Haunted Liverpool 8

Haunted Liverpool #8

by Tom Slemen

Following his now well-established tradition, in Haunted Liverpool 8, local paranormal investigator and broadcaster, Tom Slemen, has yet again produced a wealth of supernatural stories with a Liverpool connection.
Many of these tales have been told to him directly, whilst the more historical ones have been uncovered in the course of his painstaking research into the city's often mysterious past. One story of the latter kind concerns the ill-fated ship the Martha Dunn and her devoted captain, William Benedict. It tells of the ghostly ship's revenge when a gang of wreckers killed both captain and crew as they sailed into the Mersey one dark, fog-bound night.
Another creepy tale which came out of Tom's researches, took place in Wales in the 1970s. In a secluded field, encircled by thick forest, a group of Liverpool teenagers got more than they bargained for when they disobeyed their aunt's warning and set off to investigate an old stone cross - the Stone of Lamentations. The dark, evil forces which were unleashed in that field will make any reader's hair stand on end.
From the ghostly harpist in an Everton attic whose haunting tunes could predict the future, to the flying nun who foiled a burglary in Mount Vernon Street by terrifying the would-be villains, Tom's stories are endlessly entertaining with their best-selling mix of mystery, history, the strange and the supernatural.

128 pages, Paperback

First published October 30, 2003

About the author

Tom Slemen is a Liverpool writer, columnist and broadcaster, known foremostly as the author of the best-selling Haunted Liverpool series of books which document paranormal incidents and often unsolved or unusual crimes in his home town of Liverpool, past and present.
--from the author's website

Reviews

[Sarah]

I love a good ghost story! Before visiting a city, I love to get a book about the haunted history of it before I visit some of the places mentioned. This particular series has 20+ books in it, and since this one is the first I read, it’s my favourite. It tells the tale of the ghostly harpist in the attic whose music predicts the future, a front door with a window that reflects a murder that took place in front of it decades before and a mysterious dancing apparition that chooses a living man as a dance partner. Every story in this book is captivating and chilling; I devoured it one night. Even without the ghosties, it’s an excellent history lesson on Liverpool.