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Haunted Places in England
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242 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2003
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October 21, 2020
Step right up, folks! COVID got you down? Afraid Halloween is going to be cancelled this year in a neighborhood near you? Well keep your chins up, my little homebound banshees, as I can tell by that shine in your eyes that you are just the type to enjoy a little ghost story or two! So get that apple out of your mouth--you don't know where the others have been! Ditch those awkward Halloween parties and their pandemic-spreading games! Stay home where it's warm and forget about those disappointing trick-or-treats! Take it from me, folks, put yourself in the mood for Halloween by taking a tour with Elliot O'Donnell of his "Haunted Places of England."
Your first stop will be at a house with an unusual piece of furniture--an armchair that reveals a terrible murder to those who dare recline in its welcoming ergonomics. Think ghosts are always the disembodied spirits of people previously departed? Well think again, my lost ghoulies, because your tour will include an old rectory haunted by the ghost of a poisonous Egyptian centipede!
You'll fall in love with a curvaceous young ghost while she makes her eternal trek down the path of a lonely hollow where she was once brutally murdered. She may not have a head, but you won't be looking at her face! Yes, my friends, for she has the most beautiful pair of hands that would make Rachmaninoff blush. What? I can see it must be a full moon, because we have some hungry little wolves in the audience tonight, you naughty kiddies!
Oh yes, and one of my personal favorite stops is at an old shoe cupboard with a ghastly surprise for those who open it. You'll also encounter such exotic wonders as a vicious tree elemental and an ancient demon of Borneo! And for you fans of hillbilly horror and chainsaw-wielding cannibals, refreshments will be provided at a cozy brookside farmhouse with a psychotic inbred family who serves an unusual brand of hospitality...
Yes, and believe it, Ladies and Gentlemen, what you shall witness on your haunted tour of England is horrific but 100% true, as bonafide as Washington's cherry tree, at least according to your host, that master of ghost hunters Elliot O'Donnell, who himself was attacked and almost strangled to death by a malignant spirit during his brave and illustrious career of bringing the TRUTH about our supernatural neighbors to the eager public!
Get your tickets now, folks, but leave your cameras at the hotel, because this is one tour where the mind's eye will be enough to leave images burned in your brain for many sleepless nights to come!
Your first stop will be at a house with an unusual piece of furniture--an armchair that reveals a terrible murder to those who dare recline in its welcoming ergonomics. Think ghosts are always the disembodied spirits of people previously departed? Well think again, my lost ghoulies, because your tour will include an old rectory haunted by the ghost of a poisonous Egyptian centipede!
You'll fall in love with a curvaceous young ghost while she makes her eternal trek down the path of a lonely hollow where she was once brutally murdered. She may not have a head, but you won't be looking at her face! Yes, my friends, for she has the most beautiful pair of hands that would make Rachmaninoff blush. What? I can see it must be a full moon, because we have some hungry little wolves in the audience tonight, you naughty kiddies!
Oh yes, and one of my personal favorite stops is at an old shoe cupboard with a ghastly surprise for those who open it. You'll also encounter such exotic wonders as a vicious tree elemental and an ancient demon of Borneo! And for you fans of hillbilly horror and chainsaw-wielding cannibals, refreshments will be provided at a cozy brookside farmhouse with a psychotic inbred family who serves an unusual brand of hospitality...
Yes, and believe it, Ladies and Gentlemen, what you shall witness on your haunted tour of England is horrific but 100% true, as bonafide as Washington's cherry tree, at least according to your host, that master of ghost hunters Elliot O'Donnell, who himself was attacked and almost strangled to death by a malignant spirit during his brave and illustrious career of bringing the TRUTH about our supernatural neighbors to the eager public!
Get your tickets now, folks, but leave your cameras at the hotel, because this is one tour where the mind's eye will be enough to leave images burned in your brain for many sleepless nights to come!
November 16, 2016
This book was full of some truly terrifying encounters with the supernatural. Some of the stories even creeped me out. Possibly sometime in the future I will read more of O'Donnell's works.
And for the best scare read the tales after dark.
And for the best scare read the tales after dark.
April 14, 2024
Some good stories
November 3, 2021
The title made me assume this must be a non-fiction book, when in fact it’s a collection of thirteen short fiction stories.
I found this a mixed bag in terms of quality. About half the tales are engaging, while some are too slow-paced, and one was so rambling and boring that I didn’t finish it.
My favourite story was ‘The Head’. It’s about a headless woman who walks the same road on certain dark nights. You’ll hear the ‘tap, tap’ of shoes, which gradually grows louder, until the ghost materialises. The author does a great job with creating an eerie atmosphere.
Certainly worth a read.
I found this a mixed bag in terms of quality. About half the tales are engaging, while some are too slow-paced, and one was so rambling and boring that I didn’t finish it.
My favourite story was ‘The Head’. It’s about a headless woman who walks the same road on certain dark nights. You’ll hear the ‘tap, tap’ of shoes, which gradually grows louder, until the ghost materialises. The author does a great job with creating an eerie atmosphere.
Certainly worth a read.
January 10, 2012
These true ghost tales from the late 1800s and the early 1900s are fun reads. The Victorians/Edwardians loved their ghost stories, and O'Donnell was very good at setting a creepy mood. I read this on my nook, and it was one of those free "scanned" books. Some scanned books are pretty unreadable, as words come out with jumbled or just plain wrong. This one has a few dodgy words, such as "relief" coming out as "reHef" but overall not bad.
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