Unexplained Phenomena

Christmas is such a paradoxical season, on one hand, it’s a time of family gatherings and the giving of presents. Yet it is a time of increased curiosity into the strange and weird stories that literally haunt us. In writing this book, I decided to explore and evaluate some of the incredible ghost stories that litter the archives of libraries of Britain and the United States. Out of the hundreds of anecdotes and references that I uncovered I have brought to you a collection of Christmas ghost stories from as close as the original sources as possible. Many of the stories have never seen print since the original experiences.

Lorna Byrne is a modern-day mystic. As a child, people thought Lorna was 'retarded' because she did not seem to be focussing on what was around her, but she remembers seeing not just the world around her but seeing, equally vividly, angels and spirits. In this book, Lorna recounts her life story.

For longer than recorded history there have been tales of spirits and of places where our hackles rise and our skin turns cold. Bestselling historian Neil Oliver travels the British Isles on a deliciously spine-chilling tour that spans several centuries and explores more than 20 sites to unpick their stories.

Oliver invokes his family's history alongside that of kings and queens past as he probes why our emotions and senses are heightened in certain locations where the separation between dimensions seems gossamer thin. Our landscape is riven with these places, creaking from the weight of the secrets they hold, the echoes of tragedy and dark deeds.

From Inverness to Devon, Co Dublin to Norfolk, Hauntings casts an enjoyably eerie glow with stories that, told generation after generation, are inextricable from place - and considers why they matter.

Entertaining account of Rev Roberts' parish work as an exorcist and his investigations into the world of ghosts.

'The ghosts of today live not in castles or stately homes, but in ordinary houses and offices, and they're witnessed by ordinary people like you and me. We just need to figure out what the hell they are - the dead returning from the "undiscovered country" of death? Or the product of that equally mysterious and ancient location, the human mind? This book is the story of these ordinary people who have experienced extraordinary things and want to make sense of them.

Each one is a brand-new case I have never shared before; modern day ghost stories that make my blood run cold as effectively as anything that Charles Dickens could rustle up. And they are all entirely true. It's also a story of my own personal journey of discovery because I've realised something while reading all these incredible stories that come my way. I've realised how much I want to believe. I'm asking you to join me, to keep an open mind and to prepare to have your very concept of reality challenged. Are you ready?'

The Loch Ness Monster: a creature that should have died out with the dinosaurs, or a legend built on hoaxes and wishful thinking? For decades, the scientific establishment was determined to quash attempts to investigate Loch Ness – until the journal Nature published an article by Sir Peter Scott, internationally renowned naturalist, featuring underwater photographs of the Monster...

Borley Rectory was the house that gained infamy as 'the most haunted house in England' after its ten-year-long paranormal investigation by the psychic researcher Harry Price. The rectory was attributed to classic poltergeist activity, wall-writing, mysterious fires and supernatural manifestations, most notable of which is the figure of a nun, known for walking across the garden. It could be said that the story of Borley Rectory is as much a story of a haunted house and ghosts as it is about the living. Borley’s saga includes sensationalist tabloid headlines, a scandalous affair and a captivating investigator whose discoveries are still questioned to this day.

The author works for the Ministry of Defence. From 1991-1994 his job was to invesigate and analyse claims of UFO sightings and to assess their threat to national security. He presents convincing arguments for the existence of UFOs by using cases that he has researched in his official capacity.

Gogglebox star Scarlett Moffatt attempts to uncover the truth about conspiracy theories - and win over her non-believer boyfriend Scott. Scarlett Moffatt is obsessed by the unsolved and the unexplained. But her boyfriend Scott Dobinson is more sceptical, preferring facts and evidence to her bizarre conspiracy theories. Can she persuade him to keep an open mind - or even come around to her way of thinking? Crowned 'Queen of the Jungle' in series 16 of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, Scarlett knows all about tough challenges. But now she's facing her greatest one yet - convincing Scott that the weird and wonderful theories could, just possibly, be true... From the Bermuda Triangle to mermaids and the moon landing, she puts her favourite conspiracies out there for Scott to debunk. Did a UFO crash-land in Roswell? What's lurking beneath the surface of Loch Ness? Are celebrity clones walking among us? And is Prince Charles actually a vampire?

Scarlett gets some backup from her friends (or, as Scott puts it, gang up on him). She chats to This Country star Daisy May Cooper about whether the pyramids were built by time travellers, seeks illumination about the Illuminati with actor and DJ Dev, and speculates with Joe Swash (EastEnders, Dancing on Ice) about whether our phones are spying on us. She also quizzes social media superstar Arron Crascall about The Mandela Effect, a phenomenon that gives the world false memories, and uncovers the secrets behind beloved films and children's TV with stand-up comedian Helen Bauer. But will they get behind #TeamScarlett or defect to #TeamScott - and what side are you on? Whether you're a believer like Scarlett or a cynic like Scott, you'll love their daft banter, affectionate bickering and light-hearted debates as they try to sift the truth from the myths in these lively, hilarious shows.

Nick Pope first encountered reports of alien abduction while investigating UFOs for the British Government.

An authoritative and readable history of the evolution of the ghost in the west, examining the behaviour of the subject in its preferred environment and the stories we tell each other. What explains sightings of ghosts? Why do they fascinate us? What exactly did the haunted see? What did they believe? And what proof is there?

Science writer Roger Highfield explores the fascinating links between magic and science to reveal that much of what strikes us as supremely strange in the Potter books can actually be explained by the conjurings of the scientific mind. He aims to shed light on the magic that is taking place in labs and science classrooms in our own "muggle" world.