True Ghost Stories
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True Ghost Stories
CONTENTS
PUBLISHER’S NOTE.
PREFACE
GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED
CHAPTER I
WHAT IS A GHOST?
THE TERROR OF THE DARK
WHAT IS A GHOST?
HISTORIC INVESTIGATIONS
DEATH-COINCIDENCES
ARE THEY DUE TO CHANCE?
THE EXPLANATION
EXPERIMENTAL APPARITIONS
TELEPATHIC HALLUCINATIONS
GHOSTS WHICH MOVE MATERIAL OBJECTS
PHOTOGRAPHS OF GHOSTS
THE “DOUBLE,” AND THE SPIRITUAL BODY
WHAT HAPPENS AT THE MOMENT OF DEATH
HOW THE SOUL MAY LEAVE THE BODY
THEORIES OF HAUNTED HOUSES
THE GHOSTS OF ANIMALS, ETC.
THE CLOTHES OF GHOSTS
TELEPATHY FROM THE DEAD
THE PSYCHIC ATMOSPHERE
FORMS CREATED BY WILL
PHYSICAL MANIFESTATIONS
CAN HAUNTED HOUSES BE “CURED”?
CHAPTER II
PHANTASMS OF THE DEAD—I.
A RUSSIAN GHOST
GRASPED BY A SPIRIT HAND
“I AM SHOT!”
HEAVE THE LEAD!
THE RESCUE AT SEA
HOW GHOSTS INFLUENCE US
HOW A GHOST WARNED THE KING
THE STAINS OF BLOOD
FACE TO FACE!
JULIA, DARLING!
THE CUT ACROSS THE CHEEK
THE INVISIBLE HAND
THE APPARITION OF THE RADIANT BOY
FISHER’S GHOST
HARRIET HOSMER’S VISION
THE APPARITION OF THE MURDERED BOY
THE GHOST IN YELLOW CALICO
CHAPTER III
MORE PHANTASMS OF THE DEAD—II.
COMPACTS TO APPEAR AFTER DEATH
LORD BROUGHAM’S VISION
THE TYRONE GHOST
“DEAD OR ALIVE”
THE SCRATCH ON THE CHEEK
A GHOST IN HAMPTON COURT
HALF-PAST ONE O’CLOCK
MY OWN TRUE GHOST STORY
CHAPTER IV
HAUNTED HOUSES
THE RECORD OF A HAUNTED HOUSE
PROOFS OF IMMATERIALITY
CONDUCT OF ANIMALS IN THE HOUSE
B—— HOUSE
WILLINGTON MILL
THE GREAT AMHERST MYSTERY
BROOK HOUSE
CHAPTER V
GHOST STORIES OF A MORE DRAMATIC NATURE
DISEASE-PHANTOMS
THE TALE OF THE MUMMY
FACE SLAPPED BY A GHOST
ALONE WITH A GHOST IN A CHURCH
A HAUNTED HOUSE IN FRANCE
A HAUNTED HOUSE IN GEORGIA
SHAKEN BY A GHOST
THE HOUSE AND THE BRAIN
APPENDIX A
HISTORICAL GHOSTS
ROYAL
EMPERORS
FAMOUS MEN
APPENDIX B
THE PHANTOM ARMIES SEEN IN FRANCE
APPENDIX C
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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