Recent discovery of further papers among the effects of the late Elliott O'Donnell makes possible this collection of true stories by Britain's most renowned ghost-hunter. They are drawn from more than sixty years of active personal investigations; an astonishing record and one without parallel.

From haunted houses to phantom animals, from vengeful ghosts to wretched spirits seeking earthly release, the absorbing tales in this collection are the real thing. All are described in O'Donnell's familiar direct style, with a deep understanding of the terrors that leap out at us not only from the dark corners of the night, but also from the brilliant daylight of a summer's afternoon.

These gripping tales, together with some compelling legends, are amongst the most vivid Elliot O'Donnell has collected and represent a nerve-tingling testimony by the man freely described as one of the world's greatest ghost-hunters.