Paranormal County Durham

Paranormal County Durham

Author: Darren W. Ritson

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2012-06-15

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 1445629968

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A fabulous collection of ghostly hauntings in Durham.


Ghostly County Durham

Ghostly County Durham

Author: Rob Kirkup

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2010-02-23

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 075095244X

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From reports of haunted castles, hotels, public houses, and even a prisoner of war camp, to heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, poltergeists and related supernatural phenomena, Ghostly County Durham investigates over twenty of the most haunted locations in the area today. Drawing on historical and contemporary sources, this selection includes a club-footed monk at Finchdale Priory, the Singing Lady Cauldron Snout, as well as a collection of spectres that call Durham Castle home — including a shadowy figure which haunts the Black Staircase. Illustrated with sixty photographs, together with access details for each location, this book is sure to appeal all those interested in finding out more about the area's haunted heritage.


Ghosts of the Triangle

Ghosts of the Triangle

Author: Richard Jackson

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2009-08-31

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 1625843453

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A hub of research and technology, North Carolina’s tri-city region is built on the bones of a haunted past that’s brought to life in twisted tales. The Research Triangle is a place of renowned progress and technology, but its three cities also boast a long and rich heritage, complete with many important historic sites where the past lingers a little too closely. From the otherworldly music at the Carolina Inn to the sound of laughter echoing in the old morgue at Watts Hospital to the image of men swinging from ropes in Hannah’s Creek Swamp, the ghosts of the Triangle continue to make their presence known throughout the region. Join local brothers Richard and William Jackson as they trace the history behind these spine-tingling tales. Includes photos!


Paranormal North East

Paranormal North East

Author: Darren W. Ritson

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2009-08-15

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 1445630087

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The first book to explore, in depth, the complete range of paranormal phenomena reported throughout England's North East in modern times.


County Durham Folk Tales

County Durham Folk Tales

Author: Adam Bushnell

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2017-10-20

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 0750986050

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Storyteller and author Adam Bushnell brings together stories from the rugged coastlines, limestone cliffs, remote moorland, pastoral dales and settled coalfields of County Durham. In this treasure trove of tales you will meet the evil fairies of Weardale, the shape-changing witch from Easington, the Bishop Auckland boar, the Dun Cow from Durham City and many other characters – all as fantastical and powerful as the landscape they inhabit. Retold in an engaging style, and richly illustrated with unique line drawings, these humorous, clever and enchanting folk tales are sure to be enjoyed and shared time and again.


Paranormal Case Files of Great Britain (Volume 2)

Paranormal Case Files of Great Britain (Volume 2)

Author: Malcolm Robinson

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2016-12-16

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 1326874225

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Here in the follow up to Paranormal Case Files of Great Britain (Volume 1) Malcolm Robinson continues to provide the public with some astonishing ghostly and paranormal encounters. The book is jam packed with tale after tale of people's own harrowing ghostly experiences. Malcolm also provides the reader with the best case of paranormal activity that he personally has encountered, (The Chingford Séance) All in all, this book is packed to the gunnels with accounts that will simply stand the hair up on the back of your neck!


Ghosts at Christmas

Ghosts at Christmas

Author: Darren W. Ritson

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2011-09-16

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 075247104X

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From Charles Dickens' famous A Christmas Carol to Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, the festive season has long been closely associated with ghostly tales. In this fascinating work Darren W. Ritson looks not only at the fictional treatment of Christmas ghosts but also at a host of true-life stories from across the country. Featuring accounts of unexplained phenomena, apparitions and poltergeists from across the country, and including the story of Christmas Eve Kitty in Blackpool, the Carlisle Devil Dog, the ghost children of Bramber Castle, and the skulls of Calgarth Hall this book is will delight anyone interested in the paranormal. Drawing on historical and contemporary sources and illustrated with over seventy images, this collection of spine-chilling tales will entertain and terrify in equal measure and is guaranteed to spice up the festive season.


Newcastle East Through Time

Newcastle East Through Time

Author: Darren W. Ritson

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2012-08-15

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1445629682

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This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Newcastle East has changed and developed over the last century


Paranormal Middlesbrough and Teesside

Paranormal Middlesbrough and Teesside

Author: Steve Watson

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2024-09-15

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 1398114529

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A fabulous collection of ghostly hauntings in Middlesbrough and Teesside. These tales of haunted places, supernatural happenings and weird phenomena will delight the ghost hunters.


Ghosts & Gallows

Ghosts & Gallows

Author: Paul Adams

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2012-07-01

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 0752477358

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Murder and ghosts go hand-in-hand and vengeful spectres seeking justice or haunting the scene of the crime or their killers have adorned the pages of literature since before Shakespeare. This chilling collection of true-crime tales dating from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day all feature some element of the paranormal. Gathered from across the UK, cases include the discovery of a body by a spiritualist medium, a murder solved by a dream of the mother of the victim, and evidence at a Scottish murder trial provided by the ghost of the victim herself. Featuring visions, psychometry, ghosts, haunted prisons, possessions, and spiritualist detectives, this book is a fascinating look at criminology and ghost hunting.Paranormal historian Paul Adams has opened the case files of both the criminologist and the ghost hunter to compile a unique collection of crime from British history. No true-crime bookshelf is complete without Ghosts & Gallows.