Browse paranormal books exploring strange experiences, unexplained phenomena and supernatural claims from across the UK and Ireland. The collection includes investigations, eyewitness accounts, regional studies and wider works on the paranormal.
41 books found
Scary Stories: A Supernatural Yearbook
Scary Stories: A Supernatural Yearbook is a 1991 collection of supernatural and paranormal material by Jenny Randles and Peter Hough. The title places it within the tradition of the yearbook: an accessible record of reported…
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Cover unavailableScience and the UFOs
Science and the UFOs examines UFO reports through the competing demands of evidence, investigation and scientific explanation. Jenny Randles and Peter Warrington begin with the subject’s history, considering claims about UFO evidence, official involvement, the…
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Cover unavailableScotland's Ghosts and Apparitions
Scotland's Ghosts and Apparitions brings together more than 100 tales associated with Scottish ghosts, apparitions and other reported mysteries. Terence W. Whitaker distinguishes between figures belonging to folklore, familiar through tradition but not necessarily witnessed,…
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Cover unavailableScottish Ghost Stories
Scottish Ghost Stories gathers 16 reported cases linked to places across Scotland, from Pitlochry and Edinburgh to Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee and Glamis. Elliott O’Donnell presents accounts associated with houses, hotels, castles, roads and battlefields, preserving…
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Cover unavailableScottish Spectres
Scottish Spectres brings together more than 200 reported hauntings from across Scotland, ranging geographically from the Borders to Shetland. Dane Love gathers accounts of apparitions and other spectral encounters alongside descriptions of the places with…
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Cover unavailableScream Queen: A Memoir
Yvette Fielding’s memoir combines her rise from child television presenter to one of Britain’s best-known paranormal broadcasters with accounts from a long career investigating reported hauntings. She recalls séances, Ouija boards, table tipping and unexplained…
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Cover unavailableSearch for Truth: My Life for Psychical Research
Search for Truth presents Harry Price’s autobiographical account of a career spent investigating mediumship, alleged hauntings and other psychical claims. He describes the experiences that drew him towards the subject, his work as a conjurer…
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Cover unavailableSecond Book of Irish Ghost Stories
Second Book of Irish Ghost Stories gathers reported hauntings collected by Patrick Byrne, including accounts linked to Ireland’s revolutionary past. The stories come from correspondence and testimony associated with his work on the Dublin Evening…
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Cover unavailableSecond Sight: Its History and Origins
Lewis Spence examines second sight as a reported faculty of pre-vision, tracing the term’s meaning and distinguishing it from dreams, divination and prophecy. His account places particular emphasis on Celtic traditions, the Scottish Highlands and…
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Cover unavailableSeeing Myself: The New Science of Out-of-Body Experiences
Seeing Myself examines reported out-of-body experiences through Susan Blackmore’s personal history and a career spent investigating consciousness. She begins with an intense experience during her student years, then traces her search for explanations through spirituality,…
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Cover unavailableShadows in the Nave
Shadows in the Nave presents reported hauntings associated with 75 churches, chapels and churchyards across England. The book considers the histories of these religious buildings alongside ghost stories and local traditions attached to them, bringing…
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Cover unavailableShadows in the Nave: A Guide to the Haunted Churches of England
Shadows in the Nave gathers reported hauntings from 75 English churches, chapels, churchyards and related ecclesiastical buildings. Adams, Brazil and Underwood arrange the entries by region and county, combining local history with accounts of apparitions,…
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Cover unavailableShadows in the Sky: The Haunted Airways of Britain
Shadows in the Sky gathers reported aerial mysteries from Britain, ranging from 18th-century lights and phantom airships to modern UFO encounters. Neil Arnold also considers ball lightning, unexplained sounds and accounts associated with pilots, airfields…
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Cover unavailableShadows of Evil
Shadows of Evil is a collection of reported hauntings and uncanny tales centred on trees, woods and the apparitions associated with them. Its subjects include Herne’s Oak, haunted ash trees, a haunted Christmas tree and…
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Cover unavailableShadows on the Horizon
Shadows on the Horizon examines reported supernatural activity associated with Britain’s open landscapes rather than houses or enclosed buildings. Neil Arnold takes his subject to moors, marshes, forests and open urban spaces, considering how stories…
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Cover unavailableShadows on the Sea: The Maritime Mysteries of Britain
