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Ghosts and Family Legends

Catherine Crowe

Book Overview: 

Fifteen ghost stories to hear around the Yule log. "It happened that I spent the last winter in a large country mansion, in the north of England, where we had a succession of visitors, and all manner of amusements—... In short, we began to tell ghost stories; and although some of the party professed an utter disbelief in apparitions, they proved to be as fertile as the believers in their contributions—relating something that had happened to themselves or their friends, as having undoubtedly occurred, or to all appearance, occurred—only, with the reservation, that it must certainly have been a dream. The substance of these conversations fills the following pages, and I have told the stories as nearly as possible in the words of the original narrators.

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .I don't know that I could tell you anything interesting in the way of Ghost Stories; I have never attended to them, though I have heard a great many," said Colonel C.; "but I can tell you an extraordinary circumstance which may, perhaps, be considered of a spiritual nature, and which I can myself vouch for the truth of.

"My father, when I was young, resided in the South of England—I shall not give the name of the place, nor of the people immediately concerned, if these stories are to be published; because, for anything I know, some persons may survive to whom the publication might give pain; I lived there with him and my mother and sisters. Our house was on the road between two large towns, situated about eight miles distant from each other; and though we had a little ground and a short avenue in front, we were not more than half a quarter of a mile from the highway. When all was still, we could distinctly hear the carts and carriages as they passed, and ev. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Good, old-fashioned ghost stories told around the fire during a house party over several evenings. Some are more intriguing than others. All are purportedly true, recounted to us by Catherine Ann Crowe, the authoress and one of the largest contributors to Spiritualist research.

I was looking for an audiobook to listen to in November. If nothing else, "Ghosts and Family Legends: A Volume for Christmas" bridges the gap between Halloween and Christmas. Did you know that people used to tell ghost stories at Christmas? That's the only thing Christmasy about this book.

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