A Natural History Of Ghosts: 500 Years Of Hunting For Proof

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'Is there anybody out there?' However rational we think we are, few of us are completely immune to the idea of ghosts. 
 
What explains spectral sightings? Why do we fear the supernatural? Why are some people or cultures more likely to experience hauntings than others? And what proof is there?
 
Growing up in a haunted house, Roger Clarke spent much of his childhood trying to see a ghost. From the terrifying true events behind Henry James's The Turn of the Screw and the frenzy of the Cock Lane poltergeist to ghoul-hunting flash-mobs and sexually-charged Victorian séances, he takes us on a journey of belief with ghosts of every kind.

'A highly enjoyable (and disturbing) work . . . Where others naturally flee ghosts, he pursues them. I am in awe of his intrepidity.' Guardian
 
'A voyage through the half-lit world of lost souls . . . told with ghoulish relish.' Daily Telegraph 
 
'In a series of short, snappy chapters, Clarke examines the evidence for just about every ghost who ever drew, or withdrew, breath.' Mail on Sunday
 
  'Lively and absorbing ... Clarke, a seasoned ghost-hunter, is an ideal guide to this troubled and disorderly realm' Literary Review