Neil Arnold examines reported mysteries from Britain’s coastline and surrounding waters, bringing together tales of phantom ships, haunted boats and vessels that appear and vanish. The book also considers unexplained lights and unidentified submarine-type objects…
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Cover unavailableShane Leslie's Ghost Book
Shane Leslie's Ghost Book examines reported encounters with the dead alongside the Catholic Church’s understanding of psychical phenomena. Its opening sections consider apparitions after death, church-related experiences and poltergeists before turning to a larger collection…
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Cover unavailableShropshire Ghost Stories
Sally Tonge retells ghost stories from across Shropshire, bringing together local traditions, reported apparitions and tales shaped by the county’s history. Among the accounts are the Phantom Funeral of Ratlinghope, the Bagbury Bull, Bloody Jack…
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Cover unavailableShuffle Off This Mortal Coil
A paranormal novel following a female ghost struggling to understand the circumstances of her death. Against a backdrop of contemporary ghost hunting, Robert Radakovic explores grief, family trauma, redemption and the ethics of investigating hauntings.
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Silver Birch’s Medium: Maurice Barbanell and Twentieth-Century Spiritualism
Maurice Barbanell became a prominent voice in British Spiritualism through his journalism and mediumship. Nick Richbell follows his journey from East London to his work with Psychic News. The biography examines Barbanell’s association with the…
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Cover unavailableSky Crash: A Cosmic Conspiracy
Sky Crash: A Cosmic Conspiracy investigates the reported UFO incidents at Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, near the east gate of the United States Air Force base at Woodbridge. Its central focus is the activity said to…
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Cover unavailableSomething in the Air
Something in the Air examines more than 100 reported encounters between aircraft and unexplained aerial phenomena. Jenny Randles brings together cases involving military, commercial and general-aviation flights, concentrating on incidents witnessed from the air rather…
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Cover unavailableSpirits Behind Bars: The Haunting of Shepton Mallet Prison and Skirrid Inn
Richard Estep examines reported hauntings at two historic sites divided by the England–Wales border: Shepton Mallet Prison in Somerset and the Skirrid Inn. Their stories combine old buildings, criminal justice and traditions of restless spirits,…
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Cover unavailableSpirits in the Vaults: Liverpool's Haunted Pubs
Spirits in the Vaults collects Tom Slemen’s accounts of reported hauntings and supernatural incidents linked to Liverpool pubs. The book visits a range of city venues, from the Childwall Abbey Hotel and Belvedere to the…
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Cover unavailableSpontaneous Human Combustion
Spontaneous Human Combustion investigates reports of people apparently burning to death without an obvious external source of ignition. Jenny Randles and Peter Hough examine the history of the claim, assemble accounts from different periods, and…
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Spooky Britain: The 100 Most Eerie and Mysterious Places to Visit
Peter Naldrett presents 100 eerie destinations across Britain as places to visit rather than simply stories to read about. The selection ranges from famous haunted castles, prisons and ghost-tour cities to pubs, museums, corpse roads…
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Cover unavailableSt Andrews Ghost Stories
St Andrews Ghost Stories gathers 17 supernatural tales linked to St Andrews and surrounding parts of Fife. W. T. Linskill’s collection includes the Beckoning Monk, the Veiled Nun of St Leonards and the Monk of…
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Cover unavailableStar Children
Star Children examines claims that some people living among us may have extraterrestrial origins. Jenny Randles considers the belief that certain individuals are human-alien hybrids, or that alien spirits inhabit human bodies, sometimes without their…
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Cover unavailableStella C: An Account of Some Original Experiments in Psychical Research
Harry Price’s account centres on his 1923 sittings with Dorothy Stella Cranshaw, the physical medium known as Stella C. Nineteen sessions were held in London between February and July, with the proceedings recorded through controlled…
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Cover unavailableStill in Search of Prehistoric Survivors
Still in Search of Prehistoric Survivors examines reports of animals proposed as living remnants of prehistoric or supposedly extinct lineages. Karl P. N. Shuker ranges across cryptozoological traditions worldwide, considering sea serpents, lake monsters, living…
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Cover unavailableStrange and Mysterious: Ghosts
A colourful introduction to ghost stories and paranormal mysteries for readers aged nine and above. Alex Frith and Darran Stobbart explore famous hauntings, ghost-hunting methods, alleged hoaxes and modern internet legends, with illustrations by Keith…
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Cover unavailableStrange but True?
