Book description
This giant collection includes a huge range of 20th-century
first-hand accounts of hauntings, such as the American troops who
repeatedly saw the ghosts of a dead platoon of men while on patrol in
Vietnam; and the witnessed haunting of a house near Tintagel in
Cornwall that led actress Kate Winslet to pull out of buying the property.
It covers the full spectrum of credible hauntings, from
poltergeists (the noisy, dangerous and frightening spirits that are
usually associated with pubescent girls, like the Bell Witch), to
phantoms (like the Afrits of Saudi Arabia) and seduction
spirits (such as the Lorelei , which have lured German men to death).
Also included are the notes of the most famous ghost hunters of
the twentieth century such as Hans Holzer, Susy Smith (USA); Harry
Price, Jenny Randles (UK); Joyce Zwarycz (Australia), Eric Rosenthal
(South Africa), and Hwee Tan (Japan).
Plus essays by such names as Robert Graves, Edgar Cayce, and M.
R. James outlining their own -- often extraordinary -- conclusions as
to just what ghosts might be; along with a full bibliography and list
of useful resources.
Praise for MBO Haunted House Stories :
'A first rate list of contributors ... Hair raising!' Time
Out
'All we need say is buy it.' Starlog
