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 unavailableInvestigating the Paranormal
Investigating the Paranormal brings together Tony Cornell’s field investigations of reported hauntings, poltergeist activity and mediumship. Its principal sections cover hauntings, poltergeists and mediums, followed by further psychical-research material drawn from cases encountered during Cornell’s…
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Cover unavailableInvestigating the Unexplained
Investigating the Unexplained is a practical guide to ghost hunting by paranormal writer and investigator Steve Higgins. It covers the methods used during investigations, along with the equipment and tools commonly brought to alleged haunted…
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Cover unavailableIrish Ghost Stories
Irish Ghost Stories gathers reported apparitions and uncanny incidents from across the country, linking supernatural tales with named places, buildings and local traditions. Its range includes the Wizard Earl of Kildare, the Scanlan Lights of…
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Cover unavailableIrish Ghost Tales
Irish Ghost Tales: And Things That Go Bump in the Night gathers stories from Ireland’s folklore, moving through castles, graveyards and other settings associated with haunting traditions. Tony Locke’s collection includes banshees, warlocks, spectres, poltergeists…
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Cover unavailableIrish Ghosts
Irish Ghosts presents accounts from more than 100 places associated with reported hauntings across Ireland. Peter Underwood combines local history with details of the people connected to each location, anecdotes, alleged encounters and notes on…
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Cover unavailableIs There an Afterlife? A Comprehensive Overview of the Evidence
David Fontana surveys historical and contemporary evidence offered for survival after physical death, placing modern claims within more than a century of psychical research. The discussion considers how reports of paranormal phenomena have been investigated…
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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 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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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 unavailableLeaves from a Psychist's Case Book
Leaves from a Psychist's Case Book presents Harry Price’s investigations into séances, mediums and alleged paranormal phenomena, with particular attention to the methods and claims surrounding psychical research. The book treats these episodes as case…
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Cover unavailableLife After Death and the World Beyond
Life After Death and the World Beyond investigates claims about survival after bodily death and the possibility of heaven or another spiritual dimension. Jenny Randles and Peter Hough consider testimony from people who report near-death…
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Cover unavailableLife Beyond Death: What Should We Expect?
Life Beyond Death: What Should We Expect? examines reports and arguments concerning survival after physical death. David Fontana considers communication through mediums, near-death experiences and out-of-body experiences, alongside questions about consciousness and whether anything can…
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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 unavailableLives to Remember: A Case Book on Reincarnation
Lives to Remember centres on the reported hypnotic regression of Peggy Bailey, an ordinary housewife who appears to recall three earlier identities. The accounts begin with Sally Fraser in 18th-century Devon, continue with Liza Bloggs…
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Cover unavailableLooking for the Aliens
Looking for the Aliens examines the idea of extraterrestrial life through psychological, imaginative and scientific perspectives. Peter Hough and Jenny Randles consider how alien communication might work, how humanity could respond to contact, and what…
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Cover unavailableLothian Region Terror Tales
Lothian Region Terror Tales takes John S Tantalon beyond central Edinburgh into the wider Lothians and neighbouring parts of Scotland. Drawing on local ghost stories, folklore and strange experiences, the book explores haunted places across…
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Cover unavailableMediumship and Survival: A Century of Investigations
Alan Gauld examines the evidence used in psychical research to argue for, or against, survival after bodily death. His discussion centres on mediumship, with attention to investigations involving Leonora Piper and Gladys Leonard, as well…
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Cover unavailableMIB: Investigating the Truth Behind the Men in Black Phenomenon
Jenny Randles examines reports of Men in Black appearing after UFO sightings and alleged alien encounters. The accounts describe mysterious visitors who question witnesses, display unsettling knowledge, issue warnings or attempt to discourage further discussion.…
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Cover unavailableModern Mysteries of Britain
Modern Mysteries of Britain surveys a century of reported strange events, covering cases recorded in Britain from around 1885 to 1985. Janet Bord and Colin Bord organise the book into 25 individual mysteries, allowing each…
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Cover unavailableModern Mysteries of Britain: One Hundred Years of Strange Events
Modern Mysteries of Britain examines a century of reported strange events across Britain, beginning in the late 19th century and continuing to the 1980s. Its 25 chapters consider separate subjects including ghosts, phantom black dogs,…
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Cover unavailableMonster! - The A-Z of Zooform Phenomena
Monster! - The A-Z of Zooform Phenomena catalogues reported entities that appear in animal or quasi-animal form, occupying an uncertain space between folklore, apparition accounts and cryptozoology. Neil Arnold presents the material alphabetically, covering cases…
