INDEX
Reading edition
Introduction .. iii
GHOSTS IN THE GREAT WAR
A Pal in Life—and Death .. 11
The Morning of the Ypres Big Push .. 13
Is there an Explanation? .. 15
A Dream—or a Ghost? .. 17
Instinct or—What? .. 19
Saved by an Apparition .. 21
A Field of the Dead .. 22
A Mother’s Vision .. 23
Saved Husband’s Life .. 24
The Shell-wrecked Church .. 25
Vision of Brother .. 25
Vision of Wounded Son .. 26
“His Spirit took this Chance” .. 26
Walked with the Dead .. 27
The Phantom Soldier .. 28
An Unknown Visitor .. 28
A Lover and a Sister .. 29
A Brother’s Smile .. 30
Her Soldier Boy .. 30
A War Worker’s Experience .. 31
The Sinking of the “Aboukir” .. 32
“On Leave” .. 33
The Three Figures .. 34
“Good-Bye” .. 34
“Hello, Daddy!” .. 35
The Robin’s Warning .. 36
A Remarkable Story .. 36
OTHER STORIES IN BRIEF
“We do not comprehend” .. 37
A Lover’s Vision .. 38
“In the Lengthening of the Days” .. 39
A Passionate Longing .. 39
An Unbeliever’s Doubts .. 39
The Woman by the Grave .. 40
Mansfield .. 40
Portsmouth .. 41
Walsall .. 41
Port Erin .. 42
Norwich .. 42
Bolton .. 42
Oldham .. 43
Barnstaple, Devon .. 43
Kent .. 44
Surbiton .. 44
Warwick .. 45
Oxford .. 45
Yorkshire .. 45
Kent .. 46
Derby .. 46
TRUE TALES OF HAUNTED HOUSES
An Evil Presence .. 49
A Strange Story .. 51
Was it a Curse? .. 52
The Lady with the Thimble .. 54
A Reverend Gentleman’s Story .. 55
Whose Eyes? .. 57
A Ghostly Carpenter .. 59
Another Reverend’s Story .. 60
The Girl in White .. 61
“The Old Master” .. 62
The Little Grey Lady .. 63
A Convincing Experience .. 64
The Hooded Lady .. 66
Uncle’s Story .. 68
The Ghost Horse of the Derbyshire Moors .. 69
A Ghost Story from Wales .. 72
A Daylight Ghost Story .. 73
“The Very Same Ghost” .. 74
The Phantom Carriage .. 75
London .. 75
An Unwelcome Travelling Companion .. 76
The Black Dog of the Cotswolds .. 77
It Happened in Ireland .. 78
A School Teacher’s Story .. 80
OTHER STORIES OF HAUNTED HOUSES
A Magistrate’s Story .. 82
The Missing Papers .. 83
The Haunted Lane at Hendon .. 83
Cheshire .. 84
Kent .. 85
Seaford .. 86
Cambridge .. 87
Reading .. 88
Sutton Scotney .. 88
Coleford .. 89
Ipswich .. 89
Hull .. 90
Reading .. 90
Cowes .. 91
Markyate .. 91
Boscombe .. 91
Croydon .. 92
Levershulme .. 92
Widnes .. 93
Templecombe .. 94
South Wales .. 95
Clapham .. 96
Barrow-in-Furness .. 96
Barnes .. 97
Handsworth .. 97
Burton Latimer .. 98
A Military Man .. 98
“You are in My Bed” .. 99
The Woman in Brown .. 99
“Is that you, Tom?” .. 100
“Our Ghost” .. 101
A Man with an Axe .. 102
Seen in the Mirror .. 102
A Tragedy Re-enacted .. 102
A Harmless Apparition .. 103
Even the Landlord Left .. 103
Two Curious Incidents .. 105
An Awful Experience .. 106
On the Yorkshire Moors .. 107
Footsteps on the Stairs .. 107
In Doubt .. 108
A Midnight Interruption .. 109
A House “To Let” .. 110
Worried about the Deeds of the House .. 110
A Sinister Atmosphere .. 111
Was it a Monk? .. 112
A Shadowy Figure .. 112
What Was It? .. 113
Somebody was Biting Her Ears .. 113
Getting Used to It .. 114
An Unsolved Mystery .. 114
That Naughty Man .. 116
The Row Downstairs .. 117
A Headless Form .. 117