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Books > Mind, Body & Spirit > Unexplained phenomena / the paranormal > Ghosts & poltergeists
Small and alluring, Rhode Island is home to many who refuse to
leave, even after death. Illustrated with over 60 photos, here are
tales of hauntings, vampires, mysterious cairns, wailing brooks,
and floating coffins encountered throughout Rhode Island. Haunted
locations include Barrington, Bristol, Burrillville, Charlestown,
Coventry, Cranston, Cumberland, East Providence, Exeter, Foster,
Glocester, Jamestown, Middletown, Narragansett, New Shoreham,
Newport, North Kingstown, Portsmouth, Providence, Scituate,
Smithfield, South Kingstown, Tiverton, Warren, Warwick, West
Greenwich, West Warwick, Westerly, and Woonsocket. Long dead
sailors prowl lonely docks, departed schoolmasters seek their
charges, phantom girls giggle in a state park, ambushed soldiers of
centuries past scream, and a mysterious man in gray walks among the
tombstones. These are tales sure to chill you in the dead of night!
Contains stories from around Kent, including the hunchbacked monk
at Boughton Malherbe, the black dog of Leeds and the tale of Lady
Blanche of Rochester Castle. This title is suitable for those who
want to know why Kent is known as the most haunted county in
England.
Gloucester's historic docks have some strange stories to tell and
the city's twelfth-century cathedral also has its secrets. From a
ghostly procession at Berkeley Castle to the Grey Lady at the old
Theatre Royal, this new and fascinating collection of strange
sightings and happenings in the city's streets, churches and public
houses is sure to appeal to anyone intrigued by Gloucester's
haunted heritage.
An enormously enjoyable spooky collection of ghost-sightings over
the centuries, full of the spirit of place, in true Ackroyd style.
The English, Peter Ackroyd tells us in this fascinating collection,
see more ghosts than any other nation. Each region has its own
particular spirits, from the Celtic ghosts of Cornwall to the
dobies and boggarts of the north. Some speak and some are silent,
some smell of old leather, others of fragrant thyme. From medieval
times to today stories have been told and apparitions seen --
ghosts who avenge injustice, souls who long for peace, spooks who
just want to have fun.
The English Ghost is a treasury of such sightings which we can
believe or not, as we will. The accounts, packed with eerie detail,
range from the door-slamming, shrieking ghost of Hinton Manor in
the 1760s and the moaning child that terrified Wordsworth's nephew
at Cambridge, to the headless bear of Kidderminster, the violent
daemon of Devon who tried to strangle a man with his cravat and the
modern-day hitchhikers on Bluebell Hill. Comical and scary, like
all good ghost stories, these curious incidents also plumb the
depths of the English psyche in its yearnings for justice, freedom
and love.
"From the Hardcover edition."
Mystery, mayhem, a manor house and a generous serving of romance...
When police knock on Alice Donaldson's door at 4am, she knows the
news won't be good. There's been an accident involving her
ex-husband Grant, and as his existing next of kin, they need her
help. Grant is missing up on the North York moors, but the Grant
Alice knew could barely be persuaded out on a walk around the
block. What on earth possessed him to go on a hike in the middle of
the night? Alice soon finds herself working with Grant's girlfriend
Jenna and Jenna's gorgeous 'Lord of the family Manor' brother Max,
to find out what has happened, and what caused Grant's accident at
The Fortune House - the spooky house out on the moors. The locals
tell all manner of ghoulish stories about The Fortune House, which
Alice is not minded to listen to. But before long, things take a
turn for the strange and Max and Alice have a new mystery to solve.
