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| Ghost Trails of Northumbria, Clive Kristen, 1992, photos,
historical notes, 109 pp. $12.95 |
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| Five "Tour and Explore" routes with approximate
times given for each. Intriguing snippets of local history and lore combined with modern
sightings of traditional spirits. Meet the mischievous and deadly Simonside dwarfs or
"Deugars" who lure unsuspecting walkers to their doom. Watch the phantom debris
of battle flutter in the breeze at Flodden Field. Encounter the skeletal cyclist near
Woodhorn Church, whose blackened teeth rattle in time to his peddling. |
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| Ghost Trails of
the Yorkshire Dales, Clive Kristen, 1994, photos, historical
notes, 218 pp. $14.95 |
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| Six motoring tours with approximate times given for each.
Local lore combined with modern sightings of traditional spirits. A phantom picnic that
ended in tragedy. A ghostly, bare-footed climber who helps hikers in distress. The
screaming skull of highwayman Tom Lee, whose decomposing body was displayed as a warning
to others. |
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| Lively Ghosts
of the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, Susan Crites, 1991,
line art, map of story locations, 31 pp. $6.00 |
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| Five very creepy and well-written stories. If I had to
chose a favorite, I'd say "The Horseshoe" about a tragic parade of the
Confederate dead. These are not folk tales, but first-hand and recent sightings and they
are damned unsettling. |
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| Lost at Sea,
Ghost Ships and Other Mysteries, Michael Goss and George Behe,
1994, 359 pp., photos and line art, ref. $23.95 HB |
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| I'm a little puzzled by this book. It's published by
Prometheus Books, the skeptic press. But it can't seem to make up its mind whether it
wants to be a debunking of ghost stories like "The Haunted U-Boat" or a
chronicle of "real" ghost stories set at sea. It discredits and disposes of
witnesses and traditionally water-tight stories, then switches to a more conventional
telling of "true" hauntings like the much-reported ghosts on the Queen Mary.
Also discusses premonitions of great sea tragedies like the sinking of the Titanic
and the Luisitania. The shifting point of view was a bit disconcerting, but perhaps
this is what a healthy skepticism is all about. |
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