Strange but True? gathers reported cases associated with the ITV paranormal series of the same name, covering UFO sightings, alleged alien encounters, psychic investigations and other claims of unexplained activity. The emphasis is on incidents…
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Cover unavailableStrange Manchester: Ghost Stories, UFO Encounters, Big Cat Sightings, and More from Across Greater Manchester
Strange Manchester gathers reported hauntings, UFO encounters, big cat sightings and other uncanny accounts from across Greater Manchester. Its ghost stories include Strangeways, Manchester Airport, Fairfield Station, Wardley Hall, the Octagon Theatre and Manchester’s Palace…
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Cover unavailableStrange Sheffield: Ghost Stories, UFO Sightings, and More All from the Steel City
Strange Sheffield gathers reported hauntings, UFO encounters and other uncanny local accounts from across the Steel City. Adrian Finney covers stories associated with Bunting Nook and the Stocksbridge Bypass, alongside tales of ghostly feet, haunted…
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Cover unavailableStranger Sheffield: More Ghost Stories, UFO Encounters, & Other Strange Tales
Stranger Sheffield gathers reported hauntings, local legends and UFO accounts from Sheffield and the surrounding South Yorkshire landscape. Adrian Finney’s sources include stories sent to him during his work with Strange Sheffield Ghost Tours, alongside…
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Cover unavailableStranger than Fiction: Tales from the Byways of Ghosts and Folk-Lore
Mary L. Lewes’s collection brings together reported hauntings, Welsh supernatural traditions and local beliefs gathered from personal sources and correspondents. Its principal subjects include Welsh ghosts, corpse-candles and the toili, a death-related apparition or omen,…
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Cover unavailableSuffolk Ghost Tales
Suffolk Ghost Tales gathers 30 reported ghost stories from across the county, placing eerie traditions among its beaches, broad landscapes, towns and villages. The settings range from crossroads where gibbet chains are said to clank…
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Cover unavailableSupernatural England
Supernatural England brings together material on English folklore, occultism and parapsychology, presenting the subject through reports, beliefs and traditions associated with supernatural experience. Eric Maple places these themes within an English setting rather than treating…
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Cover unavailableSupernatural Isle of Man
Supernatural Isle of Man gathers legends, reported encounters and present-day mysteries connected with the island. Jenny Randles considers stories of strange beings beneath a bridge, including customs associated with paying them respect, alongside an account…
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Cover unavailableSupernatural North
This wide-ranging collection examines ghost stories and supernatural traditions from northern England, extending from the Scottish border to South Yorkshire. Darren W. Ritson revisits the South Shields Poltergeist and Willington Mill, explores screaming-skull legends, and…
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Cover unavailableSupernatural Pennines
Supernatural Pennines gathers more than 100 reported case histories from the hills and valleys of Northern England. Jenny Randles examines UFO sightings and alleged alien-abduction claims around the Yorkshire-Lancashire border, including the area known in…
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