Haunted Castles

Marc Alexander’s Haunted Castles gathers reported apparitions, legends and unsettling stories associated with historic sites across Great Britain. The book ranges beyond castle walls to include haunted houses, while considering traditions attached to places such as Windsor Great Park and Welsh families said to fear the Gwrach-y-rhibyn.

Among its cases are the alleged secret of a hidden room in one of Britain’s most haunted castles, a mysterious hunter appearing in Windsor Great Park and a Scottish castle associated with only half a ghost. Alexander also includes accounts that sit between folklore and local storytelling, making the book a period survey of Britain’s castle legends, ghost reports and haunted-place traditions.