Product Description

The British Isles must be amongst the most spectrally populous parts of the world, and this book is a must for anyone interested in the ranks of dismembered, decapitated spectres that inhabit the country's stately homes and blasted heaths.Region by region, renowned ghost-seeker Richard Jones reveals, explains and delights in the tales of tortured phantoms eager to restage their dark and turbulent past. They are all included here, from the ghostly legionaries that tramp the long-buried streets of Roman York to the malevolent fairy lights of Derbyshire's Longdendale - and from the shade of Lapford's murderous vicar to the grief-stricken white lady who may or may not have attended Madonna's wedding at Dornoch's legendary Skibo Castle.Richard Jones' authoritative and entertaining guide to haunted sites is handsomely designed and illustrated throughout with extraordinary ghostly photographs, detailed, four-colour maps and extracts from original documents.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #32833 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-26
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

About the Author
Owner of the London tour company 'Discovery Walks', Richard Jones has a passion for all things haunted and spooky. He is also the author of the highly successful Walking Haunted London (New Holland, 1999). Richard Jones lives in South Woodford, East London.

Customer Reviews

Whatta great read!
I started reading this book and just couldn't put it down! I've watched 'Ghosthunters' a few times and was surprised to see some of the places mentioned on the show in this book. The accompanying pictures were great in getting a place in mind. If you want to read about the haunted history of the UK..then read this book!

An informative read
I liked this book. The author has wittily narrated a collection of ghost stories from the British Isles. The pictures are colourful and apt making way for an entertaining read.
In conclusion i would recommend this book especially to those with an interest in the paranormal and also to the general reader. Hugely entertaining.

Richard Jones' Haunted Britain & Ireland
When I developed a fascination with ghosts my parents bought me this book. For many months it sat on my bookshelf unread. One day my partner & I were bored & decided to find out if there were any places in the book that were near to our home in Essex. We found Borley Rectory in the book & after reading the exciting story of the location we jumped into the car & went straight there. As predicted by the book there were fellow ghost hunters at the rectory which we had not expected at 23:00 on a saturday night! After only a few minutes we became rather uneasy & decided to retreat. (we wussed out!) Once we arrived home again we read the entire contents of the book in a few hours & oved every bit of it. We plan to visit as many places in it as possible!