Haunted World 101 Ghostly Places and Encounters (with a foreword by Loyd Auerbach)

by Cheung, Theresa

• ISBN13: 9781789295801
• ISBN10: 1789295807
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2024-09-24
• Publisher: Michael O'Mara

Summary

Paranormal expert Theresa Cheung shares 101 of the most mysterious and spooky true stories of hauntings from around the world together with the latest afterlife science and research, providing fascinating insight into our never-ending love affair with ghosts.

Belief in ghosts is surprisingly common worldwide. Mysterious glowing orbs, unexplained chills, things that literally go bump in the night: signs of paranormal activity have reportedly surged during the pandemic. As have specialist investigators, organised ghost hunts, eerie podcasts, TV shows and reports of everyday hauntings.

Sharing the details of some well-known and particularly mysterious hauntings together with some less-well-known tales and personal stories from her readers and listeners, Theresa explores these ghostly encounters through four categories of hauntings: residual, poltergeist, inhuman and intelligent.

With an introduction to modern parapsychology, a look at the latest science that digs deeper into our never-ending love affair with ghosts, psychic-themed self-help advice and ghost hunting tips, Haunted World is a timely and entertaining journey through the thrilling world of afterlife research.

Author Biography

Theresa Cheung was born into a family of spiritualists, has a degree in Theology and English from Cambridge and has written numerous books about the paranormal, two of which were Sunday Times bestsellers. Before becoming an author in her own right, Theresa was a writer for the TV series Most Haunted, as well as a ghostwriter for celebrity mediums Tony Stockwell and Derek Acorah. In the last two years, Theresa has become the go-to paranormal expert for the media, with fifteen viewer call-ins over the past year on ITV’s This Morning (where she is their dreams and paranormal expert) as well as regular invites onto celebrity podcasts, paranormal podcasts and BBC radio. She collaborates with scientists researching consciousness and regularly gives talks, webinars and hosts her own paranormal podcast, White Shores, where she interviews scientists, mediums, psychics, mystical authors and ghost hunters.

Loyd Auerbach is a parapsychologist and paranormal investigator who has appeared on The UnXplained, ESPN’s SportsCenter, ABC’s The View, Oprah, and Larry King Live. He performs as Professor Paranormal.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS
 
Foreword by Loyd Auerbach
 
Introduction: Lights Out!
 
101 Ghostly Places and Encounters

Residual

1. Heathrow Airport
2. Waverley Hills Sanatorium
3. The London Underground
4. The Queen Mary
5. Hampton Court Palace
6. Château de Brissac
7. Ancient Ram Inn
8. Eastern State Penetentiary
9. The Ten Bells Pub
10. St Augustine Lighthouse
11. Langham Hotel
12. The Castle of Good Hope
13. Raynham Hall
14. Winchester Mystery House
15. The Tower of London
16. The Taj Mahal Palace
17. The Washoe Club
18. 50 Berkeley Square
19. Western State Hospital
20. Ottowa Jail
21. A Ghostly Hitchhiker
22. Chilling Castles
23. Haunted Cemeteries
24. Borley Rectory
25. The Crescent Hotel
26. The Weeping Woman of Mexico
27. The Stanley Hotel
28. Blackpool Pleasure Beach
29. Bridges to the Other Side
30. Borgavattnett Vicarage
31. Pendle Hill
32. The White House
33. Ho Chi Min City, Museum of Art
34. Gettysburg
35. Crumlin Gaol
36. Whaley House
37. The British Museum
38. Savannah
39. Norwegian Nights
40. Pennhurst State School and Hospital
41. St Andrews
42. The Old Changi Hospital
43. The Pine Barrens
44. Dalston Hall
45. Myrtles Plantation
46. La Casa Matusita
47. Farfield Hills Hospital
48. Allerton Hall
49. Poveglia Island
50. Ham House
51. Lizzie Borden House
52. Ballygall Castle
53. Dalhousie Castle
54. Hay Adams Hotel

Poltergeist

1. The Enfield Poltergeist
2. The Indianapolis Poltergeist
3. The Thornton Heath / Croydon Poltergeist
4. The Seaford Poltergeist
5. The Pontefract Poltergeist
6. The Rosenheim Poltergeist
7. The Amityville Poltergeist
8. The Amherst Poltergeist
9. The Jaboticabal Poltergeist
10. The Sauchie Poltergeist
11. The Battersea Poltergeist

Inhuman

1. Robert
2. Annabelle
3. The Dybbuk Box
4. Cursed Relics
5. The Cursed Painting
6. The Devil’s Rocking Chair
7. More Anguished Art
8. The Mandy Doll
9. 200 Demon House
10. The Demon of Clumber Park
11. Roland Doe
12. Anneliese Michel
13. The Black Mausoleum
14. Julia
15. The Smurl Family Haunting
16. Highgate Cemetery
17. Cecil Hotel
18. Rufford Abbey
19. A Demon Made Me Do It
20. Houses of Horror
21. The Sea of Trees
22. Ghost Towns
23. The Bermuda Triangle
24. Time Slips
25. Orbs
26. Demons and Angels

Intelligent

1. Rattling Chains
2. The Fox Sisters
3. Elementary, My Departed!
4. Go to Sleep, Margaret
5. The Seth Material
6. The Medium Whisperers
7. A Parting Vision
8. What Dreams May Come True
9. Signs
10. YOU

Conclusion: The Never-ending Ghost Story
 
Afterword by Gavin L. Davies
 
Submit Your Haunting Tales
 
Acknowledgements