Guide to Ghosts and Haunted Places

From Britain's foremost parapsychologist and ghost hunter comes this fascinating volume on ghosts and hauntings, covering a variety of perspectives and some of the many cases of hauntings the author has witnessed and explored from those which can be passed off as hoaxes or tricks of the imagination to those which genuinely can only be explained by being recognized as paranormal phenomena. Repeated sightings of ghosts and recurring events by multiple witnesses at different times, places and dimensions, in haunted houses, castles,roads, historic sites, theatres, churches, inns, trees and ponds. The investigation is thorough and the reading is both chilling in parts but always compelling and convincing. Includes sightings of famous people, cases of poltergeists and recurring replays of events involving suffering and high emotion, time slips and psyclic ghosts. Often ghosts with messages. Fascinating account such as that of St Thomas's Hospital in London where patients experienced a visit of a kindly nurse dressed in the uniform of a century before, and unknown to the other nurses, always shortly before death. Or of tress avoided by vagrants and visitors to the parks where they were, because of a feeling of doom and sometimes resulting in deaths of those who did sleep under the tree. A First world War by-plane that succeeded in scuppering and often downing Nazi planes during the Battle of Britain and the many different sightings of the ghosts of Nazi soldiers in the Channel Islands which was the only part of Britain during World War II under German occupation. both a guide and an encyclopedia, indispensable for anyone with any interest in ghosts and the supernatural.

Peter Underwood is without a doubt the greatest guide in the world for ghost hunters. With his 41st effort, the Life President of the Ghost Club Society leads us through the world's most fascinating paranormal cases. From the most famous investigations like Borley and Enfield, to the more obscure mysteries of Pumphrey Australia and Little Baldwin Creek in Oregon, Underwood takes us around the world in search of phantoms. It is an exciting tour! Underwood has a personable style that allows him to become friends with most readers. Lots of photos, a bibliography, and a detailed index make this a must for the novice ghost hunter or the most experienced researcher.

Peter Underwood is acknowledged as the worlds leading authority and writer on the paranormal, those who read this book will understand why. Mr Underwood avoids sensationalism and goes to the very heart of the worlds haunted history, adhering to the facts and substantiated accounts of ghost visitations the reader is provided with the raw details to decide for his/her self whether ghosts walk amongst us. Believer and sketic will agree on one thing, this book is a great read.