Haunted St Ives

Haunted St Ives gathers reported apparitions, manifestations and alleged encounters with ghouls and spirits from the Cornish town. Arranged in an A–Z format, Ian Addicoat’s collection brings together both familiar tales and less well-known accounts linked to St Ives and its long-standing reputation for hauntings.

Among the historical claims is that local authorities continued to employ a professional ‘ghost-layer’ until about 150 years before the book’s publication, long after many other towns had abandoned the practice. The result is a compact survey of St Ives folklore, combining traditional stories with reports of ghostly experiences and supernatural disturbances, while presenting them as part of the town’s enduring cultural history.