Ghosts & Gallows: Stories of True Crime & the Paranormal

Ghosts & Gallows brings together British murder cases in which reported paranormal events become part of the evidence, folklore or investigation. Paul Adams ranges from the 18th century account of Sergeant Davies, whose apparition reportedly led to the discovery of his body, to 20th-century cases involving mediums, dreams and alleged hauntings.

The collection includes familiar stories such as Maria Marten, Jack the Ripper and the Yorkshire Ripper, alongside less widely known accounts including Netta Fornario, Mona Tinsley and the Jacqui Poole case. Victims are not the only reported spirits: Adams also considers alleged apparitions associated with figures such as Hawley Harvey Crippen and Ethel Major. Psychic detection, possessions, spiritualism, poltergeists and haunted prisons broaden the book’s view of crime and psychical research.