While all the while Alice can't help hoping she might meet the
requirements to be Max's 'Lady of the Manor' at his country pile,
Hatherleigh Hall. Mystery, mayhem, a manor house and a generous
serving of romance too, in the page-turning new novel from Jane
Lovering. Perfect for fans of Julie Houston, Beth O'Leary and Kate
Forster Praise for Jane Lovering: 'A funny, warm-hearted read,
filled with characters you'll love.' Matt Dunn on A Country Escape
What readers are saying about Jane Lovering: 'Jane Lovering knows
exactly how to write the perfect story. Her novels cover a
multitude of subjects, some a little more difficult than others,
but all are sensitively done with the most perfect endings. 'Jane
Lovering has that ability to choose exactly the right words and
images to make you laugh, with a wonderful touch of the ridiculous,
then moving seamlessly to a scene of such poignancy that it catches
your breath.' 'Fall in love with reading all over again with this
cracking tale from Jane Lovering. An excellent reminder, if one is
needed, of the absolute pleasure of losing yourself in a good
book.'
Watch out for a ghostly ship and its spectral crew off the coast of
Cornwall Listen for the unearthly tread and rustling silk dress of
Darlington's Lady Jarratt Shiver at the malevolent apparition of 50
Berkeley Square that no-one survives seeing England's past echoes
with stories of unquiet spirits and hauntings, of headless
highwaymen and grey ladies, indelible bloodstains and ghastly
premonitions. Here, county by county, are the nation's most
fascinating supernatural tales and bone-chilling legends: from a
ghostly army marching across Cumbria to the vanishing hitchhiker of
Bluebell Hill, from the gruesome Man-Monkey of Shropshire to the
phantom congregation who gather for a 'Sermon of the Dead' ...
In this second edition of over 230 ghostly photographs from
photographer Tim Scullion, view 114 brand-new images and read seven
new chapters that bring the hauntings of Williamsburg, Virginia,
alive. Continue along Scullion's paranormal odyssey to capture and
describe each apparition and the historical and paranormal
background of the eighteenth-century houses and buildings afflicted
to see what new observations have sprung forth from the world
"behind the curtain." Scullion has learned the secret to
consistently capturing the city's ghostly apparitions on camera.
You will see images that are beautiful, ugly, horrifying, and
bizarre, and that defy explanation. Are they ghosts, aliens,
angels, or demons? Take a look via digital technology as you peer
into a new world of the improbable, the unexplained, the
impossible, and the biggest mystery of our existence-life after
death!
The magnificent medieval city of Salisbury is steeped in history…
and hauntings. From unnerving accounts of apparitions to eerie
encounters with spirits, this book reveals the dark story of
Salisbury and its haunted hinterland. A whole host of ghostly
characters are said to haunt the area. Among those examined in
Haunted Salisbury are the ‘Demented Whist Player’ who still
walks the floors of the famous Haunch of Venison, and the tragic
lovesick ghost of Zeals House. Featuring some of the city’s
iconic buildings, and drawing on a variety of historical and
contemporary sources, this book will entertain everyone interested
in the city’s paranormal history. Read on… if you dare.
Standing on a lonely Perthshire road is the only historic monument
to a named witch in the whole of Britain. But did 'Maggie Wall'
actually exist? This book reveals the controversial truth for the
first time. Even more surprising results come from a quest to
uncover the reality of Perthshire's other famous witch, Kate
McNiven. Compiled by Perthshire's own paranormal specialist, writer
and researcher Geoff Holder, Paranormal Perthshire also presents
direct evidence for the big cats roaming the county, as well as
cataloguing the area's UFO sightings, digging into the story of the
Fairy Rock that halted a housing development and reassessing the
notorious Victorian scandal over Ballechin House, allegedly 'the
most haunted house in Scotland'. With contemporary eye-witness
accounts of ghosts, psychic episodes and encounters with
supernatural beings, as well as more than fifty photographs, this
book will delight all lovers of the mysterious and the paranormal.
From unexplained sightings to the search for evidence of ghosts,
this book contains a chilling range of spooky tales from Old and
New Stevenage and the surrounding area. Compiled by paranormal
historian Paul Adams, this collection features the restless phantom
of Henry Trigg, whose coffin still hangs from the roof of a local
bank; a spectral monk seen wandering the corridors of North
Hertfordshire College; the mysterious apparition of Lady's Wood;
and the extraordinary case of the Stevenage Poltergeist. Richly
illustrated and drawing on historical and contemporary sources,
Haunted Stevenage is guaranteed to make your blood run cold.
