Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters

What It's About

This book examines a series of well-known hauntings, possession cases, and paranormal investigations drawn from European and American history, with reports of supernatural phenomena from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries, combining historical narrative with early psychical inquiry.

Among the cases discussed are the Devils of Loudun, the mysterious Drummer of Tedworth, the mediumistic phenomena associated with Daniel Dunglas Home, and the strange possession case known as the Watseka Wonder. Bruce approaches these accounts with curiosity while also weighing psychological, fraudulent, and supernatural explanations.

Key Concepts

Hauntings, spirit manifestations, possession, mediumship, psychical research, supernatural folklore, scepticism, and nineteenth-century investigations into paranormal phenomena.

About the Author

H. Addington Bruce was an American journalist and writer known for works on psychology, psychical research, and unusual mental phenomena. His writings often explored the borderlands between scientific investigation and the supernatural, especially subjects such as hypnosis, telepathy, and ghost stories.