Download or read book Haunted Hertfordshire written by Ruth Stratton and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Gazetteer of British Ghosts written by Peter Underwood and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gazetteer of British Ghosts written by Adam Underwood and published by Peter Underwood. This book was released on with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique reference book and guide to the ghost population of the British Isles covers a subject that fascinates and, at the same time, terrifies mankind. The ghosts of Britain are numerous. Here for the first time, catalogued and placed in alphabetical order, are well over two-hundred accounts of ghostly happenings - ranging from the legendary to the factually presented and the scientifically investigated. Included are details not only of such famous haunted houses as Borley and Bettiscombe, Hampton Court and Hinton Ampner, Glamis and Great Bealings, but also lesser known hauntings such as those associated with Woburn, the Gargoyle Theatre in Soho, St. Albans and Bury St. Edmunds. The author has also assembled a wealth of new material pertaining to such hauntings as those at Sandringham, Thames Ditton, Penzance, Greenwich and Grantchester. Every entry ends with a nearby recommended hotel. Gazetteer of British Ghosts represents the results of a quarter of a century of study and on the spot investigation by one of the leading authorities on haunted houses alive today. A full bibliography details all the best books dealing with true ghostly experiences, selected from the author’s library which is considered to be the most extensive private collection of such books.
Download or read book Ghost Tours of Hertfordshire and Essex written by Jenni Kemp and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2019-05-31 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghosts are ubiquitous! This guide has 62 tours, which incorporate over 280 towns and villages, and more than 800 sites. Directions are given in each tour to enable the investigator to find the sites. Map references have been included using Ordnance Survey Maps, together with the map numbers, to enable the investigator to find the haunted sites. The purpose of the guide is to enable the enthusiast to seek and observe. There are notes of interest and history notes as the counties are awash with fascinating stories and legends. So decide which tour you are going to tackle first. You may wish to meet the phantom army at Thundridge Church ruins, the screaming woman in Water Lane, Bishop’s Stortford, the Witchfinder General, Mathew Hopkins at Manningtree, or maybe the ghostly monks carrying a coffin at Belchamp Walter.
Download or read book Haunted Stevenage written by Paul Adams and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Haunted Bishop s Stortford written by Jenni Kemp and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2015-09-07 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a spectral horse and carriage heard galloping along Church Street to unexplained sightings of the market town’s mysterious Grey Lady, this collection of hauntings from Bishop’s Stortford is guaranteed to make your blood run cold. Featured here are reports of a shrieking woman in Water Lane, the ghost of a Victorian child at the Black Lion pub, an ominous black shape in the graveyard of St Michael’s church, and even a phantom army from the days of Cromwell, among many others. So draw the curtains, dim the lights, choose your favourite chair and immerse yourself in a journey into the realms of the supernatural.
Download or read book Gazetteer of Scottish and Irish Ghosts written by Peter Underwood and published by Peter Underwood. This book was released on 1973 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gazetteer of Scottish and Irish Ghosts is the first comprehensive collection of ghostly legends and modern reports of ghosts and hauntings through the Highlands, Lowlands and Isles of Scotland and the whole of Ireland. Here are such varied phenomena as the ‘big grey man of Ben MacDhui’ - the haunted mountain vouched for by professors, doctors and mountaineers of considerable standing; or the curious disturbances at the Edinburgh home of Sir Alexander Seton - subsequent to his wife’s removing an ancient bone from an Egyptian tomb. Do you know where a vampire lurks in the shadows of a ruined church? Where giant footsteps cause panic to hardened climbers? Where the red glow of battle shines annually? Where corpses whisper? These and many other strange stories, legends and authentic accounts of ghostly happenings have been catalogued alphabetically for easy reference. In addition to presenting a profusion of fascinating reports from the towns and valleys, lochs and lakes, mountains and rivers, historic castles and houses of these lovely countries, Peter Underwood draws on his twenty-five years of study and practical investigation to describe a rich patchwork of reported happenings that cannot be explained in material or scientific terms. All in all, A Gazetteer of Scottish and Irish Ghosts provides a unique reference book and guide to the ghost population of these lands. The result of many years study, it is a worthy successor to the earlier Gazetteer of British Ghosts by the same author.
