Will Storr vs. the Supernatural

Will Storr investigates reported hauntings, ghost hunters and the psychology of supernatural belief, beginning with a meeting with Philadelphia demonologist Lou Gentile. Experiences involving strange lights and disturbing sounds prompt him to examine claims he had previously regarded with scepticism.

His investigation takes him through séances, divining-rod experiments, Ouija-board sessions and a vigil at a reportedly haunted British house. He also visits the set of Most Haunted, speaks with clinical psychologists and philosophers, and meets figures connected with the Enfield Poltergeist case and Catholic exorcism. The book treats ghosts as claims to be tested and interpreted, balancing unsettling encounters with questions about perception, suggestion and the human need to find meaning in unexplained events.