A Natural History of Ghosts
Book description
A natural history of the supernatural from Roger Clarke, lifelong investigator into England's creepiest real-life ghost stories
'Is there anybody out there?' No matter how rationally we order our lives, few of us are completely immune to the suggestion of the uncanny and the fear of the dark. The subject…
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1 author picked A Natural History of Ghosts as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This title drew me in right away, and the contents did not disappoint. This is a well-written and thoroughly researched book with interesting first-hand accounts of ghost hunts by an English author who, as a child, lived in a haunted house, yet has never actually seen a ghost.
The approach to the subject is also right up my alley: why do people fear the supernatural, and why are some cultures and people more likely to encounter ghosts than others?
Ghost stories are fascinating in their own right, but exploring how people in different times and places reacted to these encounters…
From Nina's list on Britain’s haunted village of Dunster.
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