Trees of Ghostly Dread

Trees of Ghostly Dread gathers Elliott O'Donnell’s accounts of apparitions, folklore and reported hauntings connected with trees. The subject is treated as a meeting point between ghost stories and older beliefs about the presence or character of particular trees, with the emphasis on narrated cases and traditional lore rather than formal investigation.

Drawing on the author’s long-standing interest in supernatural testimony, the book presents tree-haunting material as reports, legends and remembered experiences. Its focus is narrower than a general survey of ghosts, concentrating on the fearful associations that can attach themselves to wooded places, solitary trees and stories passed down around them. The volume was later reissued under the title Shadows of Evil.