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 unavailableGhosts of Today
Ghosts of Today records 463 modern haunting cases gathered by British author and ghost hunter Andrew Green. Its coverage is arranged across regional areas including London, Kent, Sussex, Cornwall, Yorkshire, Scotland, Wales and the Isle…
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Cover unavailableGhosts of Totnes
Ghosts of Totnes gathers reported apparitions and local ghost stories linked to the old buildings and historic places of Totnes. Bob Mann presents the town as a landscape where haunting traditions recur from one location…
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Cover unavailableGhosts of Wales
Ghosts of Wales gathers more than 50 reported encounters drawn from Welsh newspaper archives and dating from 1837 to 1901. Mark Rees presents the stories as products of their time, when sensational accounts of apparitions…
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Cover unavailableGhosts of Wales: Accounts from the Victorian Archives
Ghosts of Wales: Accounts from the Victorian Archives gathers more than 50 reported cases from Wales between 1837 and 1901, drawing on the period’s newspapers and archival records. The collection shows how ghost stories entered…
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Cover unavailableGhosts of War
Ghosts of War recounts the First World War through poetry and prose, tracing the conflict from its origins and opening hostilities to the Armistice. Andrew Ferguson brings together the words of more than 100 poets…
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Cover unavailableGhosts of York
Kirkup follows a year of investigations at ten locations in York with a team of five investigators from Newcastle. The accounts range from reports at a major visitor attraction to experiences in a museum and…
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Cover unavailableGhosts with a Purpose
Ghosts with a Purpose brings together reported cases in which apparitions are said to appear for a reason beyond frightening the living. Elliott O'Donnell focuses on manifestations linked to messages, warnings and unresolved events, presenting…
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Cover unavailableGhosts, Myths and Oddities of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Jonathan Farley gathers reported hauntings, local legends and historical oddities associated with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, drawing on accounts from staff, visitors and archival material. The collection ranges beyond familiar ghost stories to include…
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Cover unavailableGhosts: First-Hand Accounts of the Supernatural
Andy Owens brings together first-hand supernatural experiences in a collection of witness accounts of ghosts and unexplained phenomena. The book includes dozens of original reports, many connected with Yorkshire, and focuses on what people say…
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Cover unavailableGloucestershire Ghost Tales
Gloucestershire Ghost Tales gathers twenty reported hauntings and ghost legends from across the county and its borders. The settings range from the Forest of Dean and Severn Vale to the Cotswolds, Upper Thames and Bristol,…
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Cover unavailableGothick Hertfordshire
Gothick Hertfordshire is a compact county guide to places linked with ghost stories, spooky traditions and local legends. Jennifer Westwood records reported apparitions, spectral vehicles, black dogs, poltergeist incidents and unexplained sounds from towns and…
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Cover unavailableGuidance Notes for Investigators of Spontaneous Cases
Guidance Notes for Investigators of Spontaneous Cases sets out a practical method for examining reports of apparitions, hauntings, poltergeists and related experiences. Steven T. Parsons begins with the aims of an investigation: establishing what has…
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Cover unavailableHalloween Folklore and Ghost Stories
Halloween Folklore and Ghost Stories examines the history and folklore of Allhallowstide, treating Halloween as a season rather than a single night. Brice Stratford considers the customs, beliefs and stories gathered around the dead, including…
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Cover unavailableHampshire and Isle of Wight Ghost Tales
Michael O’Leary gathers ghost stories linked to Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, drawing on both older folklore and more recent local traditions. The collection includes tales of headless horses riding through the night, an…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Aberdeen and District
Geoff Holder gathers reported hauntings from Aberdeen and its surrounding district, moving from the city’s historic centre to Old Aberdeen, private houses, pubs, hotels, transport routes and rural locations. The accounts include apparitions, poltergeist activity…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Antrim
Haunted Antrim gathers reported ghost stories and supernatural traditions from across County Antrim, bringing together tales attached to landscapes, buildings and local communities. Among the accounts are the phantom coach of Dundermot Mound, Devil Worship…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Ashford
Haunted Ashford gathers reported hauntings from Ashford and the surrounding Kent countryside, including stories from Pluckley, a village long reputed to be among Britain’s most haunted. The cases range from screaming woods and hellhounds to…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Bath
Haunted Bath gathers reported ghost stories from one of England’s most historic cities, linking apparitions and strange incidents to recognisable local buildings. Among the accounts are a deceased barmaid said to remain at a pub,…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Bedford
Haunted Bedford gathers reported ghost stories from within roughly six miles of the town centre, combining historical traditions with more recent accounts. William H. King considers the ghost said to be John Bunyan, the executed…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Belfast
Haunted Belfast gathers reports of apparitions, poltergeist activity, unexplained sounds and smells, and other unsettling manifestations associated with the city. Joe Baker places these accounts within Belfast’s historical landscape, linking stories of hauntings to particular…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Berkshire
Haunted Berkshire gathers reported ghost sightings from across one of England’s oldest counties, presenting a varied cast of alleged apparitions and haunted locations. Roger Long’s subjects include the shades of kings, queens and dukes, along…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Berwick
Haunted Berwick gathers reported ghost stories and supernatural traditions from the historic Northumberland town. Darren W. Ritson takes in locations including Berwick Castle and the town walls, where accounts range from poltergeists and spectres to…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Birmingham
Haunted Birmingham gathers reported encounters with ghosts, spirits and apparitions associated with England’s second city. Arthur Smith and Rachel Bannister present these accounts as true-life stories, bringing together different kinds of alleged supernatural experience within…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Bishop's Stortford
Haunted Bishop’s Stortford gathers reported ghostly encounters from the Hertfordshire market town and its historic streets, pubs and churchyards. Among the accounts is a spectral horse and carriage said to thunder along Church Street, alongside…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Black Country
