Uncover fascinating paranormal activity on this chilling, nerve-wracking global tour of 100 haunted locations. Set out on a uniquely dark armchair journey, and witness the shocking supernatural events, ghosts and unexplained phenomena that have captivated humankind for as long as we have told stories to each other, looked to the skies, and
wondered whether we really are alone…
The paranormal places include: - The Island of the Dolls in Mexico, where a haunted recluse has hung hundreds of creepy dolls from trees
- St. Augustine Lighthouse in Florida, USA, the eerie former home of three girls trapped beneath a wheelbarrow
- Gunnuhver Mud Pool in Iceland, infected by the spirit of a maddened criminal
- Turkmenistan’s Door to Hell, an infernal crater still blazing after half a century
Legends about spirits that rise from the dead, places where the crops don’t grow, or sites where strange lights are seen at night…
glaciers that bleed, ghost towns, crumbling castles, disused (and active) cemeteries, eerie forests, and freak nature patterns…
This cursed collection covers these sites in all their mysterious glory, and recounts what happened, what continues to happen, and what may explain these phenomena. Hauntings, aliens, moving rocks, and all manner of paranormal activity are covered, in manmade as well as natural surroundings.
You may not want to read it when you are alone…
Evelyn Hollow is a double academy award winning Scottish writer and paranormal psychologist. She was a resident author at Esoterica Zine for more than four years, was the recipient of the 2015 Lonely Planet Travel Writing Scholarship, the occult columnist for Corvid Culture, and has taught writing classes at everywhere from universities to arts festivals. She has also been featured in exhibitions at ESAF and is the creator of The Baer Archive. She is a former psychology lecturer and holds a Master of Research degree in Paranormal Psychology. She now consults as a paranormal psychologist and expert for various TV shows and podcasts — most recently the smash-hit BBC shows The Battersea Poltergeist and Uncanny. She is also 1/4 of the team on the new TV show Spooked Scotland airing on the Discovery Channel in May 2022. Evelyn gives guest talks on paranormal history and the quantum physics of anomalous phenomena.
Introduction 9
ONE – HAUNTED PLACES
Charleville Castle 12
County Offaly, Ireland
L’Ossuaire Municipal 20
The Paris Catacombs, Paris, France
The Chase Vault 24
Oistins, Barbados
The Borgvattnet Vicarage 28
Borgvattnet, Ragunda, Sweden
Bhangarh Fort 32
Rajasthan, India
Bannockburn House 36
Stirling, Scotland
Poveglia Island 44
Venice, Italy
The Winchester Mystery House 48
San Jose, California, USA
TWO – WITCHCRAFT
El Mercado de las Brujas 54
La Paz, Bolivia
Siquijor Island 58
Philippines
Rose Hall Great House 66
Montego Bay, Jamaica
Catemaco Veracruz 70
Mexico
Pendle Hill 78
Lancashire, England
THREE – SACRED SITES
La Recoleta Cemetery 88
Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Hanging Coffins of SagAda 92
Luzon, Philippines
Borobudur Temple 96
Central Java, Indonesia
Duzgun Baba 100
Tunceli Province, Türkiye
Luxor Temple 104
Luxor, Egypt
FOUR – MYTHS & LEGENDS
Cachtice Castle 114
Cachtice, Slovakia
Cortijo Jurado 122
Málaga, Spain
Goblin Ha’ 126
Haddington, Scotland
Burg Eltz 134
Weirschem, Germany
Dragsholm Castle 138
Zealand, Denmark
The Han River 142
Seoul, South Korea
FIVE – STRANGE NATURE
Gunnuhver 148
Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland
Aokigahara Forest 152
Yamanashi, Japan
Door To Hell 160
Darvaza, Turkmenistan
Lake Maracaibow 164
Zulia, Venezuela
Dumas Beach 168
Gujarat, India
Skinwalker Ranch 172
Utah, USA
San Clemente 176
Maule Region, Chile
Wycliffe Well 184
Northern Territories, Australia
SIX – CRYPTIDS & CREATURES
Slaghtaverty Dolmen 190
County Derry, Ireland
Al Madam Ghost Town 198
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
The Qiu Mansion 202
Shanghai, China
Lake Wakatipu 206
Otago, New Zealand
The Mines of Donbas 210
Eastern Ukraine
Gangkhar Puensum 214
Bhutan
Acknowledgements 220
Picture credits 221
INDEX 222
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