Supernatural category: 1973 books

From shimmering specters to mysterious tricks, Varla Ventura’s Paranormal Parlorincludes original supernatural tales, classic ghost stories, legends, hauntings, séances, superstitions, and death customs. This book showcases a chilling collection of startling ghost stories as told to the...

Most of us are familiar with the idea of a werewolf—that someone can change, either deliberately or unwillingly, into a ravenous creature—but is there some justification for such a belief? And if so, how is it achieved—through magical potions or ointments or simply by the light of the full moon?...

The Wonders of the Sky at Night You'll Never Look at the Stars the Same Way Again The infinite expanse of the night sky has long been the source of mystery and wonder. Strange Heavens explores the myths, religions, and spiritual experiences that have emerged from humanity's profound...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930), best known as the author of Sherlock Holmes stories but also a devout spiritualist, was entirely convinced by a set of photographs apparently showing two young girls from Cottingley in Yorkshire playing with a group of tiny, translucent fairies. To demonstrate...

Paranormal and supernatural events have been reported for millennia. They have fostered history’s most important cultural transformations (e.g., via the miracles of Moses, Jesus, Mohammed). Paranormal phenomena are frequently portrayed in the world’s greatest art and literature, as well as in...

For centuries, locals and visitors to Bromley have reported having strange, supernatural encounters, but never before have such eye-witness accounts been collated into one extraordinary book. Now, for the first time, we can explore the darkest and eeriest corners of this district, with murky tales...

A ghostly journey into New York State history . . . photos included!   Once a bustling hub on the Erie Canal, Utica and the surrounding region still harbor some spirits from the industrial age. “Old Main,” Utica’s shuttered psychiatric hospital, is one of the most haunted sites in New York...

Most people who heard of my story referred to it as near-death experience. However there was no out-of-body perception involved. I was just somewhere, but not in this world. Its like being all eyes and heart for I saw, and felt, but did not exist - bodily! For some who might have similar experiences,...

THE MOST HAUNTED COUNTY IN AMERICA The far southwest corner of Pennsylvania looks on the surface to be a pleasant rolling, river-cut landscape carpeted with vegetation and trees. But underneath is a bloody history and a supernatural reality brimming with ghosts, aliens, unknown creatures –...

Here is a collection of purportedly true tales of the supernatural. Hauntings, ghosts, apparitions, and even a haunted bar of soap adorn these pages. Not for the squeamish or easily frightened.

The author of Civil War Ghosts of Southwest Missouri takes the paranormal pulse of this rustic city in the heart of the Ozarks. A rich mixture of inexplicable history and eerie happenstance runs through the portion of the Ozark Plateau that Carthage has carved out for itself. Woodland cabins...

In the darkness of night, someone stands, waiting for the moon to rise, waiting to feel and absorb its power. Dressed in nothing but a dark hooded robe, the silent figure feels no fear standing alone in the shadows, just a surge of energy as the moon's rays break over the eastern horizon. Witches,...

Twelve never before published stories of the supernatural that all feature lighthouses as their setting and focus. Within that framework, however, these contemporary authors bring tremendous variety to their plotlines and their characters. Some stories are just plain creepy, others mystifying or metaphysical or even heartwarming, but all are vividly memorable.

Once again the Stoke Haunted Team are opening their otherwise classified reports, providing you a first class ticket into their paranormal world from the comfort of your very own armchair. Experience all of the fun with none of the sleepless nights or perilous intrigues within the otherwise seemingly...