Download or read book Haunted St Albans written by Paul Adams and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St Albans is a city steeped in history, a place of former martyrs, Roman legions, battles, bloodshed ... and ghosts. Here the paranormal history of this remarkable area is brought vividly to life in the first dedicated guide to its unique haunted heritage that presents true encounters with the world of the strange and the unseen. Paranormal historian Paul Adams opens case files both ancient and modern to compile a chilling collection of supernatural experiences – the much haunted St Albans Cathedral where phantom monks have been seen in daylight and the fighting ghosts of Battlefield House and the legless apparition of a long-dead butler are just some of the unnerving experiences that await the reader.
Download or read book The A Z of British Ghosts written by Peter Underwood and published by Bounty Books. This book was released on 2002-06-19 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide contains over 200 accounts of ghostly happenings throughout Britain, ranging from the legendary, to real-life experiences. Every entry includes the address of a nearby hotel to assist people planning an overnight stay near a haunted site.
Download or read book What a Liberty written by Graham R. Irwin and published by CityScape Books. This book was released on 2004-10 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the parish of Brickendon Liberty, Hertfordshire, including the village of Brickendon and the hamlet of Wormley West End. Illustrated with over 26 photographs.
Download or read book Two Haunted Counties written by Tony Broughall and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Haunted Hertford written by Ruth Stratton and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-05-30 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating book, enriched by archive photographs from private collections, contains a terrifying assortment of true-life tales from Hertford and its surrounding villages. Featuring stories of unexplained phenomena, phantoms and poltergeists – including a blood-soaked policewoman seen in a mirror, the numerous ghosts of Haileybury College, and spectral Cromwellian soldiers – discover what lurks in the shadows of this historically rich county town. Drawing on historical and contemporary sources, and accounts which have never before been published, Haunted Hertford is sure to enthral everyone interested in the supernatural history of the area.
Download or read book Haunted Hertfordshire written by Ruth Stratton and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-08-12 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most extensive and complete Hertfordshire ghost guide, packed with over 500 stories. Completely revised and updated with many new stories, this latest ghostly gazetteer boasts a bumper collection of Hertfordshire's ghost tales from five centuries of documentary sources as well as contemporary accounts from the people experiencing ghostly phenomena today. Illustrated by dozens of rare and evocative pictures, this new edition includes diary dates of regular hauntings and a gazetteer of haunted inns; perfect for the active ghost hunter as well as the armchair historian alike. Read about grey ladies, poltergeists, floating ghosts, a haunted bed, phantom monks and Civil War wraiths from nearly every town and village in the county. Whatever your belief in ghosts, this book will leave you entertained and chilled and with a much richer knowledge of Hertfordshire and its haunted history.
