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Post by dem bones on Aug 31, 2017 17:08:04 GMT
One for Swampirella! Companion volume to 50 Great Horror Stories. John Canning (ed.) - 50 Great Ghost Stories (Chancellor Press, 1994: originally Odhams, 1966) 
Frank Usher - Ghosts Of Ancient Egypt
J. Wentworth Day - Chased By A Prehistoric Horseman
Frank Usher - Hauntings Royal
Frank Usher - The Phantoms Of Littlecote
Vida Derry - Phantom Lovers
Michael & Molly Hardwick - The White Lady Of Berlin
Vida Derry - School For Ghosts
Vida Derry - Vengeful Ghosts
Michael & Molly Hardwick - Pearlin Jean
Vida Derry - Child Ghosts
J. Wentworth Day - The Club Of Dead Men
Michael & Molly Hardwick - A Piece Of Black Velvet
Ronald Seth - The Ghost In Two Halves
Ronald Seth - The Ghost Of Nance
Ronald Seth - The Haunting Of Itchells Manor
Frank Usher - The Brown Lady Of Raynham
Ronald Seth - The Return Of Richard Tarwell
Frank Usher - Ghosts Of Old France
Michael & Molly Hardwick - The Spirit Of Sergeant Davies
Frank Usher - The Haunting At Hinton Ampner
Ronald Seth - The Drunk Who Lost His Way
Ronald Seth - Radient Boys
Ronald Seth - Alarm At Wellington Barracks
Michael & Molly Hardwick - The Ghost Of Garpsdal
Frank Usher - Mischief Among The Dead
Michael & Molly Hardwick - The Whiskered Sailor Of Portsmouth
Ronald Seth - The Reverend John Jones And The Ghostly Horseman
"Ronald Seth - Steer Nor'west"
Michael & Molly Hardwick - The Haunted House At Hydesville
Ronald Seth - The Guardian Ghost
Michael & Molly Hardwick - Charles Kean's Ghost Story: Nurse Black
Michael & Molly Hardwick - Ghosts Of The Mutiny
Michael & Molly Hardwick - The Artist's Ghost Story
Vida Derry - Phantoms Of The East
Frank Usher - The Fur-Trader's Ghost And The Gold-Miners' Vengeance
Ronald Seth - The Coach Calls For George Mace
Frank Usher - Shades Of Murder
J. Wentworth Day - Black Shuck: The Dog Of Death
Frank Usher - The Strange Haunting At Ballechin
Michael & Molly Hardwick - The Amherst Mystery
Tony Parker - Glamis, The Haunted Castle
Ronald Seth - The Horror At No. 50 Berkley Square
Tony Parker - The Bird Of Lincoln's Inn
Frank Usher - The Ghosts Of Versailles
Frank Usher - A Bargain With A Ghost
J. Wentworth Day - The Ghostly Cavalry Charge And The Spectres Of Crecy
Frank Usher - The Mystery Of Borley
J. Wentworth Day - The Ghostly Trapper Of Labrador
Robin Miller - The Sceptic's Tale
Frank Usher - Brighton Ghosts
Index
AcknowledgementsI used to have 50 Great Ghost Stories (+ 50 Great Horror Stories) it used to be one of my favorites as a teen. True or not, the writing was good.... Only got this quite recently, read through a huge chunk of it while recovering from the most virulent strain of hangover-induced man-flu ever recorded, and enjoyed it far more than anticipated (the more plausible a "true ghost story" the duller it is in my experience. Nothing much happens.). Fortunately, Mr. Canning's cabal realise they are in the entertainment business, and if a particular well-authenticated case needs tarting up a little for excitement's sake, so be it. Not that the famous likes of Borley, Glamis and 50 Berkley Square need added drama (my favourite version of the latter remains Aidan Chambers' account in Haunted Houses). As mentioned on previous thread J. Wentworth Day's The Club Of Dead Men rewrites Arthur 'Ingulphus' Gray's The Everlasting Club as a true story (might well be for all I know). |
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Post by dem bones on Nov 30, 2023 10:37:57 GMT
 Eisner: "... there were several among the older servants and people who live in the glen who claim that they have seen these ghostly legs not only wandering about the castle, but in the avenue of limes and the graveyard. I must say it is a slight relief to know there is an upper half also." Meggernie Castle, Glen Lyon, Perth. Ghosts, plural, of the Mistress Menzies slain by her chieftain husband in a fit of unwarranted jealously. To conceal his crime, the killer sawed the corpse in half to fit inside a chest of drawers, then sealed shut the room to prevent discovery. Months later, he put it about that, tragically, his beloved wife had died suddenly while visiting Italy. Menzies problems began when he attempted to transfer the now putrescent remains to the kirkyard for burial ... Michael & Mollie Hardwick - Ghosts of the Mutiny: Christmas, circa 1890. Since the Palace at Hisar came under British control, Colonel Robinson has found it impossible to retain servants once they've met a few of the resident ghosts. During the rebellion, the Rajah offered sanctuary to a party of white civilians, only to have them butchered by his soldiers. He also trained elephants to trample surplus wives. Also featured, Mrs Torres nightmare premonition of her daughter's horrible murder by Sepoys, and how a ghost intervened to save Captain X's wife at Meerut.  