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Peter Underwood has personally visited the historic buildings and sites of Britain, and here presents a wealth of intriguing legends and new stories of ghostly encounters from more than a hundred such throughout the United Kingdom.
From Abbey House in Cambridge to Zennor in Cornwall, this is an A to Z of the haunted houses of Britain. At Bramshill in Hampshire there have been so many sightings that even sceptical police officers have had to admit that the place is haunted. Beautiful Leeds Castle in Kent has a large, phantom black dog; there is an Elizabethan gentleman (seen by a Canon of the Church of England!) at Croft Castle; a Pink Lady at Coughton Court; a prancing ghost jester at Gawsworth; a spectre in green velvet at Hoghton Tower; six ghosts at East Riddlesden Hall; a headless apparition at Westwood Manor; and then there are some little-known ghosts in Windsor Castle, Hampton Court Palace and the Tower of London, and the strange ghosts of Chingle Hall, perhaps the most haunted house in England.
These are just a few of the extraordinary stories the author has gathered in his researches around the country, in the course of travels that took him from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, through Northumberland and Yorkshire, to East Anglia, Devon and Cornwall.
Many first-hand accounts are presented here for the first time in a comprehensive, up-to-date survey of Britain's haunted historic properties and scenes; a paranormal guide with a difference, that will bring a new and absorbing interest to visitors to these great houses that are our national heritage.
Perhaps you will be one of the fortunate (or unfortunate!) visitors who encounters a ghost as you wander through these wonderful houses, castles and mansions, where the atmosphere takes us back in time....

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Peter Underwood was President of the Ghost Club (founded 1862) from 1960-1993 and probably heard more first-hand ghost stories than any man alive. He was a long-standing member of The Society of Psychical Research, Vice-President of the Unitarian Society for Psychical Studies, a member of The Folklore Society, The Dracula Society and the Research Committee of the Psychic Research Organization, he wrote extensively, and was a seasoned lecturer and broadcaster. He took part in the first official investigation into a haunting; sat with physical and mental mediums and conducted investigations at seances. He was present at exorcisms, experiments at dowsing, precognition, clairvoyance, hypnotism, regression; he conducted world-wide tests in telepathy and extra-sensory perception, and personally investigated scores of haunted houses across the country. He possessed comprehensive files of alleged hauntings in every county of the British Isles and many foreign countries, and his knowledge and experience resulted in his being consulted on psychic and occult matters by the BBC and ITV. His many books include the first two comprehensive gazetteers of ghosts and hauntings in England, Scotland and Ireland and two books that deal with twenty different occult subjects. Highlights from his published work include 'Nights in Haunted Houses' (1993), which collects together the results of group investigations, 'The Ghosts of Borley' (1973), his classic account of the history of 'the most haunted house in England', 'Hauntings' (1977), which re-examines ten classic cases of haunting in the light of modern knowledge, 'No Common Task' (1983), which reflects back upon his life as a 'ghost hunter', and 'The Ghost Hunter's Guide' (1986), which gives the reader all the advice necessary to become one. Born at Letchworth Garden City in Hertfordshire, he lived for many years in a small village in Hampshire. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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President and Chief Investigator of the legendary Ghost Club for over thirty years, Peter Underwood was a world-renowned British 'ghost-hunter'; psychical researcher, author and broadcaster on the occult and paranormal phenomena.

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MR J A RAMPLIN

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 July 2019

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Some people obviously believe in ghosts, I have an open mind until it is proven one way or the other.
My reasons for 3* are:
1. Some sentences have so many commas I had to read the sentence a number of times to understand what was being said.
2. The proof reading of the text, if indeed any proof reading was done, was not carried out very thoroughly. There are several instances of a ' being placed at the beginning or end of a word apparently at random.
3. Continuing on the proof reading aspect there are many places where a word has been spelt with the letter m when it should have been r and n, as in "corner" becoming "comer". At first I thought the letters r and n when shown in text next to each other could look like an m but within a page or two I found proof that words had been spelt with the letter m which to a certain extent spoilt my reading experience of the book.

H. L. Radcliffe

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 September 2016

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A Comprehensive guide to Supernatural events across the U.K.
The book features lots of glossy photos. Some well known accounts are written about; some less so.
However, there were many I know of left out. I felt this book was 'padded out'. It was OK, but could be better.
Still, can't complain for the price paid!
Best for those as an introduction yo the paranormal.

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S.A.Jones

Enjoyable

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 February 2019

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Couldn't put this book down. Anyone interested in the paranormal Will find it enjoyable . I gave 5 stars for this book.

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Philip Stevenson

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 July 2020

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Spooky in parts, a very interesting read.

Helen Brogan

'This Haunted Isle' - a must for your paranormal library

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 May 2012

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This has to be one of the best books written on the ghost phenomena of Britain. From start to finish the book takes you on an amazing journey of ghost encounters throughout the British Isles. This is definately one of my favourite paranormal books. A thoroughly enjoyable and absorbing read.

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