The Ghosts of Exeter

The Ghosts of Exeter gathers reported hauntings and ghost stories associated with the Devon city and its surrounding districts. Sally Barber and Chips Barber focus on local places where apparitions, lingering legends and other uncanny accounts have become attached to Exeter’s streets, buildings and neighbourhoods.

The revised edition includes illustrations and covers locations linked with areas including Heavitree, Pinhoe, Whipton, Wonford and Pennsylvania. First published in 1990, it belongs to a series of compact regional books documenting ghost lore through specific places rather than broad paranormal theory. Its subject is Exeter’s local tradition of haunting: the stories connected with familiar corners of the city and the communities around them.