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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 unavailableMost Haunted Castles
Most Haunted Castles examines the reported hauntings and histories of Britain’s castles, combining background on the buildings with accounts of paranormal activity. Yvette Fielding and the Most Haunted team’s investigations provide the framework, bringing together…
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Most Haunted Hotels
Yvette Fielding brings more than two decades of paranormal television and ghost-hunting experience to Most Haunted Hotels, the fourth book in her Most Haunted non-fiction series for younger readers. Fielding is best known as the…
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Cover unavailableMost Haunted Houses
Most Haunted Houses examines the reported hauntings and troubled histories of houses across Britain, from royal residences to the building described as the ‘Most Haunted House in Britain’. Yvette Fielding also recounts paranormal activity associated…
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Cover unavailableMost Haunted Theatres
Most Haunted Theatres visits nine British playhouses, combining their histories with accounts of reported apparitions and paranormal activity. The locations include London’s Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, the Oldham Coliseum, the Lyceum, the Tivoli, Winter Gardens,…
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Cover unavailableMy Haunted History
My Haunted History combines historical research with Penny Griffiths-Morgan’s personal investigations at 10 reportedly haunted locations across the UK. Each chapter sets a place’s past alongside the author’s experiences there, linking documented events with stories…
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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 unavailableMy UFO Youth
My UFO Youth follows Steve Higgins as he revisits the British UFO locations that shaped his teenage interests. His travels take in Rendlesham Forest, the Welsh village of Broad Haven, Warminster’s Cradle Hill, Avebury, Knap…
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Cover unavailableMysteries and Sea Monsters
Mysteries and Sea Monsters gathers reports of ghost ships, phantom crews and creatures said to inhabit the world’s oceans. Graham Faiella examines traditions surrounding the Flying Dutchman, sea serpents and the many-tentacled kraken, placing these…
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Cover unavailableMysteries of Planet Earth
Mysteries of Planet Earth: An Encyclopedia of the Inexplicable surveys reported mysteries across three broad areas: the natural world, the supernatural world and the vanished world. Karl P. N. Shuker gives particular attention to lesser-known…
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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 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 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 unavailableNatural and Supernatural: A History of the Paranormal from Earliest Times to 1914
Natural and Supernatural traces changing ideas about paranormal claims from tribal communities and early civilisations through Christianity, the Renaissance and the Age of Reason. Brian Inglis follows the ways miracles, apparitions and other extraordinary reports…
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Cover unavailableNeed to Know: UFOs, the Military and Intelligence
Need to Know examines UFO reports through the lens of military and intelligence activity, assembling cases from the 1920s onwards. Timothy Good draws on declassified government documents, news reports, eyewitness affidavits and testimony attributed to…
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Cover unavailableNew Clothes for Old Souls: World Wide Evidence for Reincarnation
Guy Lyon Playfair surveys reported cases suggestive of reincarnation from Brazil, Sri Lanka, Lebanon and elsewhere, concentrating on children who describe alleged previous lives. Some accounts include apparently accurate names, family details, recognitions, birthmarks or…
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Cover unavailableNights in Haunted Houses
Nights in Haunted Houses brings together Peter Underwood’s accounts of overnight vigils and investigations at buildings associated with reported paranormal activity. The emphasis is on what investigators encountered, what witnesses described and how individual cases…
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Cover unavailableNo Common Task: The Autobiography of a Ghost-hunter
Peter Underwood’s autobiography traces his development as a ghost-hunter and psychical researcher, from his early interest in reported hauntings to decades spent investigating claims of paranormal activity. Alongside personal recollections, he discusses spiritualism, ESP, telepathy…
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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 Edinburgh Nightmares
John S Tantalon’s first collection of supernatural tales from north Edinburgh brings together 16 stories drawn from the city’s haunted history, local folklore and lesser-known ghost traditions. The book ranges across the neighbourhoods and landmarks…
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Cover unavailableOld Belfast Ghost Stories
Old Belfast Ghost Stories gathers reported apparitions and haunting traditions connected with Belfast and its surrounding urban history. Joe Baker presents the material as local ghost lore, keeping the focus on stories attached to the…
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Cover unavailableOld Lancashire Ghost Stories
Edited by paranormal researcher MJ Wayland, this short collection brings together older ghost stories associated with Lancashire. The volume concentrates on the county’s supernatural storytelling traditions and reports of haunting. It offers a regional companion…
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Cover unavailableOpen Skies, Closed Minds
Open Skies, Closed Minds presents Nick Pope’s account of working on the UK Ministry of Defence’s UFO desk between 1991 and 1994. He describes how reports from civilians and military personnel were assessed, what information…
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