Eisner: On the eve of marriage to faithful Tom Driffield, fastest coachman on the Great North Road, Nance, the prettiest girl in Sheriff Hutton, ran off with a handsome stranger, who, she soon discovers to her cost, is not only a highwayman but a bigamist. Cast out ill and with newborn child to perish on the moor, Nance is chanced upon by the true love she jilted who drives her and her baby to an inn. She dies promising to come to his aid in times of crisis. Frank Usher - Hauntings Royal: Includes Anne Boleyn, sat, head in lap, inside a phantom carriage drawn by headless horses, etc; Catherine Howard fleeing the spectral soldiers sent to seize her in the gallery of Hampton Court Palace; Margaret, Countess of Salisbury, messily hacked to death by the executioner on Tower Hill in May 1541. A murdered princes free zone as article primarily concerns the victims of Henry VIII. |
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Post by Swampirella on Nov 30, 2023 12:37:23 GMT
Eisner Ronald Seth - The Ghost in Two Halves: "... there were several among the older servants and people who live in the glen who claim that they have seen these ghostly legs not only wandering about the castle, but in the avenue of limes and the graveyard. I must say it is a slight relief to know there is an upper half also." Meggernie Castle, Glen Lyon, Perth. Ghosts, plural, of the Mistress Menzies slain by her chieftain husband in a fit of unwarranted jealously. To conceal his crime, the killer sawed the corpse in half to fit inside a chest of drawers, then sealed shut the room to prevent discovery. Months later, he put it about that, tragically, his beloved wife had died suddenly while visiting Italy. Menzies problems began when he attempted to transfer the now putrescent remains to the kirkyard for burial ... Michael & Mollie Hardwick - Ghosts of the Mutiny: Christmas, circa 1890. Since the Palace at Hisar came under British control, Colonel Robinson has found it impossible to retain servants once they've met a few of the resident ghosts. During the rebellion, the Rajah offered sanctuary to a party of white civilians, only to have them butchered by his soldiers. He also trained elephants to trample surplus wives. Also featured, Mrs Torres nightmare premonition of her daughter's horrible murder by Sepoys, and how a ghost intervened to save Captain X's wife at Meerut. Eisner Ronald Seth - The Ghost of Nance: On the eve of marriage to faithful Tom Driffield, fastest coachman on the Great North Road, Nance, the prettiest girl in Sheriff Hutton, ran off with a handsome stranger, who, she soon discovers to her cost, is not only a highwayman but a bigamist. Cast out ill and with newborn child to perish on the moor, Nance is chanced upon by the true love she jilted who drives her and her baby to an inn. She dies promising to come to his aid in times of crisis. Frank Usher - Hauntings Royal: Includes Anne Boleyn, sat, head in lap, inside a phantom carriage drawn by headless horses, etc; Catherine Howard fleeing the spectral soldiers sent to seize her in the gallery of Hampton Court Palace; Margaret, Countess of Salisbury, messily hacked to death by the executioner on Tower Hill in May 1541. A murdered princes free zone as article primarily concerns the victims of Henry VIII. "The Ghost In Two Halves" has long been one of my favorites. Dismemberment, "putrescent remains", what's not to like?  |
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Post by dem bones on Dec 1, 2023 19:21:16 GMT
Frank Usher - Ghosts of Ancient Egypt: Count Louis Hamon, the severed hand of Queen Nefertiti, and the cursed sarcophagus. Also, the that befell Lord Carnavon and fellow defilers of Tutankhamun's tomb. "Many other strange stories were told about this famous mummy-case. It was even said that the British Museum presented the unwanted thing to the New York Museum and sent it over on the ill-starred Titanic. But perhaps it is stretching things a little to blame the ancient Egyptians for that particular disaster." Frank Usher - The Ghosts Of Versailles: Visiting Petit Triamon in August 1901, English academics Miss Jourdain and Miss Moberly were seemingly transported back to Versailles as was in October 1789, two months on from the massacre at the Tuileries. Apparently this was a frequent occurrence, several independent witnesses having briefly looked upon a woman they recognise as Marie Antoinette in a woodland setting that had long ceased to be. An instance of recurring "telepathic time travel?"
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