Discover the spooky side of Bolton with this terrifying collection of true-life tales from across the town. Featuring eyewitness accounts from a haunted room sealed up for forty years at the Blue Boar pub to the ghostly female resident at the Old Duke & the Westhoughton poltergeist this book

Includes:: pulse-raising narratives that are guaranteed to make your blood run cold. Richly illustrated & featuring eyewitness interviews & previously unpublished investigation accounts carried out by the authors & the Lancashire Hauntings team Haunted Bolton will send a chill up the spine of all who read it.

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* What unspeakable horror glimpsed in the basement of a private library in West Yorkshire drove a man to madness & an early grave? * What led to an underground echo chamber in a Manchester recording studio being sealed up for good? * What creature walks the endless sands of Lancashire's Fleetwood Bay & what connects it to an unmanned craft washed ashore in Port Elizabeth nearly six thousand miles away? In 2009 Jeremy Dyson was contacted by a journalist wanting help bringing together accounts of true life ghost stories from across the British Isles. The Haunted Book chronicles the journey Dyson formerly a hardened sceptic went on to uncover the truth behind these tales. ...

Take an eerie journey through the historic town of Boston where ghostly friars still occupy the land of their thirteenth-century monastery & where Sarah Preston's disembodied cries of ' Pestilence!' can sometimes be heard as her ghostly apparition jumps from the top of St Botolph's Church. Her alleged former home Church Key Studio has seen many occupants come & go over the centuries
- but does one of them still reside there in spirit? Also featured is the ancient Guildhall of St Mary's where a group of distinguished ghostly gentlemen hold board meetings in the upper hall while a lady apparition stares intently into the old prison cells. & explore the spectacular rooms & gardens of Fydell House where previous occupants have been seen & heard long after their deaths. This book tells the stories of many well-known locations with first-hand testimonies of paranormal activity
- from pubs shops & restaurants to a former music venue. Including exclusive photographs & the results of paranormal investigations some of the locations featured will surprise you
- & some of the chilling evidence will make your blood run cold.


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From paranormal manifestations at the Bristol Old Vic to the ghostly activity of a grey monk who is said to haunt Bristols twelfth-century cathedral this spine-tingling collection of supernatural tales is sure to appeal to anyone interested in Bristols haunted heritage. This enthralling selection of newspaper reports & first-hand accounts recalls strange & spooky happenings in the citys ancient streets churches theatres & public houses including The Rummer pub & The White Hart which have seen plenty of poltergeist activity! Heres a unique glimpse into the ghostly legacy of Bristols past that is sure to appeal to anyone interested in a spot of ghost-hunting. ...

NO MAN HAS EVER WANTED HER FOR HERSELF When she arrives at Beresford Abbey orphan Mary Wilders hopes of finding a place to belong are dashed when she meets Bane Beresford the enigmatic Earl. He is as remote as the ghosts that supposedly haunt the Abbey...and like its crumbling walls her dreams fall apart. Occasionally she sees a different more caring man behind the facade so is she foolish to long for a happy home...and a family? His proposal is for a marriage of convenience but his touch has awakened within her a fervent & forbidden longing... ...

Chatham is a town steeped in history & strange folklore but much of its ghostly past & present remains unwritten. For the first time ever the spectral secrets of this place are uncovered as we delve into ghost stories obscure & well known. The book features an array of haunted houses & shops & sheds new light on classic local legends at locations like Chatham Dockyard & Fort Amherst. Many stories appear for the first time in print with information gained first-hand from witnesses who've experienced the phenomena. Richly illustrated Haunted Chatham is your guide to one of Kent's most supernatural places. ...

With settlements dating back to the Neolithic & Bronze ages Chelmsford has a vast history to look back upon. Over the years the town has seen Roman occupation the execution of the ringleaders of the peasant's revolt & the Essex witch trials. Much of the more sinister history of England took place in Chelmsford & it would seem that many of the participants -and victims
- of these events still haunt the town today. Join author broadcaster & paranormal investigator Jason Day as he introduces you to the ghost of an angry nun a phantom theatre guide & a spectral cyclist. Encounter the ' Box Monster' the spirits of those women falsely accused of witchcraft & the mysterious vanishing cloaked figure that dons a top hat.. .
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This collection of chilling tales from Cheltenham & its surroundings would be enough to frighten the wits out of most paranormal fanatics but the horror is taken up a notch in this volume because Prestbury reputedly the most haunted village in Britain lies within its borders. Illustrated with over sixty atmospheric photographs this book

Includes:: scary stories of a Civil War spook a spinet-playing shade a time-stealing sprite an out-of-body-experience spectre a snake-ridden & skull-faced phantom & a bedroom-wrecking banshee. Descriptions of the town's architecture & history are woven into jaw-dropping stories of spooky happenings that will captivate any reader with a taste for the supernatural.

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This creepy collection of true-life tales takes the reader on a tour of the streets alehouses cemeteries & city walls of Chester
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Journey through the darker side of Chesterfield a town steeped in spooky tales that will captivate anyone with an interest in the supernatural history of the area. From creepy accounts of churches & shops to tales of hospitals pubs & cinemas Haunted Chesterfield" contains a chilling range of ghostly phenomena. Drawing on historical & contemporary sources you will hear about the ghost child of the Yorkshire Bank the phantom footsteps which haunt the tower of St Mary & All Saints church the ghost of George Stephenson at the Pomegrante Theatre & many more ghostly goings on." ...