Eleven famous hauntings examined by a man who believed the question deserved evidence — Loudun, Tedworth, the Wesleys' parsonage, the Cock Lane ghost — and then the investigators who went after them.

The Ghost Seen by Lord Brougham

2 pages in this part of Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters.

The Ghost Seen by Lord Brougham

T is comparatively easy, when seated before IT a roaring fire in a well-lighted room, to sneer ghosts out of existence, and roundly affirm…

The Ghost Seen by Lord Brougham: Herr

At half-past ten, contrary to expectation, Herr The Ghost Seen by Lord Brougham 115 N. had not gone to bed but was discussing the French…

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