected, he discusses competing ideas about ghosts…
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Cover unavailableGhost Hunting Events
Ghost Hunting Events is a practical guide to organising and hosting public paranormal events. Steve Higgins covers the process from initial planning and venue selection through to risk assessment, budgeting and the practical arrangements required…
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Cover unavailableGhost Hunting in the Black Country and Beyond
Drawing on more than twenty-five years of investigation, Andrew Homer recounts occasions when he experienced unusual events at reportedly haunted locations. Sites include Dudley Castle, the Ancient Ram Inn and Drakelow Tunnels. This companion to…
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Cover unavailableGhost Hunting with Peter Underwood
Ghost Hunting with Peter Underwood examines the longstanding association between reported hauntings and historic houses, from gothic towers and battlements to ruined abbeys where local stories have gathered around old stonework. Peter Underwood considers these…
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Ghost Hunting: A Practical Guide
Ghost Hunting: A Practical Guide sets out Andrew Green’s method for investigating reported hauntings through observation, research and careful record-keeping. It covers the equipment associated with psychical investigation, including thermometers and tape-recorders, while emphasising that…
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Cover unavailableGhost Hunting: A Survivor's Guide
Ghost Hunting: A Survivor’s Guide examines how reported hauntings can be investigated, from early examples involving Pliny the Younger to modern vigils and organised fieldwork. John Fraser traces the development of ghost-hunting methods since Harry…
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Cover unavailableGhost Taverns of the North East
Darren W. Ritson and Michael J. Hallowell investigate haunted pubs and inns across North East England. Their tour runs from Pelaw to Alnwick, visiting establishments associated with figures such as Giggly Meg and the Sad…
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Cover unavailableGhost Watch
Rick Hale gathers accounts of alleged hauntings from America, the British Isles and Europe, extending the interests of his Ghost Watch broadcasts into book form. The collection pays tribute to ghost investigator Peter Underwood. Its…
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Cover unavailableGhosthunter Walks in Sussex
Ghosthunter Walks in Sussex combines walking routes with reports of ghosts, legends and unsettling traditions attached to places across the county. The routes lead through landscapes where local history and supernatural storytelling overlap, including Ardingly…
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Cover unavailableGhostly County Durham
More than twenty County Durham locations feature in this survey of reported hauntings, including castles, hotels, pubs and a former prisoner-of-war camp. Kirkup recounts traditions involving Finchdale Priory's club-footed monk, the Singing Lady of Cauldron…
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Cover unavailableGhostly Cumbria
Twenty Cumbrian locations provide the setting for this collection of reported hauntings, from castles and country houses to inns, Roman sites and stone circles. Stories include a phantom friar at Clappersgate, Mary Queen of Scots…
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Cover unavailableGhostly Northumberland
Kirkup brings together ghost accounts from twenty Northumberland locations, including castles, hotels and religious sites. The stories include a piano-playing apparition at Bamburgh Castle, Cresswell Tower's White Lady, a poltergeist at the Schooner Hotel and…
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Cover unavailableGhostly Shropshire: Car Trails
Ghostly Shropshire: Car Trails gathers reported hauntings and local ghost lore from across the county, arranging them around journeys by road. Christine Lawrie’s title presents Shropshire not simply as a landscape to cross, but as…
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Cover unavailableGhostly Tales & Hauntings of Northamptonshire
Ghostly Tales & Hauntings of Northamptonshire gathers ghostly and tragic stories from a county shaped by royal conflict, powerful families and a turbulent past. Its subject matter connects reported hauntings with historical figures and episodes,…
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Cover unavailableGhostly Tales of Brighton's Lanes
Ghostly Tales of Brighton’s Lanes gathers reported hauntings and dark local stories from Brighton’s oldest quarter, focusing on the narrow streets, buildings and taverns around the Lanes. The accounts are rooted in places where the…
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Cover unavailableGhostly Tyne and Wear
This regional ghost collection explores reports attached to Tyne and Wear's castles, pubs, theatres and other familiar buildings. Kirkup includes the phantom highwayman associated with the Blacksmith's Table in Washington and stories linking actor Sid…
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Cover unavailableGhostology: The Art of the Ghost Hunter
Ghostology: The Art of the Ghost Hunter presents ghostology as a broad study of reported encounters with the dead, rather than a narrow pursuit of apparitions. Steven T. Parsons places ghost experiences within a human…
