IN the Victorian era sensational ghost stories were headline news Spine-chilling reports of two-headed phantoms murdered knights & spectral locomotives filled the pages of the press Spirits communicated with the living at dark seances forced terrified families to flee their homes & caused superstitious workers to down their tools at the haunted mines This book contains more than fifty hair-raising
- & in some cases comical
- real life accounts from Wales dating from 1837 to 1901 Unearthed from newspaper archives they include chilling prophecies from beyond the grave poltergeists terrorising the industrial communities & more than a few ingenious hoaxes along the way