Gordon Smith, hailed as the UK's most accurate Spiritual Medium, is
respected internationally both for his ability to convey precise
messages from the Spirit World, filled with a level of detail that
astounds people, and also as one of the world's foremost teachers
of mediumship. In this fascinating updated edition of one of his
bestselling books, Gordon sheds light on: - how mediums and
psychics get their information - why spirits choose to communicate
with us - the truth about ghosts, poltergeists and hauntings -
out-of-body experiences and altered states of awareness -
re-incarnation and memories of past lives. While Gordon is the
first person to acknowledge that people's imagination, grief or
distress can affect their perceptions, and that charlatans and
frauds only add to the confusion, his incredible experiences and
research have inspired him with a passion to reveal what really
happens in the Spirit World. In The Unbelievable Truth, he lifts
the lid on these 'insider' topics with wit, insight and great
knowledge.
'Heather Atkinson is my no.1 author. She keeps you glued to her
books from beginning to end.' Edinburgh 1880. When Amy Osbourne's
parents are lost at sea, she is forced to leave her London home and
is sent to live with her aunt and uncle at the opposite end of the
country. Alardyce House is depressing and dreary, her aunt haughty
and cruel. Amy strikes up a friendship with her cousin Edward but
his older brother Henry is just as conceited as his mother, and a
mutual loathing develops between him and Amy. As her weeks of
mourning pass, the realisation begins to dawn on Amy that her aunt
has designs on her inheritance and the candidate she favours to be
her niece's husband fills Amy with horror. Struggling in this
strange, unwelcoming environment, Amy begins to suspect that
something isn't right at Alardyce House. There are rumours below
stairs of a monster on the loose, local women are being brutally
attacked and her cousin Henry is the prime suspect. Alardyce House
is full of dark secrets and Amy isn't sure who she can trust... If
you love Emily Organ, Kate Saunders and Ann Granger, you'll loveThe
Missing Girls of Alardyce House. Discover bestselling author
Heather Atkinson and you'll never look back... Please note this
book was previously published as Sins of a Father. What readers are
saying about Heather Atkinson: 'What a story. This book I think is
the best yet from Heather Atkinson and I have read all hers so
far.' 'Another brilliant book from Heather...she really is one the
best in the business. ' 'I have read ALL Heather Atkinson's books.
They are all fantastic.' 'I stumbled upon Heather's books and I'm
so glad I did, characters excellent and storylines are great, I
find myself searching the book stores for more of them to read the
minute I finish one.'
From heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, manifestations, and
supernatural phenomena, to first-hand encounters with phantoms,
spirits, and ghouls, this collection of spooky sightings from
around the city of Plymouth is guaranteed to make your blood run
cold. Richly illustrated with more than 100 pictures, "Haunted
Plymouth" contains a chilling range of tales. From the ghost of Sir
Francis Drake on Plymouth Hoe, poltergeist activity in one of the
city's Elizabethan inns and the shade of a lady in white at Widey
Court, to French prisoners of war at Devonport Dockyard and a
phantom pair of legs at a Mutley house, this gathering of ghostly
goings-on is bound to captivate everyone interested in the
paranormal history of Plymouth and will chill all but the sturdiest
of hearts.
Although the saying, 'Pigs might fly...' may bring a smile to one's
lips, even stranger things have been reported as appearing in
Britain's skies over the centuries. Eye-witnesses have testified
that various terrifying and bizarre forms have appeared in the
skies, from ghostly planes, phantom airships and UFOs, to reports
of sky serpents, celestial dragons, flying jellyfish, rains of fish
(or blood, or metal, or frogs...) - even reports of a griffin seen
over London! It also considers reports of haunted aircraft hangars
and airfields. Shadows in the Sky compiles hundreds of accounts
from the spine-chilling to the downright bizarre, that'll keep your
eyes fixed looking upwards!
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