Haunted Black Country gathers reported apparitions and eerie local stories from across the West Midlands region. Philip Solomon takes in places including Brierley Hill, Walsall, Netherton, Darlaston and Dudley, bringing together accounts linked to haunted…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Blackpool
Haunted Blackpool sets reported ghost stories against the changing history of Lancashire’s best-known seaside resort. Stephen Mercer traces Blackpool’s growth from a small coastal settlement, then turns to accounts linked with landmarks including Blackpool Tower,…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Bodmin Moor
Haunted Bodmin Moor brings together reported apparitions, local legends and dark histories from Cornwall’s granite upland. Jason Higgs begins with the moor’s prehistoric monuments and settlements before turning to stories associated with Bodmin town, nearby…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Bolton
Haunted Bolton gathers reported ghost stories and paranormal investigations from across Bolton and nearby Westhoughton. Among its cases is a room at the Blue Boar pub said to have been sealed for forty years, alongside…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Boston
Haunted Boston gathers reported hauntings from the historic Lincolnshire town, linking ghost stories to its medieval buildings, streets and local traditions. Among the accounts are ghostly friars said to linger where a thirteenth-century monastery once…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Bradford
Andy Owens surveys the ghost stories and reported hauntings of Bradford and its surrounding district. Drawing together local accounts, the book connects unsettling experiences with the places where they are said to have occurred. It…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Bray and Environs
Haunted Bray and Environs gathers reported supernatural happenings from Bray and the surrounding parts of County Wicklow. Eddie Tynan assembled the material over several years, recording accounts given by local residents and investigating the events…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Brighton
Haunted Brighton gathers reported apparitions, legends and first- and second-hand accounts from the seaside city and its surrounding districts. Alan Murdie covers the Lanes, private homes, the Royal Pavilion, Theatre Royal, hotels, pubs and Preston…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Bristol
Haunted Bristol gathers reported ghost stories and haunting traditions linked to the city and its past. Sue Le’Queux presents Bristol as a place where local history, buildings and remembered incidents have acquired supernatural associations, offering…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Britain
Haunted Britain gathers Elliott O'Donnell’s accounts of reported hauntings from across the British Isles, ranging from celebrated historic sites to lesser-known local stories. The book includes traditions associated with Windsor Castle and Hampton Court Palace,…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Britain and Ireland
Richard Jones surveys more than 100 reported haunted places across Britain and Ireland, arranging the material region by region. The locations include stately homes, castles, inns, streets and open heaths, with accounts ranging from Roman…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Bromley
Haunted Bromley gathers reported ghost stories and other strange accounts from across the London borough, including phantom highwaymen, troublesome poltergeists, eerie creatures and allegedly haunted houses. Neil Arnold approaches these tales as local folklore, linking…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Bury St Edmunds
Haunted Bury St Edmunds gathers reported apparitions, eerie traditions and remembered incidents from the Suffolk town and its surrounding countryside. Alan Murdie examines stories connected with the former abbey, including sightings of Benedictine monks and…
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Haunted Cannock Chase : True ghost stories from the UK's spookiest location - Real paranormal activity in England
Lee Brickley gathers reported ghost encounters and other paranormal stories associated with Cannock Chase in Staffordshire, a landscape with a long reputation for unexplained activity.
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Cover unavailableHaunted Canterbury
Haunted Canterbury gathers ghost legends and reported supernatural incidents from one of England’s oldest cities. John Hippisley covers stories attached to Canterbury Cathedral, the Dark Entry and other historic locations, placing each account within the…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Carlisle
Haunted Carlisle gathers reported apparitions, eyewitness testimony and local ghost lore from the city and its surrounding countryside. Darren W. Ritson includes the headless spectre associated with Carlisle railway station, the ‘Radiant Boy’ or phantom…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Carlow
Haunted Carlow gathers reported ghost stories and paranormal accounts from across County Carlow, drawing on first-hand testimony and contemporary sources. The collection includes accounts of poltergeists, phantom voices, ghostly nannies, white ladies and banshees, alongside…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Castles
Marc Alexander’s Haunted Castles gathers reported apparitions, legends and unsettling stories associated with historic sites across Great Britain. The book ranges beyond castle walls to include haunted houses, while considering traditions attached to places such…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Castles of Britain and Ireland
Haunted Castles of Britain and Ireland surveys reported apparitions and ghost stories attached to castles across Britain and Ireland, arranged region by region. Richard Jones brings together traditions of ghostly queens, wandering monks and other…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Chatham
Haunted Chatham gathers reported ghost stories and local legends from Chatham, Kent, bringing together accounts associated with houses, shops and historic sites. Neil Arnold includes both obscure and familiar stories, with particular attention to traditions…
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Haunted Chelmsford
Haunted Chelmsford sets reported apparitions and strange encounters against the town’s long and often troubling history. Jason Day begins with Chelmsford’s ancient and Roman past, then considers darker episodes including the execution of Peasants’ Revolt…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Chester
Haunted Chester gathers reported encounters with spirits, spectres and poltergeists from one of England’s oldest cities. David Brandon traces these stories through Chester’s streets, alehouses, cemeteries and ancient city walls, drawing on both historical and…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Churches & Abbeys of Britain
Haunted Churches & Abbeys of Britain gathers reports and traditions linked to Britain’s religious buildings, treating churches, abbeys and their associated legends as settings for apparitions and other alleged phenomena. Marc Alexander’s subject includes stories…
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Cover unavailableHaunted Churches of England
Haunted Churches of England: Ghosts Ancient and Modern gathers reports attached to English churches, churchyards and other ecclesiastical sites. Graham J. McEwan considers accounts of phantom music, unexplained bells, chanting and apparitions, placing older traditions…
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