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Best of British Ghosts
Summer Rose

From ruined castles to modern council houses, ghost stories can pop up anywhere, but getting to the bottom of who is haunting who can be a minefield of misinformation.

In this series I dig deep into the background of ghost stories, examining the legend behind a haunting and revealing the history attached to them.

With both well-known and unfamiliar stories included this series is a repository for great true ghost stories.

Best of British Ghosts

Best of British Ghosts

Volume 1

Who is the helpful ghost at Hampton Court? How did a poltergeist cause the death of a child in the 1920s? What is the thing lurking in a royal hunting lodge?

Best of British Ghosts

Best of British Ghosts

Volume 4

What spectre lurks at Windsor Castle and scared a royal guardsman into firing his gun at nothing? And what causes a Russian Tsar to haunt an English hotel?

Best of British Ghosts

Best of British Ghosts

Volume 7

Why does Nottingham Castle ring with the wretched cries of ghostly boys? Who is the Kissing Ghost who likes to charm female guests at a certain country house?

Best of British Ghosts

Best of British Ghosts

Volume 10

Why did a respectable Scottish Presbyterian suddenly insist he was in league with the Devil?
And did a phantom ask to be rescued from a burning building?

Best of British Ghosts

Best of British Ghosts

Volume 2

Who is the spectral peeping tom at a Scottish hotel? Why were paintings associated with a curse? And why was a county council worried by a musical ghost?

Best of British Ghosts

Best of British Ghosts

Volume 5

Did a dead murderer really appear in the eighteenth century to see that his victim's body was found? How many ghosts of suicide victims haunt Southend Pier?

Best of British Ghosts

Best of British Ghosts

Volume 8

Did a girl's smiling spectral corpse float in the Humber during WWII? Whose restless spirit makes people feel like they are burning alive in bed and why?

Best of British Ghosts

Best of British Ghosts

Volume 3

Did a ghost push a woman to her death? Is it possible for a long-dead physician to heal a living person? And what spirits really haunt the ancient Ram inn?

Best of British Ghosts

Best of British Ghosts

Volume 6

What dark spirits roam the streets of Oxford plaguing students? Why is a bare patch of grass in Suffolk known as 'Kate's Parlour' and is the ghost there a victim of murder?

Best of British Ghosts

Best of British Ghosts

Volume 9

Who are the ghosts haunting the modern roads of Britain? Why does a medieval martyr linger where he died? And why are council houses so often haunted?

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