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.
612 books found
Cover unavailableBritain’s Ghostly Heritage
The second volume in John West’s survey of British hauntings follows reports from Edinburgh Castle to St Albans and York. A spectral mummy in London, Suffolk time-slip accounts and Welsh phantoms broaden the selection. West…
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Cover unavailableBritain’s Haunted Heritage
John West collects twenty accounts of reported hauntings and supernatural traditions from England, Scotland and Wales. Subjects include the Roman soldiers associated with York, Borley’s ghost stories, the Croglin vampire and the Hexham heads. Historical…
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Cover unavailableBritain’s Haunted Land
John West’s third collection of British ghost reports explores a varied landscape of apparitions and uncanny traditions. Black Shuck, spectral soldiers, Grey Ladies and time slips appear alongside haunted ships, a phantom bus and accounts…
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Cover unavailableBullets, Booze & Babes: The Haunted History of Chicago & Illinois
Chicago native Rick Hale explores the city's ghost lore and the wider supernatural traditions of Illinois. The book connects reports of hauntings with gangland violence, murder and other episodes from the region's past, including stories…
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Cover unavailableByways of Ghostland
Byways of Ghostland brings together Elliott O'Donnell’s theories, reports and folklore concerning ghosts and a broad range of occult phenomena. Its 12 chapters move from questions about the brain and spiritual experience to obsession, possession,…
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Cover unavailableCambridge Ghosts
Cambridge Ghosts gathers reported apparitions and haunting traditions from the university colleges, city-centre premises, suburban locations and the wider district. Its arrangement follows these geographical groupings, making the book suitable for tracing Cambridge’s ghost lore…
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Cannock Chase: Ghosts, Monsters and the Mystery of a Haunted Landscape
Lee Brickley revisits the reported ghosts and strange creatures of Cannock Chase, drawing on nearly twenty years of collecting and investigating accounts from the Staffordshire landscape. The book returns to original cases and examines how…
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Cover unavailableCats of Magic, Mythology and Mystery
Cats of Magic, Mythology and Mystery gathers reports and traditions concerning feline anomalies from Britain and around the world. Karl P. N. Shuker ranges across cryptozoology, folklore and animal mythology, considering mystery cats, alleged out-of-place…
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Cover unavailableChester, City of Ghosts
Chester, City of Ghosts brings together reported hauntings from the city centre, placing stories of apparitions, poltergeist activity, unexplained sounds and sudden coldness against Chester’s long history. Cameron includes accounts from hotels, pubs, churches and…
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Cover unavailableChingle: Britain's Most Haunted House
Sally Wallbank’s Chingle: Britain’s Most Haunted House centres on Chingle Hall, the moated Lancashire manor whose reputation rests on generations of reported paranormal activity. The book gathers accounts linked to the building and its history,…
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Cover unavailableClarissa's Pig and Other Animal Hauntings
Roger Long’s Clarissa’s Pig and Other Animal Hauntings gathers reports of animal ghosts associated with southern England. Its central case is the haunting named in the title, while the remaining accounts extend the subject beyond…
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Cover unavailableClassic Devon Ghost Stories
Classic Devon Ghost Stories gathers reported hauntings and traditional ghost tales associated with places across Devon. Paul White draws on several sources, including Sir Ernest Bennet and Mrs Bray, while preserving the character of older…
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Cover unavailableCold Light on Spiritualistic Phenomena
Cold Light on Spiritualistic Phenomena records Harry Price’s investigation of the Crewe Circle, the spiritualist group associated with Crewe medium William Hope. Its subject is spirit photography and the methods used to test claims that…
View book details →Complete Ghosts and Legends of East Lothian
Complete Ghosts and Legends of East Lothian gathers ghost stories, legends and folklore associated with East Lothian, the historic coastal county in south-east Scotland. Its focus is local tradition: accounts and beliefs connected with the…
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Cover unavailableConan Doyle and the Mysterious World of Light: 1887–1920
Matt Wingett traces Arthur Conan Doyle’s developing interest in psychic questions through his contributions to the spiritualist journal Light between 1887 and 1920. Séances, telepathy, hypnosis and poltergeist reports appear within the wider story of…
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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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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 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 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 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 unavailableDr Shuker's Casebook