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Cover unavailableGhosts
Ghosts: A History of Phantoms, Ghouls and Other Spirits of the Dead traces reported encounters with the dead across changing historical periods. P G Maxwell-Stuart considers apparitions described as human figures, lights, animals and even…
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Cover unavailableGhosts & Gallows: Stories of True Crime & the Paranormal
Ghosts & Gallows brings together British murder cases in which reported paranormal events become part of the evidence, folklore or investigation. Paul Adams ranges from the 18th century account of Sergeant Davies, whose apparition reportedly…
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Cover unavailableGhosts & Legends of the Dorset Countryside
Edward Waring’s book gathers reports of ghosts and traditional legends linked to the Dorset countryside. Its focus is local rather than theoretical, placing supernatural stories within the rural county’s villages, roads, houses and wider landscape.…
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Cover unavailableGhosts and Hauntings
Dennis Bardens surveys reported hauntings through a series of themed chapters covering spirits said to be unable to rest, warnings of death and noisy poltergeist activity. The book also considers haunted houses, apparitions connected with…
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Cover unavailableGhosts and How to See Them
Ghosts and How to See Them brings together Peter Underwood’s approach to reported apparitions, illustrated with 100 photographs, many reproduced in colour and presented there for the first time. The book treats ghost-seeing as a…
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Cover unavailableGhosts and Legends
Roy Christian collects place-based ghost stories and legends from England, Wales and Scotland, concentrating on locations that can be visited. The selection ranges from well-known traditions to lesser-known accounts, with Derbyshire receiving particular attention through…
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Cover unavailableGhosts and Legends of the Peak District
David Clarke’s collection gathers ghost stories, legends and traditional supernatural beliefs from the Peak District, with its moorland, valleys, caves and former mining communities providing the setting. The material belongs to local folklore rather than…
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Cover unavailableGhosts at Christmas
Ghosts at Christmas examines how the festive season became linked with ghost stories, setting familiar fictional examples such as A Christmas Carol alongside accounts presented as real encounters. Darren W. Ritson considers the subject in…
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Cover unavailableGhosts in the South West
Ghosts in the South West gathers reported hauntings and ghost lore associated with England’s western counties. James Turner’s regional focus places the book within the long tradition of recording apparitions, stories attached to old buildings…
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Ghosts of Cannock Chase : Terrifying reports of paranormal activity from the UK’s most haunted town
Lee Brickley gathers reports of ghostly activity associated with Cannock Chase and its surrounding communities. The book follows local accounts of strange encounters in the Staffordshire woodland, including stories connected with its enduring paranormal reputation.
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Cover unavailableGhosts of East Anglia
Ghosts of East Anglia collects local ghost stories from across the eastern counties, bringing together reports attached to particular places and figures. Its contents include the Witch of Scrapfaggot Green, the Pickled Knight of Danbury…
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Cover unavailableGhosts of Edinburgh
Rob Kirkup investigates Edinburgh's ghost traditions through visits to locations associated with some of the city's best-known paranormal claims. The book includes the Covenanters' Prison and Mackenzie poltergeist, Bedlam Theatre, Mary King's Close and the…
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Cover unavailableGhosts of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
Ghosts of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight presents an A–Z guide to reported hauntings across two southern English locations, ranging from Abbotts Ann near Andover to Wroxall near Ventnor. Its entries gather accounts of…
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Cover unavailableGhosts of Kent
Ghosts of Kent gathers reported hauntings from across the county, linking ghost stories with the houses, castles and historic places where they are said to occur. Peter Underwood includes the account of Anne West at…
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Cover unavailableGhosts of Monmouth
Ghosts of Monmouth gathers local newspaper reports and accounts of strange events from Monmouth and the surrounding area. First published in the 1960s, this brief regional collection preserves stories attached to particular places and remembered…
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Cover unavailableGhosts of North-West England
Peter Underwood’s Ghosts of North-West England gathers reported hauntings and local ghost traditions from Lancashire and Cheshire. The book combines older legends with first-hand sightings, presenting a spectral cast that includes white ladies, highwaymen, cavaliers,…
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