Ghost Stories
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![800 Years of Haunted Liverpool - John Reppion 800 Years of Haunted Liverpool - John Reppion](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50397216656_40ea4ed84f_w.jpg)
800 Years of Haunted Liverpool – John Reppion
This creepy collection of true life tales takes the reader on a tour through the streets, cemeteries, alehouses, attics and docks of Liverpool. Drawing on historical and contemporary sources and containing many tales which have never before been published, it unearths a chilling range of supernatural phenomena, from the Grey Lady of Speke Hall to the ghost of John Lennon airport. Copiously illustrated with photographs, maps and drawings, this book will delight anyone with an ...
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![A Ghost a Day: 365 True Tales of the Spectral, Supernatural, and Just Plain Scary! - Wood Maureen, Kolek Ron A Ghost a Day: 365 True Tales of the Spectral, Supernatural, and Just Plain Scary! - Wood Maureen, Kolek Ron](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48675538253_35b1f90e92_n.jpg)
A Ghost a Day: 365 True Tales of the Spectral, Supernatural, and Just Plain Scary! – Wood Maureen, Kolek Ron
Can't get enough spooks, spirits, and specters? Now you'll never have to go a day without your ghoulish fix. This ghastly collection features some of the scariest stories of murder, revenge, and suicide ever told-and the spirits that haunt their place for all time. As a truly unique convention, each story directly relates to the specific day on which it's found. You'll find shocking stories of: Sightings of the spectral SS Valencia that was lost ...
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![Fear the Reaper: Americaâs Rural Mysteries, Hauntings and Horrors - Troy Taylor, Reneâ Kruse Fear the Reaper: Americaâs Rural Mysteries, Hauntings and Horrors - Troy Taylor, Reneâ Kruse](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48425080731_5b8caab67d_n.jpg)
Fear the Reaper: Americaâs Rural Mysteries, Hauntings and Horrors – Troy Taylor, Reneâ Kruse
The âDead Men Do Tell Talesâ series returns with a nightmarish journey into America's heartland in search of terrifying, gruesome and heartbreaking takes of murder, mayhem and ghosts! Far away from the bright lights of the big cities, such tales of depravity, violence and murder seem far removed from what appeared to be the peaceful countryside of the âgood olâ days.â But those days were often far from good, as killers, psychopaths and rapists often ...
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![Ghost Tracks - Cheryl A. Wicks, Lorraine Warren, Ed Warren Ghost Tracks - Cheryl A. Wicks, Lorraine Warren, Ed Warren](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48573007976_74c88e075a_n.jpg)
Ghost Tracks – Cheryl A. Wicks, Lorraine Warren, Ed Warren
Just beyond the shadows, in the twilight space between life and death, lies the place where ghosts, demons, and otherworldly horrors tread. For most people, this place is something to be encountered only in their worst nightmares, but for Ed and Lorraine Warren, it is home. As the founders of the New England Society of Psychic Research, the Warrens are the world's most renowned experts in the paranormal, investigating thousands of supernatural events in their ...
![Ghosts of Gettysburg: Spirits, Apparitions and Haunted Places on the Battlefield - Mark Nesbitt Ghosts of Gettysburg: Spirits, Apparitions and Haunted Places on the Battlefield - Mark Nesbitt](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48542327417_a001b0f12a_n.jpg)
Ghosts of Gettysburg: Spirits, Apparitions and Haunted Places on the Battlefield – Mark Nesbitt
The print version of this first volume in the "Ghosts of Gettysburg" book series was released in October 1991, and established Gettysburg as the mecca for all thrill-seekers. Combining history and mystery, in this initial volume, Mr. Nesbitt focuses on the early ghost-lore of Gettysburg, along with some more current ghostly happenings. Included are the timeless stories of the woman in white, the surgeons of Old Dorm, the ghosts of Devil's Den, the Blue Boy, ...
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![Haunted England: The Penguin Book of Ghosts- Jennifer Westwood Haunted England: The Penguin Book of Ghosts- Jennifer Westwood](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4849/46121292885_d28159a120.jpg)
Haunted England: The Penguin Book of Ghosts- Jennifer Westwood & Jacqueline Simpson
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 Beware the black dog of Shap Fell: a sighting warns of fatal accidents England's past echoes with stories of unquiet spirits and hauntings, of headless highwaymen and grey ladies, indelible bloodstains and ghastly premonitions ...