Dr Shuker's Casebook gathers Karl P. N. Shuker's investigations into cryptozoology alongside a broader selection of Fortean mysteries. Its subjects include winged cats, mermaids, unicorns, living-dinosaur reports, ghostly manifestations, UFOs, crop circles, spooklights and unexplained…
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Cover unavailableDragons in Zoology, Cryptozoology and Culture
Dragons in Zoology, Cryptozoology and Culture examines the dragon as a creature positioned between zoology, folklore and human imagination. Karl P. N. Shuker considers possible real-world and cryptozoological influences behind dragon traditions, including reports of…
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Cover unavailableDying to Live: Near-Death Experiences
Dying to Live examines reported near-death experiences through psychology, biology and medicine, asking how familiar features might arise from changes in the brain. Susan Blackmore considers accounts of tunnels, brilliant lights, peace, joy, life reviews,…
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Cover unavailableEarth: An Alien Enterprise
Earth: An Alien Enterprise examines reported contacts between humans and alleged extraterrestrials from 1932 onwards, drawing together accounts involving military personnel, intelligence circles, pilots and political leaders. Timothy Good presents these reports as evidence to…
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Cover unavailableEast Anglian Ghosts, Legends and Lore
Peter Jeffery’s collection brings together ghost stories, legends and local lore from East Anglia, with material connected to Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk. Its regional scope places reported hauntings alongside older traditions attached to particular communities,…
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Cover unavailableEerie East Anglia: Fearful Tales of Field and Fen
Edward Parnell’s anthology gathers 17 short stories rooted in the landscapes of Norfolk, Essex, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. Dating from the 1900s to the 2010s, the collection brings together earlier ghost-story writers and contemporary practitioners, including…
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Cover unavailableElliott O'Donnell's Casebook of Ghosts
Presented as true stories from Elliott O’Donnell’s files, this collection brings together reports of ghosts and alleged hauntings in a casebook-style format. The emphasis is on testimony, incidents and recorded claims rather than fictional invention,…
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Cover unavailableElliott O'Donnell's Ghost Hunters
Elliott O'Donnell's Ghost Hunters gathers 18 accounts from the files and papers associated with one of Britain’s most prolific writers on apparitions. The collection presents reported hauntings as stories and testimony, combining alleged true encounters…
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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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Cover unavailableEncounter in Rendlesham Forest: The Inside Story of the World's Best-Documented UFO Incident
Encounter in Rendlesham Forest examines the December 1980 reports from Rendlesham Forest, close to the US Air Force bases at Bentwaters and Woodbridge in Suffolk. Nick Pope works with former personnel John Burroughs and Jim…
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Cover unavailableEncounters
Encounters by Steve Higgins surveys the history of UFO sightings, from Kenneth Arnold’s widely reported 1947 observation to more recent official interest in unidentified aerial phenomena. It revisits prominent cases including Roswell, the reported Berwyn…
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Cover unavailableEncyclopedia of the Unexplained
Encyclopedia of the Unexplained surveys reported paranormal and anomalous phenomena, combining the work of Jenny Randles and Peter Hough across eight broad subject areas. Its coverage ranges from the supernatural Earth and alleged lines of…
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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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Cover unavailableExtraordinary Animals Revisited
Extraordinary Animals Revisited brings together cryptozoological reports, zoological anomalies and animal traditions from different periods and regions. Karl P. N. Shuker revisits the New Guinea singing dog, devil-birds, giant rodents, anomalous rhinoceroses and the alleged…
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Cover unavailableExtraordinary Animals Worldwide
Extraordinary Animals Worldwide examines reports of animals that sit at the edges of accepted zoology, bringing together cryptozoological claims, animal anomalies and disputed discoveries from around the globe. Karl P. N. Shuker considers creatures reported…
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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 unavailableFifty Years of Psychical Research
Harry Price surveys the development of psychical research and spiritualism, beginning with the formation of organised investigation and the work associated with the Society for Psychical Research. He considers how researchers approached séances, mediums and…
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