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PUBLISHER’S NOTE.

PREFACE

GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED

CHAPTER I

WHAT IS A GHOST?

THE TERROR OF THE DARK

WHAT IS A GHOST?

HISTORIC INVESTIGATIONS

DEATH-COINCIDENCES

ARE THEY DUE TO CHANCE?

THE EXPLANATION

EXPERIMENTAL APPARITIONS

TELEPATHIC HALLUCINATIONS

GHOSTS WHICH MOVE MATERIAL OBJECTS

PHOTOGRAPHS OF GHOSTS

THE “DOUBLE,” AND THE SPIRITUAL BODY

WHAT HAPPENS AT THE MOMENT OF DEATH

HOW THE SOUL MAY LEAVE THE BODY

THEORIES OF HAUNTED HOUSES

THE GHOSTS OF ANIMALS, ETC.

THE CLOTHES OF GHOSTS

TELEPATHY FROM THE DEAD

THE PSYCHIC ATMOSPHERE

FORMS CREATED BY WILL

PHYSICAL MANIFESTATIONS

CAN HAUNTED HOUSES BE “CURED”?

CHAPTER II

PHANTASMS OF THE DEAD—I.

A RUSSIAN GHOST

GRASPED BY A SPIRIT HAND

“I AM SHOT!”

HEAVE THE LEAD!

THE RESCUE AT SEA

HOW GHOSTS INFLUENCE US

HOW A GHOST WARNED THE KING

THE STAINS OF BLOOD

FACE TO FACE!

JULIA, DARLING!

THE CUT ACROSS THE CHEEK

THE INVISIBLE HAND

THE APPARITION OF THE RADIANT BOY

FISHER’S GHOST

HARRIET HOSMER’S VISION

THE APPARITION OF THE MURDERED BOY

THE GHOST IN YELLOW CALICO

CHAPTER III

MORE PHANTASMS OF THE DEAD—II.

COMPACTS TO APPEAR AFTER DEATH

LORD BROUGHAM’S VISION

THE TYRONE GHOST

“DEAD OR ALIVE”

THE SCRATCH ON THE CHEEK

A GHOST IN HAMPTON COURT

HALF-PAST ONE O’CLOCK

MY OWN TRUE GHOST STORY

CHAPTER IV

HAUNTED HOUSES

THE RECORD OF A HAUNTED HOUSE

PROOFS OF IMMATERIALITY

CONDUCT OF ANIMALS IN THE HOUSE

B—— HOUSE

WILLINGTON MILL

THE GREAT AMHERST MYSTERY

BROOK HOUSE

CHAPTER V

GHOST STORIES OF A MORE DRAMATIC NATURE

DISEASE-PHANTOMS

THE TALE OF THE MUMMY

FACE SLAPPED BY A GHOST

ALONE WITH A GHOST IN A CHURCH

A HAUNTED HOUSE IN FRANCE

A HAUNTED HOUSE IN GEORGIA

SHAKEN BY A GHOST

THE HOUSE AND THE BRAIN

APPENDIX A

HISTORICAL GHOSTS

ROYAL

EMPERORS

FAMOUS MEN

APPENDIX B

THE PHANTOM ARMIES SEEN IN FRANCE

APPENDIX C

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