![Haunted Selves, Haunting Places in English Literature and Culture: 1800âPresent - Julian Wolfreys Haunted Selves, Haunting Places in English Literature and Culture: 1800âPresent - Julian Wolfreys](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7804/47080539141_68777ecd9b_n.jpg)
Haunted Selves, Haunting Places in English Literature and Culture: 1800âPresent – Julian Wolfreys
Haunted Selves, Haunting Places in English Literature and Culture offers a series of readings of poetry, the novel and other forms of art and cultural expression, to explore the relationship between subject and landscape, self and place. Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach grounded in close reading, the text places Jacques Derridaâs work on spectrality in dialogue with particular aspects of phenomenology. The volume explores writing and culture from the 1880s to the present day, proceeding through ...
![Haunted: On Ghosts, Witches, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Monsters of the Natural and Supernatural Worlds - Leo Braudy Haunted: On Ghosts, Witches, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Monsters of the Natural and Supernatural Worlds - Leo Braudy](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/40740233193_ec36fd7896_n.jpg)
Haunted: On Ghosts, Witches, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Monsters of the Natural and Supernatural Worlds – Leo Braudy
An award-winning scholar and author charts four hundred years of monsters and how they reflect the culture that created them Leo Braudy, a finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, has won accolades for revealing the complex and constantly shifting history behind seemingly unchanging ideas of fame, war, and masculinity. Continuing his interest in the history of emotion, this book explores how fear has been shaped into images ...
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![Kwaidan: Ghost Stories and Strange Tales of Old Japan - Lafcadio Hearn Kwaidan: Ghost Stories and Strange Tales of Old Japan - Lafcadio Hearn](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48425267532_60b7f748d2_n.jpg)
Kwaidan: Ghost Stories and Strange Tales of Old Japan – Lafcadio Hearn
This collection of Japanese supernatural stories is a classic work in the field of Japanese horror. Known primarily as an early interpreter of Japanese culture and customs, the famous writer Lafcadio Hearn also wrote ghost storiesâ"delicate, transparent, ghostly sketches"âabout his adopted land. Many of the stories found in Kwaidan, "stories and studies of strange things," are based on Japanese tales told long ago to him by his wife; others possibly have a Chinese origin. All ...
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![Macabre Montreal: Ghostly Tales, Ghastly Events, and Gruesome True Stories - Mark Leslie & Shayna Krishnasamy Macabre Montreal: Ghostly Tales, Ghastly Events, and Gruesome True Stories - Mark Leslie & Shayna Krishnasamy](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50613217786_874dd16e15_w.jpg)
Macabre Montreal: Ghostly Tales, Ghastly Events, and Gruesome True Stories – Mark Leslie & Shayna Krishnasamy
A collection of ghost stories, eerie encounters, and gruesome tales from one of Canadaâs most interesting cities.Montreal is a city steeped in history and culture, but just beneath the pristine surface of this world-class city lie unsettling tales of uncanny phenomena, dark deeds, haunted buildings, and forgotten graveyards. The dark of night reveals buried secrets, alleyways that echo with the footsteps of ghostly spectres, and memories of ghastly murders and unspeakable acts that will make ...
![Medieval Ghost Stories: An Anthology of Miracles, Marvels and Prodigies - Andrew Joynes Medieval Ghost Stories: An Anthology of Miracles, Marvels and Prodigies - Andrew Joynes](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/40740281893_29af6a2303_n.jpg)
Medieval Ghost Stories: An Anthology of Miracles, Marvels and Prodigies – Andrew Joynes
Stories of spirits returning from the afterlife are as old as storytelling: accounts of ghosts and revenants which have crossed the mysterious border between the living and the dead are a dominant theme in many cultures, and in medieval Europe ghosts, nightstalkers, wild hunts and unearthly visitors from parallel worlds have figured in stories already in circulation before the coming of Christianity. Medieval Ghost Stories is a collection of ghostly occurrences from the eighth to ...
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![Our haunted lives : true life ghost encounters - Jeff Belanger Our haunted lives : true life ghost encounters - Jeff Belanger](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48686438458_e283673c63_n.jpg)
Our haunted lives : true life ghost encounters – Jeff Belanger
Ghosts cross every culture and continent, and the belief in their existence is on the rise. Our Haunted Lives features the stories of dozens of people who have witnessed the supernatural firsthand in their homes, at work, and in numerous other locations. It explores the profound nature of ghosts and spirits. Through personal interviews, the author captures the many different facets of experience - the touching, where people come in contact with a loved one ...
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![Real Ghost And Paranormal Stories From India - Sharma Shalu Real Ghost And Paranormal Stories From India - Sharma Shalu](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50593570407_d10652c4bb_w.jpg)
Real Ghost And Paranormal Stories From India – Sharma Shalu
India is not just a nation of Gods and Goddesses but also of ghosts and evil spirits. We believe in them very strongly. These real life paranormal and ghost stories from India are not intended to scare anyone but to narrate a set of events that have occurred in real life and ponder upon why certain things happen without any logical explanation. They are supposed to be a collection of events that have occurred in ...
![Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places - Brad Steiger Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places - Brad Steiger](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48428842237_0ca1a1f1cf_n.jpg)
Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places – Brad Steiger
The culmination of Brad Steigerâs 50 years of paranormal research, this book is a bold telling of true ghost stories and firstperson encounters with the supernatural. Arranged topically, it covers every sort of ghost and haunting: poltergeists, shadow beings, and phantoms alongside haunted apartments, hotels, and trains. From ghosts that still haunt Ohioâs State Reformatory, otherwise known as Shawshank, to Abe Lincolnâs regular consultation with mediums, this compendium delves into the true scary stories from ...
![Real Police Ghost Stories True Tales of the Paranormal as Told by Cops and Other Law Enforcement Officials - Zachery Knowles Real Police Ghost Stories True Tales of the Paranormal as Told by Cops and Other Law Enforcement Officials - Zachery Knowles](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50450334878_64ed776e37_w.jpg)
Real Police Ghost Stories True Tales of the Paranormal as Told by Cops and Other Law Enforcement Officials – Zachery Knowles
âPolice! Who goes there?â the cry goes out as a shaking torchlight illuminates a ghostly figure. The figure hangs for a moment then disappears and the officer is changed forever. Suddenly, a world that made sense has been turned upside down and the terrified family who first called the police remains uncomforted. This family is not alone though, for all over the world, police officers come in contact with the strange and the paranormal. If ...
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![Spirits of Place - Alan Moore Spirits of Place - Alan Moore](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50397392947_ec156de03d_n.jpg)
Spirits of Place – Alan Moore
Stories are embedded in the world around us; in metal, in brick, in concrete, and in wood. In the very earth beneath our feet. Our history surrounds us and the tales we tell, true or otherwise, are always rooted in what has gone before. The spirits of place are the echoes of people, of events, of ideas which have become imprinted upon a location, for better or for worse. They are the genii loci of ...
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![The Face in the Window and Other Alabama Ghostlore – Alan Brown The Face in the Window and Other Alabama Ghostlore – Alan Brown](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49808723897_56afe655b5_w.jpg)
The Face in the Window and Other Alabama Ghostlore – Alan Brown
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![The Haunted: A Social History of Ghosts - Owen Davies The Haunted: A Social History of Ghosts - Owen Davies](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48425276526_2ccf0e9035_n.jpg)
The Haunted: A Social History of Ghosts – Owen Davies
The Haunted: A Social History of Ghosts by Owen Davies was first published in England in 2007. A paperback was released in the United States in 2009. The Haunted is not a traditional or linear history. Davies looks at trends spanning several centuries, from the Reformation to the present day. By exploring these trends, he hopes to explain how and why England has become so âhaunted.â Debates over ghost belief reveal much about Englandâs social ...
The Mystery of the Ghosts of Flight 401 – Kathryn Walker & Brian Innes
Why would the ghosts of two crewmen who died in a 1972 air crash in the Everglades appear to other aircrafts flying the same route? This book tells the stories of the people who believe they have met these ghosts of the airways! READ ONLINE: THIS CONTENT IS SHOWN ONLY TO AUTHORIZED MEMBERS. IT IS HIDDEN FROM EVERYONE ELSE. Click Here to Read or Download : The Mystery of the Ghosts of Flight 401 - ...
![The Oxford book of Victorian ghost stories - Michael Cox The Oxford book of Victorian ghost stories - Michael Cox](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50404283412_722e3002fb_w.jpg)
The Oxford book of Victorian ghost stories – Michael Cox
The Victorians excelled at telling ghost stories. In an age of rapid scientific progress, the idea of a vindictive past able to reach out and violate the present held a special potential for terror. Throughout the nineteenth century, fictional ghost stories developed in parallel with the more general Victorian fascination with death and what lay beyond it. Though they were as much a part of the cultural and literary fabric of the age as imperial ...
![The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce - Newton Michael The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce - Newton Michael](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50593619982_617af888e4_w.jpg)
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories From Elizabeth Gaskell to Ambrose Bierce – Newton Michael
"The ghost is the most enduring figure in supernatural fiction. He is absolutely indestructible. . . . He changes with the styles in fiction but he never goes out of fashion. He is the really permanent citizen of the earth, for mortals, at best, are but transients." âDorothy Scarborough This new selection of ghost stories, by Michael Newton, brings together the best of the genre. From Elizabeth Gaskell's "The Old Nurse's Story" through to Edith ...
