Explore paranormal investigation books from the UK and Ireland, including ghost hunting, haunted locations, notable cases and investigators’ experiences. These titles look at how people have investigated reported hauntings and other unusual phenomena.
22 books found
Cover unavailableA Ghost Hunter's Handbook
A Ghost Hunter’s Handbook is an introductory guide to investigating reported ghosts and hauntings, written for younger readers but suited to anyone beginning their own research. Peter Underwood sets out practical questions for witnesses, suggestions…
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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 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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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-Hunter's Casebook
Ghost-Hunter's Casebook revisits the career and investigations of Andrew Green, a prominent British ghost-hunter active for around sixty years. Known as the ‘Spectre Inspector’, Green examined hundreds of reported hauntings and recorded both celebrated cases…
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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 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 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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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 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 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 unavailableParalearning: Study Companion
Paralearning: Study Companion is a concise reference work for students who have completed one or more Paralearning courses. It is designed as a memory aid, bringing together key points from the study of paranormal investigation…
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Cover unavailablePoltergeist! A New Investigation into Destructive Haunting
John Fraser examines reported poltergeist activity through case studies, historical context and questions about evidence. The book considers incidents linked to Borley Rectory, the Isle of Man, Amityville, the Bell Witch, Enfield and Thornton Heath,…
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Cover unavailableThe Paranormal Investigator
The Paranormal Investigator recounts Danny Moss’s 15 years working in the paranormal, from his beginnings in ghost hunting to investigations that helped shape his career. Moss discusses the realities behind the public image of paranormal…
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Cover unavailableThe Paranormal Source Book
The Paranormal Source Book surveys reported paranormal phenomena and cases across a broad range of subjects, from ghosts and poltergeists to UFOs, alien abductions and crop circles. Jenny Randles also covers ESP, precognition, dreams, out-of-body…
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Cover unavailableThe Poltergeist Prince of London
The Poltergeist Prince of London recounts the reported haunting that began in 1956 at the Hitchings family home in Battersea. The disturbances started with an unidentified silver key on Shirley Hitchings’ bed, followed by tapping…
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Cover unavailableThe South Shields Poltergeist
The South Shields Poltergeist documents a reported outbreak of disturbing activity in a South Shields family home between 2005 and 2006. Darren W. Ritson and Michael J. Hallowell investigate claims that objects moved without explanation,…
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Cover unavailableThis House Is Haunted: The Investigation of the Enfield Poltergeist
Guy Lyon Playfair’s account follows the Enfield poltergeist investigation from the first disturbances in a north London council house in 1977. Reported events included unexplained knockings, doors opening and closing, objects being thrown across rooms…
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