Catherine Crowe's collection of ghosts, apparitions, wraiths, haunted houses and presentiments, drawn from correspondents and printed accounts — the Victorian bestseller that made the ghost story a subject of inquiry rather than only of fiction.

SUBJECTSApparitionsHaunted housesDreams and presentimentDoppelgangersVictorian testimony

CONTENTS · 43

  1. 1CATHERINE CROWE3 MIN
  2. 2CHAPTER I.17 MIN
  3. 3CHAPTER II.13 MIN
  4. 4CHAPTER III.27 MIN
  5. 5CHAPTER IV.25 MIN
  6. 6CHAPTER V. — part 112 MIN
  7. 7CHAPTER V. — part 212 MIN
  8. 8CHAPTER V. — part 311 MIN
  9. 9CHAPTER V. — part 411 MIN
  10. 10CHAPTER VI. — part 112 MIN
  11. 11CHAPTER VI. — part 212 MIN
  12. 12CHAPTER VI. — part 312 MIN
  13. 13CHAPTER VI. — part 410 MIN
  14. 14CHAPTER VII.28 MIN
  15. 15CHAPTER VIII.33 MIN
  16. 16CHAPTER IX. — part 112 MIN
  17. 17CHAPTER IX. — part 212 MIN
  18. 18CHAPTER IX. — part 312 MIN
  19. 19CHAPTER IX. — part 413 MIN
  20. 20CHAPTER X. — part 112 MIN
  21. 21CHAPTER X. — part 211 MIN
  22. 22CHAPTER X. — part 312 MIN
  23. 23CHAPTER X. — part 413 MIN
  24. 24CHAPTER XI.19 MIN
  25. 25CHAPTER XII.30 MIN
  26. 26CHAPTER XIII. — part 112 MIN
  27. 27CHAPTER XIII. — part 214 MIN
  28. 28CHAPTER XIII. — part 311 MIN
  29. 29CHAPTER XIII. — part 411 MIN
  30. 30CHAPTER XIII. — part 54 MIN
  31. 31“TO MR. PROCTER:14 MIN
  32. 32CHAPTER XIV. — part 112 MIN
  33. 33CHAPTER XIV. — part 212 MIN
  34. 34CHAPTER XIV. — part 313 MIN
  35. 35CHAPTER XV.4 MIN
  36. 36“COURT RESOLVES,31 MIN
  37. 37CHAPTER XVI. — part 112 MIN
  38. 38CHAPTER XVI. — part 211 MIN
  39. 39CHAPTER XVI. — part 311 MIN
  40. 40CHAPTER XVI. — part 411 MIN
  41. 41CHAPTER XVI. — part 513 MIN
  42. 42CHAPTER XVII.33 MIN
  43. 43CHAPTER XVIII.25 MIN

THE TEXT

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