Fox Hollow Farm, the infamous Indiana property where Herb Baumeister allegedly murdered at least eleven men, has a grim past and an unsettling present. This riveting book pieces together the story of the tragic case and explores the paranormal encounters that continue to this day, delving into the psyche of a suspected murderer and the terrifying supernatural activity that lingers in the aftermath of such unspeakable evil. The Horrors of Fox Hollow Farm provides detailed insights from the original criminal investigation as well as testimony from key witnesses, including the man who survived Herb s attempt on his life. This chilling book also features actual supernatural evidence, from EVPs and psychic confirmations to first-hand accounts of the disembodied hands and voices that regularly manifest on the estate.

Explore the haunted hostelries of Cambridgeshire and experience a palpable sense of timelessness in the cities, towns and villages where ghost stories and strange happenings are an integral part of our folklore. Thumb through a ghostly gazetteer listing over sixty locations of reported sightings, sounds and sensations. Sightings of people from the past including Mary Queen of Scots on her way to Fotheringhay Castle; the highwayman Dick Turpin; the writer Daniel Defoe; the eighteenth-century murderer Gervase Matcham; poor Mary Ann Weems, murdered by her husband in 1819; Jeremiah Newell of Ely who mistook a steaming dunghill for his bed; and Harry `Kirky' Kirk, employed as assistant to the hangman Albert Pierrepoint. Reports of a cat walking straight through a wall, of a small hand print mysteriously appearing on a mirror, of a vase of flowers flying across the room, a pint glass floating from table to table, shoe laces untied repeatedly, and tidied up playing cards. Sounds of persistent knocking, footsteps, rubbing hands, jangling keys, rattling door latches and beer tankards, of bottles clinking in the middle of the night, babies crying and of English Civil War troops amassing. Sensations of cold spots, of an unseen presence close-by and a tap on the shoulder; the odour of rotting flesh, of pipe tobacco and of lavender; vibrating beds and tugging at the blankets by unseen hands. `The Last Round' and `The Old Waterman' Enjoy two original ghost stories by Trevor Bounford. Compelling tales, not for the faint-hearted but bound to put you in the right frame of mind for strange encounters.

A unique anthology of mermaid tales from around the world, many of which have never appeared in English before Among the oldest and most popular mythical beings, mermaids and other merfolk have captured the imagination since long before Ariel sold her voice to a sea witch in the beloved Disney film adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Little Mermaid'. As far back as the eighth century B.C., sailors in Homer's Odyssey stuffed wax in their ears to resist the Sirens, who lured men to their watery deaths with song. More than two thousand years later, the gullible New York public lined up to witness a mummified 'mermaid' specimen that the enterprising showman P. T. Barnum swore was real. The Penguin Book of Mermaids is a treasury of such tales about merfolk and water spirits from different cultures, ranging from Scottish selkies to Hindu water-serpents to Chilean sea fairies. A third of the selections are published here in English for the first time, and all are accompanied by commentary that explores their undercurrents, showing us how public perceptions of this popular mythical hybrid - at once a human and a fish - illuminate issues of gender, spirituality, ecology and sexuality.

Dayton, Ohio, is the "Birthplace of Aviation" and a remarkable area for specters to soar. Stroll through the haunted Wright Patterson Air Force Museum with a guide that points out the ghostly features there and dine with "Chickie," the ghostly spinster at Amber Rose Restaurant. Read about an abandoned home filled with the ghostly residue of ectoplasm where two people from different families perished in the dank, dark basement. Hear new accounts about "Hamlet, the ghost" at the theater of Blair Hall at Sinclair Community College, where he has been seen on the catwalks. Learn about the apparition of a house at the Haunted Trails of Sycamore Woods Park, torn down years ago, but still there for some to see. Dayton's ghosts will bring your nightmares to life.