Browse books on psychical research from the UK and Ireland, including investigations of ghosts, mediumship, unusual experiences and other claimed paranormal phenomena. These works follow the long history of attempts to study extraordinary experiences in a systematic way.
75 books found
A Natural History of Ghosts: 500 Years of Hunting for Proof
Roger Clarke traces five centuries of Western ghost stories, reported sightings and attempts to establish whether spirits exist. The book considers how hauntings are shaped by the stories told about them, and asks what witnesses…
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Cover unavailableAdventures in Time: Encounters with the Past
Adventures in Time examines reports of retrocognition: experiences in which people appear to encounter scenes, surroundings or events belonging to the past. Andrew MacKenzie considers several direct accounts, including the celebrated 1901 Versailles incident, when…
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Afterlife: An Investigation of the Evidence for Life After Death
Colin Wilson examines claims that consciousness may survive bodily death, bringing together psychical research, case histories and arguments from psychology. The book considers near-death and out-of-body experiences alongside mediumship, apparitions, telepathy, precognition and reported communication…
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Cover unavailableApparitions and Ghosts: A Modern Study
Andrew MacKenzie examines reported apparitions and ghosts through the methods and questions of modern psychical research. The subject is treated as a body of testimony requiring assessment, rather than as proof of supernatural survival, with…
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Cover unavailableArthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle examines the tension between the creator of Sherlock Holmes and the author’s later convictions about spiritualism and fairies. Dr Andrew Norman considers how a writer associated with logic and deduction came to…
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Cover unavailableBeyond the Body: An Investigation of Out-of-the-Body Experiences
Beyond the Body examines reported out-of-the-body experiences through psychological investigation and psychical research. Susan Blackmore considers accounts in which people seem to perceive the world from outside their physical bodies, alongside claims about astral projection…
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Cover unavailableBritain's Paranormal Forests
Peter A. McCue examines reported encounters in Britain’s woods and forests, including mysterious lights, strange animal sightings, ghostly experiences and UFO claims. The cases range from troubling reports in a Kentish wood to incidents associated…
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Cover unavailableBritain's Paranormal Forests: Encounters in the Woods
Peter McCue investigates reports of unusual experiences in Britain's forests and wooded places. The cases include apparitions, strange animals, UFO-related phenomena and other anomalies, with attention to both witness testimony and possible explanations.
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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…
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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 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 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 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 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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Cover unavailableFrontiers of the Unknown
Andrew MacKenzie examines reported cases gathered under the methods and questions of psychical research, concentrating on prophecies, apparitions and poltergeists. The material ranges from individual experiences to investigations of incidents that attracted sustained attention, presenting…
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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 unavailableHuman Electromagnetic Interference
Human Electromagnetic Interference introduces the SLIDER effect, a subject presented through the author’s research into alleged interactions between people and electromagnetic phenomena. The book focuses on defining this effect and setting out the questions surrounding…
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Cover unavailableIf This Be Magic
If This Be Magic centres on a 1951 medical case in which a young hospital doctor used hypnosis to treat a patient with a rare and debilitating skin disease. The apparent recovery was documented in…
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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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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 unavailableParanormal Britain: Belief in the Uncanny in England, Scotland and Wales
Tom Clark, Christopher D. Bader and Joseph O. Baker explore what people across England, Scotland and Wales really believe about ghosts, hauntings, UFOs and other uncanny experiences. Drawing on contemporary research, Paranormal Britain looks at…
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Cover unavailableParanormality: Why We See What Isn't There
Paranormality: Why We See What Isn't There examines claims involving psychics, telepathy, fortune-telling, out-of-body experiences and ghosts. Richard Wiseman approaches these subjects through psychology and experimental investigation, asking how perception, memory and behaviour can produce…
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Cover unavailablePoltergeist Parallels and Contagion
Poltergeist Parallels and Contagion examines recurring similarities between reported poltergeist cases and develops the idea of paranormal contagion. Darren W. Ritson considers accounts in which investigators, relatives or other people connected with an active case…
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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 unavailablePoltergeist!: A Study in Destructive Haunting
Colin Wilson examines reported poltergeist activity through accounts of destructive hauntings, unexplained disturbances and alleged mind-over-matter effects. The book considers how such cases have been recorded, investigated and interpreted across different periods and places. Among…
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Cover unavailablePsychic Detectives
Psychic Detectives examines reported cases in which psychics became involved in criminal investigations, considering dreams, visions, telepathy, clairvoyance, psychometry and dowsing as claimed sources of information. The authors present more than 15 true-crime cases, ranging…
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Cover unavailableQueen Victoria's Other World
Peter Underwood examines Queen Victoria’s interest in death, spiritualism and the unseen, setting reported experiences against the circumstances of her life as princess, monarch and widow. The book considers youthful encounters with occult practices, her…
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Cover unavailableRevelations of a Spirit Medium
Revelations of a Spirit Medium presents an anonymous former medium’s account of how séance phenomena could be produced through trickery. The text discusses escapes from ropes, sacks and cabinets, alongside methods associated with spirit hands…
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Cover unavailableRudi Schneider: A Scientific Examination of his Mediumship
Harry Price’s account examines 26 experimental séances held in London during 1929–30 with the Austrian medium Rudi Schneider. The sessions were conducted through the National Laboratory of Psychical Research and used an electrical control installation…
View book details →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 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 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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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 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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