Download or read book Gazetteer of British Ghosts written by Peter Underwood and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic A-Z guide to over 200 uncanny accounts of ghostly happenings throughout Britain, ranging from the legendary to real life experiences, written by the late renowned 'ghost hunter' Peter Underwood - President and Chief Investigator of the world-famous Ghost Club for over thirty years.First published in 1971, and republished under the title 'The A-Z of British Ghosts' in the 1990s, this work represents the first attempt to offer a systematic survey of uncanny accounts of ghostly happenings throughout Britain, ranging from legendary to real-life experiences. And it can now be read in conjunction with a Google Map upon which every site has been marked, as well as 'The Ghostly Gazetteer', a WordPress blog dedicated to hunting down illustrations to all 236 of them.This newly revised edition has been updated with information about the current status of each site, and each account has been further revised for greater clarity and ease of reading, following in Underwood's footsteps in terms of his style, as well as in his aim of making each account as interesting and readable to the reader as possible.You can read about famous haunted houses such as Borley Rectory, Hampton Court and Glamis Castle, as well as lesser known hauntings such as those associated with Woburn, Bury St Edmunds, and the Gargoyle Theatre in London's Soho.This new edition also includes a foreword by Underwood's son Christopher, as well as an afterword by author Alan Williams, followed an interview Williams conducted with Underwood in 1997.'I read Peter Underwood, book after book, year after year and I hope that I am able to make my own readers feel that way about my own.' - Alan Williams, author of The Seance Parlour (2013)'Every single entry has been reconsidered for today's readership - to bring Underwood's original accounts into the present - to enliven them and carry on his original endeavour to present them to the reader in the most accessible and readable way' - Adam Underwood - Editor of the 'Revised Edition'
Download or read book Peter Underwood s Guide to Ghosts and Haunted Places written by Peter Underwood and published by Peter Underwood. This book was released on 1996 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Underwood's Guide to Ghosts and Haunted Places is based on 50 years' expert study and investigation. The result is a unique exploration of the world go ghosts, apparitions and psychic phenomena which draws on a wealth of cases personally investigated by the author. Illustrated with photographs, this fascinating book examines the enormous variety of ghostly activity from both sides of the Atlantic and discusses all the available evidence. Included are chilling tales of numerous haunted places including castles, stately homes, churches, theatres, pubs, prisons, hospitals, battlefields, even trees and roads. There are bizarre cases of unexplained aerial phenomena and strange happenings surrounding inanimate objects. Also examined are stories of ghost animals and the extraordinary accounts of time-slips, cyclic ghosts and poltergeists. If you want to satisfy your curiosity about the subject or simply enjoy a riveting read, Peter Underwood's Guide to Ghosts and Haunted Places is the book for you.
Download or read book Ghosts of Hampshire The Isle of Wight written by Peter Underwood and published by Peter Underwood. This book was released on 1983 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Underwood, an acknowledged expert and experienced investigator of haunted houses, presents a selection of hauntings throughout Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. This guide contains an evocative collection of material concerning inexplicable supernatural experiences in these regions stretching across vast swathes of time. Delve into Bramshott near Liphook, where, ’in the lush and quiet meadow beside the slow-flowing stream, Mistress Elizabeth Butler is said to have been so unhappy that she drowned herself in 1745 and her ghost walks beside the water’. Discover Ashey Down near Brading, where two local residents once ‘found themselves in the middle of the biggest mystery of their lives…’. Or find out about Arreton Manor, an early Jacobean Manor steeped in history and dates back to as early as 1872, which is said to be haunted by the ghost of Annabel…
Download or read book Nights in Haunted Houses written by Peter Underwood and published by Peter Underwood. This book was released on 1994 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eerie quiet and disorientating darkness of the night have long been associated with the terror of the unknown. In the cold light of day it is all too easy for sceptics to dismiss apparently inexplicable events but in the dead of night, when faced with the evidence of their senses and those of other perfectly rational people, it is far more difficult to ignore the facts - however disturbing they may be. Peter Underwood is Britain's leading ghost hunter. For over thirty years, in his position as President and Chief Investigator of the Ghost Club of Great Britain, he was actively involved in undertaking night vigils and carrying out research into ghosts and paranormal activity in controlled, scientific conditions. In this unique volume of largely unpublished accounts of nocturnal investigations, he guides son a chilling tour of the most haunted houses in Great Britain. Among others, we encounter the headless Blue Lady and disturbing inexplicable odour of lavender of Bovey House in Devon; the happy spirits monk of Bromfield Manor, Shropshire, who chuckles with delight when noticed; and the strange disembodied voices, footsteps and unnatural coldness of Newark Park, Gloucestershire. In Nights in Haunted Houses Peter Underwood vividly records terrifying accounts of ghostly encounters in locations as diverse as a farmhouse, a church, a castle and a council house, and builds a convincing catalogue of evidence for the existence of ghosts.
