Uncover fascinating paranormal activity on this chilling, nerve-wracking global tour of over 50 paranormal locations, with a brilliant foreword from award-winning writer, Danny Robins.
Set out on a uniquely dark armchair journey and witness the shocking supernatural events, ghosts and unexplained phenomena that have captivated humankind for as long as we have told stories to each other, looked to the skies, and wondered whether we really are alone...
The paranormal places include:
The Chase Vault, a 200-year-old crypt in Barbados with moving coffins Charleville Castle, the haunted castle in Ireland used by secret societies The witch market (El Mercado De Las Brujas) in La Paz, Bolivia Gunnuhver Mud Pool in Iceland, infected by the spirit of a maddened criminal Turkmenistan's Door to Hell, an infernal crater still blazing after half a century Legends about spirits that rise from the dead, places where the crops don't grow or sites where strange lights are seen at night...glaciers that bleed, ghost towns, crumbling castles, disused (and active) cemeteries, eerie forests and freak nature patterns...
This cursed collection covers these sites in all their mysterious glory, and recounts what happened, what continues to happen, and what may explain these phenomena. Hauntings, aliens, and all manner of paranormal activity are covered, in manmade as well as natural surroundings.
You may not want to read it when you are alone...
By:
Evelyn Hollow
Imprint: Ivy
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 259mm,
Width: 185mm,
Spine: 21mm
Weight: 750g
ISBN: 9780711287969
ISBN 10: 0711287961
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 03 December 2024
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
Introduction 9 ONE – HAUNTED PLACES Charleville Castle 12 County Offaly, Ireland L’Ossuaire Municipal 20 The Paris Catacombs, Paris, France The Chase Vault 24 Oistins, Barbados The Borgvattnet Vicarage 28 Borgvattnet, Ragunda, Sweden Bhangarh Fort 32 Rajasthan, India Bannockburn House 36 Stirling, Scotland Poveglia Island 44 Venice, Italy The Winchester Mystery House 48 San Jose, California, USA TWO – WITCHCRAFT El Mercado de las Brujas 54 La Paz, Bolivia Siquijor Island 58 Philippines Rose Hall Great House 66 Montego Bay, Jamaica Catemaco Veracruz 70 Mexico Pendle Hill 78 Lancashire, England THREE – SACRED SITES La Recoleta Cemetery 88 Buenos Aires, Argentina The Hanging Coffins of SagAda 92 Luzon, Philippines Borobudur Temple 96 Central Java, Indonesia Duzgun Baba 100 Tunceli Province, Türkiye Luxor Temple 104 Luxor, Egypt FOUR – MYTHS & LEGENDS Čachtice Castle 114 Čachtice, Slovakia Cortijo Jurado 122 Málaga, Spain Goblin Ha’ 126 Haddington, Scotland Burg Eltz 134 Weirschem, Germany Dragsholm Castle 138 Zealand, Denmark The Han River 142 Seoul, South Korea FIVE – STRANGE NATURE Gunnuhver 148 Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland Aokigahara Forest 152 Yamanashi, Japan Door To Hell 160 Darvaza, Turkmenistan Lake Maracaibow 164 Zulia, Venezuela Dumas Beach 168 Gujarat, India Skinwalker Ranch 172 Utah, USA San Clemente 176 Maule Region, Chile Wycliffe Well 184 Northern Territories, Australia SIX – CRYPTIDS & CREATURES Slaghtaverty Dolmen 190 County Derry, Ireland Al Madam Ghost Town 198 Sharjah, United Arab Emirates The Qiu Mansion 202 Shanghai, China Lake Wakatipu 206 Otago, New Zealand The Mines of Donbas 210 Eastern Ukraine Gangkhar Puensum 214 Bhutan Acknowledgements 220 Picture credits 221 INDEX 222
Evelyn Hollow is a double academy award winning Scottish writer and paranormal psychologist. She was a resident author atEsoterica Zine for more than four years, was the recipient of the 2015Lonely PlanetTravel Writing Scholarship, the occult columnist for Corvid Culture, and has taught writing classes at everywhere from universities to arts festivals. She has also been featured in exhibitions atESAFand is the creator ofThe Baer Archive. She is a former psychology lecturer and holds a Master of Research degree in Paranormal Psychology. She now consults as a paranormal psychologist and expert for various TV shows and podcasts - most recently the smash-hit BBC showsThe Battersea Poltergeist andUncanny. She is also 1/4 of the team on the new TV showSpooked Scotlandairing on the Discovery Channel in May 2022. Evelyn gives guest talks on paranormal history and the quantum physics of anomalous phenomena.
Reviews for Atlas of Paranormal Places: A Journey to the World's Most Supernatural Places
""Informed and informative, Atlas of Paranormal Places is an extraordinary, fascinating, and unreservedly recommended pick."" * Midwest Book Review *
