Ghost and Ghoul

Ghost and Ghoul presents T. C. Lethbridge’s personal accounts of reported paranormal incidents, examined as investigative problems rather than accepted as proof of the supernatural. His examples include apparitions and unsettling experiences on islands off Britain and Ireland, a violent presence associated with the Skelligs, poltergeist-like disturbances and oppressive sensations he calls ‘ghouls’.

Lethbridge also recounts apparent warnings of death connected with archaeological work and considers whether some experiences might arise from living minds, dreams or environmental impressions. Drawing on his interests in archaeology, dowsing and psychokinesis, he argues that such events should be treated as natural phenomena, even if the forces behind them remain unidentified. The result is a personal, speculative examination of ghosts, hauntings and related claims in mid-20th-century Britain.