Haunted Churches & Abbeys of Britain

Haunted Churches & Abbeys of Britain gathers reports and traditions linked to Britain’s religious buildings, treating churches, abbeys and their associated legends as settings for apparitions and other alleged phenomena. Marc Alexander’s subject includes stories preserved in local lore and earlier supernatural writing, where ancient buildings become attached to accounts of restless spirits, uncanny encounters and dark historical incidents.

The book is also associated with discussion of the Croglin vampire tradition in Cumbria, including the possibility that later tellings drew on an older local story. Its focus is on the reported haunting history of ecclesiastical sites, bringing together the folklore, testimony and narrative traditions that have accumulated around Britain’s churches and abbeys.