Ghosts of Wales Accounts from the Victorian Archives

by Rees, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780750984188
• ISBN10: 075098418X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2017-10-12
• Publisher: The History Press

Summary

IN the Victorian era, sensational ghost stories were headline news. Spine-chilling reports of two-headed phantoms, murdered knights and spectral locomotives filled the pages of the press. Spirits communicated with the living at dark séances, forced terrified families to flee their homes and caused superstitious workers to down their tools at the haunted mines.This book contains more than fifty hair-raising – and 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, and more than a few ingenious hoaxes along the way.

Author Biography

Mark Rees is the What’s On editor for South West Wales Media and specializes in articles on the paranormal. He has interviewed a lot of well-known faces associated with the genre, such as the cast of Most Haunted and celebrity psychic mediums, as well as researching guides to the most haunted places in Wales, the country’s famous ghosts, and an annual ghost hunt which is published every October. He has been invited to speak about the subject on several occasions, most recently as the guest ‘specialist’ on the BBC Wales show. Mark’s previous book is The Little Book of Welsh Culture and he lives in Port Talbot.