Ghosts and Gallows: True Stories of Crime and the Paranormal

by Paul Adams

Murder and ghosts go hand-in-hand and vengeful spectres seeking justice or haunting the scene of the crime or their killers have adorned the pages of literature since before Shakespeare. This chilling collection of true-crime tales dating from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day all feature some element of the paranormal. Gathered from across the UK, cases include the discovery of a body by a spiritualist medium, a murder solved by a dream of the mother of the victim, and evidence at a Scottish murder trial provided by the ghost of the victim herself. Featuring visions, psychometry, ghosts, haunted prisons, possessions, and spiritualist detectives, this book is a fascinating look at criminology and ghost hunting. Paranormal historian Paul Adams has opened the case files of both the criminologist and the ghost hunter to compile a unique collection of crime from British history. No true-crime bookshelf is complete without Ghosts & Gallows.

• ISBN10: 075246339X
• ISBN13: 9780752463391
• Publish Date: 1 June 2012
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: The History Press Ltd
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 192
• Language: English
• URL: http://thehistorypress.co.uk/products/Ghosts-and-Gallows.aspx

Reviews

[Mystereity Reviews]

Just...ok. Interesting stories, but became long winded and tired by the end. Could've done with more of the early stories. Overall, not a bad read but not the hair-raiser I was hoping for.