Contents

1. FAMOUS GHOSTS AND GHOSTS OF THE FAMOUS 
   • Aaron Burr and Others, 3
   • Abraham Lincoln, 5
   • Admiral Tyrone,8
   • Bishop Pike’s Seance, 9
   • Flight 401, 13
   • Harry Houdini, 14
   • Harry Price, 16
   • Jeremy Bentham, 18
   • Katie King 18
   • Lady Howard, 24
   • Marie Laveau, 25
   • Martin Luther, 27
   • Patience Worth, 28
   • The Spirit of Samuel, 29
   • Walter, 30
2. CLASSIC CASES
   • Athenodorus’s Ghosts, 35
   • The Cheltenham Haunting, 37
   • The Cross Correspondences, 41
   • The Drummer of Tedworth, 43
   • The Green Ghost of Vauvert, 47
   • The Ghost and the Judge, 48
   • G. P. 53
   • The Hydesville Haunting, 55
   • Rosalie, 62
   • The Versailles Adventure, 67
3. HAUNTINGS
   • The Bloody Ghost, 73
   • Borley Rectory, 74
   • The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall, 78
   • The Calvados Haunting, 81
   • The Cock Lane Ghost, 83
   • The Ghostly Monks of Glastonbury, 87
   • Glamis Castle, 90
   • Ignatius the Bell Ringer, 94
   • Hampton Court, 96
   • The Haunted Airfield, 99
   • The Haunted U-Boat, 102
   • The Head of a Child, 105
   • The Hoby Ghosts, 105
   • The Man in Gray, 106
   • The Phantom Child, 109
   • The Polish Mercenary, 111
   • The Tower of London, 113
   • The Weir House, 118
   • The Winchester Mystery House, 119
4. ANIMAL GHOSTS
   • Animal Poltergeists, 125
   • The Black Cat of Killakee, 127
   • Dogs of Doom, 129
   • Ghostly Pets, 131
   • Terhune’s Ghost Dog, 133
5. POLTERGEISTS
   • The Amherst Poltergeist, 137 BealingsBells, 139
   • The Bell Witch, 141
   • The Epworth Poltergeist, 147
   • The Exorcist, 151
6. REVENGE, WARNINGS, AND CRISIS APPARITIONS
   • The Appearance of Lieutenant McConnell, 157
   • The Black Velvet Ribbon, 160
   • Commander Potter’s Vision, 165
   • Death Foreseen, 167
   • The Evil Return, 168
   • The Hohenzollern’s Specter, 171
   • Lieutenant Sutton’s Return, 172
   • Richard Tarwell, 174
   • The River Ghost, 178
   • World War 1 Apparitions, 179
7. GHOSTLY PHENOMENA
   • The Amityville Horror, 185
   • The Annan Road Appearances, 187
   • “Black Aggie”, 189
   • Buried Alive, 190
   • Ch’iang Shich, 195
   • The Child’s Return, 196
   • Corder’s Skull, 197
   • Doppelganger, 199
   • Ghostly Footsteps, 202
   • The moving Coffins of Barbados, 203
   • The Mummy’s Bone, 207
   • Music from the Dead, 209
   • Near-Death Experiences, 211
   • The Palatine Light, 212
   • The Phantom Faces, 213
   • Propheticc Corpses, 215
   • Screaming Skulks, 217
   • The Skull of Wardley Hall, 219
   • Spirit Photography, 221
   • Spook Lights, 225
   • Summoning a Spirit, 227
   • Tapes from the Dead, 229
   • The Tulip Staircase, 230
   • Walking Corpses, 231
   • Winterton’s Disappearance, 234
8. GHOSTLY LEGENDS
   • The Angels of Mons, 241
   • Christmas Ghosts, 242
   • The Flying Dutchman, 245
   • The Green Lady, 248
   • Ghosts of Fairyland, 249
   • The Ghostly Passenger, 251
   • The Ghostly Wanderer, 254
   • The Highland Soldier, 257
   • High School and College Ghosts, 259
   • Homer’s Ghosts, 261
   • La Llorna, 262
   • The Phantom Hitchhiker, 263
   • The Plea for Help, 265
   • Ride with the Dead, 267
   • Radiant Boys, 268
   • The Sleeping Knights, 273
   • Annotated Bibliography, 277