![The Spectralities Reader: Ghosts and Haunting in Contemporary Cultural Theory - Maria del Pilar Blanco & Esther Peeren The Spectralities Reader: Ghosts and Haunting in Contemporary Cultural Theory - Maria del Pilar Blanco & Esther Peeren](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48425324752_727e842173_n.jpg)
The Spectralities Reader: Ghosts and Haunting in Contemporary Cultural Theory – Maria del Pilar Blanco & Esther Peeren
Ghosts, spirits, and specters have played important roles in narratives throughout history and across nations and cultures. A watershed moment for this area of study was the publication of Derrida's Specters of Marx in 1993, marking the inauguration of a "spectral turn" in cultural criticism. Gathering together the most compelling texts of the past twenty years, the editors transform the field of spectral studies with this first ever reader, employing the ghost as an analytical ...
![True Ghost Stories ': Real Demonic Possessions and Exorcisms - Zachery Knowles True Ghost Stories ': Real Demonic Possessions and Exorcisms - Zachery Knowles](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50604866918_d93b620e16_w.jpg)
True Ghost Stories ‘: Real Demonic Possessions and Exorcisms – Zachery Knowles
Looking for a Scare? Then Read These 13 Spine-chilling Stories Within these pages, you will find eyewitness stories unlike anything youâve read before. You will experience the terror, the helplessness, the loss of control, and the torment felt by those who have fallen prey to the dark powers in this worldâthe demon possessed. The symptoms of demonic possessions manifest themselves in many waysâconvulsions, bite marks appearing from nothing, and levitation are all common. The victims ...
![True Ghost Stories and Hauntings, Book 1: Chilling Stories of Poltergeists, Unexplained Phenomenon, and Haunted Houses -Simon Murik True Ghost Stories and Hauntings, Book 1: Chilling Stories of Poltergeists, Unexplained Phenomenon, and Haunted Houses -Simon Murik](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48876059268_464195f010_n.jpg)
True Ghost Stories and Hauntings, Book 1: Chilling Stories of Poltergeists, Unexplained Phenomenon, and Haunted Houses -Simon Murik
Be afraid. This unusual collection of true ghost stories and hauntings has been put together by Simon B. Murik, who is the son of a long line of mediums and sensitives originally from Eastern Europe. Many of the stories come from his own experiences, while others have been contributed by family members and those who have shared paranormal experiences and unexplained phenomenon with him. Here is a sampling of some of stories you will find ...
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![Unbelievable: Investigations into Ghosts, Poltergeists, Telepathy, and Other Unseen Phenomena, from the Duke Parapsychology Laboratory - Stacy Horn Unbelievable: Investigations into Ghosts, Poltergeists, Telepathy, and Other Unseen Phenomena, from the Duke Parapsychology Laboratory - Stacy Horn](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4858/46112650995_b4c71b8296_n.jpg)
Unbelievable: Investigations into Ghosts, Poltergeists, Telepathy, and Other Unseen Phenomena, from the Duke Parapsychology Laboratory – Stacy Horn
From The Sixth Sense to Medium, Ghost Whisperer to Ghost Hunters, the paranormal stirs heated debate, spawning millions of believers and skeptics alike. Nearly half of us say we believe in ghosts, and two-thirds of us believe in life after death. What would you make of rain barrels that refill themselves? Psychic horses? Mind-reading Cold War spies? For a group of scientists at the Duke Parapsychology Lab under the leadership of Dr. J. B. Rhineâconsidered ...
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![Vineyard Supernatural : True Ghost Stories from Americas Most Haunted Island - Holly Nadler Vineyard Supernatural : True Ghost Stories from Americas Most Haunted Island - Holly Nadler](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50613252366_884090d05d_w.jpg)
Vineyard Supernatural : True Ghost Stories from Americas Most Haunted Island – Holly Nadler
Holly Nadler, the ghost lady of Martha's Vineyard, won lots of attention for her collections of ghostly accounts on the island in Haunted Island. Now, in her second volume, Nadler brings her sassiness and spunk to investigating and delivering the dirt on even more eerie happenings on an island that is home to the rich, famous â and, yes, the otherworldly. In fact, she says, Martha's Vineyard is America's most haunted island. Read Online : ...
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![Wicked Northern Illinois: The Dark Side of the Prairie State - Troy Taylor Wicked Northern Illinois: The Dark Side of the Prairie State - Troy Taylor](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48370782952_0d29ba23c4_n.jpg)
Wicked Northern Illinois: The Dark Side of the Prairie State – Troy Taylor
From the secrets of Joliet Penitentiary to the ferocious gunfights between the Ku Klux Klan and the Shelton Gang, Troy Taylor takes the measure of the dishonest sweat and innocent blood poured into the prairies of Northern Illinois. Meet the "fallen angels" of Decatur's red-light district, the Springfield counterfeiters who bungled stealing Lincoln's bones and the Aurora man who propped up his porch with the heads of his wife and brother-in-law. And if you dare, ...