A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman.

Drawn from the oral traditions of American folklore, these ghost stories and tales of weird happenings, witches, and graveyards have startling, funny, or surprising endings.

Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place - he's the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiquated customs of his guardians' time as well as their ghostly teachings - such as the ability to Fade so mere mortals cannot see him. Can a boy raised by ghosts face the wonders and terrors of the worlds of both the living and the dead? And then there...

Examines spirits known for their haunting behavior, discussing how they come to exist, their powers and weaknesses, and famous examples from pop culture. Includes further resources.

"London, 1938. In the suburbs of the city, a young housewife has become the eye in a storm of chaos. In Alma Fielding's modest home, china flies off the shelves and eggs fly through the air; stolen jewellery appears on her fingers, white mice crawl out of her handbag, beetles appear from under her gloves; in the middle of a car journey, a turtle materializes on her lap. The culprit is incorporeal. As Alma cannot call the police, she calls the papers...

A collection of ghost stories originating in folk tales told the world over.

Examines the history of claims of ghost sightings and haunted houses and retells stories of people who claim to have seen and interacted with ghosts.

Explores the history of haunted houses and describes efforts to determine whether or not they are real. Presents evidence for and against the existence of haunted houses, and includes color photographs, a glossary, and further reading sources.

Are ghosts real? Take a trip through the Western United States and decide for yourself! Brave Alcatraz Island, check in to the Stanley Hotel, and climb aboard the Queen Mary. A spooky adventure awaits!

When Eva Wingdale sees something large and white flying above her she is convinced that it is a ghost, although most of the other owls just laugh at her--until something large and heavy and white lands on the school roof.